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FRANKI'S POV

"Sorry about my brother. Do you want to go back to the hotel na?" Diana asks me while I am still shocked at what David has done. He seems to become even more different as each day passes by...

Franki, he has always been really touchy, and you were also to him. Did you forget about that?

I don't know... but what he did moments ago has caught me off-guard, and what's even worse was... Diana saw it.

So what if she saw it?

I have never felt this ashamed for a while...I mean, yeah I had my wild side back in Australia and worse, in L.A., but I don't understand why I suddenly felt disgusted with the thoughts of making out in public with a man now...and David is, in fact, my boyfriend. It mystifies me on how a month here has changed a lot of my perceptions.

David again tried to have sex with me this afternoon but I wasn't really having it. We then had a small argument and both of us ended up drinking a whole bottle of Jack Daniel's. He popped some love pills and forced some on me too, but I refused and slept it out.

I woke up at around eight in the evening and found David, sleeping, sprawled on top of me with his mouth slightly open. I immediately went back to my hotel room to have a shower but my heart sunk when there's no presence of Diana in the room. I got alarmed and I didn't know why. I was about to call her but Sky arrived and told me that she was in a nightclub in front of the beach.

The three of us had dinner first before finally coming into the club where Diana was and for some reason, I felt really relieved the moment I saw her again. Maybe because she's the only female companion that I have now. I am used to having my all-girls squad beside me...

"No, I want to get drunk tonight, Diana." I firmly reply to her question. I don't know what has gotten into me but I just wanna get wasted tonight...with her. The thought of having fun with her excites me and a part of me is also curious to see her demeanor when she gets drunk.

I also don't want to see David tonight.

"Why? Are you sure?" Hints of confusion blends with the strobe lights in her eyes.

"Yes. I want to get drunk with you." Maintaining our eye contact, I reach for her arm and squeeze it tight. I don't know why but just seeing Diana's concerned face and touching her soft skin always calms me down.

"A-Are you serious?" she really looks so concerned, and I find it really touching.

"Yeah. I want to get loose tonight. I miss wild nights..." It has been a while since I last partied like hardcore with my squad back in Australia. I just miss the feeling of being drunk, of feeling like floating with your heavy body and just to...warm things up.

My lips quirk up into a smile when I caught a glimpse of excitement in her eyes before she has dragged me towards the bar.

"He has been drinking since we came back to the hotel this afternoon. When we got here, he popped in some love pills. He tried to force some on me, but I refused." I tell her after gulping down my first cocktail glass, which is the ladies' night special.

"I'm really sorry about my brother, Franki. Dave's a good guy but he sometimes messes up," she mumbles through the music while playing with the rim of her glass. My eyes linger on her slender fingers and long fake nails. They look so sexy...

"It's okay, Diana. We all do, actually, and it's a part of being human..." I answer after recovering from the momentary trance. We continue talking about David while drinking, and I can now feel the kicking of alcohol in my tummy. Diana is just listening attentively to what I am saying, leaning closer, eyes keen on me...

I can't fully concentrate on our current topic because the sight of her in a denim jacket is distracting.

She's a daddy...

Oh my gosh, what did I just think?!

My eyes bulge in surprise at my very own self. I finish my glass in a matter of seconds as if I haven't drunk alcohol for sixty-nine years.

"Are you okay?" she leans in closer to give me comforting strokes on my back.

"I'm fine..." Feeling the buzz in my head and the heaviness in my body, I close my eyes and move closer to her to lean my head on her shoulder. "As long as you're here with me..." I softly speak in a slurred voice.

Can I just stay here forever? I feel like the curve in her shoulder was made for my head to lean on. The warmth from her body feels so comforting and the lyrics of the song booming from the DJ's sound system right now are making me somehow hot somewhere down my body...

A/N: Check out the attached video above for song reference. Only A Girl by Gia. You can listen to it for a better reading experience.)

