"Babe, wake up. It's time to pack. Babe." I feel my body being shaken to wake up.

     "Hm?" I rub my eyes and stretch my arms- still laying down.

     "Come on, you have to pack." I stirred awake and opened my eyes to her fully clothed.

     "What time is it?"

     "11." She gets up and opens up my suitcase.

     I sit up in my bed and look around. I really can't believe this is the last day. I had more fun here than ive had in awhile. Not just because of Zara but i became such good friends with all of the guys and got to know some new people. I know already ill have Holly, Jasmine, Emmett, and Zara when i move back. It's actually just made me even more excited to come back here. I daydreamed about it while i packed to go home- Zara left already and so did Emmett and Jasmine, and Yes, of course Zara kissed me goodbye. When i finished, I took it out to the car and put it in the trunk. I walked in and into the kitchen, where everyone else had been hanging out.

     "Hey guys." I grab a Monster energy drink from the fridge.

     "Hey." Tabitha says, "It's weird to see you without your other half."

     "It feels weird." I hadn't been away from her in months. I miss her. I know spending every day together isn't healthy, which is why i know the distance is gonna be fine ,but, ugh. I miss her.

     "We're about to head out, you ready?" Imogen finishes putting away all the dishes.

     "Yep, my bags in the car already." I get up to help gather all the food that's left in the fridge and put them in bags so we can divide it up and see who takes what- not that i want any of it, its all for them.

After an hour of packing things up around the houses, smoking a quick blunt, and reminiscing on the few months we spent together we all hopped in our designated rides and left. On the ride back to the house, i finished editing the photos and sent them all out to the group chat. They turned out great especially the pictures of Zara and me. Imogen volunteered to take them, but, For someone so beautiful, Zara hates being photographed. Most of the time, it was me posing next to her and her doing something that didn't show her face- like kissing me, putting her hands on me- anything except show who she was. I didn't mind it though. Yeah i love showing off who i have, but, i like to keep very private as well. These pictures are perfect honestly. My favorite one of us is the one where one arm is draped over my shoulders as i sat infront of her. Her other one leaning my head up to look at her with a grin spread across my face. The most you can see of her head is the hair that drapes down next to my head while she looks down at me. The amount of pictures i took on this trip was insane, my camera's memory card was practically full.

     I took this one picture from underneath the spot Zara showed me. It was perfect. The last night we went out together- not our first time, our third. I laid under the water at night. The moon was perfectly centered in the stream of water. The moonlight lit the water up perfectly. I remember hearing Zara try to giggle at me lightly and quietly so she wouldn't be heard. Of course i heard her. It's probably my favorite picture from this trip.

     "These pictures are amazing, Blair." Tabitha scrolls through the chat.

     BREAKTIME!

Blair: Attachment: 20 images
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Liam: Aw you had me thinking we were all in for a treat :(

Hope: Oh please, if anything Zara is.

Zara: Well i didn't get one either, a bit disappointed actually.

Tate: These look amazing, Blair.

Hope: they're great! I'm gonna post some after work. Send me all your socials guys lets be mutual :)

     I looked through the messages and put it down after reading the few that I've gotten. I decided to take a nap and lay myself across the back seats to do so. It didn't take long for me to knock the fuck out. I woke up-we're still on the road. I looked up to see Tabitha asleep in the passenger seat and Imogen's music filling the silence of the trip with her music. I picked my phone up from off the floor to check my messages.

BREAKTIME!

Tate: Can you send the picture of us hugging in the park?
Jax: And the picture of me and my cousins?
Emmett: omg i love these pics. The one where Zara and Jasmine are dumping water on me bro.

Z:I miss you, princess
Z: The photos of us look amazing btw holy shit
Z: *attachment 2 images*

I drop my phone seeing what she had sent me and gasped. She didn't just.. I picked my phone back up and fixated on it for a minute. Her body is so perfect, these photos dont do her justice. Ugh this is just making me want her more. I miss being pressed up against her and touching her- feeling her.

Zara<3

B: I cannot believe you just sent me that.
B: Not saying i didn't enjoy it though hehe
B: Also can i post some pictures of us? I wont tag you and none of our pictures show your face.

