Big Lex💘: Poookieeee! Oh my gosh I'm sorry again but the flight is cancelled because they are trying to get the runway cleared for take off! I'll let you know if anything changes. I miss you so much and I really just want to go home 😭I love you and I really really need a Lizzie cuddle when we get back.

Frowning, I look at the text again. This the second time Lexi flight got delayed today and it stinks.

Me: It's ok!!!!! My cuddles are always welcome and I have a box of wine waiting for you! I love you and miss you too! Can't wait to see you.

Pressing send, i place my phone back down on the table. Twisting my lips, I see her sending a heart emoji and kissing face emoji. I deeply sigh and keep reading on stroke protocols in the hospital setting, although my brain keeps going back to Alexis.

Is it okay to be mad at your best friend?

Maybe I'm just overreacting?

I feel really guilty about being upset, but I can't help it. I am. Last night, we had an emergency Jacaro household meeting over facetime because Lexi announced that she and Stephen broke up.

I know that I should focus on how she is feeling but... She told me that she wasn't going to do it now, during the tournament, but she did..

She didn't listen to me...

She lied to me.

That hurts.

I know I've told little white lies to get candy or maybe have dessert before dinner but I have never lied to Lexi about anything serious, especially anything that affects someone else, because I knew it would only hurt everybody at the end. As many times as I've struggled to communicate how I feel, I have always been honest and up front with her and Maxine.

Sometimes I feel like they shelter me way too much the way my parents did. I'm their friend, not their kid.

My shoulders tense up, thinking about the amount of times they have shared things more in detail with each other than with me. I know I shouldn't hold things like that over their heads because they could do the same but how is it fair?

I'm really trying to look on her side of things and where she is coming from, but it's hard. It's especially hard because Jaylan canceled our call last night because the team went out for tattoos. He said it was sold as a team bonding event but really they went because Hollis is heartbroken.

It's a sad situation. My brain doesn't understand and my heart hurts for both of them.

I mean, Lexi has come so far in finding herself and she has done so great the last year I think with just truly doing what she wants and not whatever everybody else wants. I just wish she would have expressed what she felt when she told me before she left.

She was vague and I just feel right now our friendship doesn't matter. I know my reasons for trying to change her mind were selfish but I'm just trying to think of Stephen's side of things.

Slumping my shoulders a bit, I add the normal blood pressure in calligraphy on the poster board under the teal calligraphy writing assessment.

I just hope this isn't the beginning of what I feared would happen in my freshman year of college when we first started getting close together, that we would drift apart. I mean, graduation is coming up soon and she has already been making friends with her flight attendant classmates and even making future travel plans with Maxine.

I wish I could commit to their fun festivities but I have the NCLEX to study for and I also haven't heard anything back from the US Department of Immigration either. What's crazy? Kimberly Yen and Shivani Patel in my nursing class heard back today, so quickly but with me, it's crickets.

I don't get it.

Shaking my head, I make a black asterisk adding the BP of our patient coming in for a stroke.

I just don't like uncertainty lingering over my head and believe me, I have had this process started since I got here. The only reason why I was able to stay in the United States the whole time was because I took extra classes on campus so I had a place to stay. Yes, Max and Lexi had offered me to stay with them in the summer but I think it's always good to have a break from one and other like now.

Sighing deeply I adjust my chin on my hand as I write down the rest of the assessments on our project... or I should say Jessica and I's project. We have worked so hard on this so far. The fact that Carly and Spencer have yet to email me, adding their input on the project and bubbling the active volcano that I've been trying to settle inside of me for people who just don't care or believe what they want to believe.

I wish I could be like Green Giant sometimes and speak up for myself like I did with Ava the day she made lava flow into my veins like a rushing river.

Gripping my black permanent marker, I sigh deeply wishing I could have stayed an extra day with Aunt Lisa and Uncle Steve. It was definitely refreshing, rewarding, and reviving of my spirit. Despite all the problems arising, they just helped aid the fact Jaylan is missing. Their refreshing relationship put a token in my heart to remind me that love is possible and it is real.

Sunday was even better because they went to church like my family did. Their church is so lively and I love all their songs, way better than Mass I could say. Everyone had the best dresses and hats. One of the ladies gave me hers because she said it looked perfectly with my lilac dress.

Nervous Nelson was a bit weary of me wearing it because he was afraid his friend Leon, who played the drums, would talk to me. He was nice and even had an extra Starburst in his pocket. I'm not sure what Jaylan was worried about because he had candy.

Sunday at the Robinson's house is so much fun. They invited so many people to their house to eat after church. I met some really incredible people and got to play UNO the right way. Jaylan's friend Leon did say Jaylan cheats. I knew he was making stuff up during our sleepover.

But the best part ending the day was when I got macaroni all to myself. It was soooo good no wonder Jordy is addicted. And don't tell Jaylan but I ate vegetables. I ate brown sugar baked carrots, green beans, and collard greens... lots and lots of 'em. The seasoning and flavor are just right compared to when Maxine cooks vegetables with not a hint of salt of any kind, just wilted weeds.

