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Chapter 5

I slowly opened my eyes, letting the light in. My head was pounding, and my heart racing as I remembered yesterday. James was so sweet to me and I had the funnest time of my life.

I run my hand against the cotton, and as I lift my head slightly I see it's James's chest. My hand rests on it as it goes up and down as he breathes.

Holy sh- Did we?

"James," I whisper, hoping he wakes up as I rub my hand on his chest.

He slowly opens an eye and then the other one, very confused. "What time is it?" He says rubbing his eyes.

"Um, we- we didn't..." I say, sitting criss-cross-applesauce.

A smile takes over his face. Oh no. "No, we did not have sex." He smiles and my cheeks are burning.

"I just- I want to apologize if I did anything that was out of line.. I don't drink alcohol that often.." I look down at my hands.

"You wanted to shower with me," He shows his teeth as his smile grows even bigger.

"I am so sorry," Is all I can say.

"Don't be, I wanted it too. What I didn't want, is you to be completely drunk and not remember anything the next day." Now I'm the one who's smiling.

"Thank you, James." I smile and grab his hand. His hand slowly makes his way to my cheek and he swipes his thumb on my cheek as I'm still holding onto him.

"You're so beautiful Lina," His voice is barely above a whisper.

My hands make their way to his chest, and my hands rest there. "James," I say as his face comes closer and closer to mine.

He stops just before our lips meet and I look down at his smile. His tongue runs over his lips and they look moist and perfect.

I smile and close my eyes. This is it. My first real kiss.

I feel his touch on my forehead. I open my eyes and as I look up I see his lips are attached to my forehead.

I smile and just laugh a little. I begin to feel stupid, but then feeling his hot breath on me at all, I, for the first time in the longest time.. I feel secure.

"Let's go eat breakfast." He grabs my hand and we exit the bedroom.

James apparently loves watermelon with his life, I think as I see he's now by his 7th piece.

"Lina, would you like to go to the beach today?" James asks, and I feel desperate as I shake my head immediately and have the biggest smile on my face.

"Okay, get ready." He slightly laughs.

I after yesterday, I don't know what happened.. But I have this weird feeling, like if I wanted to impress James, so I find myself standing in front of the mirror, shaving my legs, the small stub on my armpits and my private part. I've never shaved there so it felt pretty weird and I think I cut some areas accidentally. I'm also trying on all of the bikinis I have packed.

I didn't do so bad at shaving my legs, and I end up wearing a pretty revealing red bikini. I grab a bit of water in my cupped hands and splash it onto my face. I take my ring off of my wedding finger and put in on top of the glass, where our toothbrushes rest.

I grab a towel and head out to the living room.

James has a big surf board standing next to him. He seems to be cleaning something off the surfboard. "I'm ready." I smile, but James is too focused on his board and doesn't even turn to me.

"Okay, give me a minute. Gotta clean it up a bit." He continues cleaning and I continue standing there like an idiot.

"James, I'm ready." I repeat, taking the towel, and putting it on the couch so he has a better view of me.