Belle

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It was time to go home.

"Jaxon if you don't hang up she's gonna make us late again" Calista calls from the only side to get Jax to hang up our call.

Once again I left packing my bags for the last minute.

"Cal we weren't even late last time," I roll my eyes recalling how we'd still gotten to the airport on time.

"Ara I'm scared if I don't hang up Cal is gonna stop by New York to personally skin me alive," he said putting on his best poker face, "I miss you bye" and without waiting for my reply he hangs up the call.

"Pack" Calista points to the bags in front of me before walking out.

The night of the makeshift slumber party we figured out Elani and Riley came here together with a group of friends, shocking how small the world is. Elani left their group and went out on her own where she bumped into Kade, and when Riley figured out what they had said she left too.

Total shit show.

Elani and Riley were booked to fly back next week but they 'saw enough' and moved up their flights.

Sir Ace also moved up his flight, 3 nights ago he never showed up at the hotel. The next day Kaden got a call saying he was already back home.

Part of me was fine with him leaving, I didn't want to care. He treated me like complete shit and then tried to bullshit me, I didn't want to see his face.

Another part of me, deep down inside, did care, and I hated it. I wanted to know what was going on through his head, I wanted to know if I really was just a game.

It's all over now, Ace is over. I'm out of chances for him.

"Hey, bitche- Arabella my love, why the fuck are your bags not packed?" Riley calls. In the past three days that I've been getting to know Riley, I've accumulated three main pieces of information.

1. Riley is nobody's bitch
2.Riley has the mouth of a sailor
3.Riley does what Riley wants

And so it seems, I've accumulated a new piece of information on my best friend of 18 years.

Calista has a terrible memory, but, it turns out she knows Riley from before as well, she just couldn't tell it was her. Cal's exact words were, "I couldn't tell it was you, I could've sworn you were a blonde".

Riley clarified that she's never been a blonde in her life and wouldn't dream of it.

The two bickered for thirty minutes about this until Riley went to bed.

"Earth to bellestir" she calls out, snapping me out of my daze. "Hello, hi, bags, packed." She calls when she gets my attention. This seems to be a cycle.

"Hey, I'm almost done" I reason, earning an eye roll from Calista and a sarcastic snort from Riley.

"Almost isn't good enough baby," Riley says, kissing me on the cheek before moving away.

Once again, everyone was packed and ready waiting for me. Elani was with Kaden as he packed up the car and finalized some of the hotel room details before we left. Calista was trying to bring some order into the chaotically messy hotel room so we didn't leave it a mess and Riley was trying her best to stay awake on the bed.

"How are you tired it's already 5 pm," I ask her confused as to how she was still tired.

"Some people need their beauty sleep, try it some time," she says with a poker face before ultimately bursting with laughter. I keep my face neutral as I burn holes into her skull.