Chapter 11: A Family Time

It's been two days since Jacob and I are together. There were a lot of problems that we had to face a few days ago. If you are wondering about the poison, i'm totally fine now and about our foster parents, we all decided to live in the old house. Today we will be having a family time at the beach and we will be spending our weekends in a hotel.

"Hurry kids! Your dad is waiting for you outside!" I heard mom calling for us.

Have I ever introduced you to my real parents properly? I guess not.

So that woman who was calling me is Mrs Nova Courtney. She has straight light brown hair and deep gray eyes. My father, Mr. Ashton Courtney has dark brown eyes and curly dark brown hair. Both of them were really funny and sometimes strict when me and my sister were small.

My foster parents are Mr Noah and Mrs Evelyn Taylor. She has blue eyes and black hair in color. Mr Noah Taylor had light brown hair and brown eyes. They had been really caring and kind to us. I am really glad that both my parents gets along quite well.

"Hurry up Jacob! We're getting late!" Jacob was talking to Luka on the phone. Luka, Luna and Eliana were already at the beach and here this dude is busy talking to them while I'm the one who's packing his stuff. "Jacob!! We need to go!!" I yelled. I put the suitcases on the floor and dragged him with me by the arm. "Did we miss anything?" I turned to Jacob, waiting for his answer.

"Give me that phone right now!" I snatched the mobile phone. His frowned face turned into shock as he shouted, "OMG! There's a spider behind you!!" I turned to look and he grabbed his phone. "Give that back!" I started running after him while he was throwing pillows back at me. "Ouch!! I hurt my ankle!" I pretended and he turned to look at me. He looked worried at first but then he realized it. "You do this almost every time. Do you think i'll fall for that, Miss Bubble face!" He winked and continued running. "Stop calling me Bubble face!" I ran after him.

By the way, he started calling me that since the day i popped a bubble gum on my face.

"Stop!" I panted while coughing. He walked towards me with the phone in his hand. "Want that?" I nodded weakly. "Then you need to try harder than that!" He smirked. "Jacob... You are so dead!" I panted between my words. He ran down the stairs but i was smarter than him, i slid on the handrail. He watched me as i slid past him. I finally snatched the phone before i got down. "Gotcha! You won't be getting that phone unless you bring the suitcases down!" I smiled devilishly at the 'loser' Jacob.

"Why are you two running on the stairs?" Mrs Nova interrupted us. "Hannah took my phone!" Jacob frowned childishly. So now you are blaming everything on me. "Here you go but don't forget the suitcases!" I tossed him back his phone and he went upstairs to get the bags. After a few minutes we left the house and we drove our car.

"We reached our destination!" Mr Noah exclaimed happily as he stopped the car. We got out with our bag. The hotel was pretty close to the beach. We entered and booked our room. Mr and Mrs Taylor got room 1202, Mr and Mrs Courtney got room 1203 and I got 1205. I rushed in my room and closed the door. It was so cosy inside. The bed was so comfortable, the walls were of a Sky Blue color and the sofa was Dark Blue in color.

I changed in my crop top and got out of the room. Just then my family came out. "I'm going for a walk!" I said eagerly. I was so excited to meet Luna, Luka and Eli. Out of nowhere, Jacob grabbed my phone and ran down the stairs. "Hey!" I shouted. "I'm not done with you yet!" He yelled as he continued his way downstairs. He basically had a lot to run while he could have taken the elevator. 'Well! What are you waiting for? Take that elevator and get him!' Spark exclaimed impatiently.

I sprinted towards the elevator and press number 1. "I'm gonna block him downstairs!" I said to myself, full of determination. Once the elevator opened i rushed out and hid just near the stairs. He continued his way, looking behind thinking I'm following him. I grabbed his hood which kind of strangled him and snatched the phone from his hand. Jacob was completely clueless about how I reached down before him. Aparently 'the dummy boy' didn't know there was an elevator in a hotel.

