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Monse and Cesar

December 28th: 5:40 am

Monse's POV:
Cesar wakes me up and it's still dark out. "What's wrong?" I'm kind of freaked out because of everything that's been happening lately, waking up in the middle of the night doesn't seem like a good sign. "Get up and get ready I have a surprise for you." What the hell? "What time is it?" I ask. "It's almost six but we have to take the bus so that takes like an hour and a half so we should leave soon." He pulls the blanket off of me an I roll my eyes. "Will you at least tell me what the surprise is?" I force myself to get up. "It's only a surprise if you don't know what it is!" He sounds excited. "How do I know what to wear if you won't tell me the surprise?" I look through my duffle bag. "Don't worry about it, you'll be taking it off anyways." "If you want to have sex we can do it whenever but we don't have to be up at six and leave that house." I roll my eyes. "Wow ms. Finnie you how could you think so little of me?" He scoffs. "Fine, but at least tell me where we're going!" I beg. He just laughs and shakes his head. "You don't have to tell me what the surprise is. All I want to know is where the surprise is!" "Just go and change." He pushes me out of the room and into the bathroom. A few minutes later we leave the house. He has a backpack but won't tell me what's in it. "This feels like the start of a horror movie." I say when we get on the bus. "Bebé I wouldn't take you anywhere you wouldn't want to be." He promises. When the bus stops I look out the window and I see the beach. "I haven't gone to the beach in... I don't know how long." I'd only gone a few time but I love the beach. "I thought you could use a change of scenery. The last couple of months, the last couple of days, have been a lot." We get out of the bus and he kisses my cheek. "I wish you would've told me I could've brought a bathing suit." I say. "I brought it. There's a bathroom over there." I take the bathing suit and go to the bathroom. I walk into a stall and change. I put it on and when I leave the stall and look in the mirror I see the scar from where I got shot. "It isn't that bad." I mumble as I graze my fingers over it. "You're right, it's not." Cesar says and it scares the crap out of me. "What are you doing in the girls bathroom?" I ask. "You've been in here for twenty minutes." He points out. "I'm sorry it's just..." I can't think of anything to say. "You know you're beautiful." He takes a step back and looks me up and down. "Let's get out of here before someone else comes in." I smile. We walk out to the water. "You were right about a change of scenery." I laugh.

Cesar's POV:
Monse's smiling with her eyes closed and taking deep breaths. I kiss her jaw and wrap my arms around her waist. "Ready?" I whisper. "Ready for what?" She asks. "For this!" I pick her up, wrap her legs around my waist and run into the water. I don't put her down until the water is past my hips. "I love you." She laughs. "I love you too." "I don't think I've ever been happier. Even with everything that's happened." She says. Standing there surrounded by water it feels like all our problems went away. "Let's just hope the new year comes with less problems." I add. "It will, I have a good feeling." She's been so positive and I don't understand how she does it. After an hour of splashing each other and enjoying the warm water we go back to the sand and sit on the towel I brought. "Can I tell you something?" She asks. "Always." I pull her closer and she leans her head on my shoulder. "Olivia and Latrelle kissed." She says with a heavy heart. "When? Does ruby know?" I ask. "The same day that Ruby and Olivia broke up." She keeps staring out at the ocean. "If it didn't mean anything we shouldn't tell him." "But how can we know if it meant anything? I think we should tell Olivia that we know and if she doesn't tell him by new year I'll tell him the truth." She says. "You're right, if I found out you kissed Latrelle-" "That would never happen I wouldn't date someone like him." She cuts me off. "If I found out you kissed someone else, even if we were on a break, I'd want to hear it from you." I clarify. "You ever realize how unproblematic Jamal is?" She laughs. "Yeah, maybe we should try and convince Mariana to give him a second chance." I suggest. "Yeah, but right now the only girl I want to think about is you." I tell her. "Ok but once we get back to Freeridge I'm calling her." Monse says and I nod. "Why'd you want to come here so early?" She asks. "Because there's barely anyone here. I wanted a little while with just you." I say. "And that guy playing the bucket drums." She laughs. "You caught me, that's the only reason I really wanted to come here." I say sarcastically. "If I'm being honest he's been the best part of my day." She laughs. "Yeah?" I ask and she nods. I pull her onto my lap and she kisses me. "You sure about that?" I ask. "Ok drum guy is the second best part of my day." She says. I kiss her slowly and I wish we could do this everyday.