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"Jeez Mo out the obvious Your ti always did suck"

"Anddd that’s our cue to leave"

Scarlett and Ito find the ship’s amphitheater

We’ve been here ten e, costue forest scene hanging in the backdrop The shadow of trees loohts, and honestly, I don’t have a clue what the fuck is supposed to be going on

My parents live for this shit

I, however, as spread, head hitting the wall so I can close

Wonder what’s going to happen e get back fro in half et back, I’ to tell her I love her and hope we cana yaith the back ofe whisper, "Should we go? You look tired"

I a to end her fun "Only if you don’t want to stay"

Her eyes studyup to the room"

Thank God "You sure?"

"Definitely" A nod "Yes"

"All right" I stand, grabbing her hand, leading her down the theater aisle in the dark "Let’s get the hell out of here"

We sneak out, dashing to the elevators, pressed to the mirrored wall of one when ten people cralingdude, tickling her palhth floor, strolling down the narrow hallway, bu

When we reach the door, I pretend to have forgotten the key inside the room, and Scarlett smacks my arm when I finally fish it out of h my body as I swipe the keycard in front of its censor on the door, the little green light granting us entry with a blink, blink, blink

"You going to take a shower?"

"I have to--I feel so gross"

"Ladies first"

"Thanks" She skirts aroundher necklace and other jewelry, setting it all on the desk "It won’t takebehind s at the ankle Casually learning her tells The little things about her that will have : her slender wrists and the way she rubs the her bracelet The way she purses her lips when she looks in the mirror at herself How short she is coe heels, but not e’re lying horizontally on the bed

Scarlett begins pulling little black bobby pins fro the braid Uncoiling it from the crown of her head

It falls down her back, wavy and full Wild

"Is there any way you can leave it like that?"

"My hair?" She turns, touching the strands with the tips of her fingers "Do you like it like this?"

"Yeah It’s pretty"

Pleased, she continues padding barefoot around the room Asks me to unzip her dress Grabs fresh underwear and paja into the bathroo the toilet

For tenwhatever the hell it is girls do in the bathrooirl is prompt

White torapped around her head as a turban, she’s got on that pitiful excuse for pajamas: sheer, white tank top--the one I can see her nipples through--the pink bottoms with sheep, and not h that top, but far be it fromet in and out in as little tiht back"

"Are you excited about tomorrow?" Scarlett asks when I slide back into bed, dressed only in a pair of black boxer briefs

We’re hitting the beach in the ear and swi if I’ you in a swimsuit, the answer is yes, I’m excited about toht I enjoyed spending the day with you, butday--the drive with your parents was fun"