Cora's life was perfect...until it wasn't.
When her friends whisk her away on vacation she finally learns to let her hair down.
But when she comes home, the ghost of vacations past seems to follow her.....
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January 1st 2001
I roll over in the bed tugging the sheets closer to my chest, my mouth is dry and my head hurts. I groan knowing i'll be nursing this hangover all day.
I lift my hands above my head trying to get comfy when I felt something or rather someone. I look over and the memories start flooding back to me.
I slept with a stranger.
Brady, if that's even his real name, brought me back to his house...yes house.
Red flag number one, sure financial advisors make good money but I don't think they make enough to own a house in the bahamas.
But I didn't care, live a little right. Plus I found him very very attractive, his voice was so soothing and the way he spoke made every word sound like a lyric to a song.
When we got inside he opened a bottle of champagne, we sat and talked. He seemed interested in all the lies I fed him.
After the bottle of champagne was finished that's when we took it to the bedroom. We didn't waste a second stripping each other of our clothes.
I'll spare you all the gritty details but i'll tell you this, this man is simply exceptional.
He's made me feel things I have never felt before, and definitely not with Conner. He was tender with the perfect amount of roughness. He would whisper words of encouragement into my ear which sent shock waves down my spine.
I don't regret it at all.
Except for now when i'm half naked in his bed, hair a mess and probably morning breath. I peer out the corner of my eye as I swing my legs to the edge of the bed trying not to wake the man.
I pick up my dress mentally cursing myself knowing i'll have to do the walk of shame back to the resort in it. I quickly look around and notice a black shirt, you now belong to me.
I look over my shoulder hearing the bed sheets rustle.
" Leaving so soon" He says smirking with tired eyes.
Hi voice startles me causing me to jump back hitting the wall.
" Yeah sorry I uhm forgot i'm meeting the girls for breakfast" I say lying through me teeth.
" Too bad you you slept in cause it's midday" He laughs. God he's even better in the daylight.
" I meant lunch" I laugh awkwardly.
There was a moment of silence.
" Well at least let me drive you back" He says lifting up the sheet, I notice he's fully naked and I close my eyes.
" No no you're okay, thank you for everything honestly it was great but i'm just gonna walk" I say backing up towards the door.
I turn the knob on the door having one foot out when I hear him speak again.
" Wait I didn't get your num-" Not letting him finish his sentence I slam the door and practically start running.
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After what felt like an eternity I finally made it back to the resort. I open the apartment door, making my way straight to the bathroom to shower off my sins from the previous night.
" Oh well look what the cat dragged in" I hear Ava's smug voice.
I turn on my heels with a sarcastic smile, Sam then emerges from her bedroom looking my appearance up and down.
" Looks like you had a fun night" She smiles sitting next to Ava on the sofa as they share a punnet of strawberries.
I sit across from them ready for my interrogation.
" It was interesting for one...but like a good interesting" I say slowly trying to be careful with my words.
" Interesting how? He wasn't like a secret fetish kinda guy...they're the worst! Then you feel like you have to get involved cause it gone too far" Sam starts to ramble before I vigorously shake my head at her.
" No no he was fine..but I just have this feeling he wasn't exactly who he says he was" They look at each other and back to me.
" But then again I told him my name was Amanda and that I was an elementary teacher" I shrug my shoulders.
" Sweetie everyone lies to their one night stands, it's the beauty of a one night stand...why be you when you can be someone else" Ava says reassuring me.
" I guess so, and aswell like privacy protection what if he ends up being like some kind of stalker" I laugh to which the girls give me a skeptic look.
" Okay well i'm gonna take a quick shower and then we can maybe head to the beach?" I say standing up to which they nod.
As I am undressing from last nights outfit the hot water creating steam around the bathroom my thoughts roam to the stranger of my first one night stand.
I start to feel bad about how I just ran out of there but I didn't exactly know how these things are meant to go. In movies one night stands always seem to sneak out without getting noticed. I cringe to myself thinking about how stupid I must have looked but hey i'll never see him again.
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" Can you believe we leave this place tomorrow" Sam says rolling over on her towel.
" I know we should have stayed longer" Ava says pouting at me.
" Sorry guys but I told you Mister Haynes said we have a very important new client coming in Monday morning and I can't afford to be missing out, especially with that new intern sniffing around, I know she's trying to take my job" I say rolling my eyes.
" I know I get it it's just a bummer" She says back.
We all lay there in a pure comfortable silence enjoying the waves crashes to the shore. I start thinking to myself how I am actually enjoying my life right now and all I need are these two amazing girls I have by my side.
