The House of Angels

Pool party

Half an hour later Moon was already slightly drunk. Ant kept pouring JD and forced everyone to drink shots whenever he wanted one.

The pool was huge and luxurious and there even was an artificial waterfall on the left side.

Moon had never seen something like that.

She decided to take off her robe and take advantage of the opportunity to swim inside the most expensive pool she'd ever seen.

As soon as she was left only in her lacy black bikini, the guys fell silent. They were all watching her intently, drowning in the vision of her perfect body.

She had to dive into the pool to hide her reddening cheeks.

After a while they all joined her into the water and spent some time playing and swimming in the pool.

"Wow, Moon... you're, like, very fit. Very, very, very..." Ant began, approaching her with lustful eyes and a hoarse voice, only to be cut off by a pissed Daniel.

"Enough, Ant. Behave!" He scowled, pulling Moon toward himself.

"I was just complimenting her, boy. Don't go all jealous on me." Ant snickered, swimming away with a grin on his face.

"Daniel, you don't have to babysit me. I can handle Ant by myself." Moon frowned, a little offended. She was perfectly able to take care of herself.

"No, you don't know how to handle him, no one knows." He retorted. Then his eyes narrowed and his posture stiffened. "Unless you're enjoying it, in that case I'll leave you alone."

"Alright." She just said. She knew he wanted her to reassure him in some way, maybe telling him that she didn't like Ant's flirty ways. He was probably worried about her, like Josh, like they were her physical and emotional bodyguards, and that started pissing her off.

Besides, he had no right to ask her anything, since he's been ignoring her for the last few days, after the moment they shared in the car.

Truth be told, Moon was a very proud girl and she wasn't going to show him she was annoyed or hurt by his behaviour.

Daniel, on his side, was a little taken aback by her lack of interest in him and his opinions and didn't expect her to just shrug him off.

Maybe what happened in the car wasn't a big deal to her. Maybe she was just messing around and that explained why she got intimate with him the same day she'd kissed Josh.

He didn't understand why that thought pissed the hell out of him. He didn't care much about the girls around him. He had a lot of friends with which he had fun with no strings and they were well aware of it.

After he'd cheated on Vera with Sister Madleine, he'd thought that maybe he was like his father, a stupid asshole with no respect for women, bound to make them suffer due to his selfishness.

So he'd decided that he had to keep things casual and always be honest, because there was no way he'd let himself hurt another girl in his life.

Then Moon appeared. He couldn't explain what was so different about her, but he felt irresistibly attracted to her, and not just because of her appearance.

Well, at first, maybe her big breasts, her tight and round ass, her muscular legs and fit body had something to do with his interest. That explained why he had to hide his hard-on everytime she was near, or why he jerked off every night thinking about what happened in the car.

But there was something else he couldn't explain and it was crazy since he'd known her for just a few days.

Well, since she didn't care, he wasn't going to, for sure. He was used to girls begging him for his attention, not the other way around. So, f**k her.

'Suit yourself!' He thought, annoyed.

He climbed the ladder out of the pool and dried himself with his towel, before heading inside to get more wasted.

He looked at the pool through the large window of the kitchen where he was drinking alone and saw Anatoli flirting heavily with Moon who was laughing at something he'd just said. His jaw clenched and he pulled out the little bag filled with cocaine to use it. He was going to lose control if he didn't do anything to calm himself, and usually that worked.

He took another shot and a few stripes of cocaine and then lit a cig, taking a long drag.

He was feeling way better now. The good sensations provided by the mix of drug and alcohol were soothing him and leading him into that familiar, tantalizing daze, into that safe place inside his mind where he felt invincible and untouchable, rather than useless and delusional.

In the meantime, Moon, completely unaware of what was happening inside the kitchen, was having a good time listening to Ant and Josh telling her funny stories about their past.

Ant didn't seem the dangerous type Daniel kept describing. Surely she'd just met him but he just looked like a funny guy who wanted to have fun, no matter what. And fun was exactly was she was looking for, right now.

"You're so pretty, Moon. No wonder Daniel has it bad for you..." he said, leaning closer to her, so that the others couldn't hear them.

"What are you talking about? He's just overprotective like Josh. They think they are my protectors." She scoffed, exasperated.

Yet she couldn't help but to focus on his sensual body too close to hers and that masculine, almost enchanting, scent that kept pullong her toward him.

