Chapter 22- That's not your name, is it?

He unbuckles his belt and slides his pants down his legs revealing only his black boxers. Oh god, I watch his every move but look down as soon as he turns around to look back at me. His boxers are tight and hang just below his waist, I keep staring at them and wishing he would take them off.

Jeez, what is wrong with me? I have a boyfriend and this guy means nothing to me and yet I want him to take his boxers off, I decide to look away from him and admire this tree next to me but I just pick at the tree bark and think about his boxers and his flawless body the whole time. Wait why is he taking off all of his clothes? Does he think that I would have sex with him out here? Oh no.

''You coming?'' he asks as he turns his head around to look at me.

''You're gonna swim in that?'' I ask and my eyes widen.

''Yeah and so are you'' he says.

''No, I'm not, I'll just watch, there are probably fish or snakes in there'' I say and point and watches as he dives in the water.

His body glides through the water like a long snake and his hair is wet.

''Come in the water's warm!'' he yells from the water.

''No, I'm fine over here'' I lie, I wanna get in the water with him more than anything but I'm afraid that it'll lead to something that I don't want it too.

''The water is crystal clear, you can clearly see there's nothing it in!'' he yells from the water.

''You're in there'' I point out.

''Which is the reason why you should come in here'' he smirks and I can't help but smile back at him.

I move to the side of the stream and sit cross-legged on the grass and run my fingers over the mask. He raises his head above the water and it reaches him just below his neck and he stares at me while I continue to examine the mask that was once covering his face. Why does he like to stare at me so much? I like to stare at him too but I try my best to not stare all the time because he might think I'm a creep but he doesn't care what I think of him, he just full-on stares at me all the time.

''Okay well then at least take your shoes off and put your feet in the water''

I do just that and I sit on the side of the stream and dip my feet in the water. The water does feel warm, I wiggle my toes around and he stares at me for a moment before I notice a small smile forming at the corner of his lips.

''It is nice, isn't it?'' he asks.

''Yeah''

He goes back under the water and then rises above again and stares at me.

''Just come in''

''No''

''If you come in the water I will tell you my name'' he says and I look up from the mask with curiosity in my eyes.

''I can't because I wouldn't have anything to wear back and I'll have to walk back soaked and if they see me soaked they'll wanna know where I was and they'll know something's up'' I tell him.

''Well just wear my sweater or unless you wanna swim in your bra and panties, which I'm totally fine with by the way'' he smirks.

''I'm sure you are'' I say and move from my spot to where his pile of clothes is.

I take the sweater off the branch and walk behind a couple of tall trees to change so he won't see me. I take my dress off and pull his sweatshirt off my head. The sweatshirt is big and the sleeves are about twice the length of my arms, I pull them up to my elbows and pull the sweater down to the lowest it could reach. It reaches the middle of my thighs and I take a moment to just admire its scent. I smell cologne and well his scent, I love his natural scent, I have no idea how to describe it but it's amazing, it's the scent I wish that I could smell forever. I pull the collar of the sweater to my nose and I inhale his scent multiple times before he calls for me.

''What's taking so long? I'm growing more impatient by the second for you'' he shouts from the stream.

I pick my dress up and head to the stream. His eyes rake down my entire body and his lips are parted slightly at my appearance. He looks quite stunned at my appearance but tries to play it off as if he isn't. I ignore his stare and move to the tree of the left and I hang my dress of a branch and put my shoes on the ground near the tree. I feel his eyes on me as I turn around to put my dress on the tree and I know he hasn't taken his eyes off of me since I came out wearing his sweater.

''Put your things over by mine'' he instructs and I nod.

I pick up my dress and shoes and head over to where his clothes are. I pick up his pants from the ground and dust them off before hanging them on a branch. I pick up his shoes and put his socks in them and put them next to mine on the ground. I hang my dress on his pants on the branch and I know he's observing my every move. I turn around and I look at him.

''Come in'' he says and I nod but I just realized something.

''Wait, I can't come in because then my hair will get wet and I can't go back with my hair wet because then they'll get suspicious'' I say.

''Then just tie your hair up''

I tie my hair into a messy bun on the top of my head and I know I look stupid and my hair is now all over the place.

''Come in now''

I have no idea how to come in with him staring at me.

''Just sit on the side and I will help you in'' he says.

I sit down on the side of the stream closest to me and close my legs and pull the sweater down to the furthermost it could reach making sure he can't see anything. He notices me trying to cover up and laughs a bit. He puts one hand on my back and the other under my thighs. He lifts me up then slowly pulls me in the water then lets me stand to my feet. The water is crystal clear and I can see my feet below standing on the stones. I stay in the shallowest part of the stream while he moves and goes under the waterfall. The water splashes over his head and he closes his eyes then goes under the water. I have no idea what to do so I just stand here and stare at him. He starts to walk over to my direction but stops in the middle of the stream.

