Together | Tony Lopez

Five

„This is beautiful, I love it." I heard Dixie when we parked in front of a huge lake house and got out of the car.

„Yeah, I wanna see this on sunset," I said, took my bag like everyone else, and went to the main doors where Tony took the key that our friend gave us and opened the door.

„Well, I can for sure say that this is the most beautiful house I've ever seen," Dixie said and after few minutes of looking through the house, we sat on the front terrace above the huge lake while waiting for the rest of our group. Tony was driving really fast so we were there a lot sooner than others. When everyone arrived we chose our rooms and I was happy to be in a room under the roof, it was more like a modern attic with huge roof windows so there was a lot of light from outside and I could also see the lake. I took grey sweatpants, black Calvin Klein sports bra, and a big dark hoodie before I put on my sneakers and went downstairs where I saw a few people.

„Tal will go with us as well." I heard Dixie talking and hugged her around her shoulders which startled her a little but she laughed.

„Where am I going as well?" I asked and smiled at everyone around us. Avani, Nick, Tony, Ondreaz, Mia, Thomas, Ryland, and Michael were sitting around and doing something on their phone or watching us.

„We wanna go on boats so you'll join us, right?" she turned on me and I nodded cause I wanted to spend some time with everyone.

„Great, we have a few boats so let's go." Ondreaz stood up from the chair on which was he sitting and everyone followed him down from the terrace where were the boats. Everyone already knew with who they wanna be in a boat so they sat inside and I looked on Dixie who already sat to the boat with Avani with a smirk on her lips. I knew what she was trying to do but I refused to play by her rules. I looked also at Ondreaz but he was with Michael and Nick was with Ryland. I felt two hands on my waist and jumped a little when I heard Tony's voice.

„You know, that we'll go together right?" he laughed before he took my hand and walked me to our boat. I sat inside and waited for him to sit as well while I took the paddles. Then he took the one that I handed him and together we all went further on the lake. It was around 6 pm so we could see the sunset already. Tony picked up his speaker which he had in a bag that he took with him and put on some music. I recognized slowed Redbone by Childish Gambino, the song that I really liked.

„It's really beautiful here," I said calmly and saw how almost everyone was getting far away from us.

„Yeah it is," he said and I could feel his stare on me. I turned on him and smiled a little. If there was something between us two I could maybe say that this looked like a date.

„Can I get you wine? I took a bottle and cups," he said when we stopped paddling and I turned myself to face him. I looked at the bottle in his hand surprisingly and nodded. He opened the bottle and poured red wine to one of the cups which he handed me then and when he poured his own cup we clinked and took a sip.

„What else do you have in your magic bag?" I laughed quietly and Tony opened the bag while laughing as well. He took out some boxes and put them on the seat between us before he opened them. I saw pizza rolls, fruits, and melted chocolate which he probably melted just before we left.

„Just some snacks, blanket, and one more bottle of wine," he said and my jaw dropped. It looked beautiful and he prepared that for only us.

„Why did you prepare this for us? It looks amazing." I whispered still surprised and ruffled my hair.

„I wanted to do something nice for you. You looked sad lately so I wanted to spend some time with you and talk about something," he said before he took two forks and handed me one so we could start to eat those snacks. „So?" he asked all of sudden after a few silent minutes.