The Trenty Live, Love, Laugh!

Hi, my name is Monica Elizabeth Bell,

The funny thing is everyone tells me every day to live, love, and laugh at least just a little because.

I was/am too young to be so uptight.

But I have always been this sense, I was born.

As a baby, I never cried, laughed, and kept all my stuff organized as a baby and growing up .

Even when I got hurt, I'd never cry or call out to mother or complain.

I even taught myself how to use the potty because I hated a soiled diaper at a year old.

Anyways my pain in the ass older/only sister has a boyfriend who has a younger brother she's been dying for me to meet.

The last 6 months have been a living hell for me.

She's begged me day in and day out to meet him. Finally, I gave in as she caught me in the shower the one day I forgot to lock the bathroom door.

I agreed after I locked up the library at 5 o'clock, and I'd meet them at my favorite restaurant.

Just to see if we'd "hit" it off or not, then they'd leave or all of them.

I said bye to the last librarian assistant and took out the trash as I juggled the keys to lock the back doors.

I dropped the keys as I heard footsteps behind me, I picked up the keys, thinking it was Violet, my third assistant. She always forgets something, as I turned to ask what she had forgotten.

Something cover my mouth and smelt odd, I realized I couldn't move my head, then it all went black, I don't know how long I was out but, as I slowly came to, I heard opera music, I slowly opened my eyes.

To see a young guy standing at a table.

It took my brain a minute to allow my thought process to come back to me.

* Then it dawned on me*

Awe fuck this is a scene from a cliché horror movie my sister forces me to watch.

I panicked as I thought 'oh God has he harvested my organs yet?' I instinctively looked down sighed in relief.

He turned and seen me, he smiled, I gasped. I know him, he lives next door to my sister and I.

I tried to yell, thinking I could be heard.

But nothing came out then realized my mouth was taped shut and, I was paralyzed from the neck down.

He laughed as he seen my facial expressions change, and leaned in nose to nose.

"Don't worry, it's not permanent. And no we're not at my house, I'm not dumb." He kissed my nose and sat down in the chair in front of me.

"My name is Cypress Hunt, I'm studying to be a doctor and, I have been in love with you for many years now." He leaned back in the seat and sighed.

"you know, in school I tried to talk to you sooooo many times but you never gave me the time of day, you ignored me and walk away. To top it all off, I have lived next door to you and your family for years and always said hi to you every day and you'd just nod and drove off. " he sat back up facing me now crying?

I kinda felt bad for a second till i remembered I'm paralyzed and tied to a freaking chair, oh my mouth is taped shut, he realized I was looking down wanting to say something.

He reached over, I closed my eyes as he pulled off the tape, he threw the tape and quickly touched my face.

He smiled odd thing is his hand wasn't cold or felt clammy, it felt comforting and warm.

I opened my eyes in surprise as he quickly pulled away.

He jumped up and looked at me.

"I'm so sorry Cypress" I choked out as he looked at me puzzled and left the room, leaving me alone.

I sat in the chair, obviously couldn't move or go anywhere. I don't know how long he was gone.

But I heard someone walking, I couldn't yell, well I didn't want to yell.

Cypress came back in with a glass of water he put a bendable straw in and let me have a drink, as I finished he put down the cup on the table.

"can I ask you something?" I looked at him, he actually looked shocked.

He looked like he didn't know what to say, he just nodded and turned slightly pink? Was he blushing?

I cleared my throat "why are you doing this, I know you're... In love with me right? But you live right next door why didn't you ever just come over and ask me out?" he got up and threw the glass against the wall. I jumped a little, realizing the feeling in my body was slowly coming back.

"do you not listen Monica, in school you ignored me the 3 times I tried to ask you out, I tried to ask your sister if she could ask you she just laugh and walk away. The few times we worked on class projects together, you were helpful and sweet, but every time I'd bring up a date you'd bolt. But when people would pick on me back then you'd always come to my rescue, I wasn't always this" he gestured to his body now, he walked over to the table and slumped over it.

