009, CHAÍRETE GREECE!

  THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF Mykonos, Greece, winked at the smooth gliding aeroplane. Avery beamed with excitement, feeling her flying anxiety being replaced with thrill.

"Shit, Val, you're shaking with excitement," the boy beside her chuckled softly, effortlessly sliding his hand over her shaking one.

Avery giggled at Jess' comment and wrapped her fingers over his, a wide grin spread across her face. What Avery didn't notice was the boy in the row across from her drilling holes into Jess Romano's head.

Christopher rolled his eyes dramatically and continued to distract himself by continuing to watch the movie that was already displayed on his seat screen.

"Want one?" Avery Jane politely asked Jess, holding out one of her AirPods. The girl had either been watching Mamma Mia, sleeping on Jess' shoulder, or listening to ABBA the entire thirteen-hour flight.

Jess placed the small device in his ear, smiling softly as ABBA played smoothly through his ear. Avery paid no attention to the green-eyed boy's red-tinted face but turned back to the window where she dreamily gazed down at the gorgeous island below her.

The upbeat tune of That's Me began to flow through her AirPods, causing an even wider grin to spread across Avery Jane's face. The seatbelt sign pinged above her head which caused her to get more excited, this meant they were going to be landing anytime soon.

A slight shake in the plane signalled that they had finally touched down. Avery contained her excitement and only squeezed Jess' hand tighter. Her leg bounced up and down in nerves and she drummed her fingertips on the top of Jess' hand.

The airport rush was more hectic than ever. The group had gotten split up due to the number of other tourists buzzing throughout the airport. Chris, Jess, Nick, and Avery were impatiently waiting at the baggage collecting area whilst the others were completely lost.

Avery sighed as she took notice of the looks Chris was giving Jess. Poor Jess was so oblivious to the looks he was receiving from the blue-eyed boy behind him. Chris's face contorted into disgust as Jess began to swing his and Avery's still-linked arms. Avery chose to ignore the scowl, however, Nicolas did not.

"What was that look for, Chris?"

Chris snapped out of his envious state and innocently looked at his brother. "What look?"

Avery shared a look with Nick and turned to face Chris. Jess shifted himself to also be looking at Chris, noticing as the boy immediately rolled his eyes. Avery quickly squeezed Jess' hand in order for the boy to ignore the grumpy Sturniolo in front of him.

A buzz from each of their phones snapped the four out of their tense stares.

'DON'T GO WASTING YOUR EMOTION!!'

toe fur 🦶 — Christopher
math 🧮 — matthew
dicolas 🤭 — nicolas
yale scholar 🥺 — every
mother 💵 — anabelle
dyl pickle 😽 — dylan
jesse swanson 🎶 — jess

MATH 🧮
Where are you at?

DYL PICKLE 😽
yeah fuckers, where are you? yale scholar 🥺
where u at shorty??

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
shut the fuck up.
we are up ur ass 😊😊

TOE FUR 🦶
Funny guy!

DICOLAS 🤭
Whoa, what crawled up ur ass
and died today?

MOTHER 💵
probably a fly 🤷‍♀️

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
REMEMBER THAT TIME HE GOT
A FLY STUCK IN HIS EAR HELPP

MATH 🧮
LMFAOAOA

TOE FUR 🦶
Shuy te fucj up

DICOLAS 🤭
Use your big boy voice, Chris 🥰

MOTHER 💵
okay but being fr. where are you all?

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
baggage claim 🤨

where are y'all???

DYL PICKLE 😽
starbucks...

DICOLAS 🤭
Oh dear God.

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
WHAT THE FUCK.
if you mofos don't get me anything
you may 'spontaneously' be back in
boston 😂😂

DYL PICKLE 😽
heard you loud and clear, ma'am 😇

JESSE SWANSON 🎶
why is this my name.

TOE FUR 🦶
Have u never watched pitch perfect b4?

JESSE SWANSON 🎶
no comment.

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
JESS????

that's it. you're going home.

JESSE SWANSON 🎶
Home is where the heart is 🥺🥺

DYL PICKLE 😽
SHUT THE FUCK UP, JESSICA.

sorry. i uh...

MOTHER 💵
SHUT THE FUCK UP DYLAN.

stupid mother fucker ✊👊💥

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
woah...

JESSE SWANSON 🎶
OHH PITCH PERFECT WAIT
i haven't watched it but my half-sister
used to always talk about it

MOTHER 💵
who's your half-sister?

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
LMFAO BELLE

MOTHER 💵
WHAT? it's just a question 🥺

JESSE SWANSON 🎶
her name is tate, she's currently
living in that country near australia

DYL PICKLE 😽
what country...

DICOLAS 🤭
Kid doesn't even know what country
his sister is in rn 😭

MATH 🧮
I want to say New Caledonia?

TOE FUR 🦶
You're all wrong. I'm betting on
New Zealand 😇

JESSE SWANSON 🎶
YEAH. THAT'S THE ONE
NEW ZEALAND!!

YALE SCHOLAR 🥺
oooh love 🤝

TOE FUR 🦶
Ok. We're walking to u guys now 👍
Seen by all

Avery huffed at Christopher's dryness towards Jess and shoved her phone into the back pocket of her jeans. She tugged at Jess' arm and the pair led the way towards the Starbucks store inside the airport.

The Mykonos heat was already beating down through the glass windows that made up the airport's infrastructure. Jess began to swing his and Avery's interlocked arms as they walked. He couldn't deny that he wasn't feeling the tiniest bit of smugness as he felt the hard glare from Chris behind him.

"There they are!" Nick cheered as he noticed Anabelle, Matt and Dylan frantically waving the four over. Avery squealed and let go of Jess' hand, jogging over to receive her ice-cold drink.

