My Everything | 3

46~ Mariah

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"Okay. It's done. No going back." Everyone was up for this, and no one was backing out now, "How are you feeling, Johnny?" JJ asked on the merged call, "You guys know, I'm in this. I'm in it." I chuckle, "We'll meet at my office tonight." We all say goodbye, and I end the call.

I look over outside, seeing Hazel swimming, doing a few laps then stopping, floating, then swimming again, staring at the bright sun. A smile tugs at my lips when she brushes her wet hair back, a small smile on her lips when the sun touches her face, feeling the warmth coat her skin and watching her soak it all up.

I start brewing her a cup of coffee, thinking the little kick of caffeine might help her with being yo so early this morning.

"Oh, you're awake." She pats down her wet body, "You think you're so silent when you get out of bed, but I heard everything, I thought you were going somewhere." I cannot help but admire the one-piece swimsuit that sticks to her like a second skin, "Where was I going to go?" She giggles, walking closer to me, "That was my exact thought since this is our home." She stands opposite me, the island separating us.

"When is she coming?" Hazel said while rubbing the towel over her hair as she curves the corner of the table, stood infront of me and stared up at me, "Mariah should be here in about an hour," She hops on the island table, her dark blue swimsuit dripping with water, "Shit. I don't have enough time to get changed and to look half decent." I hand her the cup of coffee, "Oh just what I needed, after that swim, I can feel my body drowning." She giggles, and I kiss her knuckles when both her hands cup the mug.

"Relax. Throw on a T-shirt and shorts and call it a day. She won't care what you look like." I kiss her cheek and walk to the fridge to make her something to eat, "God, I hope so. I just...I haven't seen her in so long I want to look nice for her." I take some strawberries and raspberries, setting the fruits next to her.

"My love, you look beautiful no matter what. The most important thing is that she would want to see you, and only you. She won't be looking at your shoes or the dress you may have on, maybe the hair"- We both laugh -"but that's about it." I grab a knife and a cutting board.

"You need to take a breather and just live in that very moment when she gets here." I cut off a few strawberry stems and added them to a bowl with the raspberries and ran them under some cold water.

"Eat, beautiful." She takes the bowl from Mt.hand and immediately pops a strawberry inside her mouth, "Strawberries make me so happy to eat." I smile as I watch my girl eating her fruit like a little girl, "Yeah?" I step between her, standing between her legs, "I never really liked raspberries." I picked from her bowl, looking at the funny fruit, the bumpy shape, and weird furry things on it.

"What!" She says with a mouthful, "Are you crazy?" She takes out a strawberry and takes the raspberry from my hand, "Open," I look at her weirdly, "Come on, I've never shown this to anyone so be happy you're the first," She said excitedly, "You want me to eat these both?" I lean my hands on the island, getting closer to her, "Come on," I roll my eyes at her and open my mouth.

She places both red fruits in my mouth, and I close and chew.

Huh. Not bad. Not bad at all.

"Not bad, that tastes quite nice actually." I steal two more, popping them in my mouth and chewing again, "I told you." She does the same and smiles at me while chewing the fruit.

I want to talk about last night. How do I bring it up, though? I should just ask her, right? Yeah. Sure. Just...ask her.

"Princess." I swallow what was in my mouth and look at her. She stops chewing and looks at me too, "I want to talk...about yesterday." She chews on her cheek, placing the bowl down and wiping her hands on her towel, "Me too. I want to talk about what you said." Okay. Okay, this is good. She wants to talk about a few things, too.