🎵Everything is new to me, I like what you do to me
Now it's you, only you
Now I'm in uncharted water
Territory getting hotter
And I think I like it, I think I like it, 'cause🎶

🎵Only a girl
Knows how a girl feels
Only a girl
Can make me feel this way
It's getting better, nothing like two girls sticking together
Only a girl
Can make me say make me say
Oh ooh ooh oh ooh
Only a girl
Ooh ooh oh ooh oh
Only a girl🎶

"What do you mean?" I can sense the utter intrigue in her voice.

"I don't know. I just feel so safe whenever I'm around you. Feels so right..." I continue to mumble in slightly incomprehensible words with my eyes shut closed. I can see the galaxy spiraling over the darkness behind my eyelids.

"Franki, I think you should stop drinking na. You're clearly drunk..." she angles her head to peek on my face. Ah, her voice sounds so sweet and concerned, so much different from the aloof woman during my first weeks here.

"No, I'm not, silly girl." I lazily giggle. I feel drowsy but wanting to be hyper at the same time.

"Let's take a video of this," she blurts out and the next moment, she is now taking a video of us for some reason. I try to look at the camera on her phone but my head starts to get heavy now and whoa, why can't I stop giggling? I kinda feel euphoric right now and I think it's because of Diana's familiar scent, in which I really like...

"Diana...what are you doing," I chuckle while reaching for her hand. I just want the contact of her skin on mine. I almost lost my balance on the stool, good thing she was able to place her arm around me for support.

"Franki...are you really okay?"

"Sobra okay. Don't worry..."

"I think you're wasted now,"

I suddenly had the energy and coordination to straighten up in my seat. "Do you want me to walk in a straight line right now?" I want to prove it to her.

"No need, Franki. Just look at me."

I blink twice before leaning closer to meet her eyes, which I immediately regretted. She immediately averts her gaze away to take another gulp from her shot glass before returning her eyes on mine. She licks the taste of alcohol in her lower lip and my eyes linger on it for a while. I reach for her arm and gaze back at her eyes when I realize that I have been staring at her lips for longer than it should be. My grip on her arm tightens when I realize that her expression becomes utter serious this time.

"Franki..." she trails off.

"Yes?" I lean even closer to her, eager to what she is about to say despite the fuzziness in my head.

She looks down in a second and again looks at me with a fiercer gaze this time. "What if I tell you that...I like girls?"

Oh...

My lips might have automatically quirk up into a knowing smile but my heartbeat accelerates a hundredfold. It became so loud I swear it is pumping through my eardrum.

"Well..." I tuck a stray strand of hair behind my ear before speaking again, "Why am I not surprised?"

I actually felt it, have always felt it, but something is stopping me to conclude it. The way she looks at me every time...

I cross my leg over the other as we continue our intense staring contest.

You mean, the eye-fuck, Franki?

"Oh my God, Franki?"

Diana and I both turn to the owner of the voice behind us. It took me about three seconds to recognize Abi Kassem, the half-Lebanese cutie that I have met last night in the fire dance show.

"Oh, Abi!"I exclaim before leaping out of my stool. While enthusiastically hugging her, a memory suddenly hit me. She actually messaged me this morning, but I forgot to reply.

"Hi, Franki! It's Abi! Wanna hang out at Epic tonight?"

"It's nice to see you here! Did you see my text?" she asks while batting her long, curly eyelashes at me.

"Oh my gosh, you did?" I say in a high-pitched voice. "I-I haven't checked my phone actually!" I stammer. I'm not really good at lying actually.

"It's fine! Nice seeing you again!" she steps in closer and glances at Diana with a questioning look on her face. "I see you're with a friend!" she gives my boyfriend's sister a friendly wave,

"Hi!"

I turn to Diana only to see her nodding at her with a nonchalant half-smile. My eyes linger at the smoke coming out of her e-cigarette between her fingers. Gosh, why is she so hot?

I shake the stray thoughts away and start the introduction. "Oh, Abi! Diana pala! Diana...this is Abi!" I merrily say with vibrant hand gestures.

