I was living my best life.

Jamaica was so much fun.

Sun. Food. Sex. Beach. Sex. Friends. Sex.

And loads and loads of sex.

We had been here all of three days and Carson and I took any and every opportunity that we had to fuck.

The shower. The bedroom. The kitchen counter when everyone was asleep. The rental jeep...

The rental was fun.

Carson tried his hardest to convince me on having beach sex and failed. I wasn't quite keen on having sand in places where sand should not be at.

Tying the sides of my wrap around my waist, I stepped closer to the mirror getting a better look at my beach look for today.

The yellow triangle bikini contrasted nicely against my skin. My waist was adorned in waist beads with cute little puka shell patterns. Upon Carson's request, I wore anklets and a set of beaded bracelets that he'd brought me from a vendor one day this week.

My legs were shiny with a shimmery oil and sunscreen combo that was lathered over the rest of my body. I would shine like a twilight vampire when they were out in the sun while laying on the beach.

I ran my hands down the necklaces that matched quite well with my jewelry choices. Stepping into my flip flops, I turned around and grabbed my sunglasses and tote bag before entering the bedroom.

Carson was already in the living room by the time I entered. I grabbed a few water bottles and snacks, throwing them into my tote bag before joining him.

Instead of sitting on the couch, I plop down on his lap, his legs spread wide giving me enough room to get comfortable. He hooks his chin around my shoulder, wrapping one hand around my waist while he scrolls through instagram with the other hand.

" You smell amazing." He pressed soft, nipping kisses along my jawbone.

My eyes shift towards his phone, seeing that he had taken multiple off guards of me at this moment. Bringing my hand up to cup the side of his face, I pressed my lips against his, a soft smile resting on my face as he took another one.

'' Gorgeous Ayanna.'' He smiled at our pictures, hooking his chin around my shoulder as I took his phone, scrolling the photos that he'd taken and sent them to myself.

Over the past few days I had collected a lot of photo dump worthy photos of me and him. Some of them were cute, some of them were a little on the risque side, and the majority were for mine and his eyes only.

'' Handsome Carson.'' I countered, leaning into his hold as Elizabeth and Abel entered the living room.

Elizabeth had earned a golden glow to her skin, a few spots were a little red due to subtle sunburn that she earned a few days into the trip. Her hair was pulled into a messy bun, a few strands of wavy hair framing her face.

She quickly learned that no matter how much heat and anti-frizz spray she put onto her hair while here, the humidity would always win. Accepting defeat, she'd been braiding her hair in french braids and unraveling them the next day to style her hair in any way that she could.

She wore a pair of shorts, leaving them unbuttoned over the bottoms of her turquoise two piece.

'' I'm so ready to go snorkeling.'' Her smile was bright as she turned towards a hesitant Abel.''Aren't you excited babe?'

Abel cleared his throat, exchanging a strange look with Carson before nodding his head. '' Of course I am, baby. Just as long as you know how to save your boyfriend from drowning then we'll have an amazing time.''

He didn't know how to swim.

How do you live in L.A for all of your life and not learn how to swim?

Elizabeth snapped her head so quickly that I was surprised that it was still on.'' Why didn't you tell me that you didn't know how to swim? I've seen you in the pool a thousand times, Abel.''

'' You've seen me standing in the pool a thousand times, Elizabeth.'' He corrected her.

Elizabeth made a distressed sound, dropping her head into her palms, massaging her temples.

Everyone slowly started to enter the living room when she popped back up, eyes bright with a new idea.'' Did you know that your beautiful and amazing girlfriend spent her summers teaching swim classes at the Y for community service hours.''

Abel blinked. '' I did not.''

'' Well now you do. I'm going to reschedule snorkeling and teach you how to swim in the meantime.'' She claps excitedly, her expression the complete opposite to Abel's who doesn't look enthusiastic at all.

'' Yay.'' Abel cheered sarcastically as Elizabeth stood up, ignoring his attitude and walking for the front door.

'' Come on guys! The beach awaits!''

