Vanessa After stopping at my apartment and then going to pick up Erick and Christopher, we finally started going to the beach. Honestly, it was one of the perks of living in Miami; the heat that lasted almost year round and made it reasonable to tan during winter.
Chris and Erick practically ran to an empty spot and threw in each other in the water while Zabdiel and I were behind. "They're like children."
Zabdiel nodded his head, watching some of his best friends and brothers push each other in the water. "You should see them when we're on tour."
"Chicos! El agua es muy bien!" Christopher shouted, looking at Zabdiel and me, right before he was tackled into the water by Erick.
Looking to Zabdiel, I set my stuff down on the chair before slipping out of my clothes. "Last one to the water pays for lunch."
And with that, I took off running, but Zabdiel almost didn't hear me. Almost. "Qué?"
I turned around to laugh at him, but when he started running, I tried to speed up. Right before I was in the water, my feet were off the floor and I was being held hostage by Zabdiel. "Aye, no fue justo. Your legs are as long as me."
"Y eso es porque no compito con él." Erick commented as Zabdiel walked deeper into the water while still holding me against him.
I didn't notice it at first, but Zabdiel kept walking until the the water was a little higher than his waist. "Espera, this is too deep." Zabdiel shrugged before adjusting me in his arms and throwing me a few feet away from him.
Zabdiel The guys laughed as Vanessa squealed and her body flew to fully submerge underwear. I looked back to the guys as I laughed with them, then we all looked to where Vanessa was thrown.
"Vanessa?" The three of us stood there, watching the spot and waiting for her to resurface.
Chris started freaking out while I went over as fast as I could, but the water was slowing me down. "Ay, papá, te dijo que es demasiado profundo."
"Cállate!" I started feeling in the water, pulling up anything that felt like a body part until I felt Vanessa's arm. "Nessa, despiértate."
Vanessa laughed and wiped her face as she floated and looked at the three of us. "Se asusté?"
"We thought you died!" Erick panicked.
Vanessa smiled, then slipped back underwater when a wave came. "Can we get lunch now? That made me hungry."
× × ×
Vanessa All the guys and I sat around a bonfire pit, watching the sunset with all of the snacks we brought, plus pizza that Christopher ordered. We all formed a half circle, so I was between Zabdiel and Christopher, and we even had music playing from Erick who conveniently brought his ukulele.
"We should come here everyday." Christopher commented. All of were silent, but nodded our heads in agreement. "Hey, how come you didn't spend Thanksgiving with your family?"
Christopher tapped my arm as he asked. I don't know if I was the only one that heard or if Zabdiel and Erick just didn't want to butt in. "My family's all in Puerto Rico."
"Tambiéntuspadres?"
I hesitated, looking away from Christopher to look, really anywhere else; the sunset, the fire, my hands. "Estánmuertos."
Erick stopped his ukulele, Christopher sat up from his slouched position and Zabdiel leaned over. "Qué?"
"They died two years ago, yesterday actually." I told the three. "We we're celebrating Thanksgiving in my apartment and when they were on their way home, a drunk driver ran a red light and they died on impact." All three of the guys stared at me, absolutely speechless, but I felt like I was making the air tense and killing the vibe. So I smiled at all of them and said, "Pero, mis hermanos y todo mi familia están en Puerto Rico. I saved up money from my job so I could fly out and see them all on Christmas."
"Lo siento, Nessa."
I smiled at Erick, just to let all of them know that they had nothing to be guilty about. "'ta bien. I just know that they're together and they're watching over me. Por eso me encontré con ustedes." I reached over to grab Zabdiel's hand and he kissed the top of it while I looked back at Chris and Erick.
"Qué canción?"
See, now my ass wants to go to the beach 😡
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^ i still gotta read like 80 pages of my book and write about it before midnight, pero Vis a Vis is hella addicting.. Also, it's 1:30 am atm. Shit: wack