Diana extends her hand for a handshake while smiling at her, and I kinda didn't expect what she did next. She puts her arm around me and tugs me closer to her side. My arm then automatically circle her waist. I'm not sure if I am blushing because of the alcohol, or because of what she has admitted minutes ago.

It was just a hypothetical question, Franki.

"Hey there, Abi. Franki actually mentioned you to me last night. She's right, ang ganda mo. (You're pretty)" Diana utters with her usual smile this time.

"Oh!" Abi rolls her eyes while dismissively waving her hand, "Thank you but you girls are way, way prettier,"

"So, are you alone?" I ask her with excitement. It's actually nice to finally have another female friend.

"Actually, I'm with my friends but as usual, they left me with their boyfriends." Abi pouts, and I kinda feel bad for her. It really sucks to be alone and out of place.

"Wanna join us?" I invite her. She really looks like she needs a companion tonight.

"Of course!" her eyes lit up in delight and when I peek at Diana's face, I notice the muscle in her jaw visibly clicking in tension. Or was it just my imagination?

She sits beside me on the stool as we start talking about some more good places in the Philippines. I notice Diana busying herself on her phone while vaping. I am trying to join her in our conversation but all she did was smile and nod her head as if she's interested.

What makes you think that she's not interested?

Abi keeps on giving me sexy eye contact. I'm not sure if it's just the structure of her big eyes or she is doing it in purpose. I don't want to assume but does she think I'm gay?

Oh, so you're not?

Whoa! Where did that come from?

I, therefore, conclude that I'm really drunk.

"You should consider staying here for good, you know. It's fun here," Abi suggests when her ordered dry martini, the same as mine, finally arrives. It's one of the strongest cocktails, actually, and I'm on my third glass already. My head is twirling but I am trying my best to focus.

"Actually..." I glance at Diana and felt relieved to notice that she is listening to us this time. "I'm actually considering it,"

"That's nice..." Abi says while sexily sipping on her drink, then continues, "I'm pretty sure you can book a lot of jobs here, given your beauty and appeal. I can recommend you to my friend's agency next time," There goes the sexy gaze again.

"What's your friend's agency name, Abi?" Diana finally inserts herself.

"Primastella. Their talents are all gorgeous,"

"They have actually contacted me last week," Diana replies with a proud smile. She didn't mention that to me.

"Oh, really...That's nice." Abi puts the glass on her mouth again with her eyes keen on Diana this time. They continue talking about their mutual friends in the modeling world while I fell into silence, controlling myself to not throw up.

Abi leans her elbow on the counter, rests her cheek on her palm and fixes her gaze at me. "You really look like a doll, Franki. A living doll...So cute." she expresses with her sultry eyes. My eyes drop down to her hand squeezing my exposed upper thigh.

"Nah...You're also prett—Ah!" I jerk in surprise when I again lose my balance. If not for Diana's arms, I would have already fallen on the floor. I automatically hold on to her and our lips almost touched the moment I face her.

"Careful...babe," Diana mutters under her breath. It was almost a whisper but... did she just call me Babe? Because it seriously sounded hot.

"I-I think it's getting late already. Do you wanna go back to the hotel na?" she adds.

"Yeah, kind of. M-my head is throbbing actually..."

"Oh, that's too bad, because I'm having a good time with you right now...seriously," Abi utters while looking meaningfully at me. "When can I see you again?"

Whoa...Am I just drunk or she really is hitting on me?

Franki...You get that all the time from straight girls. You know, pretty girls complimenting other pretty girls genuinely just like what you always do. Since when did you become malicious?

"I mean, the both of you guys," Abi clears out with disappointment in her face. Diana and I exchange glances, and I'm not sure if she's thinking what I am thinking right now. It looks like it though, and I want to confirm it.

"Of course! Just text me," I give Abi a seductive look before winking at her. She blinks once, then twice, and grins in utter amusement. "Sure I will, Franki."

