“The same way that my whole world is in your eyes”

~Miguel_Adorn

Sunday

Opening my eyes that morning, my lips turned up into a smile when I saw Olivia sleeping next to me. I could never get tired of the feeling of holding her close to me, her coconut scent lingering in the air around me, I couldn't help but take it all it. She was so beautiful, I could never get tired of looking at her, at any given time of every day.

She stirred in her sleep slowly waking up, and I planted kisses all over her face. She breathed out a quiet laugh while stretching out her arms with her eyes closed, a cute waking up moan escaping from her lips before collapsing on the bed again to wrap her arms around me and laid on my chest.

“Good Morning”, I kissed the top of her head and she tilted her head up to look, her golden brown eyes sleepier than usual as she smiled warmly at me

“Good Morning”, she pushed her body up to kiss me fully on the lips, resting her head on my shoulder before sighing heavily

“I don't want to get up”, she whined quietly while snuggling closer to me and I chuckled, tangling my fingers in her hair

“Neither do I”, I continued stroking my fingers in her hair. “But we need to get up soon though”

“Just a few more minutes”, she took a deep breath, closing her eyes again, and I wrapped my arms around her, giving her a thigh squeeze before rolling her over so that I could get up from the bed to go take a shower. She immediately sat up, looking weirdly at me while tilting her head in confusion.

“What?”

“You have like 5 seconds to get back into this bed”, she warned, and I laughed at her demand. She loved cuddles so much, I felt like her personal teddy bear or something.

“Or else what?”, I challenged and there was no change in her expression

“I don't think you want to find out”, she threatened, and I shrugged my shoulders, slipping back into the bed, and she happily wrapped her arms around me again

“The more time in bed, the more likely the chances we're going to end up taking a shower together, to make up for the time we spend cuddling”, I commented, and I could feel her shrug her shoulders

“I'm okay with that”

Kevin and I were the first to arrive at the dinning hall for the breakfast buffet, followed by Jessica and lastly Nathan and Olivia, who couldn't seem to keep their hands off each other as they strolled towards our table

“Ah, the lovebirds. How nice of you to finally join us”, Kevin teased as they both took their seats and Nathan playfully flicked him off.

“I see you two are tryna steal my thunder a little here, but it's cool”, I joked, putting both my hands out in surrender and they laughed

“I'm happy for the both of you”

“Thank you, Stan”, Olivia smiled, putting her hand over mine and gave it a little squeeze

“You better treat her well Nate. You really don't want to know what's going to happen up to you if you hurt her”, I changed my tone when I looked over at him, and he paused mid-action on eating a croissant.

“You're really going to threaten me while I eat?”, he asked dryly, and I nodded my head

“There's no better time to have you choking on your food to show that you're intimidated chief, but for your sake we'll continue this conversation a little later”, I patted him on his shoulder and he let out a low chuckle while looking over at Olivia worriedly

“What are the chances your Dad will be less lenient on me the next time I see him?”

“Highly unlikely”, she laughed softly, also patting him on the shoulder. “You'll be okay though”

“I hope so”, he finally took a bite of his croissant, leaning back on his chair, and we continued eating, chatting a bit

“I need like a new sex playlist, songs that really set the mood if you know what I mean”, Kevin stirred another conversation after our meal and all eyes turned to him

“Kevin, we literally just finished eating”, Jess scowled at him, and he threw her a glare

“So, does the word sex make you want to throw up or something?”

“No, I'm just saying”, Jess lightly shurgged her shoulders and Kevin leaned back on his chair to stare directly at her with his eyebrow raised

“Has it been that long since you got laid Jess? That even the word sex provokes you?”

“Dude!”, I scowled at him, putting out my hand at him, warning him to back up a little. “That's my sister”

“I know she's your sister. I'm just asking her a simple question”, he quicky brushed me off, turning to look at Jess again

“A question I don't think you deserve to know the answer to, and it's really inappropriate”, Jess answered in her defense and Kevin looked at her, almost like he wat pitying her

“That long since you got some, huh? Shame”, he clapped his hands together, turning his attention to all of us again. “Anyway, any recommendations?”

