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The summer sun hits my skin, kissing it in warm waves rolling over me. There's a slight wind floating in the air, just enough to cool me down as I lay outside in the hot San Diego heat. I don't know if I've been here for five minutes or five hours, I just know that I don't ever want this feeling to disappear. The weather is gorgeous, the day is young and my best friend is by my side. I haven't seen her in five months because I was out of town but now I'm back and we have a lot to catch up on.

"I cannot wait until I see him again."

Alia, my best friend, has been gushing about her husband since we got outside. So far she's told me every single detail of their wedding, from the flowers to the moon that night, to vows both her and her husband said to one another. She's described in detail the way he proposed, and how she felt. Right now we've moved past the wedding topic and onto the fact that she gets to see him soon. He's currently on tour with her brother, both of them are in a band called Pierce the Veil. 

They're a very successful band which I kinda knew already but Alia's told me all of their stats before launching into more Tony talk. But I can't complain because thanks to him I'm lounging in front of a gorgeous and huge inground pool, living like I'm in the height of luxury. Not only do we have the pool and the deck area but apparently this house comes complete with a fully functional outdoor surround sound system. Also their fridge is always stocked with the best food, so all in all I'm fully behind my best friends marriage.

"Soon enough, right?" I say to her. I turn my head to the side so I can shield my face from the sun and so I can look at her. Unlike me, Alia already has a nice tan on her from sitting around the pool this summer. Living with a famous musician has more perks than I thought.

"Three days!" she says excitedly. "God, I cannot wait to see him again. I saw him in Pheonix last month as a surprise, but we only got to see each other for a night because he was travelling the next morning."

I nod at her as if I know what it's like. In reality I can't picture being with someone who goes on the road often, leaving me behind at home. I'd be too worried that he's doing something he shouldn't be or that something terrible happened to him and I didn't know. Plus, I don't think I'd be okay missing someone for that long, or worse, what if I find that I didn't miss them at all?

"I bet he's counting down the days too." I say to Alia with an encouraging smile. 

She grins at me and I feel a twinge of jealousy over the fact that she has someone to be excited about. I try and shake the thought from my head, focusing instead on the beautiful day we're having.

"God I wish I could be on vacation all the time." I remark as I stretch out, feeling the warm sun kiss my skin. "I just want, like, a place I can go and just be away from the city and people and just relax."

"I don't know why I didn't think about it before, but we're actually headed up to the cabin this weekend." she tells me. "You need to come."

"I have to look for jobs and stuff." I tell her. 

"You have to come." she gushes to me, now getting herself excited. "Please, please, please come!"

"I thought you wanted alone time with Tony?" I ask in a teasing tone.

She waves me off. "We'll see each other plenty at night and stuff. Imagine how much fun we'll have?"

I'll admit I am tempted. Alia has talked about her family's cabin since I can remember, always telling me how pretty it is there and how much fun she always has when she's up there. I've always wondered what it would be like if I were up there with her, but I also have things I need to take care of in real life, like getting a real job. I have decent savings in the bank from previous jobs but its not money I can live on forever.  My parents are well off and give me money whenever I ask, but I also hate asking them. Besides thats not how I want to live my life anyways, taking money from my parents. I want to make an honest living myself, I'm just struggling to find something I'm passionate about.

"I don't know..." I say slowly, my mind reeling.

"Oh come on! It'll be so much fun!" Alia promises. "It'll only be a month which is hardly any tim at all. You can even bring your car in case you want to leave earlier."

I told myself when I quit my job that I would get another one within a week. That was almost two weeks ago now and I still haven't had much luck. I haven't been searching as hard as I should've been, I know that, but I swore to myself that I would start looking after this weekend. Can I really just keep putting off my responsibilities to go spend a month up at a cabin with friends?

"Okay, I'll come." I agree reluctantly. 

I know Alia enough to know that she wont stop until she gets what she wants, and besides I'm a single, unemployed 27 year old woman. I have nothing but time and opportunity right now in front of me and I'm determined to make the most of it. 

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