torn between

settling in. maybe?

"Ok, there's 6 of us and 3 rooms. One room has a bunk bed and a queen bed. The other 2 rooms both have king beds. So how do we wanna do this?" Kayla said.

"Me and G can share the King and you and Sky can share the other." Johnson suggested

I personally was fine with that but I was sure Kayla would want to be with Jack.

"So that leaves me and Sam with the bunk bed room. I'm down." Nate said

"Or I guess Johnson could share with Sam and Nate if you want to be with Jack and I can have the other room." I said

I could tell Kayla was seriously leaning towards that idea.

"I don't want you to be by yourself though." She said.

"I don't mind." I said.

"Ok, well thanks." Kayla said

Soon everyone was situated in their rooms. The beach house had 3 floors, the main floor, the second floor with 2 rooms, 2 bathrooms and lounge area and the upstairs was a single room with a bathroom. And a separate little building attached which housed a large pool and hot tub.

I was on the third floor. In was rather glad that I had a room to myself.
Sam helped me bring my stuff to my room.

"Thanks." I said taking my toiletry bag from him.

"Youre welcome." He said. "Is that everything?" He asked.

"I think so."

He turned to leave but suddenly spun back around and said. "Hey Sky?"

"Hmmm?" I said turning to face him.

"I just wanted to apologize about earlier on the plane." Sam said

I gave him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"Well, I was joking around with Johnson about the whole mama didnt raise no bitch thing when he was teasing me about being scared, I feel bad because I didn't think about the fact that you were scared and all." He said

"Aww, you don't need to be sorry!" I exclaimed. "How were you supposed to know I was scared. That's not your job. You don't need to be sorry.  I appreciate your apology but you did nothing wrong. You're really sweet. You've still been thinking about it?"

Sam nodded. "I felt like i should say something. I didn't want to seem like an ass."

"I didn't think you were. You're sweet." I said smiling shyly at him. "Thanks for thinking of me."

He smiled back. "Glad you dont think so. Well ill let you get settled in. If you need anything. Let me know."

"I will. Thank you!" I said.

Once he closed the door I changed into a pair of athletic shorts and a oversized t-shirt. I put my hair in a ponytail and then headed downstairs. It was now a little after 10. We were all tired from the long flight and car ride. We just watched Hercules.

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I woke the next morning to sunlight streaming through my window. I groaned thinking that I would need to get up soon because I would need to go to work. I rolled over and saw the unfamiliar sight of my room and I suddenly remembered where I was. Ha! Fuck having to go to work. I was on vacation. I grabbed my phone and looked at the time. Holy shit! It was already 9:47.

I had several messages, snapchats, and several other announcements on my phone. I started with my messages.
I had a few from my mama telling me that she loves me and misses me and hopes I have a safe fun trip. I had a few from Olivia and Trevor asking about next possible dates for me to come out and watch the kids. And I had some from my sister Shasta finally just now responding to my messages about my breakup with Parker. Classic Shasta. Reply 5 days later amd not mention anything about it. Love my oldest sister. Katrina is 1 year older than me and Zoe is 3 years older. Shasta is 6 years older than me. I left her and the Kingsly's messages unread. They were both situations I was content avoid for now. That last few messages were from Kayla.

Kay Kay👑
You up?

Hey?

It's perfect today

Get up so we can go to the beach!

SKY!

I sighed. She is ridiculous. This was sent at 7:30 this morning. Has this girl ever heard of sleeping in?

And speaking of the devil at that moment she burst into my room without knocking or so much as a warning.

"Get up you bean!" She practically shouted running across my room and belly flopping on my bed like a child. "Breakfast is ready. Jack and I grabbed some donuts and fruit this morning and I think Johnson made coffee." Kayla said

I groaned pretending to be annoyed. I mean I was kinda annoyed but not as much as I was acting to be. "I hate coffee." I grumbled

"Oh stop being so whiny and get your ass up and dressed.'"

"Can you at least close the door?" I said sitting up holding the blanket to my chin.

Kayla snorted, "Ok so you're not wearing a bra. Big deal. Besides its not like anyone is going to come up here and see you."
She went and shut the door anyways before coming back to the bed.

I got up and was now going through my suitcase trying to find something to wear.

"Dont bother too much trying to figure what to wear, because in like an hour you're just gonna change into your bikini." Kayla said.

I slid on a pair of jean shorts, put a sports bra on and pulled on a light pink tank top.

"Cute!" Kayla chimed. "Now let's go downstairs."

"Wait i have to brush my hair and teeth and wash my face." I retorted heading to the bathroom

"You know you're really lucky that your room has its own bathroom in it. Not gonna lie you ended up with the nicest room. Like what the heck! You even have a balcony to hang out on up here." Kayla said

"You had a choice to have it all with me." I said unsympatheticly. I had finished washing my face and was now brushing my teeth.

"I know. I know." Kayla said. "I'm just happy to have some alone time with Jack. You were very generous to offer."

I didn't respond mostly because my mouth was full of toothpaste but also because I didn't really know how to respond to Kaylas comment. Like seriously?! You and Jack have alone time all the time.

Finally I was ready to go down. When we made it to the bottom of the stairs I could immediately smell the strong scent of coffee. I crinkled my nose.
"Good morning sunshine." Johnson said poking my arm. I swatted at him playfully. I noticed that neither Sammy nor Nate where here.

"Wheres Sam and Nate?" I asked.

"Nate's taking a shower and i think Sam is still sleeping." Johnson said

"Oh gotcha." I said getting some water.

"No coffee?" Johnson asked

"Bro, Sky hates coffee remember?" Jack said as he pulled Kayla in for a sweet hug.

"Oh right forgot." Johnson said. "What planet are you from?" He joked

About 10 minutes later Nate staggered into the kitchen followed by a tired looking Sam.

"You awake buddy?" Jack asked

"Dude he's fucking spent. Stass kept him up all night." Nate said

There was suddenly an awkward tension that seemed to pass through the room. Sam looked super uncomfortable, Johnson looked randomly around the room as if anything other than the conversation was interesting, Nate looked like he regretted saying anything and Jack and Kayla looked curious.

I was so confused. Who was Stass? And what did they have to do with Sam? My questions were soon answered

"What did she want?"Kayla asked

"Nothing," Sam said sounding irritated. "She just called to talk thats it."

Everyone seemed to get the message that Sammy was done with this conversation. I felt entirely on the outside. What the hell just happened?

Everyone acted like nothing had ever been said about Sammy or this Stass person. We finished breakfast and decided to head out to the beach.

Everyone headed to their rooms and made my way up the stairs. I was rather excited to get out in the sun and warmth.