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he's just... acting like nothing happened.
ethan laughs with everyone and joins in on conversation, even showing kendall small acts of affection every now and then, making her smile every time.
but i know that it's killing him.
hell, it's killing me, and i have no ties to kendall's trust whatsoever.i'm a little reserved in the morning, but seeing how ethan is just ignoring the elephant in the room between us, i decide that i can too.
and then i'm suddenly back to normal addison.
i'm talking, giggling, making jokes, surfing with cressida, poking fun at evan, politely making small talk with kendall...
but one thing is different.
usually ethan is my comfort person. a month ago, i would go to him if i was having a problem, because our relationship just worked like that.
and it makes me sad knowing that i put everything on the table, only for him to realize he didn't feel the same way.
just to show him that it doesn't bother me— even when it totally does— i make eye contact with him. i talk directly to him, and i make fun of him like i usually would. my heart may not be in it, but i need to push past this and pretend like it never happened.
just like he's doing, apparently.
"hey, addison," kendall says to me with a smile as soon as our laughter from a previous joke had died down. "do you maybe wanna walk around the island tonight?"
i'm slightly surprised, and it shows in the way my eyebrows jump. "oh, i mean, yeah totally. is it going to be just us?"
"evan and i have massages scheduled," cressida shrugs. "you didn't want one, remember?"
ah, yes. i turned down their massage invitation because i don't really want people i don't know touching my body.
we all turn to ethan for his excuse.
"i'm just gonna hang out tonight. it's been a pretty long day, hasn't it? i'll leave it to girls night."
judging by his face, i can tell he thinks this is dangerous.
but i'm going to be nothing but pleasant to kendall, because she's done absolutely nothing to me. if i were her, i probably would've beaten my ass by now. then again, she doesn't know what ethan did.
"i'm totally down," i lean a little across the table to get the message across.
ethan swallows, and she smiles. "great, i mapped out this really good restaurant and we could visit the quintana roo. not one hundred percent sure what it is, but it looked cool," kendall shrugs, reaching for her water in front of her.
this should be fun.
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"oh my god," i say in awe, reaching out to touch the necklace displayed on kendall's neck right as we leave the lobby, sunglasses and tourists attraction books in hand. "i love your necklace. where did you get it?"
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where the water meets the moon | e.d.
Fanfiction"meet me where the water meets the moon." ethan and addison are shipmates on their junior intern exploration of a coral reef around the gulf of mexico. they fight, laugh, and discover themselves and who they truly want to be. and more importantly...