𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬

54- mess

I have no idea how it happened, but two hours and a half later the entire spa is a mess.

Bathwater mixed with sweat is puddled on the floor everywhere, and on some places the bathfoam is still slowly dissolving.

And in the midst of this mess, is Lucas who's screaming the lyrics to lay all you love on me by ABBA.

About an hour ago things were going rather peaceful and the whole spa had proven its point at being relaxing. But at one unknown point, Lucas got tired of the silence, and he decided to put on some music- from his Playlist ofcourse.

In the beginning Javi told him to put the volume low, and he had specifically asked Lucas to pick out some slow and calm songs, because the rest of us did want to relax, and strange enough, Lucas hadn't complained. That is, until he was tired of the slow and calm songs, and decided to organize a karaoke game between us all.

We had accepted, because we knew Lucas wouldn't let us rest with his hyperactivity, and we sang karaoke for a while. Singing apparently doesn't run in the family, because I'm pretty sure that anyone who would come to us in a radius of 300 feet, would call the animal protection for reporting animal abuse.

Everyone except Javi.

He actually sounded good, but he only sang once because he didn't want to brag I assume. Lucas however did brag, even though there really was nothing in his case to brag about.

After we all had enough of singing, we'd told Lucas that we were going to lounge and relax in the lounge chairs outside, so he could sing along with his songs all he wanted.

The only thing we clearly didn't estimate properly, was the possibility of Lucas finding the candy we hid when we saw the little box filled to the brim standing on a nearby table.

He apparently had found it, and devoured it as if he got starved at home, and now he was in a sugar rush, and that explains why he literally made the whole spa look like one big pile of garbage.

Once Eleandro spots Lucas in the midst of his singing and playing with the bathwater from the jacuzzi, he scolds him sternly, but can't help his lips from curling up just a little bit.

He tells Lucas to clean the room while we all finish the spa day in the sauna, and I see Lucas slump forward in sadness, but he know as well as I that he got out easily.

Now I'm sitting on the sauna, for the 3th time today, and I'm sweating like it's 104°F outside and I have to work my ass of.

Luckily enough, that's not actually what is going on right now, and I'm glad I don't have anything to do until next week, when I have to enroll into school again. I'm not exactly looking forward to it, but it's also not like I have a choice. I really want my diploma so I can do something with my life in the future although my family is rich all of a sudden.

I have no idea if my brothers have their diploma yet or if they even graduated. I know Diego didn't, because he dropped out, and Lucas is still in school. I remember Javi did get a bachelor of medicine, but he decided to not do anything with it. I have no idea why though because it was never explained.

"Javi, why did you never do something with your diploma?" I ask him, a little bit out of breath because of the warmth in the sauna.

"Because I decided that I wanted to help my family and take care of them with what I've learned." He answers and I frown.

"How many times did you need to use that on your family? Do y'all get hurt so much?"

"Oh- uhm no I just meant that I enjoy to sometimes help the doctors in our hospital." He manages to stutters out, not wanting to make eye contact with me.

I have learned from the people that often lied to me, that if someone doesn't dare making eye contact with you, he or she is most likely lying. And I know Javi is lying to me right now. And I also know I won't admit I know to him, because I will find a way to figure it out on my own.

I just nod, and a silence falls again inside the sauna.

After the 15 minutes you're supposed to be in a sauna, we all get out, sweaty from top to toe, and probably looking like a group of lobsters.

To my surprise, the spa is actually cleaned neatly, and Lucas I smiling at us proudly.

"I cleaned it. I'm such a good cleaner." He says with so much confidence in his voice, I have to suppress a gniffle.

I see Eleandro and Adrian sharing a glance at eachother, and know that they too don't know what they have to do with this kid.

Then Eleandro claps in his hands and says, "Okay our time here is almost over. Let's get dressed."

We all walk separately to the dressing rooms, and I give Diego his towel back- which he will now not use anymore because it's all sweaty- and walk over to the same booth I was in three hours ago.

I quickly change into my usual clothes, happy to finally cover my body again and being able to wear something normal, and I wait outside of my booth for my brothers.

While I do, I check my phone.

I've been on this 'Instagram' app for the past days, to find out I actually really enjoy it. Most of the singers I like are also active on it, and it's spectacular to follow their journey.

Someone on Instagram recommended TikTok to me too, so I installed that app too, and it looks almost the same as Instagram, only with videos- which I do enjoy more.

When I'm watching an edit about a guy named Jacob, and he is one of the most famous males at his moment, Diego walks out of his stall, his eyes plastered to his phone screen too.

After he exited his stall, all my other brothers soon follow, and we all walk to the front where Eleandro pays for out visit. I hear them talk about an huge amount of money, but act like I didn't hear it.

Money doesn't seem to be a problem for them anyway.

After, we all walk to the seperate cars, but before we can get in, Eleandro gets a call.

When he sees the called ID, he immediately picks up and start speaking fast in Spanish.

"¿Qué pasa Sergio? Más vale que sea importante que me molestes en mi día libre".
(What is it Sergio? It better be important for you to disturb me on my day off.)

The next thing I know is Eleandro's face paling, and him demanding us to get in the car.

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