Chuckling, I stood up from Carson's lap and linked arms with Audrey.'' Hey babycakes. Having fun so far?"

Audrey's red hair was pulled back into two dutch braids, she lowered the shades resting on the crown of her head onto her face as we walked outside.

" I'm having a blast. This is the most fun that I've had in a while." She admits, smiling appreciatively as we walk further into the heat.

" Thanks for inviting me."

I frowned, leaning forward a little to catch her eyesight. "Why would we not invite you? Wherever we go, you're coming with girlie." Audrey was slowly but surely coming out of her shell with the more and more time that she spent with us.

'' I know. It's just that besides Ash, the girls, and you guys, I had never really been in a tight knit friend group. I was always a little bit more reserved than others to a certain extent but...'' She trails off, a far away look in her eyes as we approach the car.

''You okay?'' I asked, pausing as we reached the car door.

Audrey seemed to snap out of her daze, her eyes brightening up again as I placed my hands on her forearm. '' I'm fine. I'll see you there.'' She says, quickly entering the rental that Sade was driving.

'' Is everything okay?'' Carson startled me with his appraoch.

Placing a hand over my pounding heart, I released a small breathy chuckle.'' Besides you scaring the shit out of me,'' I joked when we started walking again. '' I'm fine. Just a little worried about Audrey.''

'' What's wrong with Audrey?'' Carson asked, alarmed.

I shake my head, quickly drawing out his worries.'' Nothing's wrong with Audrey. She's just very... closed off about certain things. I know that there are some things that she doesn't want to share with us quite yet and I don't want to force her. I just want her to know that we're here for her and that we won't judge her whenever she does decide to tell us.''

I don't know what happened to her and I don't know to what extent.

But I do know that something did happen to her.

'' She'll let us in when she's ready.'' Carson wraps his arm around my shoulder.'' In the meantime, we just need to insure that she and everyone else will continue to have a drama free trip.''

'' Right. Drama free.'' I repeat, watching his grey eyes flick over my face.Gripping his chin, I stand on my toes, placing a quick slightly sticky kiss against his lips due to my lipgloss.

Getting into the jeep, I turned around to place my tote into the back seat. '' You buckled up children?'' I directed my question towards Haze and Xander who occupied the backseat.

'' Yes mom.'' They drawled, rolling their eyes like pre-teens.

Smiling, I turned back around as Carson turned on the a.c and radio. He pulled off after Elizabeth and followed her through town and towards the beach. The drive over was quiet besides the music playing from the radio and the slight whispers coming from Haze and Xander.

Getting out of the car, Carson pressed his hands around my waist and pulled me out. He sat me gently on the ground before closing the door to my side of the Jeep. Xander handed me my tote from the back before we met with the others.

As we walked along the beach, letting the group find a nice bench spot for us, Carson brought our conjoined hands to his lips, kissing my knuckles softly.

The action melted my heart into a puddle.He was the sweetest and gentlest person that I had ever been with.

Every waking moment that I spent with him I began to realize that I would endure all the pain, suffering, headaches and heartbreaks if it meant that I would get my happy ending with him.

'' I think this is a good spot.'' Jora sighs, using her hand to block out the sun as she looks around, taking in the distance away from the water and the nearest couple that occupied a spot a good feet away from us.

Dropping our bags down, we took out the spare beach towels and spread them out, creating one big towel and using our bags to keep the edges from flying up. A few of us decided on getting into the water while the other's sat out on the beach, working on their tans a little longer.

Rhegan made the wise decision of only wearing thin spaghetti strapped bikini's this trip due to the style of the bridesmaids dresses that my mom picked out for us.

As I went to lay down next to Skylar who was so focused on what I was sure to be a very smutty enemy to lovers' romance, I was quickly snatched up off of my feet and carried towards the water.

'' Carson no! Put me down!'' Despite my yelling, I couldn't help the laughter that bubbled out as he ran into the water that was so clean and clear unlike the ocean back home.

I never liked going to the beach in L.A. The water wasn't as nearly as beautiful and blue like the water in Bora Bora, The Caribbean, or even Florida.

