Summer Sky | L.T.

"Do you work here?" Was all I could think of to ask, out of all the things, shit. "Yes, I started 2 months ago, so what do you want?" I know he was asking about the tattoo but my mind was turned into slush puppy by now and I just stared at him, he looked good and the way he was not even showing that I had startled him. Wish I could say the same.

"Sky, the tattoo?" I gulped when he said my name and I instantly began to sweat. Keep it together Sky if he can act like we just met, then so can you.. I told myself. "Uhm yeah the tattoo, I uhm was thinking about a few stars and I would like them just under my collarbone." I mean he wasn't going to be the one who did them right. He's not a certified tattoo artist, there was just no way. But when I looked at him I saw a smirk appear on his handsome face.

"Okay so do you have something in mind?" He walked to the counter and grabbed a sketching book. 'shit' I muttered under my breath, I could just walk out but I also didn't want to act like a chicken so I took a deep breath and walked over to the counter and showed him the picture on my phone. "I would like to have a set of 10 little stars on my collarbone." He began to draw and I had to give it to him, he was actually pretty good at it. When he was done he showed it to me and I loved them. "I really like them, thanks." He pointed to the chair and I listened to him and sat down. "You have to pull of your shirt." He wasn't looking at me but I could feel that he was restraining himself. I pulled it over my head and held it in my hand. I was wearing a simple black bra, so it almost looked like I was wearing a bikini so there was really nothing to worry about.

I was not paying attention to him but when he walked back my eyes went to the door, which was open just a few seconds ago but now it was closed. "You really didn't have to close the door." I was beginning to get a bit nervous. "It's just that I don't want people to walk in and see you in your bra so this is fine." He smiled at me and I was stunned by the way he was acting. He was really calm and sweet, there was no anger or sadness around him from what I could see. It was so different from what I saw a few months ago.

"So uhm, are you going to give me the tattoo?" He nodded whilst preparing the stuff. This was going to be torture then because now I know I have lied to myself because I didn't move on, not even a little bit. My feelings for Louis were still the same as they were last year.

He came closer with the example and I almost backed away but I couldn't, as there was a chair. He pressed the paper on my collarbone and by doing that he touched my skin and my heart, it felt like it was going to jump out of my chest and I know I must look like a tomato right now. "Just breathe Sky." I nodded and felt embarrassed at the same time as he noticed that I was getting uncomfortable. This must be an ego boost for him as well to see I wasn't insensitive towards him.

He grabbed a stool and sat down on it whilst testing out the tattoo equipment. He on the other didn't look fazed at all. "Okay I'm going to begin but you really have to relax." I nodded and tried my hardest to relax a bit. I closed my eyes and that worked that is until he touched me again but I just had to get through this. "so how have you been?" He was really asking me that question. "I'm doing just fine and uhm how are you?"

Stupid question but what else could I ask, this was so awkward. "I'm doing great actually. I just moved in with my dad for the summer." So that's why Marie asked me to stay with her this summer, there couldn't be another explanation, yeah of course she wanted to see me but this was the main reason, there was no doubt. "I'm also here for the summer." I said before the conversation fell flat. "I uhm guess I owe you an apology for the way I acted when you called me." He shook his head. "No you don't I shouldn't have called you." He was being way to nice about this. "Yeah but still I could've acted a bit more mature."

"Let's just not talk about that." He was right so I kept my mouth shut. He was actually doing a great job from what I could see and it didn't take long before I felt my eyes drop. I put my head back against the chair and I know that I fell asleep but I wasn't sleeping deep so I could hear everything around me and I heard him mumble a few things when he suddenly said something that made me pay more attention. "God how I missed you." I heard him mumble. If my heart weren't racing already it would start racing now.

I kept my eyes shut and hoped he would say something lese but he didn't, he did sigh a lot. It sounded as if he was in pain. At a certain point I must really had fallen asleep because he suddenly put his hand on my cheek. "I'm done." He said and I immediately jerked my head out of his hand, I didn't do it to hurt him but it was just a reflex and when I saw the hurt in his eyes I just gave him an apologetic smile.

"Sorry about that." He got up and grabbed a mirror and it was beautiful. "It looks amazing, thank you so much." He smiled at me. "You're welcome, I'm glad you like it." He taped it up so it could heal and gave me the normal instructions. I paid him and walked towards the door but Louis stopped me. "Sky wait." I didn't turn around but waited nonetheless. I felt him standing behind me but he didn't touch me, my hands were shaking, which I tried to hide but he saw and grabbed one of my hands and turned me around.

"I just wanted to thank you." I had expected all sorts of thing but not that. "Why, I didn't do anything." He brushed a string of hair from my cheek and I took a deep breath. "You did everything, I'm clean because of you." Again I didn't do a thing except for walking away. "I'm happy to hear that but I really should be going." I was running away and he knew it. "I know." He didn't let me go though, he even stepped a bit closer and was now really invading my personal space. I was sweating by now and what he did next made me shiver because he kissed me on the cheek and if I wasn't already standing against something I would melt unto the floor.

He lingered a bit before stepping back. When he finally was out of my space I ripped the door open and bolted out of there and when I was out of sight I let out a moan and a deep sigh. 'What the hell was that?' I heard myself ask and I shook my head before I got into my car. I needed a cold shower for sure after that encounter.

