Stella's POV
It had been a long time since I had just like a truly free day. I mean it wasn't truly a day, because our flight didn't even get in until 4 pm, but it was a free evening. I could see the pool from my hotel window and it looked tempting enough so I decided to get my swim suit on and go out by myself. I texted an invitation to Ava, but didn't immediately hear back from her and figured she was probably having quality time with her man. But that was okay. I hadn't truly really been by myself in a while, so it would be nice to hang out by the pool and get some sun. When I got out to the pool I saw a bunch of other people had the same idea. Isaac, Matt the Bassist, Steve and Zak were all already in the pool, tossing a football around.
"It's Sweet Stella!" Matt the Bassist yelled, upon seeing me.
"Matt the Bassist!" I exclaimed, as I watched him swim over to the edge of the pool. He got himself out of the pool and gave me a soaking wet hug.
"I missed you." He smiled.
"I missed you too." I smiled back.
"You getting in?" He asked. That was the plan, but I knew what would happen if I said no, and that seemed like more fun.
"No, I just came out tan." I shrugged.
"Nah, you're getting in." Matt the Bassist told me.
"No I'm not." I argued.
"Oh yes you are!" He smiled, and then he ducked down so he could throw me over his shoulder. As he carried me toward the pool we heard a voice that made all the rage in my soul come back up.
"Why are you wearing a swim suit if you weren't going to swim?" Leo asked.
"Sounds to me like you were begging to get thrown in the pool!" Matt the Bassist yelled, and then mans just tossed me in the water and I screamed. I did my best to ignore Leo as we swam, as he wasn't actually in the pool but the hot tub rather, kind of just watching us. After about an hour I got out, my stomach growling. There was a convenience store inside the hotel, so I wrapped myself in a fluffy white hotel towel and went inside in pursuit of a bag of chips and possibly some M&Ms but I noticed as I walked into the store I was being followed.
"Hey, we got off on the wrong foot." I heard, as a felt a hand grab my arm. I pulled away.
"I don't like being touched." I snapped, grabbing a Drumstick ice cream from the freezer.
"Sorry, fuck, I'm sorry. Can we start over?" Leo asked. I am notorious for being quite stubborn, so I didn't want to start over with Leo.
"I'm fine." I replied, grabbing a bag of chips. He groaned.
"Come on, Stella..."
"Look, just because my brother likes you doesn't mean I have to." I said.
"But we're going to be touring together all summer you really wanna..." I had put my chips and ice cream on the counter and the cashier scanned them and before I could get my phone out for Apple Pay, Leo Apple Payed with his phone. For some reason. I said thank you to the cashier (and then to Leo very quietly) and started walking back toward the pool with my chips. I had forgotten the M&Ms but I was kind of sort of trying to get away from Leo as fast as I could. He was not taking the hint.
"You really wanna hate me when we're going to be around each other for 2 months? Maybe more?"
"Maybe more?! Besides, it's not like it matters, we really won't be around each other that much."
"But we all hang out and..."
"Not me, I don't hang out."
"We're all just hanging out in the pool right now!"