Wow was I really that mean? I mean I knew I was stand offish but I didn't realize I was that mean, I mean he is hot... OMG I'm not just mean but I'm self-centered, I started to cry I know right now isn't about me, but I felt so bad for being so mean.

He turned around and looked at me as i sniffled.

"crying won't get you out" he said harshly and walked out of the room.

"Cypress if you're listening I'm sorry, truly I am so sorry, I didn't know I was so cruel and selfish and self-centered. If you can and want to give me a chance to make it up to you, seriously I won't try to run or anything I really want to please" I sat there for who know how long by myself I guess I feel asleep, I heard a door upstairs open and close.

It startled me, I jumped and realized my whole body was back to normal I could feel everything.

I had drifted off to sleep, I guess i was out for a while. When I woke back up I was in a bed, I felt oddly groggy... Did he drug me when I was asleep to keep me asleep to move me? I slowly sat up, I know it better to not move to fast on medication.

I heard him coming up the stairs? He opened the door... It wasn't locked?

He came in didn't say a word, walked to the table with the tray he carried and walked out.

"Cypress" I called out but he just closed the door, wow I really screwed up with him, I started to cry I couldn't move all I could do was curl up and cry.

He came back in and sighed.

"will you stop crying, if I told you. You're free I don't care if you tell the cops what I did. Just please, I ask Monica please before you leave consider one thing, consider I am and always will be in love with you." he started to walk out I jumped up and grabbed his arm, he stopped looked back at me.

"I am sorry, for what it's worth I am truly sorry, and I think I'm falling for you" I said blushing at the end. He looked shocked, he let go of the door handle and turned completely towards me.

"Are you messing with me?" he asked cautiously, I smiled and shook my head.

"it's true Cypress, I... I know it's weird with everything... That has happened the last few days?" I looked at him, he blushed.

"a week" he looked sad, I smiled.

"OK over the last week... Wait has my sister been looking for me?" I asked confused, he looked away and nodded.

"oh shit, she'd get the cops involved too.... " I sat down on the bed thinking, he followed.

How do I explain my abrupt dispense and sudden return with out getting him in trouble?

I grabbed his hand and sat him down next to me.

"oh Cypress, I guess i could tell them I meet you somewhere in work related business trip and I was alone and I got into an accident and you saved me and kept me here till I healed.... Wait where are we?" I asked finally.

He went to the window and opened the curtains revealing the sea, a boat?

"well that could work I could say I was cliff jumping and the ocean... The weather was bad lately, and you saved me and brought me up into your boat and kept me till we came back in to land after your work trip brought us back to America" he frowned for a second and then smiled and came back to sit beside me, he grabbed my hand and I pulled him to me and hugged him.

He pulled back a bit and asked

"what if they ask why haven't you called till now?" he asked I sighed.

"I lost my phone and we were having so much fun... I simply forgot to call my sister." she's going to kill me and be happy at the same time because I finally found a guy.

"well at least my sister will be happy I found someone... In a way." he blushed and looked away.

"Cypress" I said he looked at me.

"yes Monica?" I smiled, and blushed.

I kissed him deeply, odd I'd never thought I'd fall in love let alone with my kidnapper and with someone as sexy as him.

He kissed me back, he stopped and looked around.

"you should shower and I'll cook us up something for lunch, the bathroom is the third door on the right I'll bring you clothes before you shower, and a towel." he got up walked to the door.

"Cypress thank you" he just smiled and left, I got up and went to the window. Thinking if this worked out and I mean everything no one would get in trouble and I may actually be happy... Like I said who knew something so scary and weird could turn out to be good, I remembered watching him work out, in his living room, when he was younger.

I never did see his parents or normal furniture in his house except the once I seen his bedroom curtains open before I left for work, all he had was a mattress and a TV... Odd for someone that owns a yacht.

He knocked on the door this time, before slowly opening it.

He had clothes and a towel, I smiled he smiled back.

"you OK?" he asked.

