Chapter 267 - Ocean – The Tournament Part 3

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Ocean

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"Listen here, Tent." I intentionally messed up his name to piss him off. He was going to know that I didn't respect him at all. "You have some things really messed up in your head." I spoke the words clearly yet quietly directly into his face as he was still standing right in front of me. I would have loved to scream, but I didn't want to let the entire place know about our little fight right now.

"I don't have anything wrong, you little bitch. And my name is Trent. Unless you want to use my full name, Current. Current Sands. And I was Makai's first and only love." He turned to face Makai and winked at him. "I know that he is only playing with you right now. He is my lover and always will be. I am going to have him back. He will move in with me. And we will get married someday. And that is all because he loves me and not you."

"I don't love you, Trent." Makai said at the same time that I snapped at the asshole who was still standing directly in front of me.

"He doesn't fucking love you, asshole." The words that Makai and I said at the same time got mingled together and they seemed to do nothing but piss Trent, or should I say Current, off. 

"Makai, baby, you don't know what you're talking about. You seem to have forgotten all of our time together. I was the first person that you said you loved. You said that you would never love anyone else. We're fated to be together. Don't you remember? You're my mate. You're my forever. I was going to be searching the entire world for you when I graduated from school. I was going to find you no matter where you were." Everything that Trent was saying was pissing me off right now and all I wanted to do was punch him in his stupid face.

It wasn't even what he was saying that was pissing me off and bothering me so much. It had nothing to do with any of that. I knew that at some point he was probably going to be bringing up things from their past like this. I knew that it was going to happen sooner or later. That wasn't the reason why I was mad though. Nope, not at all. No, the reason why I was mad was because nothing that he was saying to Makai sounded sincere at all.

The sense that I was getting from this piece of shit named Trent was that he was a controlling and manipulative man that just wanted to be with Makai because he couldn't have him. He didn't sound like he loved him at all. He sounded like a truly bad guy and an even worse lover. I couldn't imagine how miserable that Makai had been when he was with this guy.

"You didn't want me, Trent. Stop lying to me. Stop lying to Ocean. Stop lying to everyone. All you wanted was my family's money. You wanted me and my parents to take care of you for the rest of your life so that you could do nothing at all and live in the lap of luxury." That was pain in Makai's voice right there. Why was he feeling that pain? Had this man hurt him? Oh, I swear to God, I would kill this man if he did hurt my Makai.

"Ocean?" Trent was laughing now. "His name is Ocean? Is that supposed to be a fucking joke? He's pretending to be one of us, isn't he? I mean, who the hell would name him Ocean? That is just fucking stupid." His stupid laughter was getting on my nerves. And apparently, I wasn't the only one that was getting annoyed by it.

"Who the fuck made you the name police?" Ryan snapped at him and pulled him away from my face.

"You think his name is funny. Seriously? Did you forget that your name is fucking Current? Current Sands, that sounds so idiotic. No wonder you use a nickname. You're ashamed of your name and wish that it wasn't yours. At least my friend Ocean over here has never tried to get rid of the name that he was given. He's owned that name and doesn't let anyone make fun of it. Not even you. And right now, Current, you're pissing me and my boyfriend off so we're going to make you step back now." Ben, the usually quiet and nice Ben, was looking like an angry lion right now. He definitely was about to go to town on this guy.

"Your boyfriend?" Trent asked him suspiciously.

"Yeah dumbass, me." Ryan got right up into Trent's face now. "Do you have a problem with that?"

"Alright, all of you, back off." I jumped and spun when I heard the coach's voice coming closer. "No more fighting. All of you take your seats. The opening ceremony is about to start."

"You can't fucking tell me what to do, asshole. You're not my fucking coach or anyone else that has any importance over my life. Fuck off you old ass prick." Trent was truly venting his anger now. All he seemed to want to do was get mad at everyone and everything since he wasn't able to convince Makai to come back to him yet.

"You better calm down there, little boy. If you keep up this aggressiveness, then you will just find yourself kicked out of here." Coach snapped at the asshole in a low, authoritative voice.

"Fuck you!" Trent yelled at him only to be called out almost immediately.

"SANDS! Get over here and sit down before I send you home."

"Coach? You don't know what is going on." He whined at the man that had called his name.

"I don't care. Get over here." His coach yelled at him again. "Hello, Makai. It's been a while. I see you're doing well. And I see that this little idiot is still giving you trouble." The man first smiled at Makai then glared at Trent.

"Yeah, Coach Gunner, I am doing just fine. Thank you." This man was obviously Makai's previous coach.

"Have a good tournament. And I will do my best to keep this one under control." With that, Trent, Coach Gunner and the rest of their team went to take their seats in the section designated for their school. I saw that Trent sat in the seat closest to our seats and that pissed me off immediately.

"Come on, Makai." I said as I took his hand and sat at the opposite end of our seats. I wanted to make sure that Makai was as far away from that idiot as he could possibly be right now. I didn't want that creep anywhere near Makai ever again. At least, not if I could help it.

"What the hell was that guy's problem?" Ryan asked as he sat behind me.

"Seriously! What was wrong with him? He was going full on psycho there."

"Yeah, I know. I am sorry guys. There isn't much that I can say about it really. I mean, he was the first guy that I ever seriously dated. I mean, I am bisexual so I have dated men and women, but he was the first guy that was more than a fling. H.. w..well let's just say that he has some serious problems." Makai glared to the side at Trent who was smiling and waving at him still.

"Hey, Makai," Ryan leaned in close and lowered his voice, "That guy is like you, isn't he? I mean, he's a, you know."

"Yes, Ryan, he is." Makai nodded as he too kept his voice low. "And that was why I let him get away with so much. I didn't think that he would lie to me because he was like me. It was when we were both a lot younger though, and I blame my naivety on my innocence at the time."

"Ha ha ha ha, Makai were you ever innocent?" Ryan laughed loudly but I knew what he was doing. He was trying to break the tension and get us all into a better mood before we had to swim.

"Believe it or not, Ryan, there was a time when I was. Then I learned to talk and it all went downhill from there." That comment made everyone around us laugh. I have to admit, it was pretty hilarious.

"Just don't worry about that asshole, Makai." Katie called from down the row.

"Yeah, we all have your back, man." Toby assured him.

"If he tries anything, I am sure that Ocean will murder him." Charles joked next.

"We care about you, Makai. So don't worry about him." Jenell smiled at us both.

"Yeah, Makai, you, Ocean, Ben and Ryan are the best guys ever and you're the top swimmers on the team. We all love you and want you to be happy. So please, don't let them get to you." Faith's words were a little shaky from nerves, but she was being really sweet and nice about it.

"Thank you, all of you." Makai smiled at them. "I am glad that I have you all."

At that moment, there was the sound of someone talking over the speakers that surrounded us all.

It was the start of the tournament now. Well, to be exact, it was time for the opening ceremony. I watched as a group of men and women were walking toward the platform on the other side of the pools.. Up there waiting for them was another man that was already speaking.