The Promise

59)Omer

I stroll outside the suit towards the beach and stop in front of the cafeteria, "water, please" I tell the bartender as laughter gets my attention. I smile, I can hear thousands of women laughing, but still recognize hers in a beat.

"Dionne, stop!" she yells, I take the water and round the corner and stop. I shouldn't have come or at least shouldn't have come when her friends are there. She's wearing a white bikini again and it's even tinier than the orange one with a white shirt on top, spoiler alert; it's soaking wet so, it doesn't hide anything.

I hesitate, but Dionne sees me and waves. Aurora spins around, cheeks flushed and blushes even more when she sees me and tries to hide herself. Wait, she's not hiding herself she's hiding the shirt.

"Mughrabi, is everything okay?" Dionne asks. I nod still looking Aurora's way, I follow the way her hair sticks to her skin as water drips from it. Does she look like that after the shower? I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I cannot think about that.

Yesterday has been living rent free in my head, her softness and warm sweet lips. Not fucking helping, I open my eyes again. The girls wink at her and leave, I stop the smile from smiling at her attempt to keep them there.

I walk towards her and frown, she's still trying to hide the shirt. "Technically you can't hide the shirt that covers you, dove. Although it failed at that job- Dove?"

"Hmm?" she looks everywhere, but my way. I can't help the smirk from forming at her embarrassed form. "I didn't know you liked my shirts that much." I tilt my head and she widens her eyes, "What?" I love it when she plays dumb. "Didn't see you take it either." I say playfully, "I didn't" she says giving me puppy eyes. My smile fades, fuck I can't be affected by puppy eyes. She giggles at whatever expression she sees on my face. I raise a brow and she skips towards the water, "It's not yours. 'Technically' it's mine now." She smiles quoting my word back, I smile and shake my head as I stroll inside the water after her.

She breathes out a laugh and walks deeper inside the water, "Dove, are you okay with the water?" I frown remembering what happened to her. She shakes her head, "if anything I think I became friends with it." she smiles and I smile back. My beautiful warrior.

I close the distance between us as I brush our fingers together. "You shouldn't stay this much in the water, though. You're still tired." I murmur and she hums. "No, let me stay." I nod as I reach for her, but she backs up; I frown thinking she'll avoid me as she did yesterday when she turned off her phone, but she says "you'll get wet, I'm soaking!"

I let my shoulders sag and reach out an arm, "Here. now, dove." She crosses her arms, "I don't take orders, Mr. Hottie pants."

"I'm Hottie pants, now?" I drawl closing in on her, she giggles when catch her trapping her body in my arms.

Heaven. She feels like my missing piece. Nothing ever felt this perfect in my arms, we fit like a puzzle. All the girls are small next to me, but with her? We challenge everyone else.

She looks up at me and I smile losing myself in her brown eyes. "Where were you yesterday, I called but found your phone out of service?"

"Oh, Di and Zi wanted us to have some quality time and we all turned off our phones." I'm happy she's getting well with them, she felt sad for leaving her best friends back at her country. I nod and she rests her head on my chest. I lace my fingers through her wet hair. "Omer?"

"Hmm?" "I don't want this to end." She says looking up at me again, "Why would it end, my dove?" she shakes her head, "can I be honest with you?" I nod, "my mind is a rush of thoughts and feelings, I-I never kissed anyone before." I smile and lean in to kiss her forehead.

"I'm your first kiss then?" I ask and she nods, "You're mine, too." Her eyes widen at my statement, "how the hell am I yours?!" I shrug, "you mean you kiss and look like that when you have zero experience in kissing?" I nod again smirking, "Does this mean you're pleased?" She looks like a fish opening and closing her mouth again.

"I – fuck I mean, yeah? I guess" she stutters and a laugh bubble up in my throat, she slaps my chest "Nothing's funny!" I shake my head, "no, dove. You're just adorable" she pouts crossing her arms making her cleavage pop out.

She gasps as I touch her mouth in a soft peck, she blinks "Sorry, dove. Too cute."

"I was talking about something important!" I nod, "Sorry, go ahead."

"I just, I can't get a grip and I still can't form anything in my mind." I nod, "I understand, Rory. Are you uneasy? You want to stop what's going on between us?" she shakes her head rubbing at her arms, "I don't want it to end, but I want my time and with me having my time I don't want to confuse you. That's why I'm saying this. To be on the same line, are we?"

We're not, dove. I'm not confused; I know damn well what I want with you, but I'll wait. I waited for years to have someone to love endlessly and I got this person. I'll wait for another 30 years even.

I nod, "We are, dove."