THE SYBARITE.

It was expected that the girl would be stubborn but she was going up against Presley who was just as bad. He rolled his eyes and turned the truck off. “Maia. It’s fucking raining. Just get in the truck and let me give you a damn ride home.” He said with a bit of an annoyed tone. He didn’t want to be chasing the girl around town but he knew he couldn’t leave her there. No matter how mad he was at her he’d never be that heartless. “I’m not leaving until you get in.” He called back at her.

a huge part of her was happy about the makeup that was running down her face hid the redness that was already forming under her eye and across her face, as she cold still feel the heat from the hand that had gone across her face earlier. “so what if its raining..? the rain is the leas of my problems right now!” she yelled before hearing him say he wouldn’t leave until she got in, “im not getting in the truck with you Presley..”

 Presley had just made it to his truck when the rain started up, and it only was getting worse. The water slammed against the windshield as he was pulling out and right before taking off he saw a very familiar figure… not one he wanted to run into but she was there none the less walking in the rain and only looking miserable as she did it. Presley had it in him to just leave her, their last interaction had him upset enough but then he knew it would just come back around on him in the end. “Fuck, Presley…” He grumbled to himself as he moved to the side of the road and rolled down his window. “Maia… do you need a ride?” 

@maiaxtarki

For some reason taking it easy had been a lot harder for Herrick to do than he’d thought it would be. He’d picked out the bare minimum for his apartment and honestly just kept to himself for a bit. Finally his leg had began to ache less and he decided to go out for a walk in the park, really in desperate need of fresh air.

Presley watched everything unfold and only felt confused. When he thought this through he didn’t expect this and yet here they were. Maia finally had him react the second he watched her throw the bottle. “Okay, this is fucking crazy, Maia! First of all it’s not like I’ve only known her for one fucking night! I met Joey and spent time with her, I met someone I feel like I want to be with so yeah… I fucking moved it onto a relationship.” Sure he always knew Maia could harbor strong emotions but this was too much for him. “You knew nothing was going to move on with us, I made it very clear I didn’t want anything serious. But just because it changed and it’s not you doesn’t mean you should freak the hell out.” 

“YES iT DOES! CAUSE iT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME! i STUCK AROUND, CAUSE i WANTED THAT TO BE ME!” she snapped back at him, though at that point, the tears had come in, running down the sides of her face.. maia didn’t talk feelings, but presley had been one of those she’d had feelings for, for as long as she could probably remember, he’d been all of her firsts, as she turned the age where she’d get marked, he’d been the one she hoped she’d match, and when it didn’t she assumed it was wrong.. just a mistake.. but no.. the small girl came around the counter, to where presley was standing, placing her hands on his chest, puushing him back. “ GET THE HELL OUT! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY BAR, AND i HOPE YOU LiKE YOUR NEXT  JAiL CELL, CAUSE YOU’LL HAVE NO ONE TO GET YOU OUT!” she cried, before somehow collecting herself “And BOY i can’t wait to watch you try pay off that fucking bar tab of yours..” she continued, talking straight through her teeth. 

He expected telling Maia would be weird but to imagine her reacting the way she did only made him regret the idea of telling her even more. He didn’t like the irrational emotions she had and he just let out a sightly agitated sight. “Why don’t you calm down a minute, jesus.” He said holding up his hand. “Don’t look at me like that. But yeah, I’m just going to have to say it. I met a girl and I really like her and things got serious between us. So, that’s what I mean. all the hookups have to end.” 

in a split second, one person managed to break the unbreakable maia tarki.. and she just felt pressure building up behind her eyes, as she felt her hand slowly reach up on the counter by her, fingers grab around a random bottle as she held it to her side. “so you fuck a girl once and you’re dating, but fuck me countless times for YEARs, AND iM THE FUCKiNG HOOK UP?” her voice started off agitated, but the longer she went on, it turned into yelling, her voice was full of hurt, and only seconds passed before the hand holding the bottle raised itself, flinging it across the room.. 

Presley rolled his eyes. He should have figured this was a bad idea. “It’s going to have to now, princess.” Presley hadn’t really talked much about his new relationship so of course she wouldn’t know. “Not like it’s a bad thing.” 

the more he spoke, the more her brows furrowed, all until that one sentence passed his lips.. “wait- wait- wait!” she let out, cocking her head to the side.. “don’t princess me.. what do yo mean, it’s gonna have to now?” she snapped at him.. unsure what even happened with her.. suure she barely towered inches over 5″, but her emotions made her feel 10 feet tall sometimes.. and right then and there, she was all confused and hurt.. starting to feel like she knew what was gonna happen, and she didn’t want to hear it.. 