Z: Of course babe. I'm glad you enjoyed :) I'll call you later tonight after a few sessions left

B: Okay mistress. I miss you a lot already :(

Z: What do you think the photos were for?

B: might just have to send some myself ;)

Z: Ill hold you to it babe. Rest up, you need to stay up to pack tonight.

B: Okay. Don't forget to call me :(

I put my phone down and did as i was told for the rest of the trip. Although, i had to stay up for the last hour because i couldn't go back to sleep. I stayed on my phone for about fifteen minutes and that's when everyone started posting the pictures from today. Jax, Emmett, Tate, Hope, Jasmine- basically anyone who's not in the car with me. Even Tabitha posted some. I clicked on hers first. She has a shit ton of followers on Instagram. 37k to be exact. I click back on the photos. There were 4 of them. It started out with the picture of everyone. it was a screenshot from a video i had taken when i set my phone down on the table and filmed us goofing around with water balloons. It was actually a perfect capture of a water balloon being thrown at Jax and two of them being thrown at Imogen. All of us were in some weirdly photogenic pose. The second picture was with Imogen, Tabitha, and Jasmine. This one i took of them just sitting in a circle and talking. None of them even knew i took it. The next one was a posed picture of Tabitha- showed that she was a model. And the last one put a smile on my face. It was a picture of our hands intertwined on my leg. It was so simple, but, the fact that she even made it open to people that she might be seeing someone was enough for me. She captioned it, 'Found some new people to make new memories with. Best trip ever.'

     I clicked through the rest of the photos, liking and commenting on everyone else's. The second Jasmine and Emmett posted it, I started gaining followers like fucking crazy. They're both models like Zara and Jasmine's been doing YouTube apparently. I went from 1,020 followers to 3,102 in 30 minutes. I checked imogen's account and she went from 2,090 to 3,807 in the same amount. I honestly don't use instagram that much- I'm more of a twitter person. Still though, this many followers just because we're friends? Seems excessive but hey, that's the internet. Now i guess i know why Zara doesn't wanna be too open with the world. Seeing how it is now, i dont either. I'm glad the pictures of her are faceless.

     After Imogen dropped me off i went straight to my room to drop my bags. After that, i went straight to Damien's room. The house was completely silent and it was still sunset so there was very little light shedding through the windows. I twisted the door knob and saw Damien sitting at his PC, with his headphones on.

"Damien?" I tap his shoulder.

he jumps, taking his headphones off. "Oh shit welcome back." He pulls me into a hug. "I'm streaming, let me mute."

I watched as he hit the mute button before i talked. "Where's mom and dad?"

"Fuck, who cares?" He shrugs.

Fair enough. "How are you? Have you been eating?"

"Yeah, I'm all good. how about you? I picked up your meds from the pharmacy yesterday. Did you take them while you were there?"

"Honestly? Didn't need to." I grin at him.

"When i finish, we can talk. Can you cook tonight? PLEASE. I've been dying for some home cooked meals."

"You could just learn to cook for yourself." I go towards the door.

He waves me off as he sits in his chair and unmutes. "And what, Take your favorite hobby away from you? I only get it for the week anyway. YOURE LEAVING ME REMEMBER."

I roll my eyes at him as i shut the door behind me. Of course I'm gonna make him a home cooked meal. Cooking has been a passion of mine for awhile now. He's always been the taste tester to my intricate food creations. Regardless, we have our best conversations when we sit together, eating my meals, and before separating we always watch a movie. Besides Imogen, he's been my best friend for the most part. I missed him for the few months i left and now I'm leaving him again? It sucks to have to leave him so soon but its time for me to get out of here. It took me an hour to finish his meal- Beef tenderloin cut up into bites for fettuccine Alfredo with mushrooms and basil topped off with pina coladas to wash it all down. I texted him it was ready and divided the foods evenly with leftovers for tomorrow.

     "Hey sis, what'd you make?" He walks out from the corner and from the open living room into the kitchen.

      "A safe bet." I slide the plate over to him.

     "Niiice, thanks." He smells the food over dramatically. "Living room?"

