Self Love • Christopher Velez •

chapter 27; 32 cards

Chapter 27 - 32 Cards

"There are eight rooms here," Christopher told us as we were all about to get out of the pool. It was starting to get dark and we had spent the entire afternoon in the water. We all got out of the pool easily except for Andrea. I was wearing shorts so it was easy for me to get out, but she was wearing jeans.

She pushed herself out of the water and rolled onto the ground. She stood up and we all walk towards the house that we would be staying in for the night. It was rather huge and it was gorgeous.

Christopher, who was walking beside me, held his hand out and I took it, feeling his hand warm mine up. I was freezing. It wasn't cold but we had been in the water for quite a while and the wind was not helping.

When we got to the house, Richard pulled Andrea aside and said something to her. She nodded and they fistbumped.

"We're going to the car. We left our bags there," Andrea told us and she and Richard left. The rest of us went to the bathroom to take towels. We took them for Richard and Andrea before walking to the kitchen. I sat on one of the chairs and covered myself with the towel as Joel, Zabdiel and Erick left to shower first since there was only 3 showers.

"Do you want a hoodie? You look really cold," Christopher said as he took a seat next to me.

"It's fine. It'll only get the hoodie wet," I told him, turning to smile at him. He nodded before putting his towel over my head, covering all of me. ¿Que demonios? I heard Christopher laugh as I removed the towel from my head.

"Just trying to warm you up," he said through laughter, causing me to stick my tongue out at him. I pulled both towels around me. I really hate that I get cold all the time and easily.

"I remember how you would always refuse to bring a jacket and get cold afterwards," Christopher said and I nodded with a laugh.

"My mother would always tell me to bring one but I was too stubborn to do so," I said.

"Then you would ask everyone for a jacket when your mother wasn't looking," he replied and I nodded.

"You would always have a jacket with you."

"That's because I know that you would need one," he said, smiling at me. I smiled back and his hand found mine, warming it up.

"I got the bags," Andrea said and I tossed her the towel I had taken for her as Christopher tossed Richard's. I nodded and took my bag as all of us walked up the stairs. When we walked past one of the rooms, Richard tapped her on the shoulder and she stopped.

"This is your room, hermosa," she said with a small smirk on her face.

"I'm in the room beside," Christopher said. So that was the reason for the smirk.

"We know," Richard said and Andrea winked at us.

"You too, Andrea?" Christopher asked her with a small smile and a shake of his head.

"Of course," she said and laughed.

She opened her mouth to say something and I immediately said, "not a word."

She stuck her tongue out and I grabbed it.

"Sucker," I smiled at her. The two boys laughed.

"Have fun being in rooms next to each other," Richard said as Andrea started trying to bite my finger. I gasped and turned to look at Richard as Andrea bit my finger, causing me to let go.

"Oh my god," I said and Andrea and Richard winked at Christopher and I.

Christopher started laughing and my face heated up. The two of them walked away with Andrea laughing and I continued staring at the two of them.

"They think the same way, don't they?" Christopher asked me and I nodded.

"Your bag," Christopher reminded me and I realised that I had been holding my bag. Damn Andrea and Richard. I opened the door and put my bag on the bed before walking out.

"Zabdiel, Erick and Joel are out. Andrea said that she would shower last," Christopher told me and I nodded before walking back in and taking my clothes.

"Guapa, aren't you cold?" I asked her and she walked past my room. She shook her head. Of course. Christopher and Richard ran past us, pushing each other. I walked to one of the bathrooms as Andrea walked to the living room where the other boys were.

I took a quick shower and when I got out, I saw all the boys there.

"Andrea went to shower," Zabdiel told me and I nodded, taking a seat on one of the couches.

"Do you want to play?" Joel asked as they finished a game of uno. I nodded and he started giving out the cards.

"Guys, please don't use do this," Christopher said as we added more '+4' cards to the pile.

"Nila, you too?" he asked as I put down a '+4' card. I smiled at him before adding another '+4' card. We laughed as he took a total of 32 cards.

"That's a lot of cards," Andrea remarked as she sat beside me, resting her head on my shoulder. He nodded and we continued the game. We continued playing a few more rounds before we decided to go out for dinner.

"You guys want to eat at a food court?" Zabdiel asked and we nodded. We walked to the boy's car and drove to a nearby mall. When we got to the food court, everyone went in different directions.

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"I think I need these sunglasses," Andrea said as she tried on a pair of big red heart sunglasses. Once we were done with dinner, we had decided to walk around the mall and we were now standing in front of a small shop that sold sunglasses. We had all tried on different types of sunglasses that we would not normally use.

She bought the sunglasses and turned to look at us. "What do you think?"

"Amazing," I told her and she smiled at me. We walked out of the shop and Christopher held his hand out to me. I took it and we continued walking. We continued walking around the mall and walking into shops and leaving without getting anything.

"Ooh, ice cream," Christopher said and tugged my hand in the direction of the ice cream shop. All of us went to the ice cream stall but only Christopher, Erick and Zabdiel bought ice cream.

Once they were done, Christopher held the ice cream cone in one hand and my hand in the other. The seven of us continued walking around when three girls walked towards us with huge smiles on their faces.

"Hi oh my god," one of them said. I let go of Christopher's hand as Andrea stepped away from Zabdiel and Erick. We stood together as the boys greeted their fans. They spoke to the girls with smiles on their faces.

"What are we supposed to do?" Andrea asked me.

"I have no idea. Do you think we should ask them if they want our help taking a picture?"

"Yeah, okay," Andrea replied before turning to them.

"Hey, do you want us to take a picture for you?" she asked and they nodded. One of the girls passed me her phone with shaky hands and I smiled as I took it from her. They stood with the boys and I snapped a few pictures.

"¡Gracias!" she said once I passed her her phone.

"De nada," I replied with a smile. The boys exchanged a few words with the girls before hugging them and the girls left, waving at them. One of them squealed and they continued walking.

"I relate to her," Andrea said to me and I nodded.

"You would squeal silently," I told her as we walked towards the boys.

"Like when you hugged Zabdiel when we first came," I whispered to her and she turned to look at me with her jaw slightly dropped. I winked at her and she stuck her tongue out at me. Christopher walked over to me and held his hand out. I took it and watched as Andrea walked at the side so that she did not walk with Zabdiel.

I laughed slightly and Andrea turned to look at me.

"Not a word."

Translations:
¿Que demonios? - what the hell?

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