Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch. 26

Ariana

Friday, 7:46 pm

"I hate you for this." Justin says.

"Come on, man. You'll be fine." Ryan replies.

"No, I won't. I swear I'm gonna throw up."

"Of course you will. That's part of the fun."

"You're fucking crazy, man." Jonathan groans.

"Language." Olivia says, seeing as the girls are both swimming in the pool right next to them.

"You're all stupid." I say.

"I agree." Ryan's girlfriend, Lacie, nods her head and we all laugh.

All three of the men were about to drink a whole gallon of milk, thanks to Ryan.

"Alright. Are you ready?" Ryan asks.

"No." Justin groans, unscrewing the cap of his gallon.

"Oh my God." I smile, taking my phone out.

This is definitely Snapchat worthy.

"Okay, I'm as ready as I'm gonna get now." Jonathan says.

"Good. Go!" Ryan puts the milk to his lips, drinking faster than both Jonathan and Justin.

"This is disgusting." Olivia says.

Aviella and Lauren get out of the pool and disappear into Lauren's playset.

"Fuck!" Justin groans.

I giggle.

"You shut up, Ariana." He says.

I flip him off and he smiles before putting the milk back to his lips.

"Oh God. This was a bad idea." Ryan says.

"I told you." Jonathan replies.

They both bend over to throw up, but the only thing that comes out is milk.

"I think I won!" Justin yells.

"Fuck you, man." Ryan groans.

"Your fault." Justin shrugs, finishing his gallon of milk.

"Fuck yeah!" He says, throwing the carton to hlthe ground.

"Justin, language." I say.

He nods.

After they've all thrown up, including Justin-which, even though it was just milk, was still gross- we go back inside. The girls dry off and go upstairs to Lauren's room.

They haven't done much talking all night, except to each other.

While the men play basketball on Jonathan's PS4, I sit with Olivia and Lacie in the Kitchen, talking.

10:43 pm

"You tired?" Justin whispers.

I nod, laying my head on his chest. He wraps his arm around me, kissing my head.

I had been tired for a while now, mainly because I went to sleep at around 12 last night and woke up at 4.  I barely got any sleep. Olivia was half asleep next to Jonathan.

Lacie was still wide awake, explaining that she stayed up late every night and went to sleep during the afternoon because of her job.

Justin strokes my hair, causing my eyes to close. I open them up, trying to stay awake, but eventually, they close and stay that way.

Saturday, 1:45 am

"Ari, wake up, baby." Justin rubs my back.

"Why?" I groan.

"We gotta go home. Come on, you can sleep in the car." He sits me up and I yawn.

When my eyes adjust, I see Aviella on his hip, her head on his shoulder.

"Fuck, I'm tired."

"I can tell." Justin grabs my hand, pulling me up from the couch.

"Thank you for coming." Olivia runs a hand through her hair and I hug her.

"Thanks for having us. See you sometime this weekend."

"Yes. Hopefully it warms up."

I follow Olivia to the door and walk outside while Justin days goodbye to Jonathan. Ryan and Tacie had left about an hour ago.

"Mama?" Aviella lifts her head up, holding her arms towards me.

I take her from Justin and walk to the car, buckling her into her car seat. She's asleep again before Justin even backs out of the driveway.

9:38 am

"Let's go, Aviella. The mall is waiting!" I yell.

"Mommy, why do you like the mall so much?" Aviella asks from the top of the stairs.

"Why don't you like it enough?" I reply.

"I ask the same question, Aviella." Justin says.

"You hush." I giggle, putting my finger to his lips.

He bites it and I wince.

"Suck a dick." I tell him.

"Shh. Not around the child." He dramatically covers Aviella's ears and I roll my eyes, picking up my purse.

"I guess she's ready to go." Justin tells Aviella.

She giggles, lifting her arms up. Justin picks her up and she wraps her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek.

"I love you, daddy."

"Love you too, princess." I smile at their cuteness and walk outside.

"Can we please go in the Mustang? Please? Please? Please?" Justin begs.

"I don't care." I shrug.

"Yay!" Having put Aviella down, he jumps up and down, and I roll my eyes.

"You're so stupid." I put Aviella in her car seat and get in the passenger seat.

"You don't understand how much I love this car." Justin says.

"I think I do."

"You don't."

"You're obsessed."

"With you."

"Aww, sweet." I smile.

"Yes, I love you. Very much."

"What about me?" Aviella asks from the back.

"I love you too, Aviella. I told you about 2 minutes ago."

"Oh. I forgot."