The One Between the Land and Sea

Chapter 1: The Day that Everything Began to Change

Third Person's POV

An alarm blared out in a white room, the light from the cloud-covered sun filtering into the room as it illuminated everything in its path. The first thing the light touched was a light gray square rug that sat underneath a white suede bench at the foot of a California king. Next to the large bed, was a black wicker hanging chair stuffed with pillows and had a build-a-bear rabbit sitting in the middle. The bed was covered in white and light gray sheets and blankets, with a large Harry Potter throw blanket at the foot of the bed being the only exception. As the light moved higher, it gently embraced a muscular tanned arm that was wrapped around a smaller, brown-skinned frame. The male scrunched his face up slightly before opening one of his deep brown eyes and looking down at the girl in his arms. With a smile on his lips, he kissed the top of her bonnet-covered head and she let out an annoyed groan. Cracking one of her eyes, she frowned at him before turning over to turn the alarm clock off.

"Do we have to go to school? We can just ditch today," the girl offered, snuggling back into the male's chest after turning the alarm off.

"Alice would have a fit, mi amor. We need to get ready before she comes over again," He said, causing the girl to let out a whine of protest from her spot in his chest. "Ronnie."

"Alright Luis. I'm up, I'm up," Ronnie said, as they both got out of bed.

Ronnie and Luis made up the bed and when they were done, Luis walked to the bathroom to take a shower while Ronnie walked towards the closet to pick out their clothes for the day. The large room had an island with twelve drawers on each side and on the left and right walls, there were three large holes with clothes hanging on the rods. Luis' clothes were on the right and Ronnie's were on the left, above her clothes were cabinets with purses in each one.

"What should Luis wear today?" She mumbled to herself as she let her fingers trail over his clothes. "Alice said something about wearing something attention-grabbing last night, why I have no idea."

She grabbed a white button-down shirt, a pair of dark wash blue jeans, and a pair of his brown cowboy boots. Walking towards the island, she opened a drawer and let her finger circle over his belts, before she grabbed a black one with a medium-sized buckle. She opened another drawer and pulled out a few leather bracelets and a black wristwatch.

"This will look good, now I just gotta find a white muscle shirt," Ronnie said, looking through his drawers for one.

Eventually, she found one and laid his clothes out on the top of the island before she walked over to her side. She pulled out a white off-the-shoulder long-sleeved crop top and then she searched for a pair of high-waisted dark wash blue jeans. Finding a pair that didn't have rips in the legs, she pulled them out and then searched for a pair of shoes. "Maybe a pair of hidden wedge shoes is the mood for today."

She pulled out a pair of white lace-up, ankle-high-top sneakers with black accents. Then she pulled out a pair of socks for herself and Luis when he walked into the closet. He had a towel wrapped around his waist and he was toweling his hair dry as his toothbrush hung out of his mouth.

"Don't forget your jacket," Luis said, his voice slightly muffled as Ronnie handed him his clothes for the day.

"I won't, we should at least pretend the cold doesn't bother us," Ronnie teased as she stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek.

Luis walked out of the closet and Ronnie shed her pajamas, throwing them in the hamper and quickly getting dressed. Reaching up, she pulled her bonnet off and shook her burgundy curly bob-length hair. Walking towards the bathroom, she raked her fingers through her hair in an attempt to break up the curls to loosen them. As she entered the bathroom, Luis was sitting on the edge of the tub pulling on his boots and Ronnie went to brush her teeth. While she brushed her teeth, Luis left the bathroom and came back with a black cropped puffer jacket. Kissing the top of Ronnie's head, he helped her put the jacket on as the door opened.