More than friends.

73- Waking up in Cannes.

Zoe's POV.

I wake up to the smell of flowers. The sound of the ocean. Cannes. I hop out of bed and head into the bathroom where Alfie is showering.

"Morning little one!" I hear between the sounds of the water dropping.

"Morning gorgeous." I giggle.

"Come in will ya?" He begs.

"Alfiee, no. You know what happens."

"We haven't had sex in about 6 months, so I don't see how thats possible."

"You make me feel bad."

"We're not together for that reason, so it's fine."

"I promise on our honeymoon."

"Alright. So yes, or no?"

"No. I'm going to see my mum anyway. She's arriving in a hour."

"Okay. Love you."

"Love you too." I say leaving the bathroom. I slip on a black bikini and a beach dress with flip flops and my daily attachment; Sam. I put my hair up in a top knot and grab my bag then head to the lobby.

I wait for 10 minutes then I see the car pull up with my mum inside. She waves, and excitedly opens the door. She grabs her bag and runs toward me and sam.

"Zoe!" She squeals. She opens her arms and I fall into them. She squeezes me tight, and begins to cry.

"What's wrong mum?" I ask her.

"Your getting married in 2 days."

"I know. Aren't you happy."

"If it were anyone else I wouldn't be. But Alfie is perfect." I hug her again and lead her to the room. We get her settled in, and I head back to the room to see Alfie sleeping. I quietly set everything down, and run onto the bed and start jumping.

"WAKEY WAKEY!" I yell. His eyes pop open, and frowns when he sees me.

"Why?!" He cries.

"We are on holiday. Don't be lazy. Do you fancy going swimming? I brought stuff for Sam."

"YAY!" He squeals like a kid. Alfie changes into his swimming trunks whilst I put a cute strawberry swimsuit on sam. I also put a hat on her and LOTS of sunscreen. I blow up the little thing to help her float, and put it in the beach bag.

"You ready?" I ask.

"Is anyone else coming?"

"No, why?"

"I want it to be just us."

"Me too." I say whilst grabbing his hand. As a family we head down to the pool. We find a perfect spot facing the pool, and right in the sun for a tan. As this is the only day I can do it, I should make the most of it. I lie down on the bed and Alfie goes in the pool with Sam. I put in my earphones and listen to Shawn's album while thinking about everything. Tomorrow is the rehearsal dinner, and the bachelorette party.... And the last day being non-married. Wow.

An hour later, I've had enough sun so I jump in the pool with Sam and Alfie. I swim over to them, and scare Alfie.

"ZOE!" He screeches. I cant help but laugh. He gives me his sad face so I grab his face and smother it in kisses. In the background I hear Samantha laughing.

"Do you like it when we kiss?" I ask her. She continues to giggle, and it makes Alfie and I smile. I love our little family.

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I'm so sorry! I have absolutely no time to update all of this week. I've been busy at school, and this weekend I've been packing for my week trip. Basically where you go with your year/grade away for a week somewhere. So I've been packing for that, and this is the first time I've been able to sit down and write. I know it's a crappy chapter, but whatever. I also realised if you view this on your phone, the spaces between paragraphs/speech is MASSIVE. So let me know if that's a problem. AND OMFG WE MADE IT TO 12K! When I started this book I imagined to get 100 by this time. And you've given me much more. So thank so much, it means a lot. Hopefully this time next month we can be somewhere further than this. I love it when you all comment nice things, and vote, so continue to do that. I won't be updating until Saturday because that's when I'm back from my trip and we've been told no WIFI eeeek! Love you all xx