blame it on the timing // d.s

CH 82

"I never want to leave," Lili smiled floating on her back in the crystal blue water in front of their cabana.

"Then let's not," Drew smiled swimming a few feet away from her as she made her way over to him.

"Do you think," she put her arms around him, his own wrapping around her body under the water, keeping her from floating away, "Mermaids are real?"

"It's possible," he slight shrugged, "I mean there's so much water that's unexplored"

Lili just smiled at him, admiring him, one of her hands coming to his neck, her thumb running over his jaw. She wanted to remember this moment, just the two of them, the ocean and the sun warming them from above.

"What?" he smiled, his own eyes admiring her slightly red cheeks and nose and her hazel brown eyes he loved so much.

"Nothing," she smiled, "I just don't want to forget this moment, I feel so at peace right now"

Drew just smiled, feeling the same way, his arms pulled her closer before he pressed his lips to hers. Both of them cheekily smiling as they kissed.

"I love you," she smiled in between pecks.

"I love you," he smiled repeating the words back to her, before he pushed their lips together, the two of them slipping under the water, taking Lili by surprise at first. His hands rested her butt as they resurfaced, Lili pushed her wet hair out of her face.

"That was so unnecessary," she teased, hand running over his short hair, arms resting around his shoulders.

"It was fun," he half smiled, kissing her cheek.

"I wanna go layout and order a drink," she suggested, "Do you want anything?"

He let her body slip away from his own, as she made her way over to the ladder.

"Uhm," he hummed watching her lift herself up the ladder, beads of water slipping from her tan skin, her black bikini sticking to her skin as she looked over at him half way up the ladder, waiting for an answer, "You"

"You can have me when ever you want," she flirted, using a free hand to adjust the waist of her bikini bottoms.

"Just get me one of whatever you order"

She nodded, making her way up the rest of the ladder as he swam for another minute.

Lili grabbed a towel from one of the lounge chairs, wrapping it around her torso as she made her way inside to find the room service menu, which she flipped through as she held the room's phone to her ear as it rang.

"Hello!" someone on the other end said.

"Hi! Uhm could I place an order please?"

"Yes, ma'am, go ahead"

"Uhm a martini," she knew Drew wouldn't drink one of those, "An old fashioned, an order of nachos and a fruit tray please!"

"Anything else?" the women on the other end asked sweetly.

"No thank you," Lili smiled.