We Are Meant To Be

Beach Trip- packing

The rest of the year went smoothly. Although people would bring up N'Yuyee and her family every now and then, for the most part people left us alone. We were able to go back to just worrying about us. It was nice. I didn't realize how much I loved our little bubble.

Beam and I made great use of Kit's room but I swear at times it felt like someone was watching us. The fact that Beam always thanked the room didn't help with that feeling. At times I almost felt like the room was alive but I know that's crazy. Still I made sure not to go there alone.

Finally March has arrived and another school year has ended. We have a two month break before we start our final year. Forth goes to college so it'll be hard for Kit. Thankfully there are breaks where we can visit.

We decided we wanted to go on a trip for part of our break then spend the rest of it just relaxing with each other at home. We thought about camping but I've heard some crazy camping stories. Plus people already lump us together. I can't even imagine the scenarios they would come up with. Maybe they'll switch us up and put Forth and me together while Kit and Beam hook up. Or even better, some kinky foursome. Who knows what crazy people have in mind.

Best not to go and save ourselves from those rumors.

We decided to go on a three week beach tour of Thailand. We plan to hit four popular beaches. We'll spend four days at each location and give a day for travel between destinations. We narrowed it down to Railay Beach, Maya Bay, Haad Rin, and Koh Mun Nork.

The only downside to this trip? Our mothers are going. Some crap about us being children and it would be irresponsible for them to let us wander around Thailand on our own. We gave a valiant effort, we truly did, but we knew we wouldn't win against our mothers. Well their mothers. Yo and my mothers are out of the picture so at least we only have to deal with four moms instead of six.

We gave in on the exception that we will get five rooms, each couple would get a room and two moms per room. In no way would a mom be in one of our rooms. With that concession we allowed the mothers to plan the entire trip. Truthfully none us wanted to be involved in that battle.

After our mothers discussed, debated, fought, cold warred, then reconciled we had our trip planned out. We would be leaving on Tuesday. They said something about it being a less travelled day and some other crap that I tuned out. Tuesday. Leaving. That's all I need.

We leave today and Beam has decided that I need his help packing so here he is emptying my suitcase and repacking it. I just sit back and watch. Why did I even bother to pack in the first place?

"Do you really think I'm going to need that?" I ask as he puts more things into my bag.

He stops packing, looks over at me, and crosses his arms.

"If I didn't think you needed it I wouldn't have packed it would I?" I voice is curt, borderline annoyed.

"Of course not. I was wrong."

I sit and watch as my one bag has now turned into two bags.

"You don't think any of these places will have a laundry service?" I dare to ask.

"These are necessities Pha. I promise you are going to need everything in here and when you have it you will be thanking me for packing it."

"Of course. I was wrong." I've gotten good at saying that.

I learned well before we started dating that winning an argument against Beam was nearly impossible. Unless you're Kit, which I am not. It's best just to concede and move on. Actually getting into an argument with Beam can be a horrifying experience that can span days, even weeks, until you're worn down to practically nothing and begging for forgiveness.