Presley shrugged. “Usually I don’t have to, you have always made yourself known.” He said. Normally Presley just found the girl around. But he’d found his attention elsewhere. “Look, whatever, it’s not a big deal I just came by to see what was up.” He said raising his brow. “It was just a joke, Maia, damn.” 

“Sound really fucking boring if you ask me, Maia.” Presley said with a huff. He knew she had more of a drive then he did when it came to some things, he was the one to do his money making in unconventional ways after all where the girl ran a legitimate business. “Well, you should come around, I know Fallon would just end up missing you.” He said with a chuckle.

“-- i know.. kinda hard to try make something fun when no one’s reaching out either..” she said, kinda picking at her hands as she looked at him, finding it weird that in all this she hadn’t heard from him once... it wasn’t like him.. then when he spoke, only mentioning fallon, she raised a brow.. “-- and what? you wouldn’t?”

“Yeah, usually by now you’re creeping through the pool hall or something.” He said. Presley took a seat at the bar and looked at her. “Figured you were either being held ransom or some shit. So what’s up, princess?”

It had been pretty much radio silence for a few days since Presley had heard or seen from Maia. The girl at least tried to get ahold of him by now and it just seemed weird she didn’t even slip into the pool hall at all. He’d been busy himself scraping up a few extra hours but when he finally decided he should try reaching out he figured where was no better place to catch her at the the bar she worked, he figured she had just been busy. And nothing made someone’s day like Presley, or that was the sick joke he told himself. Walking right up to the bar after catching her were he thought she’d be he gave a sly grin. “Hey, Maia, long time no talk? The pool hall has been missing that celebrity appearance it gets when you come by.”

@maiaxtarki

maia had found herself being quite busy really.. with the holidays things had gotten a lot busier at the bar, demanding a lot more of her time than usual.. leaving little to no time for pleasures.. something she hated being a thing but she hoped for things to slow down for a minute, allowing her to go do the things she wanted, see the people she wanted to see. though today seemed to be her lucky day as she heard a very familiar voice call her name, making her turn her petite body around, setting her eyes on the tall man, leaning forward against the counter.. “has it really?”

“depending on how you look at it, unfortunately, yes.” @pres-leychao

“me and herrick? well he dm’ed me on instagram like a year and a half ago, and we just started talking, a lot, that following year.. and we hit it off, but it was kinda just left at that cause there was no way of meeting..  but now he’s here, and i think we’re just starting with enjoying each others company..” @herrickvallis

Herrick took a few steps into her apartment with a grin on his face, walking her back til her back was against the wall. “You know” he gazed down at her as his fingers played with her hair “the furniture store isn’t going anywhere”. The look in his eyes was playful yes mischievous, he had just traveled really far to see her, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world to just spend time with her for a bit. “And who knows, maybe you’ll want me to spend the night here and then I can look for something tomorrow, no sleeping on the floor needed”.

maia had smiled and was about to walk back into her apartment to get dressed so that they could leave, but instead she felt the others strong hands gently push her back against a nearby wall.. his fingers finding its way to her hair seeing the playful and mischievous look on his face as he spoke, obviously starting to have more ideas in mind than furniture shopping. the girl’s hand moved to rest on his chest, gently running across the fabric of his shirt.. her dark hues glanced up at him as he mentioned maybe the possibility of not having to go anywhere, and just stay on her bed.. the girl grinned before gripping onto his shirt, “maybe i really do want to have you spend the night--- wouldn’t want you to sleep on some floor somewhere else..”

“Exactly” he smiled down at the dark haired girl, just being around her made him feel like he’d definitely done the right thing by moving to this island to be with her, he was just hoping that was exactly what she’d wanted from him. “Get your shoes and jacket and we’ll head out, alright?” he couldn’t stop himself from plating another small kiss on her lips “I feel like I could just do that all day” he spoke, barely away from her lips.

She was excited to see where the two would get on now that they were able to be around each other.. one thing had been talking on the phone, and over text.. but so far, if things stayed the way they were now,  then maybe there was something there. part of her kinda doubted the possibility that he, out of all people, would show up on the island, for her, and end up getting matched with her.. but a girl could wish for it.. smiling she nodded the moment he told her to get dressed and then they’d leave, her heart even skipped a beat as his lips found hers in a small but amazing kiss.. their lips barely left the others as she heard him speak.. “-- don’t tempt me..” she muttered back, kissing him one more time.