''I believe you have to tell me something'' I remind him.

''You're not gonna let that go are you?'' he asks and looks away from me.

He looks kinda mad but he was the one that said he would tell me his name if I came in so I'm just reminding him of his offer.

He goes back under the water without saying anything and swims under the waterfall. Is he mad? He rises above the water and looks in the opposite direction of me.

''Are you mad?'' I ask.

''No'' I know he's lying.

I walk closer to him but the part where he is seems pretty deep so I just walk a little bit closer to him where the water reaches me by my chest.

''What's wrong?'' I ask and he turns around to face me.

''Nothing'' he says and walks over to me.

''Why don't you guess what my name is'' he says. Is he serious?

''There are over a million masculine names out there, How am I supposed to guess which one is yours?''

''Then I guess you'll never know'' he says and goes back under. He walks back to me as he must notice my saddened expression.

He takes my hand in his and intertwines our fingers before he speaks.

I feel his thick fingers fit in between mine and his calloused hand touching my soft hand.

''It's Hero'' he says and as soon as the word Hero leaves his mouth I step back and take my hand away from his and place it over my chest as my eyes widen in shock. No! no! it can't be. He's lying.

''What's wrong?'' he asks and takes a step closer to me making me back away from him even more.

''No'' I respond.

''No, what?''

''Your name can't be Hero'' my voice is loud.

''Well it is, what's wrong?''

''Are you messing with me or something?'' I ask with my hands in my hair.

''No'' he says and shakes his head.

I make my way out of the stream and head to the tree where my clothes are, he follows me and snatches the shoes out of my hand.

''What's wrong?'' his voice is loud.

''Give me my shoes''

''No! not until you tell me what's wrong'' he demands. I stay silent and look at him. Is he serious? Is his name really Hero? Hero is not even a name.

He's lying or messing with me.

This isn't real, his name can't be Hero, that's not true.

''Stessian, what's wrong?''

''Nothing I need to go'' I tell him and he steps in front of me blocking my way.

''What is it?'' He clenched his jaw.

''Nothing''

''Tell me or you're not leaving'' He says and I know that's true if I don't tell him he will not let me leave or he might do something bad if I do so I have to.

''Last month I went to a bonfire with my boyfriend and when we were looking up at the stars I saw the stars shape into letters and the letters spelled out Hero'' I explain and watch as his lips part before turning into a smile. Oh, so he's happy now. I feel a bit odd after calling Nelson my boyfriend in front of him.

''Well, well, well, looks like the universe was giving you a little heads up on meeting me'' he smiles and I'm speechless just staring at him. He steps closer to me and drops my shoes to the ground and puts his hand on my lower cheek close to my jaw.

''What did you think it meant?'' he whispers in my face.

''I thought it meant that Nelson is my Hero'' I say and feel a bit humilated as he lowers his brows in confusion.

''Well I guess it didn't'' he says and I feel his breath on my lips.

''Is Hero your real name?'' I ask still in a bombshell.

''Yes'' He responds.

''Let's go back in'' he says and takes my hand in his and leads us back to the stream. We both get in and he moves to the deeper part of the stream as I remain in the shallow.

''Come over here'' he says.

''It seems pretty deep there''

''I'll hold you''

Before I can answer his arms are around my back and we are now face to face. He walks us over to near the waterfall. My feet can barely touch the ground now and he walks us even further into the stream. There is a stone wall behind me and the wall gets higher the deeper you go. He corners me against the wall and places his hands on the surface on the wall. I hold onto the wall to keep myself from sinking, I'm really scared of deep water especially when I can't stand up in it. The ground seems so far down and I refuse to let go and find out how deep it is. He steps much closer to me and our bodies are now touching.

''Let go of the wall. I will hold you'' he instructs and grabs me by the waist.

He can stand in the deep water but I can't because I'm much shorter than him.

He pushes me against the wall and his legs part mine as he stands in between them. His body pushes mine against the wall holding me up and he lowers his head into my neck. I move my hands from the wall and wrap them around his neck as he wraps his arms around my back, my face is now against his chest and his head is against my neck. We are hugging again. For a guy who's a creepy masked man who does evil rituals in the forest he sure does like to hug. I pull him closer to me as he presses his waist between my legs. I moan as I feel his erection touch mine. I have never done anything like this with anyone not even Nelson my boyfriend whom I love. Nelson!

''I have a boyfriend'' I tell him again as I push against his chest and he just ignores me and moves back closer.

