After being casted to the sea, thrown off the cruise ship she was on by her own boyfriend, what Zeda thought was her biggest problem turns out to be only the beginning. She's rescued by a foreign man, Lucas, & his two friends Johnny & Winwin. Togeth...
The second my eyes opened I felt the anxiety of what lay ahead. Seeing him again.
What if he asks me to leave?
'What are you doing here?' I heard him say in my head. 'You shouldn't have come.'
I lay staring at the ceiling with these thoughts racing until Johnny shook me.
"Hey, stop trippin' let's get up! I'm gonna make breakfast and today's gonna be great."
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He patted my leg and then left the room.
Winwin passed by and shot me a smile.
"Good morning, Zeda. It's the big day." He said cheerfully.
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He followed Johnny down the hall, and I finally pried myself out of bed.
While I was in the shower after I ate breakfast with the boys, they peeked through my suitcase I had left on Johnny's bed to pick out an outfit for me. They hadn't come to an agreement by the time I returned.
I walked out of the bathroom attached to Johnny's room in just a towel, not expecting anyone to be in there, and yet again was struck with a jump scare.
"Jeez." I laughed, again clutching my chest. "What are you guys doing?"
"Picking an outfit for you." Winwin said.
"But he's picking wrong." Johnny chimed in with an attitude.
I cracked a smile, and the boys both showed me their ideas.
Johnny wanted me to wear a tight silk dress that cut off right at the middle of my thighs and showed some cleavage. But Winwin disagreed, saying the boobage would be too much, and he suggested I wear a similar dress only with more coverage and sparkles. I had to agree with Winwin, and Johnny seemed bummed.
"Will you at least put it on for us?" He asked.
I sighed. "Fine. But only because I haven't even tried it on yet and you guys can tell me if Lucas will like it."
Winwin's eyes lit up and Johnny cheered. I grabbed the dress from his hands while he maintained a cheesy smile on his lips and went to change in the bathroom.
I stood and looked at myself in the mirror, and with all my newfound trauma and ptsd, my mind shot me back onto the ship ... the cruise ship. I was looking into the mirror, feeling myself and thinking I looked great.
"Does it look good?" I asked Vince.
"Not on you." His reply echoed through my mind.
I didn't care about his opinion but ... I was never really allowed to feel good about myself.
If I did, I was conceited and if I didn't, I was attention seeking and annoying.
I cupped my hands over my mouth and felt a tear come to my eye as I started snapping back to reality.
"Zeda? You done yet?" Johnny knocked on the door after a minute.
"No." I said with a sniffle.
I was desperately trying not to smudge my makeup with my tears.
"Are you dressed?" He asked.
"Yes."
I was worried they might think I'm being dramatic and am still crazy, like I was in the barn.
I have to admit, my mind has never been the same since everything happened. I feel like a new person.
He opened the door, which my back was facing, and they both saw me standing there looking in the mirror.
"Zeda, what's wrong?" Winwin smiled, walking in and putting an arm around me.
They both locked eyes with me in the mirror, standing on either side of me.
"Sorry, I think it's just the jet lag." I tried to lie.
Johnny added his arm around me on top of Winwin's.
"Zeda, you look amazing." He whispered, again knowing what I was thinking.
He really was some kinda therapist.
"You have to wear this." Winwin said.
"Really?" I questioned. "You don't think it's too much? ..... Who's gonna be there?"
"I don't know. But no, it's not too much. It's hot." Johnny flirted.
They both looked me up and down repeatedly in the mirror, and I couldn't lie, watching their eyes roam made me feel some type of way.
Winwin cleared his throat.
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"Having a girlfriend, I will respectfully say you look very nice, Zeda." He said and turned to leave the room abruptly.
"Is he okay?" I asked, turning away for a moment, and when I looked back Johnny was still staring at me.
"Yep. He probably just got hard." He replied.
"Okay, I don't think I can wear this." I said, grabbing the sweater I was wearing before and clutching it to cover my chest.
"Yeah, you're right, Zeda. I'm sorry." He apologized, stepping back into his room, but returning quickly after grabbing something off the bed.
He walked up behind me and wrapped something around my shoulders. A long sleeve cardigan that tied at the neck and could cover my cleavage.
"You just need this." He said, and then walked out.
I smiled and slid my arms into it, and as I stood there tying it, I knew this was the perfect outfit to show up in.
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