How could there be so much sexual tension, if there wasn't any to begin with last year. Yeah we kissed but that was about it. Now I just wanted to rip of his shirt and have him kiss me everywhere. How weird. I got home and was happy to see I had the house for myself. I quickly prepared the bath because I couldn't shower, as the tattoo wasn't shower ready yet. The tension was gone within minutes and I got ready for the evening. I pulled on a navy blue summer dress, which was my favourite as it was just above the knees and it was thin fabric, perfect for a evening like this.

"Sky are you home?" I heard Marie yell from downstairs. "Yes I'm in my room." I yelled back. I quickly went downstairs and was surprised to see her and Jean waiting for me. I sighed and took a seat "I already know about Louis." They were surprised when I said that but when I saw the hope in Jeans eyes I know why they had wanted to talk to me. "You do, how?" she asked me and I shrugged. "I got a tattoo today." Was all I said and that's when they realized how I found out. "God I'm so sorry Sky, I hope it all went okay?" Jean was really sounding concerned. "It was okay, I was startled at first but I got over that pretty fast." I shrugged, they were exchanging looks "So you didn't mind seeing him then?" Marie sounded confused. "No I didn't, don't worry about it. I mean it has been almost a year when I last saw him, so it's fine."

I know they were confused but I wasn't going to be acting like a little kid about this and as I just discovered there is still a lot between Louis and me, which only made this interesting and I wasn't going to fight it this time. "Okay well then I'm going home, thanks I guess." Jean sounded so confused but I heard a hint of hope in his voice and I really hoped he didn't get any ideas.

"What's for dinner?" I asked quickly before she could start about the whole Louis thing. "We are having a barbecue" She smiled and I was happy about that because it would be nice to hang out with family and friends. "Who are coming?" she shrugged "It's just you, me, Lucian, Jamie, Jean, Rose and uhm Louis." She looked at me to see my reaction but I kept my poker face on and nodded. "Okay, cool. I just forgot that I have to do something first, I'll be back before dinner!" I ran upstairs and closed the door.

I wanted to scream but I couldn't. I know I said I was fine with Louis staying at his father but it was horrible and the fact that I wasn't over him, didn't make it any easier. I got up and stared at the mirror and redid my hair like ten times and settled for a loose bun because I really didn't want to stand out tonight, I just wanted to be in the background even if it was just for tonight.

"Sky are you okay?" Marie asked from the other side. I sighed because I didn't want to make her worry about me. "I'm fine, just give me a few minutes." I said and I heard her walk away. I grabbed my phone and started to text Ashley.

"Louis is here!" Ashley didn't waste any time and responded immediately.

"Oh no, how are you holding up?" –Ash

"I'm slowly freaking out! Ash I'm still in love with him."

"I know honey, how did you find out?" –Ash

"How did you know that? I run into him at the tattoo parlor."

"I just knew. So how did that go?" –Ash

"He works there and I wanted a tattoo, so I let him put one on me and Ash I have never felt so much sexual tension, when he touched me, it was like my heart wanted to jump out of my chest, he made me melt with only touching my collarbone."

"Girl you got it bad but honey why don't you just see if he feels the same way about you?" –Ash

"I'm afraid I guess, what if he doesn't like me anymore and could you blame him after I turned my back to him."

"I think that he knows why you did it. Just see if there is anything left, you got nothing to lose." –Ash

"I guess, thanks Ash."

"Go get him" –Ash

I ignored that last one but after a few deep breaths I walked into the garden and everyone was already there. I ignored Louis stare and sat down as far away as possible. I grabbed the food that was on the table and focussed on eating. I could feel his stare burn into my head and eventually I looked up and was a bit startled that he was closer.

"How's the tattoo?" he asked me and the table went silent, which made it only worse. "It's doing fine, just cleaned it and put some foil on it." I answered politely and you could hear everyone let out a deep sigh and it actually made me smile. After that everything went back to normal I engaged into a conversation with Jamie and we settled for a match in the ring and this time I was smiling because I won my first match not to long ago.

This was actually a nice night and Lucian and Louis had promised to come see the match tomorrow. That did make me a bit nervous but there was no way I was going to let Jamie win this time.

When it was around 11 I excused myself as I really was tired and I just wanted to clear my head before I went to bed. "Good night all!" I said before disappearing in the house. I walked up to my room and pulled the dress over my head when I heard my door close softly. I spinned around and tried to pull the dress down but I was stuck. "Ah shit!" I said. Not long after that I felt someone grab the fabric and pull it over my head. When I was free I opened my eyes and in front of me was Louis. I could have known this but it still made me widen my eyes in surprise.

He was holding me by my waist and I know I should grab a shirt so I could cover myself but my brain was melted. I studied his expression and was happy to see he was breathing a bit harder himself. He wasn't insensitive towards me and with me standing almost naked in front of him made it difficult to breathe.

We kept staring in each other's eyes and when he brought his hand up by caressing my side, I felt the goose bumps appear. He touched my face and traced my lips with his finger before bringing his face closer.

"Louis?" I mumbled before he could get even closer, he opened his eyes and stared in mine, waiting for approval and I nodded slightly, When he touched my lips with his I felt home, he deepened the kiss and walked me back so I fell down on bed. I know I should stop him but I couldn't or wanted to. This was meant to happen and who was I to fight faith. I grabbed his shirt and almost ripped it off of him, which made him chuckle. "Slow down love." He said whilst kissing my neck but I was beyond going slow and the moment he put his hand on my upper tight I was lost.

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