"yeah,I'm fine just thinking about something I wanted to ask" I asked as he handed me the pile of stuff.

"oh what's that?" he asked as I walked to the bathroom he followed.

"if you have money why didn't you have more furniture, in your house next door to mine?" he laughed at my question.

"That's easy to explain" I stopped just at the bathroom door when he stopped too and looked at him as he blushed and smiled.

"I ran away from home... Kind of, well you see my mother used to be the #1 real-estate agent and my father well he was one of the top 3 lawyers in the world and he came from a rich family,

and yes I mean they past they both passed away in a fatal car accident, when I was in highschool with you, my mother's personal body guards came and found me in one of her real-estate properties, that's why if you noticed.

I vanished just before graduation, I finished school at my old school and took over everything from there then I couldn't get you out of my mind that's why I had suddenly popped up again" he was looking at the handle of the bathroom door as he opened it.

"oh, that actually explains a lot, and I'm sorry I didn't notice you had gone missing..." I lamely admitted.

He smiled and touched my face gently.

"it's fine, I didn't expect you to, you seemed so engrossed in trying to pass everything perfectly and hurry on with your life to get out of school, you're not like your sister with being miss popular, no offence against her"

He said and continued to smile.

I put the stuff down in the counter.

"no I know, she's always had to be center of attention, and always had to have a boyfriend, after our parents died our aunt took us in and when Ashley turned 18 our aunt died from stage 4 cancer a week after her birthday so she became should heir to all their properties and our parents bakery, till I had become of age then I took over the bakery." I looked up at him he was lost in thought. I cleared my throat, he slightly jumped.

"are you going to watch or can I shower alone?" he blushed and almost stumbled as he tried to get out the door.

He bowed, I just smiled as he shut the door.

I went closer to the door "you bowed how stupid can you be?" I giggled then covered my mouth, i think he heard me cuz he walked away very quickly.

I took a hot shower thinking of everything that's happened, about my sister, and how worried she must be.

How I was giving to explain all this without Cypress getting blamed for any of it and how we would continue... Odd as it may sound yes I still wanted to see him and feel him, and just wanted him all the way around. I never thought I'd think like this over a guy let alone my kidnapper, wait I can't think like that.

I love him, and he loves me. He's just a guy that didn't know how to get my attention without being a book, I kinda don't blame him for what he did, I also had seen him as still the nerdy guy that asked me out a few times and I guess I was a bit selfish and self-centered that i didn't want to date him cuz he wasn't "hot".

Then it dawned on me, he was hot just he wore layers of clothes and glasses, and wore a hat or hoodie just to cover his head, oh he was good at hiding his body. He has all that exercise equipment, he'd work out everyday for more than 5-10 hours a day when he wasn't eating.

I smiled to myself remembering seeing him topless a few times, God he was built like a God, he was well toned and tanned, a natural tan not that fake stuff or the tanning bed, and sooooooo tall.

He was like one of those guys you'd only read about in those cheesy romance novels.

I finished showering and put on my new underwear and clothes, and gawked at myself in the mirror, these were expensive clothes. He must have bought them not to long ago, the tag was still on them, he knocked on the door making me jump.

I cleared my throat "co---come in" I said a bit startled I was so lost in thought the knock scared me.

He slowly opened the door with a smile and a slight blush.

"lunch is ready" he said I smiled, and walked towards him, he frowned and grabbed my arm and a brush and sat me down as a little kid. Oh damn I forgot my hair, he brushed it gently and pinned it up on the sides with Bobby pins, he knew what he was doing with hair, he let me up finally I glanced at the mirror and wow I looked nice.

He grabbed my hand and walked me out to the deck where he had set up a table with food and plates, he had a banquet setup. All I could do was stare at all the food.

He sat down after seating me, with a sigh.

"I have to confess" he said I looked at him.

"I called the chief and his crew from my main house to come and cook us lunch." he blushed, I laughed.

"it's fine, I was wondering how you made so much in so little time" he smiled at me.

"shall we eat?" he asked.

