Friends & Paradise

Chapter 51: And We Left (Natasha's POV)

The next morning, as dreadful as it was, we had to leave to go back home. Home was the last place on earth that I wanted to go that morning. Of course I missed my mom and my house; but I wanted to stay here in Paradise Island, with Jason by my side.

The alarm went off at 8:00 A.M., and without further delay, I got up from the bed that I had slept in through all this adventure, and took the last shower in this place. After my shower, I got dressed. Instead of my usual, shorts-t-shirts or sundresses with a bikini underneath, I wore jeans a t-shirt and a hoodie to travel in. I wore my converse sneakers, and then walked to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth, and brushed my hair and put it back in a low ponytail.

I picked up all the things in my bathroom, and the remaining of my stuff in my bedroom, and put them all inside my bag that I had packed last night after dinner with Amber, Amelia and Danielle. I grabbed my bag and dragged it out into the living room of our suite. I took one last look at my bedroom, and almost cried at the fact that it was now over. This trip was over. There were no regular visits to the beach, the pool, seeing Jason everyday, kissing him, hugging him; maybe a little dramatic, but it's sad to come back to reality.

"Hey, are you ready to go?" Amelia asked me. I jumped when I heard her voice.

"Oh, you scared me." I said.

"Sorry, you seemed a little out of it."

"I am out of it." I sighed. "I don't know if I'm tired from the trip, excited to get back home, sad to leave Paradise, or... just sad to leave Jason for God knows how long."

She came over to me, and hugged me. "Nash, don't worry. You'll see each other again. I promise."

"I hope so." I said.

"Hey you two, ready?" Danielle asked, as she came out of her bedroom.

I nodded.

"Yeah, what about you?" Amelia asked.

"Me too. Amber told me to meet her downstairs, she just called me." Danielle said.

"Okay, then let's go." Amelia said.

They opened the door of the suite, and Danielle left the suite while dragging her suitcase behind. Amelia followed her, while dragging her bag behind her. I took my time, as I looked around the suite's living room once more. I took a deep breath, and then dragged my bag outside.

Before closing the door, I looked back and felt my heart heavy. Goodbye suite.

My friends and I walked downstairs for the very last time. Amber was talking to the front desk lady, the same one who received us here when we arrived.

"Okay, thank you." Amber said.

"Have a save flight!" The woman said.

Amber walked over to us. "Hey you three! How'd you guys sleep?"

"Good." Amelia and Danielle answered.

"Fine." I shrugged.

Amber noticed my gloomy mood. She walked over to me, and hugged one arm around my shoulders. "Don't worry, we're not leaving just yet. We'll have breakfast in The Marketplace, and then we're gone."

"Fun." I sarcastically said.

Amber had called a shuttle here for us, before we came downstairs. She gave the bags to him, as we walked towards the restaurant. We ate our last breakfast in the hotel.

After breakfast, we walked through the lobby and to the exit. I felt tears burning in my eyes, and they might've fell, if it wasn't for that voice calling my name: