Destination: Beautiful (It's back!)

Chapter 21

"Ew, Elle you drooled on me."

"Good morning to you too." I smiled, wiped my mouth, and kissed his cheek.

I rested my head back on his chest, avoiding the small stream of saliva from my mouth. We were silent for a few minutes.

"What do you want to do today?" I asked.

"Laundry." He said with a smirk and nodded at his shirt. I self consciously wiped my mouth again.

"Very funny, but really." I looked up at him with my cutest face hoping he would spend the day with me. I bet I just looked dumb though.

"I have a meeting, I'm sorry, maybe we can catch dinner tonight?"

I tried not to look disappointed. I really wanted to spend all day doing nothing with him. His absence, even if it was short, made me realize that I really did love spending time with him. I forced a smile, and nodded at him.

"Hey, chin up champ." he smiled and kissed me, stroking my hair. I moved towards him and wrapped my legs around his waist.

"Woah there." He laughed and pulled me off of him. "Slow your roll."

"Why, I missed you." I giggled, tugging at the bottom of his shirt. He steadied my hands and put them back at my sides.

"I really have to go. This is going to be a really big thing for me, I can tell." He said it with so much hope and enthusiasm I couldn't help but be happy for him. "Dinner tonight, text me the place and invite your friends. It'll be fun." 

He gave me a little kiss before he got up and gathered his things. I jumped in the shower and freshened up, when I got out, he had left.

I sent out a mass text to Greg, Amy, and Holly and told them to meet me at a hole in the wall by my place at eight. I sent the text to Hollis too. They all responded within minutes saying they would be there. Holly said she had something big to tell me, something too big to tell me over text. I hated when she did this because it sat in my mind all day and made me kind of antsy. I wasn't big on surprises.

I busied myself with menial housework and gossip magazines. Kim Kardashian was in them quite a bit, stuff about her short marriage. I don't understand how you could not even love someone in the slightest and still spend so much money and time on them. I get that every girl wants her perfect wedding, but doesn't that normally include a guy you love, or even mildly get along with?

I set aside an hour to straighten my hair, paint my nails, and pick out something to wear. I settled on dark jeans and a brown cardigan. 

 I reached the restaurant at eight sharp and greeted my friends who were waiting outside. Hollis was absent though, but I knew he would be here soon.

We slid into our booth and ordered our drinks. Still no sign of Hollis.

"Where's the boyfriend?" Greg asked with a little twinge of mocking in his voice. I didn't know he still had anything against me. I smiled politely and said that Hollis would be here soon. Or so I hoped.

"Didn't you say he had a meeting, it could have ran late." Amy said and I silently thanked her for getting Greg off my case.

Hollis breezed into the bar twenty minutes late.

 "Hey honey." I said, smiling up at him, he gave me a distant smile and a quick kiss, and sat down, making no other conversation.

The night continued like this, slow, without much chatter. Hollis ate silently, only answering a question when asked, or nodding in awknowledgement to a topic.