Curious

60

"I'm so sad that we're leaving tomorrow." I frown as my pasta is placed in front of me.

Juan nods, setting his glass down. "We could always extend our stay." he shrugs.

I sigh, shaking my head. "I can't, I have to go talk this wedding shit out with Joel. And I really need to get my walk down for the show in Paris." 

"Well, okay. It's fine though, we can back whenever you want. This has seriously been the best time I've ever spent on a vacation."he smiles, his pearly whites on full display.

Nodding, I look down at the delicious looking plate of pasta in front of me. "What time are we leaving tomorrow?" I ask. 

"Early. At around eight." he nods.

"Shit, so are we gonna have a chance to see Laila before leaving?" I ask, already bummed out that the answer is probably no.

"I told you that we should've gone over there tonight." he shrugs.

I roll my eyes, slouching in my seat, annoyed that he was right. "Well I guess we have to go after dinner. If we left without saying goodbye she would definitely be hurt." 

"Okay, we'll just go over there for a bit." he nods. "Anyway, I was thinking that I'm really just gonna go drop you off at your house and I'll probably be leaving for Colombia right after." 

I frown. "Really? I was hoping you could just stay." 

He nods, swallowing his food quickly so he can get a sentence out. "I know, but I need to catch up on all the work I didn't do durning this vacation. I really should've been at home working, but I got tired of that shit, so I'm here." he gestures around us. "My team might actually kill me if I don't get some songs done soon. I'll just have to go to your place a few days before the wedding." 

I nod slowly. "Yeah, okay."

"I'm sorry babe, but I seriously have to get some songs done, and I can only really focus when I'm on my own." he reaches for my hand and kisses it gently, giving me a small smile. "How far away is this wedding anyway? Like a week and a half? We'll be fine." he waves his hand dismisvely. "We've gone way longer without seeing each other." he nods.

"I guess." I say slowly. "It's fine, I know you have to work." I nod.

He clears his throat uncomfortably. I know I didn't do a good job at hiding my dissapointment that he has to leave so soon. "Today was really great." he nods, drinking his wine. "I definitely feel a lot better then I did in the morning."

I smile. "Good. You're already looking better then you did earlier." we go on like that, having small conversations about what we did while we were apart for another hour before finally leaving the resturaunt. "And now off to say goodbye to Laila." I frown as Juan and I walk over to the cute little resturaunt hand in hand.

"I can tell you're gonna miss her." Juan says.

I nod. "Yeah, she was really fun to be around. She was like a breath of fresh air." I admit, shrugging. 

"Yeah, I'm gonna miss her too." 

~~~

"I wasn't expecting you guys tonight!" Laila excliams as we walk over to the bar where she's standing.

"We came to say goodbye!" I frown, extending my arms out to her.

She wraps her arms tightly around me. "Aww, really? When do you guys leave?" she let's go, looking between Juan and I.

"We have to leave early in the morning." Juan nods. 

"Oh okay. Well, are you guys hanging out for a bit or did you just drop by for a quick goodbye?" she looks behind her at the table we've been staying at. "Your table is empty and I don't think we have any reservations for it tonight. You guys could hang out over there." she offers, shrugging.