Waking to the sounds of birds chirping Leo stretched. Last night was hard for him to sleep. Rubbing his eyes, he got up out of the bed and walked over to the doors to open them. The sun had come up over the rocks and it was a beautiful day. Slipping on some pajama pants so that he wouldn’t be in his boxers and putting on a plain white t-shirt he decided that he should probably go up to the house. He needed to shower, get dressed for the day, and he desperately needed coffee. Throwing on his bath sandals Leo walked up to the house. The house was very lively for seven in the morning. Usually nobody was up this early and he had some time to himself which he loved. Grabbing a fresh towel, he headed up the stairs. He was happy that nobody was in the hallway, that meant they would all be downstairs in the dining room having breakfast or drinking espresso while reading the paper. This would give him some much-needed time to get ready for the day. He had so much he wanted to show Bella. He wanted to do everything the tourists would do in his town, but with her. She would love his older brother’s pasta shoppe. His sister in-law ran one of the local bookstores. There is so much in this quaint little town that he wanted to make memories with her in.

Now that I finally had a minute to myself, I could finally shower. This bathroom is gorgeous, which handle again did Marti say worked the shower head she thought to herself. The shower itself was enormous and could easily fit around ten people in it. The issue Bella was having was the fact that the shower had more than one shower head. I guess I should just choose one, placing my hand on the shower handle I turned the water to hot. Slipping the robe off and tossing it onto the pedestal I climbed into the shower. The shower beating down on my skin felt amazing. The water was perfect even if it was creating so much steam that you could hardly see in front of you. Grabbing the shampoo, I lathered my hair. Getting the rain off me from last night felt amazing. After rinsing my hair, I let the water run down my face. Marti and Maria literally thought of everything that I needed, I will have to thank them. Thank goodness there was a bench in this shower. Sitting down Bella started to exfoliate her legs with the sea salt vanilla body scrub. I wonder how they knew vanilla was my favorite. She could hardly see when she started shaving her legs.

Knocking on the bedroom and not getting an answer Lorenzo thought that Bella must be down having breakfast with the family. Walking to the dresser he pulled out clean clothes for the day. I wonder how Bella is taking everything in today. Walking to the bathroom he was hit with a bunch of steam. He could hardly see. Having his headphones in he could not hear anything. Making his way to the window he cracked it a little. Turning back to the shower he turned the rain faucet on. He could not wait to get into the shower. Tossing his clothes into the hamper he stepped into the shower. Taking out his earbuds he splashed water on his face. Letting out an audible sigh he leaned up against the wall of the shower. Why was the other shower head on he thought to himself. With all the steam he could not see but he knew that the other handle was on the far side of the shower. After washing and rinsing his hair and body he started to the opposite side of the shower to turn off the other shower head. He did not know he was not alone. He reached out and was surprised when his hand touched the small of a back. Startled he asked, “who’s in here”.

Not knowing that someone else was in the room let alone the bathroom took Bella by surprise. She thought it was strange that the other shower head had turned on, but she was honestly in her own world thinking of what she was going to do for the day. Finishing up shaving her legs she stood up and got back under the water. The warm water helped relax her muscles. She really loved how the water slid down her body. Grabbing the sea sponge, she began washing her body. When she started to rinse, she felt a hand on her back. Startled by the question from the mystery man in the shower with her, she could barely respond with her name. The shower water hitting the floor so hard made it feel like her voice was weak. Turning around to face the person in the shower with her, she noticed that the hand had not yet left her body and it was now resting on her stomach. Alarm bells going off in her head made her back away. This was Leo, but she just met him! This was not okay. Grabbing a towel, she hurried up and got out of the shower. Sliding her robe on she ran out of the bathroom and out of the bedroom. She felt like she needed to get far away and fast. Running down the hall, down the winding staircase, past the kitchen, through the back door, she ran as far as her shoeless feet would take her, which was not very far. She found herself looking out over the rocks on the edge of the embankment while the sea crashed violently into the rocks below. How could such a wonderful start to the day have this type of outcome. Wanting to walk back into that bathroom and give him a piece of her mind she stopped herself. Why did she run? She was very attracted to him. He smelt amazing and his skin was so soft. With everything going through her mind she sat at the end of the embankment and let her legs dangle down being careful not to cut her feet on the rocks. When she decided to come to this beautiful place it was not to meet anyone. It was the opposite. Her family back home in New York wanted her to marry into a high social class. She felt her family and herself would never be able to fit in and she didn’t want to. She wanted what was organic and what was natural. So why did she run away from the one person she felt that pull to? Ugh so many thoughts racing through her head that she just couldn’t process them all.

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Marti saw Bella run pass the dining room. She looked like she had seen a ghost. Something must have really spooked her to send her flying so fast. Wiping her mouth and getting up from the table Marti excused herself. Without waiting for a response, she ran up the stairs to figure out what had gone on. Once she got to Lorenzos room she felt a ton of bricks hit her. Her brother, that stupid son of a bitch. He was singing in the shower. Oh my god Bella. How could he be so stupid? I will have to have abuela speak to him she thought as she huffed and stomped away. Not waiting for anyone to ask her where she was going, she threw some shoes on and went to go find Bella. It didn’t take her long; she saw a very fair skinned girl off in the distance with her blonde hair whipping backwards thanks to the crashing of the waves forcing the wind forward. Even this far away she could tell Bella was in her own world. What could be going through her mind worried Marti. Making her way slowly over to Bella she sat next to her. “I am sorry my brother is a jackass”. “I do not understand why he thought it would be a good idea to get in the shower when the shower was on”.” This is not like him”. “Nobody can make an excuse for him because it was not right”. “If it is okay, I would like to sit here with you for a while”.

Bella welcomed the company of Marti. The last thing she wanted to do was appear to be rude. She liked Leo’s sister though. Yes, she was full of energy, but that was because she was young. Even at such a young age, okay well maybe not that young, but still she was respectful, and she could understand why I was feeling the way I was. Letting out a sigh Bella turned to Marti. “Why didn’t anyone let Leo know that I was in the shower? It was like he had no idea I was there until he placed his hand on my back”. “I shouldn’t have acted how I did. I admit I may have slightly overreacted. You see when I decided to come here it was to escape my parents and my life. I didn’t want love. I was tired of always trying to be perfect and I wanted to let my hair down so to speak. I wanted to find me”. Then I found Leo, and it was like everything stood still even air she thought to herself. Ugh I need to snap out of my own head, but he was breath taking. His tan skin, jet black hair, his facial hair, his eyes being a beautiful brown, shit I am getting turned on I must stop thinking of him in this manner.

Marti was waiting for Bellas’s response to her question, but there seemed to be something off with her. Bella, Bella, is everything okay? It's like you have been transported to another reality or something. Still not getting a response Marti put her hand on Bellas’s shoulder. When Bella looked back over Marti was smiling at her. Now I have her attention Marti thought. “Bella, we didn’t mean for Leo to go into the room let alone the bathroom. We honestly were waiting for him for breakfast and espresso. Somehow, he was able to sneak pass all of us and make his way up to the room. If we could change it, we most definitely would. We are so very sorry this happened. I am going to send Daddy to town today so that he can buy a lock. He will get it installed that way you do not have to worry about anyone coming into the shower ever again”. After saying this Marti watched as Bellas’s face fell. Hmmm that is weird she thought. I figured Bella would be happy that daddy would get a lock for the bathroom door. Did she not want that? What honestly could be going on? So many questions started running through Martis mind.