     "Yep, take your drink. I'm gonna clean up a bit. Ill meet you there."

     "Gotchu! I'll pick the background show." He goes into the living room infront of the kitchen.

     After i cleaned up, i grabbed my plate and drink and headed towards the living room. I took my favorite seat on the couch- closest to his chair. He put on Shameless- something we both have seen countless times.

     "So, how was your trip?" He takes a bite full of his food.

     "Awesome! How were you here? Lonely at all?"

     He swallows before he begins. "Yeah, but, you know me." He tries to shrug off his feelings. "It's all good. plus I've been gaming a lot. Gained 1k subs while you were gone."

     "Jeez! I'm proud of you, you've been working really hard at this."

     "Yeah, all in good time. How about you though? Anything new? We Haven't talked since you left." He puts his empty plate down on the table and wipes his lips off.

     "Well... I'm dating someone now and Imogen and Tabitha are doing amazing we all just-"

     "Wait wait wait, go back." He stops me. "Dating?"

     "Oh yeah. A girl. She-" I'm stopped once more.

     "A GIRL?" He shouts out. "I didn't even know you liked girls. How did this happen? You two, i mean." He sits back and prepares to listen.

     "Well." I clear my throat. How do i tell my brother we started hooking up immediately? Let's see. " Well, the first day i met her she hit on me- I couldn't tell at first honestly, even though it was painfully obvious. After that we just got kind of close and we hit it off. Next thing i know.. I'm moving in with her when i go back."

      "You were there for less than three months? How does the topic even come up that soon?"

     "We've come to an agreement... Anyways, shes beautiful. A model. She's 22 and she makes me really happy.." I blush.

     "What does she look like?"

     "Here let me show you." I pull out my phone and go to her instagram. "Look."

     He grabs the phone from me and his jaw immediately drops. "HER?"

     "What you know her?" I take my phone back from him.

     "Dude. Half of my friends dream about her. She's even one of their screensavers."

     We both laugh. What a small world. "Well you cant tell anyone. We wanna keep it as private as possible. Please. Ill beg if i have to."

    "No worries. I just cant believe you're dating her. Does this mean youre getting into modeling?" He asks.

     "Oh no, we just somehow ended up together. It's kind of perfect actually."

     "I'm glad you found someone better than Lynx. He was an ass, i hated that guy."

     "Oh god, me too." I begin to talk but  hear my phone going off. I pick it up off my lap and see it's Zara. I gesture for him to be quiet while i answer. "Hello?"

     "Hello, princess." She smiles at the phone in her car.

     "You're on speaker ya know? My brother, Damien's in the room." I warn her.

     "Oh shit, my bad." She lets out a loud laugh.

     I laugh with her, "It's fine he knows about you. And i promise, he wont tell anyone."

     "Heard, babe. In a week, do you want me to drive down there to pick you up?" She asks me.

     "Four hours? That's a long drive just to drive another four hours."

     "It's worth it for you." She stops at a red light and looks down at the phone to smile at me. "How are you?"

     "I'm good ive only been home for like a couple hours. How about you?"

     "Had some fun at my work stuff, made my money. Im on my way back now." She starts to drive again. "Call me before you go to bed? I'll let you go back to your brother."

     "Okay. Bye baby. I'll talk to you soon."

    "Bye, princess. Bye Damien." I look up from my phone to see even my brother  blushing at the sound of her voice.

     "He says bye." I laugh.

     "See you guys." She hangs up the phone.

     I put my phone down and keep talking with Damien. He goes on and on about how he's jealous i got someone that hot. He asked questions about her- basically being starstruck at the fact that he knew someone who knew her. The entire night we spent talking- not just about me. About his life, crushes, everything. We hadn't been able to talk like this all summer. After i start school we'll rarely ever be able to talk throughout the year. It feels good to have conversations with him. We have always been this close. I looked out for him when he was younger all the time- now that we're grown and he's got a better understanding of life, he looks out for me just as much. I really dont know if I could've gone this entire time without him. I love him more than words could explain and if anything were to ever happen to him, i think I'd die. Maybe not even physically, but, on the inside- I'd never be the same again.