"Come get me!!" I laugh devilishly as he ran after me. He was so tired after running on the stairs that he couldn't even keep up with me. Soon I was found running on the beach with a tired Jacob miles behind me. "Hey you! Where do you think you're going!" I heard a voice beside me and stopped. I turned to look and I saw that same boy who was bullying Eli that day. "Oh you are the same boy who ended up getting threatened by me right?" I teased. The boy suddenly grabbed my hand. "And also the boy who's going to teach you a lesson today!" He smirked at me while I struggled to get off his grip.

"Do you think you can get away now?" The boy shouted. Jacob was very far away and if he ever succeeds, he's gonna get himself into a fight. "I'll have to take care of this myself!" I spoke to myself and the group looked at me awkwardly. 'Noticed the branch above the boy's head?' Spark startled me but i nodded as if nothing had happened. After that I knew I could take care of the situation.

I abruptly bumped his hand ,which was holding mine, at the branch and punched him in the stomach. "You're lucky I did not kick you in the balls!!" I bursted with pride which soon turned into disappointment when one of the boys in his group grabbed both my arm.

"Let go of me!" I fought back. "Let go of her!" I looked back to see an angry Jacob and the boys immediately let go of me. His eyes were like a cold green fire ready to burn everyone with it. "It's OK Jacob, I am going to handle it!" I placed a smile on my face. Just after that I stepped on the two boy's foot. They yelp in pain and finally they ran away. "You are always welcome at my fighting club!" I yelled at the cowards. "Am I welcome at the fighting club?" Jacob grinned. "No!" I smiled and continued running on the sand until I finally found Luna.

"Look the 'The Lu couple'!" I yelled back at Jacob. Luna noticed me yelling came towards me. "Stop calling us 'The Lu couple' or I'm going to call you two 'The Hacob coupl-" She protested but I didn't have time to talk so instead I ran behind her. "Help Jacob's after me!" I hold onto Luna's shoulder while I gasped for air.

"Jacob what is going on?" Luka came beside Luna. "She took my phone and now I need to take hers!" He finally stopped and he was panting heavily. "I took it because we were getting late and he was busy talking to you!" I explained. "Hey Anna!" I heard a familiar voice and it was Eliana. I waved happily at her, to make sure she noticed me. "How are you little sis?" I hugged her tightly. "I'm good!" She smiled at me.

"Can I get something to eat please?" I whinned at Luna and luckily she had prepared some fried chicken for me and Jacob. She handed me the plate and i started digging in like a hungry wolf. After a few minutes, I finished my meal but I was still hungry.

"Can I get some?" I asked making a puppy face. "No!!" He said bluntly. "I hate you!" I frowned and walked away. I walked towards the shore, the sea water was so warm and at the same time cold. I moved a bit closer in the sea till the water reached below my knee. I was enjoying the cool feeling when someone splashed water on me. "What the-!!" I turned around with fury and saw Jacob smiling devilishly. "You- I'm going to kill you!!" I yelled at the top of my voice. I splashed water back at him and eventually we had a water fight.

"Damn! You two are to soaking wet!!" Luka shouted which interrupted us. "You need to change or you'll catch a cold!" Luna added. "Where's Eli?" I asked as I swam towards the shore. "She went to get your towels!" She replied. Once I got out of the sea, I realized that my clothes were see through and it was so embarrassing. "Here you go!" Luna gave her jacket to cover myself. Just then Eli showed up with two towels. She tossed it us.l and we quickly wrapped ourselves with it and headed towards the hotel.

I went inside my room but it was locked. "Oh no I forgot my jacket at the beach. Luna must have her key!" I put my hand in the pocket where I found a key in which 1206 was written on it. "Great we're neighbors!" I exclaimed excitedly just before opening the door. I walked inside and close the door. As soon as I turned around I saw Jacob... half naked. There was a huge silence until I finally yelled. "What in the hell are you doing here?" I covered myself.