“I'll plug you with my freaky playlist”, Nathan and Olivia both said over each other, and they exchanged looks

“Jinx”, Liv smiled, sticking her tounge out at him playfully, and he frowned a little, wanting to open his mouth to speak but quickly refrained from doing so because Liv and I were literally staring at him, daring him not to. He huffed out a sigh, taking his phone out of his phone to type a message then handed it to Kevin.

“Say my name, and I'll forget about the 300 bucks you owe me”, Kevin read the message out loud before laughing to himself

“You want me to say your name?”, he questioned and Nathan nodded his head. Kevin hummed in response while stroking his chin, posing to think. “I really don't like how sexual that sounds”

We all let out exasperated groans while rolling our eyes at what he just said

“What are y'all groaning about?”, a laugh threatened to erupt from his lips as he shrugged his shoulders. “Am I not allowed to voice out my opinions now?”

“Why do you have to sexualize everything?”, I asked, and he turned his lips up in a defeated frown

“Well at least I can exercise my freedom of speech, unlike some people I know”, he wiggled his eyebrows at Nathan, who in turn narrowed his eyes deadly at him

“Nathan, Nathan, Nathan”, Jess unlocked the jinx spell cast on him, growing tired of us teasing him by almost calling out his name to mess around with him

“Thanks Jess”, Nathan stuck his tounge at all of us, seemingly smitten that he could speak again. I felt my phone vibrate against my leg and I took it out of my pocket, taking a quick look at the caller ID.

“It's Mellisa”, I informed them before I answered her call. “Hey baby”

“What is going on, Tristan?”, she definitely didn't sound happy. “I couldn't reach you the whole weekend. Are you ignoring my calls on purpose?”

I was actually, this weekend was all about having fun and enjoying the last weekend being a bachelor, the last thing I need was here pestering me about things that don't even matter

“It's not even like that”, I started, but then I saw the group planning something, signalling with their hands and I couldn't exactly tell what they were saying because my mind was preoccupied with Mellisa freaking out on the phone. They ended up signalling thumbs up to each other, giggling uncontrollably.

What the hell are they up to?

“I'm not playing with you guys, where did you hide the drugs?”, Liv released the opening statement and my eyes widened at her only to see her smirking at me

“Really?”, I mouthed while narrowing my eyes at her, and she playfully winked at me

“What drugs?”, Mellisa prompted on the phone, and before I could tell her that it's nothing but a stupid game,

“Listen here, I'm not bailing you guys out of jail again”, Jess joined in on the incriminating game they were playing. I blinked repeatedly at her and she shrugged her shoulders.

What in the actual fuck are they doing?

“Yo Tristan, is that the stripper we ordered?”-Nathan asked loudly, near my ear and I pushed him off

“Are you out of your goddamn mind?”, I whispered while standing to my feet to continue the call somewhere else

“Ask if her and her stripper friends would like to join us on tonight's party again”- Kevin followed after me, saying that loud so that even Mellisa heard

“Fuck you, Kevin”, I mouthed, flicking him off, and he laughed, returning the gesture at me

“Drugs? Jail? Strippers?”, Mellisa prompted over the phone in shock. “What the hell is going over there?”

Even though everything said was a lie, my throat went dry, and I couldn't actually come out with it because she began panicking

“It's nothing, I'll call you back later okay?”, I hang up before she could even answer me and walked back to the table, finding them all grinning widely at me

"Are you good?", Kevin wiggled his eyebrows at me, and they all started laughing

“You're all full of shit”, I pointed to each and one of them. “All of you”

“You're welcome”, they all chorused together and continued laughing

When we got back from the game drive a few hours before we departed to go back home, I noticed Mellisa was pacing around in the lobby, before walking to inquire at the reception

“Mel?”, I thought I was mistaking her for someone else, but it turned out it was really her. “What are you doing here?”

