Mistake

Chapter 9

                                                                                      Daniel's POV ( SURPRISE!)

 By now, everyone was outside watching the ocean and just chatting on the balcony with Christian.

 " Hold up, I need to go use the bathroom," I excuse myself.

  " OK, see you back tomorrow," Jack laughs.

 " What? No it's not that! I got to pee!" I defend myself.

 " Oh! OK!" They all say.

 " Ya'll nasty!" I shake my head as I chuckle.

 I open the door and I walk slowly to the bathroom.

 I do my business and am about to leave when I hear Melissa talking.

 " Yeah, but I can't do this for long, I have to leave eventually. Yeah, I know. No, I told them I'd be dead in a month. OK, bye."

 " What the..." I mumble to myself as I lean back from the door.

 I open the door, " Who was that, and what was it about?" I demand.

 " What?!" She spins around.

 " You heard me," I say, squinting my eyes at her.

" Nothing," she says innocently.

 " Fine, I'll go tell Christian if it was "nothing"," I turn and make a break for it.

 " No!" She yells, " You heard wrong!"

 I made it to the door, flung it open, and tripped.

 " Uh, what the..." Zach says.

 " So, what's going on?" Christian asks.

 " He heard me on the phone and took it the wrong way, and now he's trying to make me sound like I said something wrong," she explains quickly.

 " Oh, was that right?" Christian asks, glancing at me.

 I nod and once everyone else looks off to the distance I text Christian.

 Me: We need to talk.

 Christian: Figured, we need to make it not look suspicious.

 Me: Leave it to me.

 I stretch out, " I'm going to just go make dinner."

 " OK," everyone responds.

 " I'll go too, you'll need help," Christian says.

 We go in without anyone seeming suspicious.