I'll be the Brightest, You'll See

"Scarlett." I heard Oli sing my name. I opened my eyes and was met with his beautiful chocolate brown eyes. "You need to wake up." He said softly. My eyes trailed down his bare, tattooed chest. As much as I'm confused to how fast everything was moving; I can't help but think it's the correct decision.

"I'm up." I croaked out, my voice still hoarse from sleeping. He leaned over and kissed me quickly.

"Good, you're gonna be late otherwise." He sat up and climbed out of bed. I couldn't help but inspect his tattoos as he got out of bed, clad in only his boxers. "Staring much?" He smirked at me. I could feel my cheeks burn red.

I pulled the covers over my head, so embarrassed. Oli yanked the covers away from me. "Oli!" I whined. Why couldn't he let me be embarrassed here.

"Get up!" He informed me. I groaned and let him take the covers off me completely.

I got out of bed and got ready for the day, thankfully Kiera took me shopping and we bought a much better and up to date wardrobe for me. The funny thing is you'd think I'd want to move away and buy a big house and fancy stuff but in reality the money I have doesn't really bother me. I mean it's great to have it but it's not even like, a first thought to me. "Alysha is here." Kiera skipped into my room. I turned to her and grinned.

Alysha became a model about 2 years ago, as far as I know she does a lot of like glamour stuff. She has stripped off for shoots and that's cool, I don't think I could do it though. When she heard that I got out of the institute she called me and asked if I wanted a job on a shoot. If I'm honest I never really thought about modelling but it can't hurt to try right? "I'll be right there." I told Kiera. She nodded and left my room.

I followed her downstairs and Alysha was sitting on the couch. She looked so different from when I last saw her. She got so many tattoos and looked so grown up. "Scarlett!" She squealed and ran for me. She wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me tightly. "It's been way too long!" She said happily.

"I know, look at you!" I said pulling back and looking at her. She blushed and sat back down.

"They aren't excessive?" She asked, I looked at her and smirked.

"I want them too." I told her. Her face softened in relieve.

"We should sort that out." She winked. I raised an eyebrow and she grabbed her phone from her back. "I have a friend who's a kick ass artist and he actually lives about an hour from here. I'll see if he's available today and get him on out here." She sounded so excited to get me inked up.

"How'd I go 5 years without seeing you?" I asked as I shook my head.

"Trust me it was difficult. I just don't understand why your mom and dad kept you locked up." She sighed, giving me a sad look.

"I don't know." I answered honestly.

"Do they know you've been released?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"I honestly don't know. They live in Canada now." I shrugged. Alysha nodded and they called her friend. He told her that he was available today and would be there soon. Before I knew it I was well underway on my second tattoo of the day.

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I stared at myself in the mirror as I inspected the two new tattoos. One was like half a sleeve and the other was on the back of my right hand. I was finally beginning to look more like the me I wanted to be. "Wow, hot!" Alysha told me as she inspected them.

"I'm glad I actually suit them." I told her.

"Remember to wash and moisturise them." She told me, a smile on her face.

"I will take care of these babies." I grinned at her. Oli entered the house and was shocked to see me standing with a brand new set of tattoos. "What did I miss?" He asked with confusion.

"Scarlett got tattoos!" Alysha announced.

"I'm just trying to catch up with you." I grinned at him. He came over and inspected my tattoos.

"They look amazing." He smiled at the artwork on my body. I like that he appreciates it because that's important to me.

There was a knock at the door. "I'll go get that." I told Alysha and Oli as I walked out the living room and into the hallway. I opened the door and came face to face with Mike and Vic. Mike looked at my arm and his eyes widened in shock.

"Nice." He grinned and walked past me, leaving me and Vic standing awkwardly.

"That looks cool." He smiled. I stepped aside to let him in and he stepped inside.

"Thank you." I said sheepishly and closed the door. We walked into the living room and I noticed Mike staring at Alysha. "You guys remember my cousin?" I asked them. Mike nodded and blushed a little bit. Does he like her?

"You guys are so grown up now!" Alysha said excitedly.

"So are you." Vic said softly. I looked at him and he blushed. What is it with these guys?

Oli walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulder loosely. And now Vic will know I was lying to him the other night. "Are you guys still recording your new album?" Oli asked Vic and Mike.

"No we haven't actually started yet." Vic said quickly, a bitter tone in his voice. Yikes.

"Oh, I hope that you guys have fun with it and if you ever wanna collab or something then you know where I am." Oli said politely. Vic just nodded, Mike smiled nicely at him.

"So what can I help you guys with?" I asked, trying to take the tension away.

"We were just wondering if you guys are still good for tomorrow night." Vic said as he tried to avoid eye contact with me.

"Yeah, we are all excited." I smiled happily, trying to just live a normal life for once. I don't need drama.

"Good..." Vic said softly. And now we are back to the awkward silence now. Great.

"Well, we should just get going." Mike decided to get out of the situation as quickly as possible.

"Good idea." Vic said obnoxiously. I rolled my eyes and he stormed out of the house.

"Is Vic okay?" Alysha asked with worry on her face.

"He's just an asshole." Mike shrugged. I walked over to Mike to walk him out of the house.

We walked out onto the porch and Mike turned to me with a strange look on his face. "What's up Mikey?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Invite Alysha to the party?" He asked. My eyes widened. I was right about him.

"You like her?" I asked, his face turning bright red was the huge indication of yes. It just made me laugh, he's so cute when he's embarrassed.

"Scarlett!" He hissed, getting more flustered.

"I'll ask her okay?" I told him. He smiled happily and walked off to his own house. Those boys are some pair!

Notes

Sorry if this is shit