"so what do you plan on majoring in college, unless your going to learn more about baking?" I gave him a dirty look, he laughed "I take that as a no" he ate as I took a drink of water to answer.

"well I've always wanted to be a writer" I blushed at the silly little thought "I know it isn't normal for a person in school to be belittling themselves but, it's relaxing and I'd be my own boss" I looked up at him he was serious and listening to me, I smiled. He got up abruptly.

"excuse me I'll be right back" he left before I could respond.

I just snacked and relaxed, I guess he remembered something?

About 30 minutes later as I walked around the top of the boat a few times looking at the beautiful ocean floor, as we slowly passed coral reefs and dolphins.

He surprised me as he hugged me from behind I jumped and laughed.

"come with me I got a surprise." he took my hand before I could ask, he had me sprinting with him down stairs.

He stopped at his office? There was a laptop open with a few books around it, he pulled me in and sat me down in the chair I looked at him puzzled and he smiled and touched the mouse it sprung to life with someone on the Skype app.

"hello Monica, Cypress told me about you and how you want to be a writer?" the gentlemen said with a smile. I was totally dumbfounded, all I could do was nod. He then looked past me to Cypress who was leaning over my shoulder at this point.

"sorry I kind of surprised her, she had no idea I was doing this." the guy just laughed, then looked back to me.

"sorry about that Monica, Cypress can be a bit compulsive" he smiled "I should know he's my cousin" I blinked and kind of shook my head to clear my mind.

"yes I want to be a writer" I finally got out.

"good, and nice to meet you by the way my name is Kyle" he smiled.

I smiled back "oh nice to meet you Mr kyle" he laughed and put up his hand.

"no, just Kyle after all I'm not a boss boss, we're all friends here" he looked back as a pretty little girl came into view of the camera.

He turned around and told her to come here "this is my daughter Becky" he turned she smiled and waved "Becky this is Monica, uncle Cypress's girlfriend" he laughed she smiled and whispered something to her father "OK I'll be up in a minute" he let her go she ran off he looked back at me "well good night kiddo's" we said good night back and he shut off the cam.

I turned to Cypress, he kissed me as I faced him.

I pulled him closer and kissed him back.

He pulled away first "sorry about the surprise, he said that he'd publish any work you wanted published when you were done writing it, if he met you first to see if he liked you" I frowned as he helped me out of the chair.

"so did he like me?" I asked he laughed "what?" I asked seriously as we walked back up to the deck.

"yes he liked you a lot, he... He can read people a lot better than anyone else, you could say he has a... "gift" look I'm not pressuring you or anything but I got to ask something and given the circumstances of the past week's event, but I have to know" he stopped and turned around and looked at me very seriously now.

"what are your going to do when we get back to land? About us about everything?" he looked as if he wanted to cry if I said the wrong thing.

"as I said I'll tell my sister I did something stupid cliff diving and to the authority same as you, my rescuer and you took me with you on a business trip out of country but you had a doctor fly in from Mexico to check me out to make sure I was fine and I agreed to go with you and well I had slight amnesia from my head hitting the cliff under water" I said with a smile.

He still wasn't happy with that, he sat down on the bench I sat with him.

"I mean about... Us if there is an us? Or are you just playing nice till then, then run away and tell everything" he was looking down like a little kid, hopping not to get his feelings hurt.

I grabbed his face and turned to look at me "no, I'm not going to run away or tell or leave you, I'm in love with you, As odd as it may sound, yes I do love you, I'm completely and utterly in love with you, I don't know why, when you first touched me before you got scared I felt something I have never felt with another person family or anyone. I felt a shock and something clicked inside of me that I couldn't deny, to myself or you or anyone else"

He seemed like he relaxed a little bit now, I kiss him this time with complete and utter passion and didn't stop till he pulled me away to catch his breath.

He smiled sweetly and we continued till he picked me up and carried me to the main bedroom, he undid my dress as we kissed I took off his shirt, and looked down for a second at his sculptured body.