CHAPTER 4

I managed to tiptoe to my room without encountering any kind of meeting with Chase. I showered and dressed in a pair of white shorts and a yellow sleeveless top and then I made my way to my room to put on my sandals.

Standing there with arms crossed and looking mad like a bull was Chase. Pretending that I did not notice him, I put on my sandals went started combing my hair.

"Ariana, I think we've got things to talk about." He said in a voice that I did not recognise. A voice full of anger and the fact that he used my middle name indicated some of the anger he was feeling towards me.

I made as if I had not heard him when he dragged me and threw me on the bed. Not so forcefully buy I fell anyway. Gasping I looked at him feeling my own anger rising up. "What the..." I was unable to finish my sentence as I was suddenly on my stomach and my hands pined at the back.

"Chase! What do you think you are doing?" I groaned at him.

I gasped again when I felt him lift my top exposing my back. I heard him hitch in a breath and suddenly felt his fingers on my lower back tracing those letters that were my tattoo.

C-H-A-S-E

Yes. I had Chase's name tattooed on my lower back in some sort of calligraphic font. "Why the hell do you have my name on your back Ari?"

I fought and squirmed under his hands until he released me. He looked so upset and frustrated that I finally decided to answer him.

"First stop calling me Ariana Chase! And secondly it was because I lost a dare against Jess."

"Will you please enlighten me on the details of that dare Kate?" If looks could kill, I would have been already dead.

Sighing in defeat, I sat on the bed and crossed my legs under me. If I would tell a story I might as well be comfortable.

"Well that was around five years ago." I started only to be interrupted by him. "Do you mean to tell me you had that tattoo since the last five years and I never saw it?" He looked at me as if it was my fault that he had not pay any attention to that spot. It was not as if I avoided wearing clothes that may rise and show my lower back.

"Continue please." He said while pulling his hair making it look more messy and more sexy.

"So where was I?" I asked making him look at me again with that look of incredibility. Pretending to think for a few seconds I then resumed "Yes. So five years ago when we were invited to Tyler's birthday party, Jess and I got really drunk. You already left with whoever was your date at that time so Jess and I downed shots after shots until we ended up playing truth or dare with a bunch of other guys and girls."

I stopped to see if he was following my explanation when I saw him shaking his head and smiling at nothing in particular. "Kate you know how playing truth or dare with Jess can turn out. So why did you agree with my stupid sister?"

"I told you I was drunk Chase. So when the bottled pointed towards me, I chose dare because I did not want anyone asking me stupid questions which I would have to reply truthfully. But Jess being Jess asked me to kiss some random guy and when I declined she said I lost so I had to agree with anything she asked."

"And you agreed? For god's sake Kate!" he exclaimed at me.

Ignoring his comment I continued. " Well obviously I told her yes because even the drunken me could not bear losing another dare. So then she said that I had to get a tattoo done. Well at that time I thought that she might be joking and would forget about it the next day."

"But when we left the party in a cab, we passed in front of HEART DESIRES you know the tattoo parlour, that was when Jess shouted at the driver to stop and dragged me there. We went through designs after designs but could not decide ourselves. So finally Jess took things in her own hands and asked for your name to be tattooed on my lower back."

"When I got up the next day, well nothing could be done." I looked at him with puppy eyes hoping to calm him down.

I think it worked because I felt him pull me in his arms. I rested my head against his chest where I listened to his heartbeats. "What should I do with you girls?" I could hear laughter in his voice.

He removed his hands from my shoulders and removed the sweater he was wearing. Eyes wide opened, I thought about what he was doing until he showed me his forearms where he had his tribal tattoo.

I kept looking at it thinking what he was trying to show me until I saw something. It was a writing. I belong to Ariana. I looked at his hands and to his face then I did the same thing again and again until he held my face in his hands making me look at him in the eyes.

I was hypnotized by his eyes. Those emeralds that I was so fond of. I could not tear my eyes away. We stayed like that for a few seconds which seemed like hours to me until I decided to break the silence. "Why do you have that tattooed on your hand?"

He smiled at me. "Well baby girl, let's just say that I know what's it like to lose a dare to Jess. That girl is crazy I tell you." And that said we burst out laughing.

"The van is here! Come on people." Luke was shouting from downstairs. Taking my bag in my hand and with Chase's hand around my shoulder, we went downstairs to meet our awaiting family.

"So?" as usual nosey Jess was here.

"So I kind of had to tell him about the tattoo. But you sweetheart owe me an explanation on Chase's tattoo." I grinned at her while getting beside her in the van making her grin back at me.