He planted me knee deep into the water, before spinning me around. His hands rested on my stomach, playing with the beads that adorned my waist as I stared out at the sea ahead of us.

'' I'm glad that we came on this trip.'' He speaks, breaking the peaceful silence that we found ourselves in. '' It's a nice little relaxer between the championships, the wedding, graduation, and the drafts. The next few weeks are going to be crazy and hectic again. I'm just glad to have this time away with you.''

I released a hum in agreement, watching as Haze tried to drown Kyler underwater.

'' I-should we be worried?'' I questioned, stopping Carson from trailing his nose along the ridge of my neck. The sudden emptiness that I felt where his nose used to be told me that he was now seeing what I was seeing.

''Nah.'' He simply says.'' He'll be alright.''

His hands grabbed my waist once more, spinning me around to face him instead of our friend trying to commit first degree murder for some unkown reason.

'' Right now you should be worried about me and me only.'' He smirks, lifting me up and guiding my legs around his waist, hands resting on the anklets adorning my ankles.

'' And why should I be worried about you when I could be relaxing on the beach with the girls?'' I questioned, gripping the back of his neck as his hands slid up my thighs, inching their way towards my ass slowly.

'' Does the beach rub your feet? Give you goodnight kisses? Make you orgasm so hard that you pass out? Stock the room with your favorite snacks when you're on your period? Replace all of his pillow cases with silk pillow cases to protect your curls?''

Carson waits patiently after listing only a mere fraction of reasons why I would gladly spend the rest of my days loving him.

After racking my brain for a response and coming up short, I rolled my eyes in defeat as a triumphant smile spread on his lips. '' No.The beach does not do any of those things.'' I boredly responded.

'' Cheer up, angel. The beach just might lead you to something after all.''

'' Huh?'' I asked, confused.

Carson simply smirked darkly before leaning forward, capturing my lips. My brows were still furrowed as he hiked me up his body a little bit, allowing me to sit higher with the support of his hands holding me up by my ass.

My fingers drifted into his hair, gripping the roots as he nipped at my bottom lip. We kept at the slow pace of the kiss, simply getting lost in each other and blocking everyone else out in the process. My frown of confusion quickly turned into a blissful smile in between kisses.

Gliding my fingers along his jawline, I gently cupped his chin holding it while we moved in sync with each other. I felt his lips curve up into a smile of his own, his large hands that palmed my ass squeezing it harshly.

'' You know,'' I pulled away from him, lips swollen and slightly out of breath as he continued his nipping kisses along my jawline and lips. '' I think today would be a perfect time to put that outdoor shower to use. Don't you think?''

He chuckled against my skin, one hand repeatedly slapping my ass check that was slightly scattered in with water beads. '' You a psychic now, Ayanna?" He playfully questioned, eyes trailing my face as I scrunch my nose up.

'' Depends.'' I shrugged in his arms.

Carson jerked his head back a little, the sun shining directly in his eyes.'' On what?'' He lifts his brow subtly.

'' Depends on how much time we spend together. You know studies show that the more you spend time with your significant other, the more synced up you become mentally and physically.'' I say, trying to remember if I read that in an article once or say it on a show.

'' Oh really?'' He smirks yet again.'' Care to test that theory?''

Do I?

'' Of course I would? Physically right? I think we have the mentally down pack.'' Carson throws his head back in laughter, my heart growing two times its size and my pussy throbbing at the sound of it.

'' I think we have the physically down pack too, baby.'' He calms down, smirking as if he recounted all of the moments that we spent sneaking away from the group and becoming physically in sync with each other this week.

'' I know we have it down pack.''

Of course he does, he knows my body much better than I ever could.

'' I just think we should explore how in sync we are a little further, ya know?'' I shrugged, lips pursing as he nodded his head slowly.

'' We definitely should.'' He agrees.

'' Glad to know that we're on the same page, Mr. Addams.'' I smirked, placing one last kiss to his lips before hopping out of his hold. His hands steady my waist, steadying me as my feet come in contact with the ocean floor.

