Friends & Paradise

Chapter 49: Our Last Day (Natasha's POV)

The next morning, I woke up early to say goodbye to Amanda since she was leaving Bahamas. Amber might see her back home, but I wasn't sure when I'll see her again. Amber quietly opened the door to my room and whispered,

"Hey, are you up?"

"Yeah." I said, as I slowly got up from my bed.

"Sorry to wake you up, Nash. Amanda's leaving in a couple hours and she asked for the the five of us to have our last breakfast together."

I nodded. "I'm coming."

She closed the door to my bedroom, while I was walking towards the bathroom to take a shower. Once showered, I changed into some shorts and a tank-top, and grabbed a pair of flip-flops. I brushed my hair and had my side bang placed neatly behind, with a bobby pin holding it in place.

I left my bedroom and my friends were already, half-asleep of course, but dressed and ready to go downstairs. Amber guided us out of the suite, and towards the elevator down the hall. We went downstairs and walked to Mosaic, a buffet restaurant that we ate a while ago on our first mornings here in the hotel.

We looked for our breakfast and then went to look for a table to sit in. We all took a seat on a table near a window, over-looking one of the pools and a bit of the golf course.

"Isn't this surreal?" Amber commented.

"What is?" Amanda asked.

"Just two weeks ago, we were a couple of single and wide-eyed girls in a luxurious hotel, and now look where we stand?"

"You with Jeremy, Nash with her Westin..."

"Amelia and Aaron--" Danielle started, but was cut off by Amelia.

"Danielle and Ralph..."

"It was an amazing vacation, actually." I commented. "I had a lot of fun."

"Me too." Amber said.

"Too bad it's over already."

"Well, it couldn't last forever, right?" Amelia said.

"Nothing lasts forever." Amanda noted.

"What makes you think that?" Amber asked.

"Well, it's just something that's like included in life. Vacations, even if people want to, don't last forever; thankfully school days don't last forever... love doesn't lasts forever."

"You seem hurt."

"Hurt? No. I can't be hurt, because I wasn't getting involved with a guy I met here, unlike you four. But, as far as I know, Amber seems happy so I guess hers was a success."

"Mine too, believe me." I said.

"I think you and Jason will last for a very long time." Amelia assured me.

"Yeah, you two really seem to not get enough of each other." Danielle said.

"What's this guy like?" Amber asked.

"Well, Jason is super nice, he's kind, funny, confident, and very unique. I think I love him." I said.

"Isn't that sweet? That's kind of how you described Jeremy the other day." Amanda said.

"Well, yeah, 'cause Jeremy is really nice and all." Amber said.

"Do you three remember that date where he took her to the kids' area?" Amanda asked us. My friends and I nodded. "You guys are lucky to not have been in that hotel room once she came back. Two hours of all 'Jeremy's so sweet!' 'He's so nice!' blah, blah blah. It was so sweet how she was enthusiastic about him, but c'mon!"

"Well, I just had to talk about him with someone; you were unlucky enough to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time." Amber winked.

After our breakfast, we walked Amanda towards the lobby's main entrance. Amber and her hugged tightly for a while, and then she hugged me, Amelia and Danielle.

"Well, you four, this vacation was amazing. I had the time of my life. I'll see you guys later!" She said. She got inside the taxi cab on the backseat, after the driver put her bag inside, and closed the door. The taxi drove out of the hotel's driveway and into the highway.

After dropping off Amanda at the lobby, my friends and I went towards our suite because the boys would be arriving soon. Amber didn't go back to her suite, instead, she walked towards the pool area where Jeremy was at this time, while he cleaned the pool.

We sat down in the couch, and turned on the LCD screen to watch some TV; we were watching Season 4 of Sex and The City. About a half-hour later, the boys knocked on the door. Amelia went towards the door and opened it.

"Ladies, your princes are here!" Aaron said, as he bowed while entering the suite.

"My dear! I haven't seen you in forever!" Amelia joked with her boyfriend.

I felt someone jump on the couch behind me, and wrap his arm around my shoulders. I turned to look who it was, and was glad that it was only Jason.

"Hey." He said, and smiled.

"Hey." I said, shyly smiling.

He leaned in, and kissed my lips with a peck. Then, he pulled back and said, "You look beautiful."

"Thanks. You look amazing."

"Thanks."

"Okay, ladies, we're here to watch something with you three and then go to the Taylor concert. The movie'll be you guy's choice." Ralph said.

"What if we watch Titanic?" I offered.

"No Titanic, please." Danielle said with a pained expression. Ha, so much for wanting to find her Jack, and now she doesn't want to see anything that has to do with that name.

"Okay, what about Holiday In The Sun?" I asked. I had found the DVD underneath my bed the other day, and I remembered watching this movie when I was a kid.

"Who's in it?" Amelia asked.

"Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen."

"What's it about?" Jason asked.

"It's about these two sisters who suddenly get called up in the middle of Chemistry class, and they think they're leaving to Hawaii, but their dad turns out surprising them with a trip to Bahamas, and the movie is about their time there."

"That story sounds a little familiar." Danielle said.

"Hmm. Wonder why." Amelia said.

"It sounds pretty cool." Ralph shrugged.

"Let's watch it." Aaron agreed.

"So everyone wants to watch it?" I asked.

They all nodded in response.

"Awesome, then, we'll watch it." I said, as I got the DVD inside the DVD player, and the movie began. I walked over to the couch, and snuggled with Jason, while the movie played on the LCD screen.