"Well, maybe Josh. But Danny... not Danny, Moon. He doesn't get involved with girls if not for dirty, rough s*x. It's clear he's not f*****g you, so..." he grinned mischieviously.

"Trust me, it's nor what you think." She shrugged, leaning on her elbows on the side of the pool, trying to act nonchalant. Ant looked at her intently for a few seconds, then a smile stretched on his lips.

"I trust you, darling." He said, inching closer.

Now his thigh was brushing against hers and his right foot was slightly stroking her left one.

She turned to look at him, confusion evident in her eyes.

"Does that means I can flirt with you without any worries?" He smiled at her.

"Sure, Ant. But if you don't stop what you're doing I will kick you in your jewels so hard, you won't be able to have children." She smirked, swimming away, leaving an amused Anatoli behind her.

Her back was facing him so she couldn't see the predatory smile that had stretched on his lips and the mischievious spark in his eyes.

"Hey guys, we need to go home before Mrs Solonov starts calling." Axl said, looking at the time.

As usual, Josh, Daniel and Ant were considered adults since they were eighteen or older. As for Axl, Charlie and Lucas, they needed to be home before the curfew or Mrs Solonov would punish them with plus chores.

Moon was supposed to be sleeping at Malika's, according to Josh's version, so she was going to spend the night in the villa with Josh, Daniel and Anatoli without Mrs Solonov pestering her.

To tell the truth Mrs Solonov had been quite gentle with Moon, maybe because she'd followed Josh's advice to fly out of her radar.

"Oh right. Almost forgot. We'll take my car to go back, you can take Danny's one." Josh said, climbing out the pool to give Lucas the keys.

"Where's Danny, by the way?" Axl asked, looking around.

"I saw him going inside a while ago." Lucas shrugged.

"I'm here, suckers. Just having fun." Daniel appeared from the window. He looked wasted and disheveled, his eyes opene wide and his face twisted.

"Well, we're going, man. See you tomorrow." Charlie fist bumped him.

"Sure, later guys." Daniel said, fist bumping Axl and Lucas as well.

The guys said their farwells and left the villa.

"Hey, J. Could you give me a ride?" Daniel asked Josh who was now drying his hands with a towel to lit a cig without soaking it.

"Where?" Josh asked in confusion.

"I have to buy something." He said dismissively.

"What, exactly?"

"I finished it, so we need to buy it again." He took another shot.

"You finished it already? But you were gone for just half an hour!" Ant said in disbilief.

"Oh, stop judging me, you b***h. I'm saying I finished it and I'm gonna buy it again, I don't want to owe you two money. So, let's go, J." He said rolling his eyes.

"Go by yourself, D. I'm not your driver." Josh said sternly, lighting his cig. He was pissed that Daniel would do something like that. He was seriously going to hurt himself and the thought he could do nothing about it hurt him more than anything else. He felt useless, he was really trying to help Daniel, but he was so broken it was almost impossible.

"Do you seriously want me to drive in this condition?" Daniel said with wide, red eyes.

He knew Josh wouldn't let him drive when he was like that. He wasn't happy to leave Moon alone with Ant, even for that half an hour he needed. But he didn't care, the only thing he wanted right now was his refill of narcotics.

Josh groaned loudly, before wearing his jeans and tee.

"Wear something, you jerk." He said to Daniel. "We're be back in twenty." He then told Ant and Moon, before disappearing, followed by Daniel who had, somehow, managed to dress himself.

"Was he talking about cocaine?" Moon asked Ant, who was drying himself vigorously.

"Yeah. How did you know?" He asked, handing her a towel as she climbed out the pool, the breeze making her skin shiver and her n*****s harden. Ant watched her intently and hid his hardening crotch behind his towel.

"I've spent some time with Josh and Daniel." She shrugged, wrapping the towel around her, before lighting a cig.

"Alright. I have some, if you want." Ant said, pouring two shots.

Moon's eyes lit up. He was taking for granted she already used it, he was even offering her some. It was her chance to try it, without Josh and Daniel pestering her.

"Sure. But why didn't you tell them? They just went to buy it." She asked, confused.

"'Cause this isn't ours. It's Farah's. She always keeps some aside, she likes to f**k after we get wasted, you know. Makes things a lot funnier." He grinned.

"She won't mind?" She asked, drinking the shot in one gulp.

"Of course not, hon. She's cool." He said, heading toward the french window.

"Are you coming or not?" He asked, noticing she still wasn't following him.

"Lead the way." She said with a smile.