It takes only one night.

8.

CALLIE'S POV.

Today it was really fun. I caught Ricardo staring at me few times. I won't lie... I like attention. So the day went by and in the evening the party started.

I wore a sarong over my swimsuit and after few drinks we went to dance. Scarlett didn't came. Said she don't like to dance so nobody forced her.

And now here I was dancing with Dante. He is really funny. He whispered, "Let's make someone jealous." To which I laughed because I thought he was talking about Scarlett but she didn't looked even a little bit affected.

Instead Ricardo stood up and came towards us and pushed Dante aside. The look Dante gave Ricardo had me laughing but Ricardo swirled me around and had me dancing the steps. Ricardo was doing the steps amazing. Never thought that he could dance like this.

After the song was over we all went towards the area where all of our friends were sitting. Kat was blabbering about the new moves she learnt from me and Fallon to Scarlett.

Again we had few drinks and went to dance.

When I glanced in the direction where everyone was sitting Ricardo wasn't there and somehow I knew where he was because I saw him walking towards a car with one of the girls we met in Hollywood. What was her name? It was from B. Maybe bitch.

I knew what type of guy Ricardo was but I don't know I still thought that maybe.... I am stupid, just because he spent some time with me and teased me it doesn't mean anything.

....

On day six in Los Angeles we went to Griffith park and observatory. We saw the Los Angeles zoo, planetarium and Greek theatre. After that we went to scenic drive.

On day seven in Los Angeles we went to hiking. The whole day went in hiking and by the time we reached home we were really tired.

On day eight in Los Angeles we woke up late because everyone was really tired and then we visited 'The Getty centre' and 'Peterson Museum'. And at night there was a party at Noah's house. And I ended up in my bed, drunk.

On day nine in Los Angeles I woke up with a sound of groan. And when I opened my eyes I realised Ricardo was sleeping beside me in my bed. I must have gotten wild in the party and he must have put me in bed. And luckily I was wearing my inner wear so nothing happened. And we went to 'Santa Monica' on that day. We even had the 26- mile bike ride along the waterfront.

On day nine in Los Angeles we went to 'Disney Land Park'. It was really fun. We clicked a lot of pictures at the Iconic Disney Castle. And the seven lands which were based on movie themes were really fun.

On day eleven in Los Angeles we went to 'long beach' and from there we went to Santa Catalina Island. It took us one hour to reach the Island. We checked into the 'Luxury Caribbean Resort' and went to the moonstone beach.

We stayed for two days at the 'Santa Catalina Island'. And we spend our time at the beach and went to some important spots.

And now here we are walking in the 'Original Farmers Market'. We are returning home tomorrow and I am gonna really miss all this fun that I had in these days. Especially I am gonna miss the new friends I have made. Ricardo was really nice to me after that night on the beach.

He made me laugh and he teased me a lot in this time. And I caught him numerous times staring at me especially when I was in swimsuit. He said, "Damn, how many swimsuits do you have?" And I laughed on the way he said.

I am gonna miss him the most. He told me a lot of things about him and his family and that's when I got to know why he looked familiar the first time I saw him.

Right now I was observing a necklace which was beautiful. The pendant was in a shape of heart and a beautiful design was carved in it and a green diamond just like my eyes was inside the heart and can be seen from carved design. It was really beautiful.

"Hey! Which one?" Fallon said bringing me out of my trance. She was holding two earrings and I pointed towards the right one. It was gorgeous, it had three rings dangling on it.

"Hey, you look 'off ' today." Scarlett said from beside me. I sighed thinking of going home tomorrow. It's not that I don't miss my dad, mom and brother but I have grown used to Ricardo's teasing and the sound when he laughs, Dante's kindness, Kat's blabbering and Scarlett... she has also grown close to me.

"She is sad. We are going home tomorrow." Samuel said from behind Fallon while going through some t- shirts.

"What?! You are going home, tomorrow?!" Ricardo said as he came towards us with Dante, Kat and Liz. He sounded... surprised.

"Yeah." I said as I shrugged and took the cold coffee from his hand.

"Why don't you stay for one more week?" Ricardo said, his brows furrowed.

"We can't, the tickets are already booked." I said as took a sip from my coffee.

"But, I will miss you Callie." Kat said while pouting. I laughed at her cute reaction and she hugged me.

Aww... she is really gonna miss me.

"Come on, lets go." Dante said while separating Kat from me and winking at Ricardo. Wait. What was that?

Before I could take a step with them or ask Dante why did he wink at Ricardo, I was engulfed in strong arms. When I looked up at him his eyes were dark. He jerked me a little, my hands were on his chest for support. In that moment he was my only support or I would have fell.

I looked in his eyes and noticed how much blue they are. I might even saw something flash through his eyes... hurt maybe. In an instant my eyes dropped to his lips.

In these days we have been gotten close a lot. He has tickled me, I have sat on his lap many times and also we have slept in same bed but I never felt something sexual. And now I was staring at his lips, I don't know what had gotten into me.

As if he read my mind, he dipped his head to reach my height and kissed me. The kiss was soft almost like a feather touch.

Even though my eyes were closed I felt him staring at me as he deepened the kiss. I didn't stopped him, because I was enjoying the moment. He broke the kiss...

No! I wasn't done yet.

"Please, stay for one more weak." His voice was really soft unlike the other times he talk. He almost sounded pleading and I know by now that he has never pleaded anyone.

"I can't. Trust me, I want to but I can't." I want to stay, if not for my friends then just only for him. I want to spend more time with him, but I can't because dad hardly agreed for this trip and if now I request for one more week he will lose it. Not that he doesn't love me, but he really cares about me and I don't want to disappoint him.

"When are you leaving tomorrow?" Ricardo asked.

"At twelve after lunch." I told him.

"So, I have eighteen hours with you. Let me make the most out of it." He said with a smirk.

"And how do you intend to do that?" I asked genuinely curious about what is he planning.

"You will see." He smiled.