From the Bottom of My Heart, I Love You (gxg) (AU)

Ch. 34: Lantern

I deeply apologize for the long wait, I had to really focus on my studies and college is a pain in the butt. But I received a lot of messages from the inbox and I am really sorry about that. I am managing two books too right now, this AU and another but thank you for still loving this book. Here is the new latest chapter, my apologies again and have a great day!

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Ava woke up to the loud alarm coming from her phone, she held her head as she felt the biggest ache in her head. She couldn't remember how much alcohol she had in her system but the way her head hurts so bad, she knew she had a lot, she sat up straight, resting her back on the headboard, and looked around the room. Beatrice was not around, and Ava thought to herself that maybe Beatrice had another meeting. Her whole mood went down after thinking of it that way, her sense of smell caught a delicious smell which made her mood change, she stood up from bed and headed out of the room.

As soon as she opened the door, the aroma of freshly cooked pancakes and coffee, Ava's feet led her to the kitchen where she saw Beatrice in her own world, with her earpods on while cooking, she noticed the older girl was jamming in her song because she was bopping her head like she was dancing in a party, it was cute to see for Ava because this side was never seen at all when they met a few months ago.

Ava walked towards the chair and sat down while Beatrice's back was facing her. The older girl was humming and singing a few lines before turning around to see Ava who was smiling at her with a look in her eyes that she was in a hangover. Beatrice felt her cheeks burning hot as soon as she saw the younger girl sitting across her, Beatrice placed the hot pan down on the counter to remove her earpods.

"Good morning. Here, eat breakfast and drink the medicine. It helps for the hangover plus hot frappuccino, just the way you like it." Beatrice spoke with a smile.

"Such a gentleman, Bea. Good morning to you too." Ava replied as she looked at the different food on the table, bacon, eggs, waffles on the side with a prepared store-bought whipped cream. The creamer for the coffee for Beatrice was also there and two glasses of water were also prepared.

"You better get all the strength you have. I got plans for us today." Beatrice spoke as she sat down across from Ava after turning off the stove and preparing herself to eat.

"Oooh, surprises. Can I take a guess?" Ava asked.

"Hmm... It is one of your top lists of the places you wanted to visit around Amsterdam before your sister and the rest of the group visits." Beatrice replied. Ava started thinking while chewing on her food, she tried to remember what she wrote on the list because she wanted to get this right but no clue came to her mind, all she felt was the pain from the hangover.

"I couldn't find my phone earlier, do you know where it is?" Ava asked. Taking a bite from her food.

"It's in my purse, hold on. I'll get it for you." Beatrice replied as she stood up from her chair and went to their bedroom to get Ava's phone, came back after two minutes, and handed the phone to Ava.

"Thank you so much." Ava said, Beatrice smiled at the younger girl and sat back down in her seat, she grabbed her tablet on the side and started scrolling through online news while sipping coffee.

"Damn, mom and dad were messaging about seeing me soon with Lilith. Camila and Luna also took pictures together and posted them on Camila's social media account, Ava liked the post. While going through social media. Her phone started ringing, Ava was shocked to see the name caller ID. Beatrice stopped eating and kept her eye on Ava who was debating whether to answer the phone or not, it was just ringing and it was echoing around the room. Beatrice took a deep breath and took Ava's phone and pressed the red button call to end the call, Beatrice was surprised to see the amount of missed calls from the one and only JC Lawrence. Beatrice didn't like what he did to her and had the nerve to contact her over and over again.