Love Aint Always Pretty novel Chapter 36

Videnda

- the things that should be seen or visited, especially if because they mark the character of a person or place; "What is to be observed"

Origin: Latin

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"We're here!" Channing calls out to us.

Nick and I started walking closer to Channing and we were finally here. I could already hear the sound of the waterfall and when I stood right next to Channing, the view was always breathtaking. I missed this place too much and I'm just glad we're back here. This time, Nick is with us.

Channing starts walking on the downhill pathway, closer to the waterfall while Nick helped me walking down. We finally reached where Channing was and it was evident on his face that he was excited as I am. All of us put our bags down on the ground and Channing isn't wasting any time cos he's already taking his shirt off. His body didn't change at all. He looked at me.

"Come on guys. Let's waste no time and have fun." Channing says to me.

Channing walks up to a higher spot, the same spot where we'd jump off together.

"Do you remember this spot Annie? It's where you'd always beg for me to jump with you." Channing smiled.

I blushed. "Yeah. Thanks for the embarrassment today Channing."

He laughs. He takes a few steps back before running towards the edge and finally jumps to the waterfall. Channing was an excellent swimmer, back in high school the swimming team asked for him to join but he chose football. I clapped for Channing anyways. Now I'm even much more excited. I started taking my shirt then slipped my shorts off my legs. Now that I'm wearing my yellow bikini, I noticed that Nick was just staring at me.

"Aren't you gonna swim?" I asked.

"Come on Annie! Take a solo jump. It's safe." I hear Channing.

"You know I have weak knees." I said.

He laughs. "Nick can jump with you. Come on guys. We're here to have fun."

I gazed at Nick. "Will you jump with me?"

"You jump. I jump." He said.

I smirked. "Titanic."

He slightly smiled and he starts taking off his shirt. Both of us headed to the spot where Channing jumped off and now my knees are shaking. It's been a long time since I came here standing on this spot and I still get scarf every single time. I hear Channing laughing while he was floating down below us.

"Still scared Annie? I just can't believe you right now. Come on and just jump baby girl." Channing cheers.

"Just give me a second." I say.

"Your second always turns into a minute then more minutes. Just jump. I'm here, you're safe. And you're jumping with Nick so it makes you safer." Channing said.

Suddenly I feel Nick holding my hand and I just can't look away. He's looking at me while he takes a hold tight on my hand.

"I'm here. Let's jump." He said to me.

Both of us takes a step back and I exhaled heavily. I can do this. I can do this. I'm not scared. I cheered myself. Nick and I started running to the edge while I was letting myself scream and scream until we jumped off. We started falling down together and my scream was getting hysterical and hysterical as I was about to dive into the waters. The adrenaline rush.

Splashed.

I flapped my arms and I feel someone pushing me up off the water. I breathe for air and I see Nick pulling his head off the water too. Channing was screaming for me, cheering that I jumped. I smiled at him while he starts calling me names. I splashed water to him and he takes a deeper swim. I was paddling like a dog while Nick was swimming closer to me. He looks around, looking out for Channing. I smiled.

"You okay?" He asked.

I nod.

His hands grabbing my waist, pulling me closer to him and he steals another kiss from me again. He quickly pulled himself away when he saw Channing right across us. "Can we find some peaceful place here?" I hear Nick say.

I smirked. "Nick, I don't want Channing to be suspicious of us. You don't want to get caught remember?"

Nick let's go of my waist and I feel Channing swimming closer back to us. I smiled at Channing, making sure that nothing was going on between me and Nick. He always teases me when he catches me off guard or senses something and now that he knows how I feel for Nick, I need to be careful. It's not that Channing is a talker, but I just don't want Nick to sense something about what I truly feel for him.

The afternoon went by faster than we thought, it was filled with fun and I was enjoying too, with the both of them. Channing and I would jump off together and he'd swing on that sprouting vine before doing a backflip dive to the waterfall. As for Nick, he was just sitting on the shore, watching me and Channing having all the fun.

"What's wrong with your man?" Channing asks while he swims closer to me after taking a jump.

"He's not my man Channing."

He laughs deeply. "But seriously what's wrong with him? He doesn't like me?"

"He's just always like that. He's really distant to people and could you please stop looking right at him? He'll know we're talking about him." I said, swimming away.

"Where are you going?" I hear Channing call out to me as I decide to join Nick.

"I'm getting tired." I yelled back.

I walk my way to the shore with Nick's eyes looking right at me. He licks his bottom lip and bites it. That expression on him always gets me turned on. It's sexy as hell. I sat down right next to him and both of us were looking at Channing enjoying his time on swimming. I wonder why he didn't pursue swimming, it makes him a lot more famous cos his hot body will always be shown to women.

"You two are really close." I hear Nick say.

"Yeah." I smiled at myself.

"Were you... Were you his first too?"

I laughed and pulled my head up to him. Damn he looked so serious when he asked me that so I looked away cos he wasn't looking at me anyways.

"Yeah. I was his first. We were each other's firsts in everything." I said out.

"And you're not bothered about... Still seeing him? I mean, this is too casual. You both act like you've never fucked each other before." Nick blurred.

I smirked. "What's with these ambush questions Nick?"

"I just find it amusing. You were each other's firsts but you're still friends."