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emma's pov

i smiled as my lips met the brim of the cutest p the flight attendant passed me. the water tasted warm but not hot, which made me want to vomit. but i guess it's the best that i could get?

i looked to the right of me to see that hannah had fallen asleep. her headphones still on her ears and the movie screen in front of her playing lion king.

i smiled to myself, i'm so incredibly lucky to have her as a friend even if i don't show it that often.

i looked to the left of me- i was in an aisle seat at the right row of seats. looking over to grayson, bryant and ethan who were all passed out in the middle section. (a/n: i don't know if that made any sense but go with it uwu!)

i've always had pretty terrible flight anxiety, so it didn't really give me much of a feeling of safety to just fall asleep while we're literally flying in the air. a hundred people's life in the hands of one pilot, you get me?

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we called dibs on rooms in the airbnb that i rented, hannah and i beating the guys to the best room, leaving the guys with one room with two twin beds. hannah and i could've totally took one for the team but like, would you?

"dude what the fuck?" ethan groaned watching as hannah and i threw our bags on the large bed in our claimed room.

"sucks for youuuuu." hannah teased, falling back onto the mattress, me following.

"that means one of us have to cuddle on a twin bed!" grayson explained, bryant's eyes widening.

"well obviously you and ethan." he told grayson, probably not excited about that.

grayson and ethan looked to each other, again, what the fuck is this twin telepathy shit?? they both took off, trying to beat each other to the bed i assume. grayson got there first, ethan falling onto the floor dramatically in loss.

the room they had was directly across the hall from ours, doorways like five feet apart.

"haha you got the couchhhh." grayson told ethan. oh that's what they were arguing over? dope where's the coffee machine?

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hannah went into the bathroom connected to our room, changing into her bathing suit while i rummaged through my suitcase for mine. we were heading down to the hotel indoor pool, since it was currently raining outside.

"what the fuck? i look so good." hannah yelled out so i could hear her from the other side of the door. i laughed, changing into mine and knocking on the door. hannah unlocked it quickly looking down at me, "we are literally so hot what the fuck?" she said, her smile quickly turning into a frown. "i really miss ellie."

i nodded, i miss her too she's just been too busy and i don't think her parents exactly trust me enough anymore to just let her stay at my own apartment.

"anyways, let's go see the boys. grayson looks good without a shirt on." she said, walking out of the bathroom and through the bedroom only to open that door. i followed her into their room, ethan laying on one of the beds, bryant looking into his camera on the other and from what i could see, grayson standing in front of the mirror in the small bathroom they all had to share with one another. were they just waiting for us?

"hey." ethan spoke softly, eyes pinning onto mine, making it clear he was talking to me directly and not to hannah. i just side smiled and nodded.

grayson walked out of the bathroom, turning the lights off and stopping dead in his tracks once he saw hannah. i'm really confused about them.. is something going on?

hannah cleared her throat, making it known that she was uncomfortable. ethan stood up from the bed, "so let's go?"

bryant looked up, pressing his body up off of the bed he was sitting on, shoving his camera into a case that swung over his right shoulder.

grayson and hannah left the room, leaving it just the three of us. ethan walking closer to me, bryant leaving the room.

he leaned down, face to face with me but leaning closer to my ear, sending chills down my spine.

"i love you. i can wait forever for you."

i tried my hardest to keep myself from smiling. ethan grinning as soon as he saw my reaction to his words.

he brushed past my shoulder.

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"let's get one of hannah and grayson?" bryant suggested, looking over to them waiting for their own solo shots. they looked to each other and nodded, grayson pushing hannah into the pull in front of them, jumping in soon after. hannah was the first one to come up from the water, realizing what had just happened she looked down underneath the water below her and jumped on grayson's back. there is definitely something going on!

ethan pushed himself up out of the pool and onto the concrete, wiping his face of water.

i remain sitting on a pool chair watching everything go down. to the right of me was an iced coffee, the ones here are highkey bland and not very good but i'll make do i guess!

bryant snapped a picture of hannah on grayson's back. them both smiling super hard, but not like it was forced in anyway. just looking incredibly happy.

grayson flipped her over his shoulder, hannah laughing, probably getting water into her mouth in the process because i could see her reaction to it.

i saw the flash of his camera go off once again, it was just of them smiling at each other.

cute.

"so when do you think the marriage ceremony is?" ethan asked, i didn't even realize he was standing there. i laughed, "probably tomorrow."

he laughed along with me, sitting down on a pool chair that was next to mine.

"can we talk?"

i nodded, grabbing my coffee and taking a sip as he rubbed his hands together.

"so being boyfriend and girlfriend.."

"ethan i already told you."

"i get it! trust me i get it but, i thought we both loved each other."

"ethan i do love you. i just don't want my life to be revolved around you."

"and it doesn't have to be! we haven't even had one day of just us hanging out and being happy. how would you even know what life is gonna be like with me if you haven't even let yourself think about it emma."

everything he was saying made sense to me, i guess i'm just afraid of the commitment that comes with the label. i just have really fucked up trust issues. i was super in love with adam and he turned out to be, well.. you know.

"you're right."

"i am?" he asked, almost seeming surprised with himself.

i nodded, "but it is what it is."

he scoffed, rolling his eyes and grabbed a towel that rested besides him, running it through his wet hair.

i laid back against the chair, thinking the conversation between us is over. a couple minutes later a girl walked up in between our two chairs.

"hey. can i get you guys anything?"

oh she works here?

i shook my head, looking to ethan for his response.

she worked here but was wearing a hot pink bikini, never taking her eyes off of ethan, who was showing no apparent interest.

well that was until he lowered his sunglasses and looked at her. sitting up in his chair, his full attention was now given to her.

"and what about you handsome?" she flirted, ethan side smirking, honestly i'm kind of not the jealous type. i could really give a fu

"emma! come over here and get some shots with gray." bryant yelled from the pool side, i stood up from the plastic pool chair walked over to where they were, jumping into the pool.

but before i could even get my head up grayson was right there, smiling away.

"so who's that girl ethan's flirting with?" he asked, obviously trying to get on my nerves.

"i honestly don't care." i told him
with a fat smile, looking to bryant who was already taking candid shots! and without my consent?!

"emma you can like crouch in front of him and he can stand behind you."

and so we did.

i looked away from the camera and to ethan who was still talking to the pretty girl, only to stand up and walk into the hotel with her.

what were they doing?

"you don't care?" grayson asked.

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