No control

"Busy."

Francis' POV

"I can't believe that I almost drowned in the bath. I feel so embarrassed." Mary said, falling back on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Her arm touched mine, I didn't move, she didn't either.

"You shouldn't, you- you were drunk." I said, trying to make her feel better.

"Still," She said and turned her head to face me. For a moment we had an eye contact that I wish could be there forever.

"But, now I'm going to freeze in the shower and then we can hang out." She said smiling, how much I loved the way she put everything in a positive perspective. I sat down on my elbows watching her leave to the bathroom, I got out and stared at the beautiful view of the forest and lake. After a while I made the bed and then changed.

When Mary was done she laid back on the bed. She should sleep but her stubbornness doesn't let her. When I turned to her she quickly looked in the other direction, she stared at me. I grinned at her, she looked at me and was blushing furiously. Somebody called her, she turned to her phone.

"Excuse me." Mary said and then got out of bed and walked to the bathroom. I nodded and watched her leaving once more.

I was reading an ebook on my phone when I overheard Mary's conversation.

"God no, Greer!"

"I'm not like Kenna who has sex 24/7." Mary said. It's true Kenna and my brother have been enjoying the trip in their own way the entire time.

"Greer, listen. First of all, I'm still a virgin," When she said that I immediately wanted to avoid hearing or either listen. "Second, we only kissed a few times, that's all. Third, we were only together for a few hours, we probably even weren't together, ever. So stop your weird believes." Mary started laughing. They were talking about me, us? I smiled at myself and in seconds Mary came back from the bathroom and put her phone in the charger. I slowly got up and walked to the window.

"Are Kenna and Bash still busy?" She asked in a polite way.

"Probably. I haven't heard them yet, so we'll see." I answered closing the window and grabbing a sweater.

"Where are we going?" She asked, a smile turned on her face.

"The forest." I said, smiling. Mary was still smiling. We both walked out of the chamber and I went after Mary. Kenna was walking out of her chambers with Bash following.

"Are you going somewhere? Without us?" Kenna asked, slightly irritated. I'm not sure if it was sarcastic or not.

"We were aspecting that you were..." Mary stopped, thinking what word she could use. Kenna looked at her in disbelief, Bash stared at me and laughed at Mary's reaction.

"Busy." I finished her sentence. Mary laughed lightly, looking at the floor. Kenna looked at Bash and they both laughed.

"Well, we're not busy. We were just thinking of going for a swim in the lake." Mary looked up from the ground and turned to me and then back to Kenna and Bash.

"I would love that." She answered, she looked at me again. I smiled and then nodded slightly with my head.

"That's a great idea." I answered looking at Mary, once more a blush covered her cheeks. She turned her head when she felt the pink in her cheeks.

"Great, meet you by the lake than." Kenna said, she and Bash walked back to their chambers. I turned so that Mary could go first to our chambers. She was still smiling. We walked into our room, Mary immediately searched in the closet for her bikini. I grabbed my swimming trunks and walked to the bathroom to change.

"Mary? Are you done? Can I come in?" I shouted through the bathroom door.

"Yes, yes, you can come." I opened the door and she was wearing the same bikini that she wore in our pool.

"You ready?" She asked me.

"Mm-hm." I murmured, she smiled as always. I could look at that smile forever. When we got closer to the lake Kenna and Bash were already swimming. Of course, kissing in the water, but still, swimming in some way.

"Francis, I think they're busy." She said trying to hide her smile, her eyes glistened in such a way I can't even explain. I laughed and then she bursted out.

"I think they're Mary." She looked at me as I said her name. Her smile slowly vagued away and her lips slowly parted, this was just like when she wanted me to kiss me. I slowly got closer, I didn't realise that Bash and Kenna were also close, but we both didn't care.

"Mary, Francis you're here!" Kenna shouted, interrupting the almost-kissing. Ok, how much I wanted to kiss her, to feel her lips on mine just one more time. She looked at Kenna and swallowed, then looked at me but turned fast away. I also got a bit of a shock from the fact that I was really lost in those eyes for a second.

We walked closer to the lake. Mary jumped in and I followed.

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After a long day in the lake, we were all sitting in the garden, looking at the view. Kenna and Bash were of course laying in each other's hands. Mary was wrapped in a towel falling asleep, I stood up and walked to her and covered her with a blanket. Bash' phone was ringing.

"Bash, your phone, it's ringing." I said grabbing the thing and giving it to him. I sat down and looked at Mary. Obviously staring at her.

"What? What happened?!" Bash shouted through his phone. He stood up and Kenna immediately looked worried.

"I'm coming, now!" He shouted. I started to worry too. What happened? The phone ended with that sentence.

"Babe, what happened?" Kenna said, holding his hand.

"My mother, she was in a car accident." Bash said, I stood up and walked up to the couple.

"Bash, I'm so sorry. I will go with you." I said. God, he must feel awful. Having fun here, and then a second later knowing that his mom died.

"No, I'm coming, I am. Francis, stay here for Mary." When Kenna said those words, I didn't know how to react. Did she know? Did she? No. No she can't. I turned to Mary and than to Bash.

"Yes, stay here Kenna will come with me." I couldn't fight Bash's words.

In seconds Kenna and Bash packed their things and left. Mary is still sleeping. In the meanwhile I made phone calls and changed my clothes.

"Francis?" Mary said in a sleepy voice. I explained everything to her. She was almost crying. She didn't know Diane but it was still awful.

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Chapter 12 :) Please comment, chapter 13 prob tomorrow.

-B