Dylan handed her the ice-shaken tea, giggling as the girl sighed in relief as the cool liquid ran down her dry throat. "I love you, Alcaraz."

"Love you too, Vee."

The group exited the airport, and this time nobody got separated. However, they were about to be split up in order to get to their hotel. It was four to one taxi and three to another.

"Me, Matt, Nick and Avery will go together!" Chris loudly announced, catching all the other six teenagers off guard. Jess raised an eyebrow and glanced at Avery, only to make sure she was okay with this sudden decision.

Avery Valentine smiled softly at the green-eyed boy to let him know that it was okay. "See you on the other side, Val," Jess saluted with a toothy grin and followed behind Anabelle and Dylan to their taxi.

With a giggle, Avery slid into the back of the second taxi, ignoring the harsh jealousy radiating off of Chris. Nicolas, Avery and Chris piled into the back of the taxi whilst Matt sat up front beside the driver. Avery was forced by Nick's stubborn self to be seated in the middle seat, leading to a huge sigh from Chris's side of the car.

"Can you shut up?" Matt scolded his brother, turning in his seat with judgy eyes. "Uh, Petinos Hotel, please," Matthew quickly told the driver who was patiently waiting for the destination.

Nodding, the driver typed their stop into his GPS. Avery blew air into her cheeks in awkwardness and placed her AirPod in her left ear as that was the side Chris was seated on and there was no way she was trying to talk to him at the moment.

"May I?" Nick held his hand out for an AirPod. Avery nodded with a chuckle, passing the other small device to the boy just as 'Keep Yourself Alive' by Queen began to play.

Nicolas Sturniolo giggled whilst watching Avery 'head-bang' to the intro of the song. Chris rolled his eyes and gazed out of the window, taking in the gorgeous scenery of the island.

The drive wasn't as tense as Avery expected due to her and Nick jamming to music in the backseat, completely ignoring the sulking Chris beside them. Matt was fidgeting with the hem of his t-shirt whilst making small talk with the polite driver.

Avery and Nick continued to listen to the music but instead of head-banging and laughing disruptively, they admired the landscape. Nick snorted every time they drove past a donkey (three times only) while Avery cooed as she saw all the adorable stray animals.

"This is your hotel, kids," The driver, Elias (which Matt had figured out), spoke with a smile as he parked outside the gorgeous hotel.

Holy shit.

Avery gaped at the hotel in awe, climbing out of the car so she could help the triplets unload their suitcases. Matt paid the driver and thanked him once again. Chris dragged his and Matt's suitcases behind him while Matt took his and Chris's carry-on bags.

The group of five waited in the hotel lobby whilst Matt and Avery sorted out the room keys at the front desk. This scenario was rather ironic as Matthew and Avery were the only two in the group with bad social anxiety. However, being the kind souls they were, they volunteered to sort everything out with the front desk.

So here they were, pinkies linked under the large desk. Avery could feel Matt's hand shaking and she felt awful for him, she pulled Matt closer to her and rested her head on his shoulder in an attempt to help him calm down.

"Yeah, my dad booked a room with two bunk beds, one king bed and one single," Avery explained for what felt like the hundredth time. "Room thirty-two, I think."

Matt could feel Avery becoming more and more stressed by the second and swallowed his anxiety just for his best friend. "The room is under the name Theodore Valentine?"

"Ah! Found it!"

The pair let out a sigh of relief and frustration at the same time. The lady handed them four of the same keys to the room as there were seven of them.

"Thank you!" Matt smiled nervously, squeezing Avery's pinky finger with his.

The woman at the desk nodded with a smile and went back to aggressively typing on her keyboard and taking calls. Avery waved the keys in the group's faces watching as each of their eyes lit up. All except for Chris, whose eyes lit up for a moment then went back to miserable.

"Let's go see our room, whores!" Dylan Alcaraz cheered and snatched a key from Avery's extended hand. The group walked toward the elevator (also not a favorite for Matthew and Avery).

Matt held out his pinky finger for Avery again who had pulled her bottom lip in between her teeth anxiously. Avery Valentine linked her small finger with Matthew's with a worried sigh as they stepped into the elevator.

Chris watched the interaction between his brother and girl best friend with a faint smile. He admired how real they were with their friendship, though when Chris was younger he had always felt a fit of slight jealousy because he had thought Matt also had a crush on Avery, The jealousy soon faded away when Matt announced he and Morgan, another good friend of theirs, were dating.

The elevator dinged on the group of seven's level and they excitedly made their way around the floor to find their room. Once they walked in all seven teenagers were awestruck.

"Oh, my fucking word."

My thoughts exactly.

The cool, white marble floors shone in the sunlight while the beds sat clean and untouched. Fresh, white linen sheets lined the beds that also held complimentary toiletries on each mattress. A large mirror lined one of the bathroom walls, holding white LED lights behind it for extra illumination. The bathtub stood alone but looked extremely comfortable. There was a separate shower with light blue tiled walls. The view was also magnificent. The seven also had their own hot tub on their rather wide, wooden deck.

To say their room was stunning was an understatement. The beauty of the island and the hotel room was ineffable. 

( 💟 ) MAL SPEAKS,

i proofread this with mr perfectly
fine blasting so sorry if there are
typos, i was too busy singing. . .

anyway! yay, she updated!! sorry it
took so long, this has been in the drafts 
for half a month LMFAO. i've just been
super busy studying, i have my end of
year exams this month!!

i hope you're all having a great day
and enjoyed this chapter, there's a little
bit of sadness next chapter, haha. . .

ANYWHO, i will catch y'all later.
love u!

xoxo, mal