Chapter 31: Chapter 31

Mari

“are you gonna tell me or not?” I asked

“it's... Well.. It's about your appearance”

My mind shook. I hope it's not that I look awful and out of place.

Oh gosh! Maybe I should have worn just the bikini instead

He took my hand up and squeezed it

“you're the sexiest lady here” he said and kissed my hand

“OH... I.. I wasn't expecting that Will. Thank you” I said shyly and withdrew my hands from his

“come on, let's get you a drink” he said and walked me to the place where drinks were kept. He brought out a drink and took a glass then poured it in. He handed it over to me. I smiled and took it

“thanks Will” I said and he smiled and poured himself the same drink.

I tasted the drink and I loved the flavor. It tasted great especially that it was chilled

“wow, what flavor is this?” I asked as I took another sip

“black currant. You like it?”

“yeah. It's lovely” I said and stared at the glass. It was a fine purple colour

“do you wanna sit down?” Will asked

“uhhh no. I wanna take a walk to those flowers over there. I think there's a marigold in that bush, right?”

“OH yes. I ordered some few months ago” he said and looked at me. He rubbed his hand on my pony tail then said “after I met you”

I blushed and bent my head. Can't believe he bought them because he met me

“come on let's go see them” he said and we walked to the flower bed where they were. He had yellow, red and orange marigolds there.

“wow” I muttered and bent down. I ran my hand over the orange one

“I love marigolds” I said as he bent down too

“you should. Even though you don't want to, your name would force you to” he stated and I chuckled

“hey guys! We're back!” came Wini's voice from behind us. We looked back and she and Eliza were waving at us

Will got up quickly and pulled me up. “thank you” I said and he smirked

We began to walk towards them and I sipped my juice like twice before we reached them

“what took you so long?” Will asked

Wini moved closer to him and whispered something into his ears and she laughed while he just chuckled and looked at me then looked away.

What did she tell him? Is it about me?

“we couldn't find the sunscreen in her kit. We had to order another one when she remembered she didn't bring them here” Eliza spoke up

“OH. I was beginning to think Eliza got lost in the house and you were looking for her” I said and we all laughed

“hey what drink is that? Let me see” Eliza said and almost took my glass from me

“no oo. Leave my drink and go get yours” I said with a child's intonation

“let me just taste it. Come on” she said and snatched the glass from me. She began to run with the glass up to her lips

“hey Eliza come back here” I said and I began to pursue her to get it back.

She ran to the other side of the pool and stood there. I ran to her and found her with an empty glass

“hey why did you finish my juice” I asked

“cause you weren't willing to share. Next time, you'd be a good girl” she answered and stretched the glass to me

“I'm not taking it” I said and crossed my arms

“haha, you're so cute” she said and squished my cheek

“I'm still not happy with you”

“okay, don't worry. I'll get you a new one” she said and began to walk away. I chuckled and stood there

I looked at Eliza and saw her talk to Will who had met up with her at the adjacent side of the pool. They spent about two seconds saying something before Will began to walk to me.

I stood there till he reached me

“hey, take this” he said and gave me his juice

“but aren't you drinking that?” I asked

“no, I actually filled this glass because I saw Eliza had emptied yours. So it's actually for you” he said and I collected it

“thank you”

“you have to quit thanking me for everything I do for you”

“if I don't thank you, how would you know I appreciate you?”

“I would know”

“psychic?”

“OH no I'm not psychic. Haha”

“I really love this drink. I hope there's more of them. I might get potbelly because of this”

“since you like it, then I'll let you have all of them there”

“great! And don't let Eliza taste any of them” I said and poked his chest. His soft white chest

He was wearing only shorts. White shorts

“hey come over here you two!” Wini yelled

“come on, let's go” Will said and awkwardly, he held my waist

Will

I decided to tell her after the party. It would be best to do that when she's about leaving. I want her to go home and think about it. I don't want her to give me answers speedily cause I wanted them to be genuine

When Wini and Eliza came back, I asked what took them so long. She walked to me and whispered into my ears “as if you didn't like it”

I chuckled and she laughed. I looked at Marigold. Of course I liked it

Right now I'm walking Mari to the other side of the pool. My hand was wrapped around her waist and I felt she didn't feel comfortable with it, I wanted to remove my hand but it seemed Wini read my mind and she gave me a stern look for me not to withdraw my hand

We got to where they were and Eliza spoke up

“we need to play a game”

“what game?”

“truth or dare!” she screamed out

“what? That game?” Mari asked

“don't worry we won't make it that bad. 'So let's all sit and start. Come on” she said and pulled Mari's hand.

We walked to the beds and sat on it. The sun wasn't high so we didn't put on the umbrellas

“all right who's gonna start” Eliza asked

“I'll start with Eliza” I said

“okay. Hit me” Eliza replied

“truth or dare“ I said

“truth” she replied

“what's that one thing you're scared of?” I asked and smirked. I knew it but I just asked

She was quiet for some time

“I'm scared of excavators” she mumbled and I chuckled

“what's that?” Eliza asked

“it's a kind of machine used in construction sites, to dig holes” Mari replied her

“oh. Why would you be scared of them?” Eliza asked again

“because they're monsters! They tried to eat me when I was little” Wini yelled out and I laughed out loud

“what's funny?” she asked with a stern face

“the excavator wasn't trying to eat you Wini. It was trying to do its job of digging. How would it know a six year old was on the sand?”

“it's more like a crazy brother was pushing buttons and I didn't know” she said and crossed her arms

“let me guess what happened. Wini, you were on the ground underneath the machine and Will was in the machine pressing buttons and the machine took you up” Mari analyzed

“exactly! It felt like it was gonna eat me” Wini said and we laughed

“thank God it didn't” Eliza cooed and we laughed again

“who's next? Let's go clockwise. Wini it's your turn to with Marigold” Eliza said.

Wini and I were on the same bed while Eliza and Mari were on the opposite bed

“okay. Mari, truth or dare” Wini voiced out

“hmmm dare” Mari said

“I dare you to feed Wilbur” Wini said with high giggles

“what? Feed? No” Mari protested

“if you don't do it, you have to pay a price of 1000 peso and you'll make breakfast for us tomorrow morning”

“it's better you just feed him now. Tomorrow morning you'll have to come and make breakfast here” Eliza said

“what I'm I going to feed him with?” Mari asked innocently

“chicken nuggets! They are right there on the table” Wini said and she stood up to get a plate.

I was just smiling. I loved the idea.

She came back with a plate and gently sat beside me while Wini moved to where she sat before

“you're permitted to feed him as much as he wants.” Wini said again

Mari looked at me and I smirked

“are you gonna starve me? Come on, I'm hungry” I cooed and Eliza and Wini giggled and held each others hands.

Mari sighed and shifted closer to me, her leg touched mine and I felt a spark from that connection of our skin.

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