She huffed out an obvious sigh, walking towards us

“So that's what we're doing now?”, she folded her arms. “We're switching our phones off?”

“My battery died”, I responded, clearly telling what was nothing but the honest truth, but she didn't look like she believed me

“What is this about drugs and going to jail I heard earlier on the phone? Are you on some sort of trouble?”, she kept coming with the questions.

“That was just a joke, none of those things actually happened”, Olivia cleared out the air and Mellisa's eyes shot directly her direction

“Was it supposed to be funny? Because I didn't find it funny”, Mellisa asked dryly, causing Jess to scoff mockingly.

“It's not our fault you have a weak sense of humor”, Jess snapped, causing Mellisa to narrow her eyes at her before turning to look at me

“Do you think it's okay to just go about the whole weekend without talking to me?”

“Well, it's not like you died”, Olivia chipped in, venom dripping from her voice. Kevin and Nathan were the last to join us, they got left behind because there were chasing each other around in the parking lot.

“What in the toxic relationship is going on here?”, Kevin started circling around us, clearly not surprised about Mellisa's appearance

“Kevin, do yourself a favour and stay out of this”, Mellisa warned him, only for him to make the downward head tilt, showing no facial expression

“Or else what Mel?”, he challenged. “You're going to get Sarah to try to break up with me again?”

“Seriously?” Mellisa rolled her eyes. “Is this why you're in my business? That was months ago”

“It's funny how you don't want me to meddle in your business, but you can in mine, you fucking hypocrite”

“Whoa Kevin, calm down a little”, I stopped him when I saw him getting heated up a little by this conversation

“You're just going to let him talk to me like that?”, Mellisa protested, looking at me

“Well you asked for it-”, Kevin snapped, pointing a finger at her, but Nathan quickly grabbed him by his shoulder, making him take a step back

“Okay buddy, I think that's enough”, Nathan pulled him aside, walking away with him to avoid further conflict

“Can we talk somewhere else”, Melisa glanced at Olivia and Jess. “More private?”

“Yeah sure, we can go to my room”, I took her by the hand, and we started walking away. Jess didn't seem pleased, and I heard her yell behind us,

“That girl is fucking mental”

“You sure you don't want to stay for the night?”, I pouted my lip while wrapping my arms around Nathan's waist when it was time for him to leave after he helped me carry my bag to my apartment, making sure that I got home safely

“You know I'd love to stay over”, he wrapped his arms around me, leaning to peck me on the lips. “But my parents are around for the wedding and there's that family dinner thing tonight”

“So you're telling me I won't get to see you again until tomorrow?”, I pouted my lip even more, biting my inner cheek so that tears could flood into my eyes to make my cute face even more irresistible

“Don't do that face”, he chuckled while looking away, but I didn't stop. He sighed heavily before looking down at me again.

“Okay, tell you what?”, he quizzed, and I arched my eyebrows, daring him to continue. “I'll see if I can find a way to get away from the dinner quicker, and then I'll be on my way here to spend the night with you”

“That could also work”, I smiled a little, and he breathed out a laugh

“Alright then”, he grabbed my face to plant his lips against mine in a slow, passionate kiss before breaking away from me to kiss both the back of my hands

“I'm going to miss you”, I said when we slowly let go of each other's hands when he was on the other side of the door

“I'm going to miss you too”, he leaned to peck me on the lips again before winking and pulled the door closed behind him. I heaved out a sigh as I carried my bag to the bedroom to unpack the clothes I didn't wear and put the rest in the laundry basket.

When I walked into my room, something felt weird. Some of my things had been moved a little because I could see they were not the way I left them, but then it could have been Anna because she texted me Saturday, asking if it was okay if she borrowed my straighter because hers wasn't working anymore. It could have been her because she's the only other person who had keys to my apartment.

I wasn't going to overthink a lot about this, so I decided to push it at the back of my mind and started unpacking. I felt my phone vibrate into my back pocket, a message notification popping in, and I slid across my screen to open it, only to see the message was from an unsaved number,

I miss you, Livy

~Greg