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we were all hanging out over gia's, her pool big enough for us to chill in. my tongue piercing was fully healed and my nipples were on the way there. armin was getting a little antsy without any physical contact even though i did help him out on several occasions. his sexual appetite was ridiculous but it was fun to deal with. 

we had about a month to go before heading back to virgina for kiana and eren's wedding and the anxiety was creeping up on me little by little. i was trying to keep a level head, keep the nice vibes going because it was a vacation but i was falling into my old ways. 

i hadn't had to feel this anxiety since i left for hawaii and i was doing everything in my power to hide it from armin. i didn't want him to worry about me. 

i was chilling by the pool side with elena while gia, gio, niccolo, onyankopon and armin were swimming around, splashing each other. 

"i wanted to apologize, dakota." elena started and i furrowed my eyebrows, looking over at her. "for what?" i questioned, confused. "we haven't really talked about it but the little thing i had with your sister in your comments." she explained. oh, she was talking about that. 

"oh, i mean, nothing i can do." i shrugged, "you do what you want, she does what she wants. i don't care." i blew it off. "hmm, you and your sister close?" she asked and i thought about it. "i couldn't tell you. we had our problems and after a while she fixed her side of it but a while ago, she started to go back to her old ways." 

"old ways?" 

"yeah, i haven't really talked to any of my friends after i left for hawaii in january and they got pissed about it. especially my sister. i called her to check in, she got mad, i got mad, haven't spoken to her since." i shrugged again and splashed my feet around. 

"damnnnn...you did say they were buzzkills." 

"buzzkills and bitches, ya know, the usual." 

we laughed and i couldn't help but see elena staring a little hard a niccolo. "you got a crush?" i smirked and she blushed. "is it obvious?" 

"kinda, you've been staring at him like a piece of meat."

"he is a piece of meat." 

i rolled my eyes. "haven't gone for him yet?" elena shook her head, "nahh, i don't think its worth it. we've been friends for a while and i don't wanna mess it up." she explained and i nodded. "make sense," i watched as armin jumped on gio's back to try and drown him while niccolo jumped on armin's. 

"i can feel you're anxiety in waves." 

"elena, what the fuck." 

she let out a laugh, covering her mouth and fanning herself with the other hand. "usually you would be chillin' with your boyfriend and laughing your ass off but you're being reserved right now." i looked over at him and took in a deep breath. 

"armin and i have one more month in italy before we have to go back to virginia for our friend's wedding." i explained. "that's giving you anxiety?" 

"more or less the people that i will be meeting up with again. like i said, i haven't seen my friends or my parents and it's starting to mess with me." armin swam over to me, landing in between my legs. "hi, love," i pushed away his hair and glanced over at elena to make sure she didn't say anything. "having fun?" 

he nodded, smiling at me. "yeah. what are you girls talking about over here? looks like y'all are in a serious discussion." he questioned and i shook my head. "nothing important, nothing to worry about."