Behind Closed Doors(PeRyl One Shots): Volume 2

Runaway IV

Days, weeks, and months have passed, she is still working at the resort. She is still saving up the salary that Pierce gives her even if most of the time she insists on not accepting her salary. Meryl got to know more the staff at the resort and aside from being a waitress, she have also learned other stuff at the resorts that helped them a lot.

"Hey, you okay?"A voice asked her the moment she sat on the sand, away from the guests.

"Yeah. Just uhmm thinking about things."She answered and he sat beside her.

"Are you thinking of leaving already?"He asked and she shook her head.

"No. Honestly, I don't wanna leave, I wanna stay here forever."She answered almost a whisper.

"I just miss my best friends, I miss my brothers."She added.

"Why not try calling them, Meryl. You've been here for almost three months now and you still haven't called anyone of them."He uttered, looking at her.

"Pierce, I'm scared of calling them."Meryl said and his forehead creased.

"Why?"Pierce asked in confusion.

"What if they'll find me?I miss them, I wanna talk to them, but I don't want them to find me, yet."She answered.

"How about I'll drive you to a payphone at the city tomorrow. If they wanna track that number, they will just end up in the city, not here."Pierce suggested and she looked at him.

"I'll uhmm think about it."Meryl replied and he let her rest her head on his shoulder.

"You tired from today?"He asked softly.

"Not really. It was fun assisting a bachelorette's party today."She answered that made him softly giggle.

"Yeah, your group got wild today."Pierce said and the two of them laughed.

"Because the best friend of the bride want it to be fun and chaotic."She uttered and he kissed the top of her head.

"My bachelorette party was chaotic, too, you know. Christine and Cher made sure that it is chaotic as hell."Meryl said and he hummed as he interwine his hand with hers.

"What did you guys do?"Pierce asked and she looked at him as she rest her chin on his shoulder.

"We went on a yacht and they invited a lot of strippers because they said that it's okay if I "sinned" because it is an arranged marriage anyways."Meryl answered with a giggle.

"Well, did you "sin"?"Pierce asked and she laughed.

"Yeah?I mean, I made out with a man that until now I don't know who he is, then I gave another stranger a lap dance."She answered.

"You got wasted, huh?"He asked and she nodded with a hum.

"We went cliff diving drunk, and when we got back to the hotel, we attempted on jumping off the balcony thinking that we'd land on the pool."She answered.

"Are you glad that you had a wild party before running away?"Pierce asked.

"Yeah, it's like a sending away party."She answered with a laugh.

"God, I'm sleepy."Meryl said all of a sudden and he started drawing invisible circles at the back of her hand with his thumb.

"You wanna go home now and sleep?"He asked almost a whisper.

"No. I wanna get wasted."Meryl answered and he started laughing.

"You're sleepy but you wanna get wasted?"He asked in disbelief.