♚ TEMPTATION.

“yes, come cuddle me. i swear i’m not messing about.” she laughed as she patted the spot next to her. “i mean unless you don’t want to, then we can just sit here and talk but i just really would like some company.”

“i’ve never had someone ask me to cuddle them so openly and...out of the blue,” the male walked over slowly towards her before laying down where she patted, though he didn’t quite make a move to be holding her. “i’m down for anything,”

“okay, so there’s like absolutely nothing to do and i’m trying my best to not freak out about this whole situation so if you could just like come cuddle and just keep my mind off of everything, i would deeply appreciate it.”

“come cuddle you?” the male’s eyebrows raised immediately after she spoke. “are you messing about with me, darling?”

“you do realize that it was a joke, right? i’m not stupid.” he rolled his eyes and started to make his way to the kitchen. he was a bit parched. “well, i can make a pitcher of some lemonade if you want some too. the tartness will keep your mouth a bit more quiet.” 

“you do realize jokes are supposed to be funny?” beck’s eyebrows raised. though he debated following the other or not, the idea of having a drink was intriguing, so it didn’t take long before he was in the kitchen also. “sounds divine. i look forward to it then,”

“ i’m not trying to be DRAMATIC or anything, but, there’s not much that i WOULDN’T do to hit up waffle house right about now. i KNOW it’s super late, but, that’s when the best stuff happens. one time, i rolled into a waffle house around four in the morning, and the sweetest old lady who was the waitress found a big ass baggie of weed and JUST GAVE IT TO ME. i just don’t think she had ANY IDEA what it was. or maybe, grammy’s the plug?? we will never know. — I still want that waffle though.”

“can you entertain me a little and let me know what some of those things are you’re willing to do?” beck’s eyebrows raised in amusement at her story. she seemed interesting enough and he was bored, he needed someone to talk to. which was odd, coming from him. “could’ve been just trying to get rid of it? or she genuinely didn’t know what it was,” he laughed lightly.

“so i guess with the rain and harsh winds means we can’t go outside and swim, right?” he rolled his eyes as he looked out the window. “this bites. whatever, who wants a drink?” he was grinning as his eyes scanned the living space the producers provided. “i just want to drink and maybe listen to some good as fuck music.”

“are you an idiot?” beck narrowed his eyes. “not only is that the stupidest idea ever, you can get into serious trouble legally,” he stated, shaking his head as he rolled his eyes. “if you’re gonna make drinks, make enough for everyone here. they’re all freaking the fuck out,”

lila shrugged picking up a cookie from the table shrugging, “or two people eating together while the rest of the room freaks out? that’s probably better than calling this a date.” she said before taking a bite, “that’s because they’re scared their own fear is freaking them out more than usual honestly,  i think it’s stupid.”

khloe rolled her eyes at the male’s tone. “and off the bat i can tell you’re the asshole of the bunch.” she sarcastically smiled at him. “who likes drinking alone? i sure don’t, it’s kinda depressing to me.”  when khloe seen the others actions, she reached for her own pack of cigarettes. at least she wouldn’t be the only to get in trouble for it. “you may be a bit of an ass but you do you have a good ideas.”

“how did you come up with that?” sarcasm dripped from the male’s tongue so easily as if it were natural. though, he himself didn’t believe he was the asshole of the bunch. maybe sometimes. “of course no one does. you’re right, it’s sad and if anyone catches you, i’ll be just as embarrassed,” beck picked out a single cigarette and immediately had it greet his lips before he pulled out a lighter. “thank you, darling. i truly appreciate your kind words,”

“if i had i wouldn’t be complaining that i was starving.” she laughed lightly, “or asking for a sort of dinner date.” she said as she followed behind him sighing softly as her sight focused on the food, “honestly this is the best sight in the house, no offense. but like..” she gestured to the food, before she shook her head, “everyone’s overreacting so they’re somewhat stupid.”

“suppose so,” the male nodded slowly as he walked towards the food. “sort of dinner date?” he raised a single eyebrow curiously, glancing up towards the girl in the meantime. at her words, he found himself scanning the small room. he couldn’t help but agree. nearly everyone was sitting in each corner, shaking with fear where as he, himself, couldn’t find a way to care. “you’re right. i’ve been trying to tell people to calm but no one wants to listen apparently,”

lila’s eyes widened at the mention of the food being good, “you already found food, oh thank the heavens.” she sighed in relief before she looked around him to where he was nodding toward bringing her hand up to her chest, “literally that is the best sight i’ve seen here since we’ve arrived.” she laughed, “does that make me a bad person?”

