FAKE

PART III: ANDREW

III: break pt. 2

This morning I woke up with full energy. I was ready to take on the day with Andrew. He woke up a few minutes after I began pacing around the room, looking for things to do.

"Babe, lets just go to the pool."

"It's freezing."

"Please?"

The butterflies in my stomach collapse and I say yes.

I get ready and he does too, we head out afterwards. I check the time on my phone and it's almost 11 am. I haven't slept that much in a long time. It's insane. I usually get maybe five hours of sleep, max. It feels so good to be finally relaxed and not worried about the bullshit back at home. There's no Ashely or Jason. They're both jealous little pricks who wanted to tear me down. Well they failed because look at where I'm at now. They don't deserve me at all.

We reach the swimming pool and I start to feel excited to jump in. I plunge my feet into the freezing cold water and quickly regret my decision of doing that. My feet start to freeze and I start shivering, my teeth chattering. I'm so stupid. Andrew walks into the water, carefully, and shows no sign of feeling the intense coldness that the water envelopes you into.

"Aren't you cold?" I ask him, shivering and wanting to cry.

"No!" He says, and laughs. I get closer to him and feel the heat he's emitting. I get closer and closer to Andrew. We're almost touching and then I wrap my arms around the back of his neck.

"I love you."

"I love you, more."

Some people enter the pool and I notice that we're at the deep end, sitting on the border, kissing. The California sun in our eyes and his eyes looking extra hot in it. I'm not sure if the sun's heat or Andrew's hotness that has me forgetting about the freezing ice cold water that my legs are immersed in. We're leaving tomorrow and I just realized that. We have to go back to that stupid town and that stupid private school filled with snakes of all types. No one is to be trusted there. No one other than Andrew.

The water, after a while, starts to feel warm and I let my body sink into it. Washing away all my sadness, Andrew dips in too. When he comes back up, his hair is in his eyes, it no longer combed to the back like it usually is. I run my hands through it like I always do.

After a while, we head back to the hotel room and he lays me down on the bed. Kissing my neck his finally reaches my lips and plants his lips there. I savor the taste of them and let him feel me. I drag my nails down his back and continue kissing him.

I knock over my phone from the bed but I keep on kissing him. He's my drug. My phone starts ringing but I ignore it. This is my time with Andrew right now and no one is going to bother me right now. I grab Andrew's hair as he continues to trail his lips down my neck. An hour, two hours, thirty minutes, I lose track of time as we stay there in the room. Finally, I kiss him one final time and grab my phone.

You coming back in time for Monday? Said the text from Evelyn.

What is Monday? Evelyn's birthday!

YOUR BIRTHDAY!! Of course I'll be there, I respond quickly and take a deep breath. I have to get something for her while I'm here. I tell Andrew and he checks his watch.

"Let's go take a look at what there is."

We get in an Uber and drive to the closest mall. It's way bigger than the one in Ohio and there are so many brands that I'd never even imagined existed. I spot the perfect present for Evelyn. A beautiful, shiny, metallic purple shade of lipstick. It suits her well. She goes for that dark look all the time. It's perfect for her dark complex and short black hair. It'll look bad ass on her. I later find a green shirt that says, "BADDIE" in black letters. I'll give it to her with the lipstick.

Andrew spots a little ice cream place across the street and we end up having some there. He eats chocolate and vanilla swirl ice cream while I have a mango and peach swirl.

"Wanna try mine?" He says.

I nod my head and he hands me his ice cream and I take a lick of it. The chocolate and vanilla tastes so rich and creamy. It taste like Andrew's lips. I give him a try of my fruity ice cream.

He smiles and says that I have a great choice in ice cream. We stay there a little longer and head to our room again. Exhausted, I take a shower and wash my hair out. Andrew walks into the shower and I freak out at the site of him. He washes my hair and massages my scalp. His firm hands feel so relaxing on my aching head. I turn around and kiss him with the cold water running off us. I step out of the shower and get ready for bed. Falling asleep peacefully again.

Sunday we head back to the airport and say goodbye to California.