International Love

Chapter 17

When we got up to the penthouse I was in complete awe. It was gorgeous white and good colors. The couches in the massive living room were white. There were huge windows that overlooked all of Orlando. You could even see Disney World in the distance. There were a total of 6 bedrooms each with their own bathroom. The kitchen had marble countertops and white cabinets with stainless steel appliances. It was gorgeous and I was thankful that we would be here for a couple of days as we had multiple shows in this area.

“Are you done ignoring me?” I asked Derek as I sat my things down in the living room.

“Ivy, don’t start.” He responded getting water out of the fridge.

“You’re mad at me for what?” I asked, “You act like I’m the one that f*****g told the press that you’re the one that gave me this cut on my face.”

“Being with you has brought so much damn drama into my life it’s exhausting.” He answered nonchalantly.

“Well, then just f*****g leave me.” I snorted grabbing my things and going to claim a room since it’s obvious I won’t be sleeping in the same one as Derek.

I slammed the door behind me and locked it. I slid down the door and just sat there with my head in my hands. Then I felt like I needed to make a statement. Maybe I can salvage this. I pulled out my phone to text Katie.

Me: Can I make a statement?

Katie: What did you have in mind?

Me: A quick video message to post on my private page. This has gotten out of hand. Derek’s very upset and I don’t even know if we’re together anymore. Please Katie. I can’t let this continue. I’ve hid my life enough. And who knows we could get some more stuff out of this.

Katie: Go ahead. You mention nothing of Lacey having her contract terminated. Don’t even hint around it. Send it to me before posting.

Me: THANK YOU!

I got up off the floor and walked over to the desk that was in my room. I propped my phone up on the wall and started recording. I didn’t even care that I looked a hot mess. I needed to get this out.

“Hey everyone!” I began, “It’s Ivy here. I wanted to pop on and clear some things up. When Harmony Dreams was first formed we were all a bunch of strangers. I didn’t come from a world of riches or even a little bit of normal. It was quite the opposite. I’ve been keeping many secrets from everyone and it’s time to be open and honest.

I was abandoned by my parents when I was 13 years old. I bounced around couches, slept in a park, and even bathed in ponds and lakes. By the grace of god I found a flyer looking for 4 teenagers between the age of 14 and 18. I just turned 14 at the time of the audition. Here we are nearly 6 years later the best of friends. At least I thought we were.

The past few months I’ve found a lover out of Derek and a best friend out of Steven. But what I didn’t expect was to find an enemy out of Lacey. Before my relationship went public with Derek, my parents contacted me out of the blue and said they needed money. When I told them no they made up some excuse about my mom having cancer and she was on life support and I needed to get to the hospital immediately. I was living with Derek at the time since my house had burned down a few months prior. Derek drove me to the hospital and my mom was in fact not dying. She didn’t even have cancer. They just wanted to ask me for money again.

When I denied them again my father, who I found out isn’t even my biological father, strangled me to the point I lost consciousness. I woke up with swollen vocal cords, a bruised neck, busted vessels in my eyes, and no voice. That automatically put me out of the performance for the Grammys. So for the Grammys we created a hologram of myself so I could be in on the performance.

The night of the Grammys Lacey had some how found out about the relationship I was hiding with Derek. She went to the Grammy officials and pulled my hologram. Ever since then Lacey has made it her personal mission to ruin my reputation.

Fast forward to last night at the opening night of our tour and she managed to get into contact with my mother and invited her to the tour. I made it perfectly clear my mother wasn’t welcome around me because I wanted nothing to do with her. Just when I thought I’d gotten rid of her Lacey invited her to ride to Orlando with us on our bus. My mother slapped me across the face. That time it didn’t draw blood. I wasn’t so lucky the second time.

We contacted our manager and publicist and we decided we’d take a plane from Columbus to Florida to get away from my mother. When we arrived at the airport my mom tried to keep me on the bus. Her and Derek were tugging me back and forth. My mother slapped me across the face again and that’s how I got this scratch on my face.

Derek has not and never will lay a hand on me. In fact, if he even sees me upset he’s at my side comforting me like he did yesterday. I just wanted to make this very clear to everyone that you don’t always know the full story. If you ever hear anything from someone else that’s not me, Derek, or Steven it likely is not true.

I will be responding to some questions at a press conference to be held at a later time. As always, I’m so thankful for all of our Dreamers and we all thank you for your continued support.”

I sent the video off to Katie and she responded with a ton of thumbs up emojis. I posted the video to my personal ** page and let out a huge sigh. I feel like I just got everything I could possibly need off of my chest. I just hoped it had a positive response.

I didn’t want to come out of my room just yet because I knew Derek was still angry. Instead I showered and changed into a pair of jean shorts and a black tank top. I slid on some sandals and walked back down to the living room.

As I walked into the living room I heard my video being played. It was just finishing up. I saw that Derek was watching it on his phone. I walked into the kitchen to get some water and a snack. I don’t think Derek saw me so I just minded my business.

“Girl, I know you’re not back there just minding your business and not saying anything to me.” I heard him say.

“I just figured you didn’t want to talk to me.” I said not facing him.

“I’m sorry for being mean to you.” He said wrapping his arms around my waist.

“Derek, every time something goes wrong you can’t just yell at me and blame me for it. People that know you like really know you know that you didn’t do this to my face. We knew what we were getting into. It’s up to you if you’re going to let people outside of our relationship destroy it or if you’re going to fight with me.” I said.

“I’m going to fight with you. I’m sorry for yelling at you and telling you you were drama.” He said as he nuzzled his face into my neck, “Mmm. You smell so good.”

He s**t the fridge and turned me around and started kissing my neck. He placed kissed all over my neck and cheeks and he finally met my lips. I deepend the kiss and parted my lips. Our tongues danced together.

Derek picked me up so my legs were wrapped around his body and carried me to the living room. He sat down on the couch as I continued to straddle him. I unbuttoned his black shirt he was wearing and pushed it off of him. He pulled away from my lips and pulled my tank top off. I wasn’t wearing a bra underneath so he exposed my bare breasts. He kissed my lips and then kissed down my neck again. He took my erect n****e in his mouth and swirled his tongue around it causing me to moan out in pleasure. I friended against him as I felt his bulge beneath me.

“Please Derek.” I said breathlessly standing up.

I unbuttoned my shorts and slid them off along with my panties. I stood in front of him naked. He took of his pants and boxers and revealed his pleasure stick. I walked back to him and lowered myself down on to his girth. I moaned out in pleasure as I moved myself up and down.

“Oh yes baby. You’re so tight.” Derek moaned out.

He flipped me so that he was on top of me and he kept pumping in and out of me. He started rubbing my bud of nerves with his thumb and it felt amazing. Before I knew it I was met with my release.

“Did you come for me?” He asked as he continued filling me with his length.

“Yes!” I moaned, “Don’t stop, don’t stop.”

“I’m not stopping.” He moaned.

I found my release two more times before Derek found his release inside of me. He collapsed onto my chest as our breathing started to slow down.

“I love you so damn much.” He said into my neck, “Best makeup s*x ever.”

“I love you, too.” I laughed, “Can we go get food now?”

“Yes,” He laughed, “Tomorrow I’m taking you to Disney World.” He said nonchalantly standing up.

“What?! Seriously?!” I yelled excitedly.

“Yes seriously. I figured you’d never been there.” He responded getting dressed.

“You are exactly right.” I smiled as I also put my clothes back on.