'' Go hang out with your friends before your little friend makes an appearance.'' Patting his shoulder, I walked away from him, earning a smack on my ass in return.

Glaring over my shoulder, I watched his tattooed body disappear further into the water where the guys were standing.

Once I reached the girls, I grabbed my beach towel out of my tote to dry off and a snack.

'' You guys are such a photogenic couple.'' Sade spoke as I settled between her legs.

Sade was a psychology major but she very well could have gone into photography. She took beautiful pictures and even had her own little set up for when we felt like spicing up our feeds a little bit.

'' Lemme see.'' I politely demanded.

Sade leans forward, her chin digging a little into the crown of my head as she brings her arms to rest on my shoulder. I take the phone from her hand, swiping through the pictures that she'd taken.

So far she has off guards of all the girls. Every last one of them came out gorgeous despite the fact that they were doing something as simple as tanning or reading.

I couldn't help the snort that escaped my mouth as I zoomed in on the photo of Haze drowning Kyler with a determined look on his face. Kyler's hands and feet were in the air as he tried to mush Haze's face back. Dominic, Derrick, and Marcus stood a few feet away laughing at Kyler's expense.

'' That one's my favorite.'' Sade says. ''It captures Derrick's smile perfectly.''

Derrick was good for Sade. He was the calm to her raging storm. They balanced each out in ways that I didn't expect.

And to think that it was all because his ex was a trifling, low class, bitch that they ended up together.

I smiled, swiping to the left to see a picture of Carson holding me in his arms. His back against the camera but my face was shown clearly, a smile resting on my lips and my eyes closed as he kissed my chin.

Sliding up, I hit the airdrop icon and retrieved my phone out of my tote, sending the picture to myself. '' You should go into photography instead,'' I suggest leaning back into her warmth as she hums.

'' Photography is just a hobby, Ayanna. My parents would kill me if I just dropped all of their hard work and chased after a hopeless dream. Sucks being the golden child but it is what it is.''

I frowned at her words as I put together my first photo dump to post from this trip.

''Stop frowning.'' She says,'' You'll get wrinkles and your skin is too amazing for that.''

And just like that my frown is dropped, replaced with a small smile as I picked out some of my favorite photos of me and the girls, some with the guys, and some with me and Carson. After captioning it, I posted them and set my phone aside to enjoy the rest of our day.

During the three hours that we spent at the beach, the girls and I picked out a restaurant for dinner tonight. We had collectively decided on going out club hopping after dinner and picked out a few popular clubs to hit up.

'' I need a nice nap.'' Rhegan sighed as we walked the gravel path back to the rentals. '' Lots of water and a decent nap before we go out and get white girl wasted.''

Oh... I haven't been white girl wasted in a while.

Carson had never seen me white girl wasted. This should be an interesting night.

By the time we had arrived at the vehicles, the guys had already loaded up the cars and waited for us to load into them.

'' No smoking and driving.'' Rhegan snatched the joint that rested between Dominc's lips, placing it between hers and inhaling deeply.

'' Who said that I was driving smart ass.'' He snatched the joint back, inhaling deeply and holding before releasing a ghost as he winked at Rhegan.

'' Show off.'' She muttered under her breath, folding her arms as she pushed him out of the way and got into the car.

As if she couldn't do that either.

Shaking my head, I got into the car as Carson closed the door and buckled up.

As the car started up, an old 90's r&b song filled into the space. Carson's hand slid to my upper thigh, squeezing it softly before he looked over his shoulder and backed out of the parking space. Bobbing my head to the music, I leaned my head against the window as we made our way back to the villa, watching as the sun began to set.

Looking over my shoulder, Haze and Xander were nearly knocked out as the former bumped the latter off of his shoulder, sending him to flop over to the side.

Yeah Xander, what were you thinking? That spot is reserved for Audrey and Audrey only.

I chuckled to myself, turning around to face forward for the rest of the drive.

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I stripped out of my bathing suit, leaving a trail of clothing to the outdoor shower for Carson to follow once he entered the room.