bella || 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 ✓

15

the next morning is a free day, so no one bothers to wake either of us up nor any alarms go off.

i, finally having gotten ten hours of sleep, have woken up in a pretty decent mood.

but i almost audibly gasped when i saw erica sleeping on the bed next to mine.
she definitely saw us.
but then again, we haven't really tried to hide anything so far, so why am i worried?
even i don't know.

i consider moving, but victoria's current position is not exactly favourable.
her left leg is over my hips and her hands are almost tangled with my hair, while my free hand is over her waist and the other one is folded between us and resting on her stomach.

"vic" i whisper and shake her lightly "vic!"

she snorts and mumbles something along the lines of 'five more minutes' as she switches sides, her back facing me.

now freed, i decide to be a bit more gentle with how i wake her up and hover over her, leaving small pecks as i go.

she mumbles something incoherent and finally opens her eyes. as soon as she sees me, she smiles at me.

"buongiorno bella" she says and pecks my lips.

"good morning" i whisper and smile into the kiss, then i point at erica sleeping on the other bed "keep it down, we shouldn't wake her up"

victoria nods and plants some more kisses on my lips until we both decide that it is time to go and eat something or else we'll starve.

she heads back to her room to change and i hop into the shower to wake myself up.

once im finished, i put on a pair of jeans and a comfortable t-shirt and head downstairs to have breakfast.

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after breakfast, which only me, vic and sara attended because the rest were hungover, i headed back to my room.
this time erica is up and i walk in to her struggling to tie her long, faded pink hair in some complicated way like always.

"buongiorno" i say and she nods at me since her mouth is occupied by around three hair ties.

i go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and when i get out, she has finally managed to tame her bubblegum bush.

"did you have fun last night?" i ask as i make my bed.

"i think i should be the one asking that question" she comments and i chuckle "but yes, it was very fun. thomas got hammered and could barely walk but hey, at least he didn't get run over or something!"

"good to know he's still alive and thriving. how about you?"

"eh i drank a bit but not too much" she says and helps me straighten the sheets "now spill. what exactly did you do last night?"

"i mean you pretty much saw everything" i say "she insisted of coming over to our room to keep me company since i wouldn't join you and we just cuddled"

"that sounds very professional" she says teasingly and lightly elbows me "in all honesty, it sounds like something pulled straight out of a fanfiction, but the two of you do seem to be happy so who am i to judge"

"grazie erica" i say and hug her "please don't tell anyone, not even veronica or sara. not that they haven't noticed already but still. the band doesn't need any more attention in their private lives than what they already have"

"of course, of course!" she says and adjusts her glasses "i have worked with celebrities before, i know the drill"

we just sit on my bed and do nothing for a couple of moments, until she proposes we go out to check the town, to which i agree.

we are finally ready after i have spent around twenty minutes rummaging through my suitcase until i finally found the clothes i had in mind.

i quickly change as i wait for erica to do her makeup and just go with a simple eyeliner look, since i have zero motivation to do any makeup unless it's for work at this point.

erica exists the bathroom leaving behind her a trail of strong, flowery cologne and reaches for her shoes.

we make sure we haven't forgotten anything we need in the room and then we lock up and head downstairs.

navigating proved to be the weak point of both me and erica, since we lost the entire hotel at some point. thankfully, a woman we stopped to ask for directions spoke english and she helped is out, but by then it was around 4 pm since we ate at a random restaurant we found along the way.

when we returned at the hotel, both hands occupied with at least two bags each, we collapsed on our beds.

and that's when i checked my phone one last time before attempting to sleep again.

cris
bestie
kat
kat
bestie
what happened
did she come over
did y'all fuck???
kat
KAT
KATERINA DON'T LEAVE ME IN THE DARK

i reply to her as well, explaining that i was out with a friend and just came back, my phone being dead.

we text back and forth for a bit, until she goes to work and i open instagram to scroll aimlessly around.
i am just clicking from story to story until i my attention falls onto victoria's.
it was not something crazy or different, but it reminded me that we still haven't talked. i am aching to text her and be over with it, but i decide on asking her to meet up again.
her reply is instant, it being a 'yes' and we decide on a time and a place.

i have two hours to collect myself.
good luck with that, kat.

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