Emerald Eyes

41 - Desert Sun

The next morning, I woke up all cuddled up in Martijn's arms. He was still asleep, so I took a few minutes just to watch him, trace the outlines of his face with my eyes and to think about how crazy it was to be here with him. A ray of desert sunshine peeked through the curtains of our hotel room and made Martijn's light brown hair almost seem golden. After a while, I decided to wake him up with a kiss, so we could cuddle a little longer in bed before we had to get up to meet the others for breakfast. Martijn slowly opened his eyes and smiled at me: "Good morning, baby!" "Hey there, sleeping beauty.", I started to mock him a little, "Did you sleep well?" "Yes I did.", he answered, still all sleepy, "Can I get another kiss? Pleeease?" I just loved how affectionate he got when he was all sleepy. "Sure, honey.", I smiled and let him pull me into a kiss. After that, we just laid in bed for a few more minutes and Martijn kept hugging me: "You know, this is the perfect morning. You're here with me, the sun is shining, I'm playing a show later tonight and I can order pancakes for breakfast. I wouldn't want it any other way." "Haha, the pancakes make the difference, right?", I laughed. "Yes. I love pancakes. Almost as much as I love you.", he smirked. We joked around a little longer, before it was time to get up and get ready for breakfast. Hand in hand, we walked through the long hotel corridors to the elevators, where we met a few others from the team. Martijn and I laughed silently as Anna and Julian walked around the corner. It didn't seem like the both of them got many hours of sleep that night. Nothing new, I guess. We all took the elevator down to breakfast and made plans for the day. Martijn had made sure that he wouldn't have to do promo on this day way in advance, so he could show us around the city. I caught a minute alone with Anna, as the others were still discussing the plans. "Okay, I want to know everything. How was the night?", I asked her with a laugh. "Line!", Anna said and motioned for me not to be so loud, "It was amazing. He's a god, I swear." "And have you asked him? Like you know what I'm talking about.", I continued my questions. "No, I haven't. I didn't dare to.", she admitted. "Maybe you'll get another chance today.", I tried to encourage her, "Or if not, then another time. But if he's important to you, maybe you need to give it a try.". We then turned our attention back to the guys, who had finally figured out a plan for the day. Most members of Team Garrix would stay in the hotel to do some work or to relax, because they had all been to Las Vegas so many times before and spending hours out in the hot sun didn't sound too tempting to them. Martijn and Julian, as well as Louis and Gabe would join us to do a little sightseeing before the show at Omnia Nightclub later that night. It couldn't be soon enough for Martijn to get out of the hotel, because he could never sit still for a long time. He always needed action around him, a constant chase of experiences. First things first, Martijn and Julian took Anna and me to the iconic Las Vegas sign at the beginning of the strip, where Louis took a few photos of us. Tourist mode on! Martijn couldn't resist sharing a picture of me kissing him with the Las Vegas sign in the background on his Instagram profile. He put "Tourist mode in Vegas with my love @line.hoelgaard before my gig at Omnia tonight <3" Luckily, his fans had somehow accepted me by now and welcomed me into their big family. While we were waiting ages for Julian and Anna to finish their little photoshoot, Martijn was scrolling through the comments on the pic he posted. He looked up from his phone and turns out, we had been thinking the same thing once more: "I'm so glad that there are no hate comments anymore.", he said. "Me too. Some of your fans have been really sweet to me and welcomed me to the 'Garrix family' as if I was one of them.", I smiled. "So you're not one of them?", Martijn started to mock me. " I giggled and answered: "You know I'll always be your fan, DJ Marty..." "Hahaha I have missed your sarcasm lately.", Martijn remarked, "That comment was really good! Maybe you'll be back to your old self soon, baby! But seriously, I'm proud of them. Most of them are super respectful when it comes to my privacy and my life decisions. I couldn't ask for better fans." His fans meant the world to him and seeing them smile at the shows would always make him feel the most amount of joy. I was so glad, that they were giving back for all he did for them with some respect and privacy, because I guess we all have seen, how public pressure can destroy artists. And I wouldn't let that happen to him.