He nuzzles into my neck and sucks on the skin there. He places soft kisses in a trail from my lower neck all the way up to my earlobe. He sucks harshly on the skin on my neck causing me to moan in response and I know that it's gonna leave a mark. I use one hand and run my hand through his hair and lightly tug at the ends making him gasp. He moves his head up and now is head is above mine, he bends down and before I know it his lips are on mine. His lips are a bit dry but they're soft and know how to move with mine. His kiss is hungry and rough but I love it and I feel myself even hungrier for him.

He pulls my bottom lip between his teeth and bites it making me breathless. His mouth crashes into mine once more and his tongue slowly slides into my mouth, I suck his tongue and inhale his breath into my mouth. I smell a bit of mint and smoke and it really makes me wonder how much does he smoke? but I'm too caught up in this moment to worry about that. We continue kissing for at least 30 minutes with both of us breathless before his phone rings interrupting us once more.

His phone always seems to ring whenever we're having an intimate moment, I really hope it's not Brooke again because if it is I'm leaving. He ignores it and nuzzles into my neck.

''Answer your phone'' I tell him.

''No'' he says and it makes me even more curious to know who's calling him.

''Go answer it'' I whisper by his head against my neck. He groans then moves away from me.

I hold onto the wall once more and try to come out of the stream on my own.

My lips are red and swollen from kissing and from his lip bite and my body is on fire from the last 30 minutes. I've never done anything like that before, this is all new to me. I follow him out of the stream and his phone stops ringing as he reaches for it, the ringing starts again and this time he ignores it.

''Who was that?'' I ask.

''Nobody important'' he says and puts it back in his pants pocket and steps closer to me.

''Let's go back in'' he says.

''No, I have to leave soon'' I say although I wish I could stay here forever.

He walks behind me and pulls out a bag from a shrub. He unzips the bag and pulls out a blue towel then walks back to me. Is that bag his? Did he put that there?

''Dry off with this'' he says handing me the towel.

I take it and move behind some trees to change.

''Don't look'' I warn him and he turns away from me and I pull his sweatshirt over my head and dry off with the towel and change back into my dress.

As I make my way to him he takes the towel from me and wipes his face along with the rest of his body. My breathing begins to pick up as the towel passes over his boxers and over his erection. I know I should look away but I can't. He then puts back on his pants along with his shoes while I stare at his every move. He pulls out a sheet from the bag and spreads it on the ground and sits down and pats the spot next to him for me to sit. I sit cross-legged on the sheet on the ground and he sits with his knees bent upwards close to his chest as he leans forward with his elbows bent on his knees and his hands dangling off as he looks out into the stream.

He's quiet and looks a bit sad and kind of worried.

''Are you okay?'' I ask.

''Yeah'' he says but I think he has something on his mind.

''What are your plans after college?'' he asks.

How does he know I'm in college? I never told him that.

''How do you know I'm in college?''

''It's obvious'' He looks at me.

''Well I plan on moving to San Francisco and work in an administrative office as a social media manager part-time but I also wanna focus on being a paranormal investigator as well. I will do both part-time.''

''Why do you wanna be a paranormal investigator?'' he asks without looking at me.

''I've always found the paranormal so interesting and I've wanted to be one ever since I can remember'' I answer.

''Don't you think you should do something that you can handle and not so death risking?''

''No, I can handle being a paranormal investigator'' I say my voice is harsh. How dare he say that I can't handle being a paranormal investigator?

The silence between us is deafening and I decide to break it.

''When you said 'welcome to my escape', what did you mean by that?'' I ask.

''Here is my escape from everything, everyone and well just life in general. I come here by myself for some quiet time away from everything'' he explains and I'm staggered that he just told me that.

''Did you ever come here with anyone else?'' I ask wishing he hadn't.

''No''

''Are you thirsty?'' he asks.

''Yeah''

He moves from his spot on the ground to his bag while his phone beeps next to me. A text message shows up from someone named Stone. What kind of name is Stone? Is that his real name? Is Hero even a real name?

*Dude where the fuck are you? What time are you coming tonight?

The message reads and his phone beeps again.

*Text me back dick

I look away from his phone as he returns with bottled water opens it and gulps down some before handing it to me.

*Author's note: Hey guys. How are you? How's the story so far? Tell me what you think, please comment, vote and follow me. Could you guys believe that he revealed himself to her! Why does his phone always ring whenever they are together and I wonder where he's going tonight? I'm so tired and my wrists are sore from typing so much today, it's now 11:20 at night so I'm gonna get some sleep goodnight. New chapter coming tomorrow, see you guys there. Bye. Love you guys.*