almost is never enough

5

Lili's POV

Cami and I ended up packing one suitcase and one little backpack each, we heard a ding-dong indicating us that Madeline had arrived. We headed downstairs and saw Madeline, she was wearing sweatpants and a loose sweater.

"Heyy!!" She greeted us with a hug

"I am so exited for the trip!" I say with a smile

"Me too! Do you guys think I overpacked?" she said pointing to her huge suitcase. We all burst out laughing

We head upstairs and put on our matching pj's (yes, we do have matching pj's). We watch a movie, paint our nails, talk about shit, and have an amazing girls night. We go to bed when we realize it's 2:00 am and our flight is at 8:30 am.

The next morning

Cami POV:

I wake up at 6:00 and the first thing I see is Madeline and Lili cuddling, I find them so cute and can't help to snap a picture of them and post it on my instagram story, I wake them up and tell them to get ready. I change into some ripped jeans, a band shirt and some leather boots, then I put a little makeup on myself, nothing too exaggerated. I go check on the girls and they are all ready, Lily is wearing an oversized sweatshirt and some sporty leggings and Madeline is wearing a crop top and some vintage jeans.

"Are you ready to go?" I ask them grabbing my suitcase and backpack. They both nod and we head to my car, Lili in the passenger seat and Madeline in the backseat. "We are gonna get drive thru for breakfast what do you guys want?" I ask

"OMG can we get Mc Donald's?" Madeline asks

Lili makes a slight disgust face which I notice and send her an encouraging smile

"Mc Donald's sounds great! Right Lily?" I say

"It sound delicious" she says sending me an eye roll

Madeline's POV

We head to McDonald's and Cami asks what we want "I want a bacon Mc Griddle and a coke please" I say (let's just imagine that Madeline isn't Vegan 😅)  then Cami looks at Lili waiting for her answer.

Lili says "I'll have that too" with quiet tone. I assume that she is just tired since she is not a morning person.

Cami orders a Big Mac and Sprite, and then we get our food and head to the airport. We all finish our meals except Lili who just finished halfway and then we arrive to the airport.

"I can't believe we are going to Mexico!" I say with an exited tone

"Me either, I've never been to Mexico before" says Lily

"It's beautiful!" Cami says "and the food is delicious" She says directly to Lili".

We get on the plane and Lili and Cami fall asleep all the ride while I read a book I brought with me.

Lily's POV
At 11:00 am we arrive to our hotel and rest up for a while, I have to say the hotel is pretty lit, it has two queen beds, a little living room, a nice bathroom, and a small kitchen.

At 2:00 pm we decide to go to the beach so I go into the bathroom to change into my swimsuit. I lock myself in the bathroom and stare at myself, Ana starts to speak to me.

"You see those legs, they are full of fat, look at them! They wobble when you walk" she meanly comments "and don't even get me started on your face, it is full of chubbiness and triple chins!" She finishes

I look at those imperfections she tells me and start to want to hurt myself. But then I remembered what I promised Cami, and I started thinking about how Ana could completely ruin this amazing trip with my friends, and decided that I was gonna ignore Ana and rock a bikini in the beach, I began to get exited with my positivity and began to imagine how beautiful my life could be if Ana was not in it. I began to imagine myself laughing, having fun with my friends, having the time of our life. So then in that moment I decided that I wanted to get better.

I came out of the bathroom with my bikini and headed to Cami and suddenly hugged her.

"I want to get better, I really, really want to" I say

She gives me a huge smile and tells me "I am so happy, this is the best birthday gift you could have given me" she says.

We head down to the beach and the first thing I notice is the blue sky and beautiful sea, we go into the ocean with our surfing boards, knowing nothing about surfing but willing to give it a try.

Me and Cami end up being pretty good at it and loving it while Madeline fails terribly and insists we do something else, so we get out of the ocean and decide to buy ourselves some seashell friendship bracelets, then get on a banana boat which is a boat in a banana shape attached to a little yate. When the yate starts it stars pulling the banana boat with great force, I felt all the fresh air hit my face and it felt amazing.

"woo hoo!" I screamed

And then I heard a scream behind me and turned around just in time to see Cami falling off the banana boat. Mads and I don't worry since we have life jackets and start laughing. Then I decide to throw myself out of the boat and join Cami in the oceans, a few second later Madeline joins us and we stay there laughing in the ocean and then the yacht man helps us get back up. When we arrive back to the beach we decide to go to the hotel since it was pretty late and headed to the hotel.

Author's note: I just wanted to clarify that Cami's Birthday is going to be next chapter. It wasn't her birthday this chapter.     Love V💞