He made a soft moaning sound and dug his fingers into my hair, holding my head in place. Suddenly, he rolled over and pinned me to the bed beneath him. I felt the initial panic start to rise, but it disappeared as quickly as it came. Panic was replaced with something else. Something good.
When he pulled away just as quickly after a long and passionate kiss, I sagged in disappointment at the loss of that feeling. Cole smiled and pulled me into his arms. I smiled to myself and laid my head on his chest.
“Night,” he murmured. Wrapping my arm over my chest, I closed my eyes and fell asleep almost instantly.
Chapter Ten
Oakley
I woke up to the bed dipping, making me roll onto my side.
“Sorry,” Cole whispered. “It’s almost six, so I thought I should go. I’ll come back in a couple hours and we can go to breakfast.”
He bent down and kissed me lightly, his lips lingering on mine for a few seconds. I watched him creep out of my room and hoped he would stay with me again tonight. Two hours later, I was dressed and ready for him to knock. I’d heard my parents in the next room, but I didn’t go in to say hi and thankfully they were respecting my space too. Just after eight, almost right on time, there was a knock on my door. Cole smiled as I opened the door.
“Hi.” He leant forward and quickly planted a kiss on my lips. “Ready to go down?”
I nodded and stepped out of my room, just as Mum and Dad walked out of theirs. “Morning honey, Cole,” Mum said and gave me a hug.
“Hungry?” Dad asked.
“Starving,” Cole replied, and nodded towards the lift at the end of the corridor. “You seen anyone else this morning?”
Dad shook his head. “Sarah spoke to your mum. They’re meeting us at breakfast. Not heard from Mia, and I’d imagine Jasper’s elsewhere.” In some poor girl’s room. “Did you sleep well, Oakley?”
I nodded, and stepped closer to Cole while we waited for the lift.
“What do you have planned today? Your father and I are going shopping with David and Jenna,” Mum asked me, but waited for the reply from Cole.
“We’re diving at ten.” I raised my eyebrow at him. Not planning to tell them about the spa? He said nothing else.
“Is it safe?” Mum questioned, frowning with worry.
Dad chuckled. “Of course it is, Sarah. There’s a qualified instructor, isn’t there?” Cole nodded. “See. They’ll be in safe hands.”
I often wondered if Dad was cool about things like this because he felt guilty. I had to believe he felt remorse for what he let had Frank do to me. I couldn’t believe that my daddy was a cold, heartless monster.
“Well, you make sure you look after her,” Mum ordered Cole.
He nodded.
“Always.”
Always!
In the end it was only David, Jenna and that Mia joined us for breakfast. Jasper was nowhere to be seen. Not that it was much of a surprise. He now treated holidays, or any days actually, as a chance to sleep with anything with a pulse.
“Have fun and be careful,” Jenna said, as Cole and I got up to leave for the beach. We were diving in one hour.
I walked down to the beach holding Cole’s hand so tightly that I was probably crushing his bones. We had already popped back to our rooms to change for diving.
The Australian guy, who told us his name was Kyle, showed us how to use the equipment. I made sure I listened hard and repeated everything in my head over and over. Stop being ridiculous; you’re not even going that deep! I reasoned with myself.
Cole was practically bounding up and down as we walked with our little group of six into the sea. Kyle instructed us in what to do, and then he disappeared beneath the water.
“Ready?” Cole asked, and stuck his oxygen thing in his mouth. What is that called again? Oh, it doesn’t really matter what it’s called, as long as it works! Nodding my head, I took one last deep breath and followed him.
Being under the water was incredible. I felt so light and free. See, you are enjoying yourself. Cole grabbed my hand and looked towards Kyle. Kyle gestured for us all to follow him, turned, and swam deeper into the sea. Everyone followed, and I wondered how much further we would be going. I knew I wouldn’t be able to stand up and have my head above the water by this point, but I wasn’t sure exactly how deep we were.
As we swam towards the bottom of the ocean, I silently thanked Cole for making me go. Although it was quite dark, I could still make out the tiny fish and weird looking plants. What I enjoyed most though was just floating in the sea and enjoying how peaceful it was.
Once our time was up, Kyle gestured for us to swim back to the surface, and then he led us back to the shore.
“You so enjoyed that, didn’t you!” Cole teased as we walked back to the shack to return the equipment.
I shrugged nonchalantly; a small give-away smile creeping on to my face. He chortled.
“I knew you would. Shower and then I’ll come to your room. Wanna have lunch before the spa crap?” I nodded and nudged him with my shoulder. Like he wouldn’t enjoy a massage!