I then take Diana's hand on mine and hold it tight. She must be taken aback at my bold move but immediately recovers. She intertwines her fingers on mine and I want to chuckle in triumph when I caught Abi maliciously looking at our hands.

Seriously, what made her think that I'm gay? Did I give her that vibe last night?

We finally bid goodbye to her and weave our way out of the crowded club.

"Diana, were you thinking what I was thinking?" I immediately ask her as we finally made it out of the club. The fresh cold air somehow managed to straighten my mind out.

"The what?" she looks clueless and I'm not buying it.

"Did you see her face? Did you see it? Oh my gosh!" I start giggling endlessly.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Franki."

I don't know what's funny in what she has said but I just dropped my head back into laughter.

"Ooops!" I trip again but as usual, Diana is fast enough to catch me. Her arm is wrapped carefully around my waist as we make our way back to the hotel.

"You're so cute Diana...acting clueless and stuff," I blurt out in between giggles. Without her support, I might have tripped a couple of times already. God, I am so wasted but so ecstatic right now and I don't know the exact reason why.

"Oh my gosh, I just remembered now! I dreamed about you this afternoon...You were feeding some birds and cats, but my favorite sight is that particular chicken drinking water on your bed,"

"Ano? (What?)"

"I want a chicken drinking water," I emphasized, in case she didn't get it.

"What are you talking about, Franki?" she is softly chuckling next to my ear. I continue to talk gibberish and nonsense until we finally reach our floor. I let her carry half of my weight for me and when I felt like I cannot stand anymore, I turn to face her and hug her.

"I'm so glad you're here..." I murmur into her neck. I can see the spinning darkness at the back of my head.

After a few more steps, I can hear and feel her opening our hotel room door. I wearily groan when she gently places me on the bed.

I try my best to open my eyes when I felt her warm softness pressed above me. She's just quiet and still. She is just gazing intently at me, the kind of gaze that makes you feel like you're the most beautiful woman in the world.

"You...are so beautiful inside and out, Diana..." I whisper while my listless fingers reach for her smooth cheek. Her face looks strong and soft at the same time. She smiles out my favorite smile of her, and a cracky giggle comes out of me.

"Oh my gosh Franki, you really are so drunk right now," 

She is about to pull away from me but I suddenly found some energy to squeeze her arms back on me.

"Stay...please." My face becomes so serious as I stare at her beautiful pink lips...

"Your lips look yum..."

🎵Dark eyes, pink lips
Now my heart is racing
Hot fingertips, don't know what I'm facing
Everything is new to me, I like what you do to me🎶

The song from the club echoes back in my mind again.

"You don't really mean that, don't you?" Her perfectly-dressed eyebrow is raised in anticipation.

 I know she wants this... I know she does.

"Franki...you're obviously-"

🎵Soft touch, warm skin
Nothing like my ex-man
Slowly falling, I don't want a next-man
I've never felt this way before🎶

"Just shut the F up and kiss me."

I smile at the sight of her swallowing in tension. Her nervous smile has now disappeared and her dark brown eyes are now locked and intent on mine. They are clouded with passion and lust. The sight of her giving me that look...that look of lust and submission instantly heated everything southward my body.

I know you want this so bad, baby.

Without wasting any more time, I immediately close the gap between our faces and presses my lips onto hers.

🎵Only a girl
Knows how a girl feels
Only a girl
Can make me feel this way🎶

"Hmmm..." I lazily moan into her mouth as I hear her softly panting. I felt her hand caressing my cheek and the other hand roaming my body with aching eagerness. Our kiss deepens and my breathing starts to become ragged and wanting.

I can't think of anything else right now but how intoxicating and warm she tastes like as our lips continue to slide along each other like soulmates meeting again in the afterlife.

I drop my head back hard against the pillow and shut my eyes closed as her lips trail down the side of my neck...

"Diana..." I just find the need to moan her name out. Ah, I am so delirious right now.

Everything just then blackens out as I finally allow myself to get lost in this new and gratifying discovery.

*****To be continued*****

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