Eleven

"You like her!" I blurted it out, and immediately, Ares covered my mouth with his hand.

"Shh..." he whispers. "Want the whole world to know?"

I removed his hand and smiled. "We are in the middle of the ocean, and our family is here. Why are you so worried?"

"Because..." he groans and drops his head on his arm, unable to explain.

I chuckle.

"Okay, I'll zip my lips and wish to be punished by God if I break my promise," I made a cross over my heart. "So, when did you start liking her? I mean, no offense, little bro, you seem dense about girls. All you do is date idiots or weird ones."

"I don't always date those kinds of girls," he says in defense. "And why are you always against me dating those girls? Do you have a grudge or something? So judgmental."

"Okay, I'm sorry," I don't want him to think I'm nasty. "Of course, I'm worried you will never find a nice girl and settle down."

"What are you, my mom?"

"Ares, I'm serious," giving him a firm look. I don't want to act like our mom, but I'm the eldest among the three, so I'm worried about him.

Effie has been through it since our parents died, but Ares had it worse.

Getting kidnapped by a social path that has a thing for cutting up children is no way to let go. I can see why Ares tends to get in trouble a lot while growing up, which is why he became an MMA fighter. I thought. First, it was about the money, and we didn't have much, but fighting in the ring was more than just money. He fights to vent his anger on his opponent because he feels guilty.

I realized he fought in the ring because he wasn't strong enough to protect Jo.

"Ares, tell me," I cut off the silence between us. "Do you feel guilty about what happened to Jo?"

He stays quiet and stares at the water below.

"I never quite understand what is going on in my head. But I get the feeling you don't like Jo dating Duke. You only say you like her because you feel guilty about what happened in the past." I explain. "You don't want her to get hurt."

"Thea, when did you know that you and Rex would be together?"

"Why are you asking?"

"I see how you and he are so loving; it grosses me out most of the time. I want to be blind - OW!" I punched him in the arm. "I'm just saying you two remind me of Mom and Dad."

"You know Mom and Dad would always argue, even for small, stupid shit." I remind him.

"Yeah, but in the end, Dad would always make up for Mom, and they would be back into a cheesy couple," he says. "So, my question is, how do you know Rex is the one? You just met the guy like last year."

Damn, he's serious about this.

I lean on the rails. "Well, what I have for Rex the first time we met wasn't love at first sight. What I feel for Rex was a connection."

"A connection?"

"Yeah, you and Effie never knew this because you two weren't made yet." I chuckle at that statement, making Ares groan. "I met Rex here in Hawaii when we were little kids."

Ares' eyes grew. "Wait, what?"

"Yeah," I smile. "I was five, and Rex was seven. Mom, Dad, and I went here for a vacation once. It was the time they were making you."

"Can you stop with that?" Ares groans. "Just having images of our parents having sex is disturbing."

"Okay, I'm sorry," I chuckle. "Anyways, the three of us went to the beach one day on a relaxing vacation. Mom and Dad are taking their naps while I swim in the water. Of course, someone should watch me, but I woke up from my nap eager to get in the water. I had so much fun with my pink unicorn floaty, but then the tides got too strong, and I was separated from my floaty."

I can vividly remember that event. I was swimming and having fun, but the water decided that day to be hostile. I can swim, but something that heavy and with my tiny body couldn't handle such pressure.

"It was the scariest shit in my life. I thought I was going to die."

"Then what happened?"

I pull on a smile. "Someone saved me. I opened my eyes, and the first thing I saw was a boy, not much older than me. He was drenched and had worries in his beautiful blue eyes."

"And that boy is Rex?" Ares asked, and I nodded. "Does he know that you two met before?"

I shook my head. "Nope."

"But how did you know that boy was Rex?"

My face heats up, and I look away to calm myself. If Ares knew that, I know that when Rex and I get intimate, I see a mole on his buttocks, and he will hide from me. I knew Rex was the boy because of the mole. When he saved me, he and I spent time together. While changing out of his suit, I went to look for him and sneaked into the changing room, where I spotted him putting on his swimming trunks and accidentally saw his mole.

So, the first time Rex and I had sex, I saw the same mole on the same spot and knew right then he was the boy who saved me.

"You don't need to know. It's not for little children like yourself to hear."

"Really?" Ares gave me a deadpan look. "I'm twenty-five, sis. You don't think I can handle it."

"It's none of your business." I start to walk away to look for Rex.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"Going to look for my fiancé," and I'm going to bang him.

It's been so long since we had sex, and I'm starting to get horny just thinking about him. He's not only my savior but my first friend on the island.

We met again last year, and I would never have expected him to be the boy from my childhood. He's my savior, lover, and fiancé, who will soon tie the knot and be together.

I searched all over for him, and when I went into my room. I found him lying on the bed, sleeping.

I pinched my lips and closed the door behind me, locking it.

Licking my dry lips, I slowly pull his trunks and let his manhood spring. Grip it around my hand. I started to give him a little sweet and sexy pleasure.