"What do you mean what am I doing here? This is my room!" He replied. "But if this is you room then how did Luna get your key?" I asked in a confused way. "I gave it to her before going in the sea but when I returned i couldn't find my key so I went downstairs to ask the receptionist to give me a duplicate one." He explained. "Ok... But can you put your clothes please!" I covered my eyes immediately after saying that. "And why should I do that? I mean it's my room. Aren't you the one who should be leaving right now?" A smirked appeared on his face.

"No! Because Luna gave me this key and I will catch a cold if I stay in these clothes!" I acted like I was feeling cold. "Do you want my clothes?" He smirked again. "Yeah sure!" I smirked back thinking he won't do it. "Ok." He walked towards me his eyes filled with naughtiness, I started walking backwards and soon I found myself blocked by a stupid wall. "... I-I meant No thanks!" I managed to speak before running in the bathroom. I closed the door violently and heaved a sigh of relief. "W-Where's my towel?" I started smiling devilishly. "Haha! Confiscated!!" I yelled behind the door.

"You're gonna regret that!" He shouted furiously and couldn't help but giggled. "OK we'll see!" I replied. 'I wonder what he's planning to do?" I asked myself while opening the tap to wash my face. After a hot bath, I put on my white tank top and black slim jeans. I moved my hand towards the handle of the door and as soon as I opened it, I was greeted with a splash of cold water on my face. "Revenge complete!" He plastered a devilish smirk on his face.

"As if!" I picked up the bottle and did the same thing. He gasped at the sudden movement. "Makes the two of us now!" I added. His dark gray hair was shining as the water was dripping off at the ends of each hair strands. "You asked for it!" A smirked creeped on his face. Just as I was about to sprint towards the door, I slipped on the water. Jacob tried to catch my hand but instead he fell on me. My face was an inch away from him and could feel his heartbeat. His eyes looked like the forest's leaves with speckles of sunlight glowing through while he fluttered his eyelashes. My face was all red and I was sure Jacob could see it.

Luna's POV

Luka and I were walking silently on the shore. I kept thinking about the person who was supposed to be my mate and I didn't know what to tell Luka about this. "I know that you are thinking about him." His eyes were filled with sadness and I didn't want him to feel like that but one day he will show up then what will I do? "I am thinking about him. I am thinking how to tell him that I already love you." I looked down. I knew and he had already told me that when my real mate will come, he's going to leave me but I didn't want him to. "You can't tell him that... He and his eagle spirit will be heartbroken!"

"Why do you even care about him?" I snapped. He remained quiet. I know that when I'll see him, I'm going to feel an attraction towards him but it's not like I can't reject him. "You know I can reject him, don't you? Then he won't feel heartbroken." I replied trying to keep my cool. "Yeah but this is going to take time and don't forget that Crystal's going to be mad at you."

"But Crystal also likes you! How come you don't see the bright side of it?" Crystal liked him for a long time then how is 'my mate' going to change her mind? "That might be true but once she meets her mate her likes for me is going to disappear. Please I don't want to be a wall between you two." Oh please does he thinks that I am going to fall for my so-called mate? "It's not like I was going to love him!"

"You are going to fall for him once you see him, Crystal is going to tell you." Luka is the person that I love and not him. He wasn't even here when I was facing a lot of problems, Luka was always here to support me. "I feel like he is building a wall between us without even showing up!" I said furiously. "No he is not. I knew I shouldn't have liked you but I couldn't help it. Ash and I have already decided that once he shows up we are going to leave. Even I have a mate out there ..." He was always talking to me calmly and I was the one always shouting at him.

"So you are saying that you are going to leave me." He nodded hesitantly. Tears started forming in my eyes. He was going to leave me just because of a silly mate thing? "I... I am sorry Luna, you know I didn't mean to hurt you." He cupped my face. I could see worry in his amber eyes. "So you are leaving me." Tears started running down my rosy cheeks but Luka wiped them and he gave me a kiss instead. "Come on stop crying. I'm not leaving you right now." He smiled gently.

"Promise?"

"I promised!"