I rubbed my face with my palms out of frustration. Colton easily agreed on going to the mountains tomorrow morning, but now I had no idea what to pack. The worst thing was that Ali and I had gone shopping just to pick some stuff out. Colton had given me his credit card saying I needed to buy a lot of clothes, so I had. Now I was stuck with too many options.

Which color bikini did I want to wear? I had every color. Would I need a coat? I bought five. A pair of jeans? I had every wash and style available. Don't even get me started on shoes. I was going to need a lot of suitcases.

I finally got all of my choices down to one suitcase. I threw it over the balcony so Colton could put it in the car. We were meeting everyone at four in the morning at a local store and the idea was to get some sleep before, but it was already midnight and Colton was still packing the car.

"Ready baby?"

I groaned pulling the blanket over my head. Who had the bright idea of leaving this early? I would rather sit in traffic all day.

I stood up nodding and pulled my hair into a bun. I looked down at my crop top and sweatpants. This would have to do for this early.

"Let's go you guys!" I whined leaning out of the window of Colton's car. It was already past four and we still hadn't left town yet. Everyone either needed food or needed to use the bathroom. They were preparing for...I wasn't sure, but they might as well be preparing for war.

"Alright princess we're almost ready." A guy said.

I think his name was Trey or Trevon or something like that. It didn't really matter because after this weekend I would never see them again.

I leaned my head against the cold glass window fighting the temptation to bang my head into it repeatedly.

I pushed past grace and made my way to the bedrooms upstairs. Twin beds? Nope.

I finally located a private room with a king sized bed and threw my luggage on top of it.

I jumped up and landed on the soft surface gripping the soft blankets. I could hear everyone else downstairs talking about taking shots and going swimming in the lake, but all I wanted to do was get some sleep. It was only six in the morning and everyone was drinking already?

I knew at that moment I was not an alcoholic. They remind me so much of my dear old dad. I had already warned Grace that the second they pulled out drugs Colton would forcefully take me back home.

"Ride and shine buttercup!" Grace squealed jumping on top of me.

"Isn't it rise and shine?" I asked.

"Not for us buttercup." She laughed grinding against my back.

I groaned sliding out from under her. My vision was pretty blurry from lack of sleep.

"We're going canoeing."

Fun

I groaned again before rummaging through the suitcases for swimwear for me and Colton. Why did he need to bring so many guns? No wonder it was so heavy.

Where was he anyway?

I pulled on my small red bikini just noticing all of the swimsuits I brought were barely more than a thong.

"Hey love." Colton came over and kissed my cheek.

He had been on the phone with someone but ended the call when he saw me.

"Damn that ass." He said squeezing my exposed cheeks.

"Colton quit." I laughed trying to pull away from him. Everybody was staring at us laughing.

"I'll see you tonight." He whispered in my ear.

I could already see the lust in his eyes.

"You're not coming with us?"

"Sorry baby but I'm busy." He kissed my cheek again and headed upstairs.

I decided not to pout and take the shot from Grace.

Drinking and then trying water sports. What a great idea.

"We're stuck." Grace cried.

I looked over the side wishing I hadn't. The water was too dark to see what was underneath it. My mind instantly started thinking about the worst case scenarios. Eaten by an alligator. Bit by a poisonous snake. The nearest hospital was forty minutes away.

"Paddle." I cried pushing my paddle against the shore.

The canoe was tipping over and we were being rocked from side to side.

One dip down and my face was splashing in the water. One more dip and my head was underwater.

I managed to pull myself up coughing and sputtering out water. I could barely make out graces long mane in front of me.

I took in a deep breath as the strong current pulled us under again. I kicked my legs together pushing myself upwards to the surface.

"Ugh." I groaned struggling to breathe.

"Grace?" I looked around, but couldn't find her anywhere.

I didn't want to go back under, but I had to find grace. I took a few deep breaths before diving under the water. I couldn't see anything but after a minute I felt graces hair. I grabbed her under her arms and swam to the surface.

"Grace?" I pulled her arms over the canoe so I didn't have to hold her.

She started coughing up water and I let out a sigh of relief. I was exhausted and ready to go back to bed.

After ten minutes we finally managed to free ourselves. I was certain we managed to avoid near death. Grace pulled a beer out of the cooler and tossed it to me.

"Do you trust Colton?"

"Of course. Why?"

She shrugged casually. "No reason."

"Come on grace."

"It's just....I think he might be dangerous."

I busted out laughing. Colton. Dangerous?

"He's not Gracie."

"I hope not. I would really hate for you to get involved and get into trouble."

Look who's talking

"Make my life easy please. I can't deal if you two hate each other."

Of course I would choose Colton, but a girl needs her friends too.

"You saved my life cash! Anything for you."

I rolled my eyes.

It was late when we got back to the cabin. I figured Colton was taking a nap so I decided to sneak up the stairs to surprise him.

"They were there but they don't know anything."

He must be on the phone.

"You won't touch them or even talk to them. Got it?"

Whew! He sounds angry.

"No she hasn't told me about it."

Who? What?

I lightly pushed open the door.

"Hey baby. Have fun?" He asked ending the call without even a goodbye.

I shrugged. "I guess so. Who was that?"

"A friend I went to college with."

I knew very little about Colton's life. I knew he was an entrepreneur of sorts and that he was 27 years old, but not much else. I knew he loved me and would take care of me forever. He had promised me that. That's all that really matters right?

I decided to let it go.

"Ready to head downstairs? Someone ordered pizza."

"Let's go then."

I smiled up at him. All that truly mattered was that I was happy. I was happy with Colton. Maybe not every moment and nothing was ever perfect, but I didn't want to be without him again.