“yeah, you haven’t? they were serving it in....well, their excuse for a kitchen but, you know,” the dirty-blonde male shrugged softly, dusting off his trousers after rising from his seat before taking small steps towards it, gesturing for her to follow with his head. “no not at all. i’m sure there’s people here thinking much worse,”

“you don’t have to be a dick. clearly no one needs you in their life. god you sound like sebastian.” he shook his head and scratched the back of his neck. he didn’t want to sound like an idiot, but he was too nice and never wants to be taken advantage of, or even made fun of. “and if i do die, don’t bother coming to my funeral.”

“who the fuck is sebastian?” he raised both eyebrows, shifting his position so he was facing the other. “and i wasn’t being a dick. i was only stating facts. the truth. there was no reason for you to get all defensive like that, little guy. you’re vicious,” the male puffed out a heavy breath. “how unfortunate. i was planning it already and all,”

“you know it really is my luck to have this be my first day here.” she said as she leaned up against the wall,sighing. “all i want is a goddamn drink and a fucking cigarette. is that too much for a girl to ask for on her vacation?” khloe rolled her eyes in aggravating. “do you want to at least check the place out instead of standing around like a bunch of idiots?”

“how unfortunate,” the dirty blonde muttered, glancing down at his nails instead of looking towards the owner of the voice. “then have one. there’s got to be drink somewhere,” he shrugged a little while at the same time pulling out a pack of cigarettes he had on him. he had no idea whether or not they were allowed to smoke in here but he quite frankly didn’t care. he was just as stressed as everyone else. “actually- yes. i want to see if anyone else here got better rooms,”

sure it sucked that everyone was stuck in a safe house and a threatening storm going on outside was one of the worst things that could possibly happen while being on formentra but lila still tried to make the most out of it, “so like all things aside, i missed lunch today how about we go find food and have a dinner date while being locked from danger?”

“you would think they’d lock us up with protein bars and canned food,” the male chuckled sarcastically. “that’s what they usually do. but no, the only bad thing about this place is the size of the house. the food however, is an a plus,” he nodded towards the food table and the storage room. “i’m down,”

“is it just me or is anyone else thinking we are going to die out here? how come the dumb producers couldn’t fly us somewhere safe? some of us need to stay alive because they have other people in their lives that depend on them, ya know.” paxton crossed his arms over his chest and slowly exhaled the breath he didn’t realize he was holding. “i mostly just don’t want to be stuck in here.” 

“for obvious reasons,” the male rolled his eyes, tilting his head towards paxton. “they’re not being dumb. they’re being a whole lot smarter than you, that’s for sure,” he argued. though he wasn’t particularly a fan of the producers himself, he wasn’t particularly a fan of a lot of people he didn’t know. in his defense. “we’re not going to die,”

grayson gave the other male a bright smile, always reacting to any kind of sarcasm this exact way. “see that’s the kind of attitude i like.” grayson shouted after the boy. “orange juice would be great.”

“well, just sometimes. not always so you should consider yourself lucky.” she raised an eyebrow, a small smirk growing on her lips. “i mean universal alone is the most exciting part about orlando. sunny isles? i’ve been in the area but never stayed at the resort but i’ve heard it’s a nice place.”

“what makes me so particularity lucky?” he questioned with an amused smile, leaning back against the chair he sat on. “it was quite exciting, yes. from what i remember. it was spectacular. and a lot of fun. you should go sometime, for sure,”

“okay…” she shook her head only because the conversation was starting to confuse her as well. as they stood in the closet rolling her eyes playfully before she sighed knotting her fingers together, “right yeah…” she let out a breath, “i had a child,” she blurted right away,  “when i told you i couldn’t hang out with you anymore it was my parents doing, i was pulled from school right away basically home schooled soon after. i wasn’t allowed to have a social life i wasn’t able to call my own child mine until as of recently. pax and i weren’t as safe as i thought we were.. he left me the night i told him we were having a baby thought you were the dad, it was only until recently he realized he was wrong the whole time.. i didn’t want to cut you out of my life but i had no choice, you know my parents you know they wouldn’t let anything ruin their image.”

beck had a mix of facial expressions throughout her whole rant. at first he completely dropped his jaw when she said she had a baby, then he made a disgusted face when she mentioned paxton leaving her when she told him, then his face scrunched up at the thought of him being the dad, before finally it was back to a sympathetic frown. “i’m...really sorry, nova,” the male rubbed the back of his neck. “if i had any idea, i wouldn’t of been as mad about you leaving me as i was. i feel awful. i spoke so poorly of you,” he admitted, sighing a little. “but i understand. i’m really sorry you had to go through all that,”

“which means your lying.” she said looking over her shoulder as she walked into one of the room in the house pulling off her mic pack that was attached to her pants nodding her head, “yes, it’ll be like our own little world like when we were kids with imaginations.” she laughed walking to the closet lucky that all the bedroom closets were big enough for the two to sit in without being incredibly close to one other, and walked inside going to stand against the wall waiting for him to join her as she prepared to tell him everything.