Seasons of Love || Richard Camacho

35

May 12th

People are knocking on the door frantically. Richard groans and pulls me closer. I clear my throat and try to open my eyes. 'Maybe we should open the door.' Richard groans again, but gets up anyways. It's nice that his body is one of the first things I see this morning. Those abs, still not over those abs. I hear him open the door and his greeting is interrupted by people panicking. 'She is not in her room. Did she flee the country again? Why does she keep doing that?' I sit up and rub my eyes. Katarina, Isa, Erick and Christopher are barging into the room and I cough to get their attention. 'Good morning to you all as well.' They seem to be shocked. No words leave their mouth as they keep looking from me to Richard. 'Oh.' Katarina is the first one to make a sound. 'Cool.' Erick mutters something about breakfast and right before they leave the room, Joel and Zabdiel walk in. 'An early morning party without us. Good morning.' Zabdiel waves at me, not impressed by the fact that I'm in Richard's bed. 'Why exactly is everyone in Richard's room?' 'Tiffany wasn't in her room, so the girls kinda panicked.' Erick explains. Joel is the one to change the subject. We decide what we're going to do today and I am not excited at all. We're going to visit The Natural History Museum and we're going to see London from The London eye. When Richard and I are the only ones left in the room, I lie down again and sigh. 'Be excited, it's going to be a fun day.' 'It's awkward as fuck. Christopher hasn't said a word and the girls didn't even ask how I was doing.' 'They did look for you.' I shrug and get up. 'I'm going to get ready. Please think of me, I am going to face the awkward.' He does the Hunger Games thing where they kiss three fingers and hold them up in the air. 'Thank you.'

Oh and damn right, it's awkward. The girls both greet me with a short "Hi" and I can just see how awkward they think this is. When I'm all ready to leave, I turn around and cough. 'I think it was very shitty of you girls to go out with your boyfriends yesterday. And Isa, a true friend would've been mad at her boyfriend if he would say something like that. I don't want this day to be this awkward, so let's just pretend we're okay.' I don't wait for them to answer and walk out of the room. Richard is ready to go as well and we join Joel and Zabdiel in Zabdi's room. 'Ugh this is going to be such a stupid day.' I moan. The boys all try to convince me that today won't be that bad. Sure thing.

So the museum was pretty fun, I have to admit. The boys were being absolute geeks and had to take pictures with all the dinosaurs. Christopher doesn't seem to have the balls to come near me and I'm glad he doesn't. Katarina and Isa talk to me now and then, but most of the time they are clinging onto their boyfriends or each other. I try to ignore it, but it is quite hard. We enter the private capsule that the boys arranged for us. 'I'm afraid of heights, you know.' I see The houses of Parliament becoming smaller and smaller. Richard holds my hand and I look at him gratefully. 'Tiff, I have a question for you.' 'Mhm?' 'Do you have plans for next week?' I shake my head. 'Would you like to go to Miami? With me?' My eyes go big. 'Are you serious?' He nods. 'Of course I want to go to Miami with you.' I rest my head on his shoulder. 'Well that's great, cause the flight is already booked and I have arranged your visa already.' I look up at him. 'Shut up. How did you know I was going to say yes?' He grins. 'I just knew.' I am getting all excited and I want to tell Katarina, but then I remember that we're not exactly friends at the moment. 'When are we leaving?' 'Tomorrow. So we need to go shopping tonight to buy you some extra clothes. I don't think you've packed for another week.' 'True, good idea.' We take some selfies with London in the background. I also take pictures with Joel and Zabdi when I hear them muttering about looking like a gay couple next to three straight couples. And they seem to be happy to have me as their stand-in girlfriend. Silly photos, classic couple photos minus the kissing, photos with our backs facing the camera. Lots and lots of photos. Even though taking photos is fun, I am happy when my feet are on the ground again. A few of us need to go to the toilet, leaving me and Kat alone outside of McDonalds. 'How's your hand?' 'It's okay, how's yours?' She laughs. 'Christopher has a soft face.' I chuckle. 'I am so sorry for leaving you last night. I shouldn't have done that. I'm a terrible friend.' I tell her that she is, but decide to hug her anyway. Katarina is about to start a new sentence when the others return from the bathroom. 'Let's go find a place to eat!' Zabdiel yells with his arms up in the air.