The Nerdy Twin ✔️

Chapter Twenty Three

HENRY'S POV

Willow in a bikini was definitely not the kind of sight that made it easy for me to get over my crush on her. She was wearing a multi colored bikini, her dyed red hair shining in the sun as her melanin skin glowed making her look ethereal. I'd never seen all her tattoos exposed at once but at the moment they were all out there for me to see and admire. I didn't even have a tattoo but she had several amazing ones that kind of made me want to get one myself.

It took every bone in my body and a lot of will not to storm towards her, pull into my arms and kiss her cherry flavored plump lips. Don't ask me how I knew how her lips tasted, we shared a bathroom and I saw her lip gloss tube amongst all her girly stuff.

That was another thing that was messing with my head, sharing a bedroom with Willow. It had taken me three hours to fall asleep the previous night after we'd had dinner. I kept staring at her as she slept peacefully in the bed next to me. All I kept thinking about was joining her under the huge blanket and pulling her body next to mine. I didn't do it and it sucked being so close to her yet so far away. Willow was my dream girl but she was also very unattainable.

I was having the best Thanksgiving of my life and it was all because of her. Getting invited for Charlie's birthday had been an honor and I was having the best time. Willow was beginning to mean so much to me and I had no idea how much longer I could hold out before I confessed my feelings for her.

She looked my way from the pool where she was helping Alex float around and smiled at me. I was sitting at the edge of the pool my feet dangling in the cool water. Charlie was a little distance away being aided by one of the lifeguards. His big smile was infectious and it was hard not to be happy while around him.

After making sure that Alex was okay, Willow swam towards me, pulled herself out of the pool before sitting next to me.

"You've been quiet all morning, are you okay?"She asked looking at me concerned.

It warmed me from the inside to know that she genuinely cared about me. It made it all the more harder not to fall for her.

"Yeah I'm okay, this is the most fun I've had in a very long time. I'm happy you asked me to tag along."I replied.

"Thank Charlie, he's the one who insisted you come along. I was happy to leave you behind and miserable with your overbearing family."She teased with a playful grin.

"Feeling the love."I retorted unable to hold back my smile.

"I'm happy you're here too, it would not have been the same without you."She confessed making me feel all fuzzy inside.

I ignored that feeling and decided to change topics quickly before I made a fool out of myself.

"So what's the plan for the day?"I inquired.

"Well I was thinking of us riding as many rides as we can before lunch then going back to our rooms to freshen up. We'll have lunch before cutting Charlie's cake and giving him gifts. We'll cap the day off with Thanksgiving dinner at the restaurant then calling it a night."She summarized.

"It sucks that there's so much to do with such little time but let's not waste any more time talking about having fun and let's go and actually have some fun."I declared.

"I love that enthusiasm, let's go."Willow concurred jumping back into the pool and swimming back to her brother and Alex.

I smiled at myself before joining them in the fun.

After exhausting ourself by riding as many rides as could squeeze in we showered as per Willow's demands before settling down for lunch at the resorts balcony. Since the weekend was all about Charlie he was calling the shots that's why we had Grilled hotdogs with fix-ins for lunch.