I giggle as my shoulders bounce of how he would have lost his mind if he knew I ate a vegetable.

Turning my head, I see the time and shut the Nursing Diagnosis book. I leave the pink highlighter in place, not to move my spot and start packing up to head home.

I'm actually glad today is Bubble Bath Day because my mind has been heavy, as a brick. It's definitely worth the relaxation and Big Dinosaur is actually excited too. I'm puzzled about that because I'm wondering how he is going to fit in the hotel bathtub.

I can only imagine him shirtless, sitting on the edge of the tub with just his feet soaking because he can't fit in there.

He can't help being so big.

Everything is big about him.

Warmth spreads across my cheeks, thinking still how I gave his magic stick a hand massage. Chills go up my spine on those last moments between us and I just really would like to pick up where we left off. Now that we are going to see each other soon.. I'e thought a lot about my flower... and even though I know I'm supposed to wait for marriage and supposed to do it with my husband...

I... Well... I love Jaylan and I trust him so much and... the feelings he took me to... I just want to feel it again and the closeness we had.

I don't know what kind of game I can come up with but hopefully it's something good.

I touch my face as it becomes burning hot now remembering as he watched me change into the dress of his choice. I can't believe he saw that in my organized closet, but it does stick out and the fact he wants me to wear my Quinceanera heels too... I have to start practicing walking in them again because I'll be giving my own instructions on interventions for a sprained ankle.

Gathering Jaylan's car keys and adjusting my backpack, I swipe the eraser pieces off the table when my attention is pulled to a familiar, almond brown skinned girl with long braids. This time she is talking to I guess her friend or, for her sake, somebody random.

I sheepishly turn my head as I walk out the study room and walk the opposite direction but end up running into a half built body.

"Oops, I'm so sorry," I fret, bending down and picking up a familiar nursing book.

My eyes meet ocean blue eyes and I step back because that's how close we are and I really don't want my hair caught in his zipper.

"It's... alright." Spencer softly laughs.

We remain quiet as we fix our postures. I push my glasses closer to my face as he observes my face. "I... uh... Are you d-done?" he stammers.

"I just got finished," I softly say, looking down and back up at him.

Awkward silence fills around us, more than the usual quiet in the library with light chatter from Law Students studying. And they say nursing students are noisy.

"Well... I'm sorry I was late... I had to pick something up from the athletic department... Did you get my text?" He twists his lips, rubbing the back of his neck.

Twisting my lip, I look down at my phone, which is on Do Not Disturb and swipe to see his text message.

"Oh, it was on do not disturb." I softly laugh, shaking my phone.

He nods and we look around everything but each other. "Look... uh Lizzie... I just wanted to tell you that, well, I'm an idiot.... And I'm sorry.. .very sorry... " His chest heaves finally.

Is that it? Just that he is sorry? I mean, he hasn't talked to me in like a month, avoided me like the plague, and all he says is he sorry? What about our 'nursing school 'till the end' pact when we both failed our first exam? He left me high and dry when I needed him the most and he says sorry in this weak tone.

"Spencer, you really hur-hurt me," I stutter.

"I know, I know.. Lizzie, I just.." He holds his head down low.

"If you know, why did you be-believe what you saw?" I hold my book bag tight.

"I didn't I just... I just knew I lost..." he admits.

"Lost what, Spencer?" I softly ask, observing his deflated shoulders and tucking in his lower lip.

"I lost you... I lost you to guys like Jaylan." He shakes his head then looks down.

What does he even mean?

"But what does that have to do with the photo?" I ask.

"It has everything to do with the photo, Lizzie," he stresses softly.

"I got my hair caught in his zipper, what did you think happened Spencer?" My voice sharpens.

He remains silent and glances at my phone, which is a photo of Jaylan and I at Hershey Park with the Hershey Kiss Mascot.

"You really believe I would do such a thing?" My voice croaks.

His head shakes quickly. "No Lizzie... No, I didn't believe I just knew after it... and how you bonded... I-" He reaches out for my hand but I back up.

I shake my head to cut him off to stop what he's saying. "So, you stop our friendship? When I needed you, when all of this was going on, you chose to believe like everyone else in this school?" My voice gets more shaky.

He rubs the back of his neck again and looks down. "I just didn't want to believe it but knowing how Jaylan is... I thought he may have manipulated you. And when he didn't show any remo-."

Furrowing my eyebrows, he sheepishly shrugs his shoulders. "You don't know anything about Jaylan, Spencer. And for you to say that disappoints me. You can't judge someone when you don't even know them and apparently you don't even know me." I grit my teeth.

"Look, Lizzie... I-"

"I imagined this conversation would be different between us but you will believe what you want to... I thought you were my friend Spencer." My vision blurs.

"Lizzie, I... geez... We are friends... I just... I just let my emotions get in the way." His voice sounds disappointed, like he is admitting defeat and I don't know why.

His emotions? But what about mine? What about Jaylan?

"If we were true friends, you would have known that was not my character and you would have known my intentions for Jaylan are always pure and still pure." I clear my voice.

He remains silent and sticks his hands in his scrubs' pockets.

"Jessica and I meet on Thursdays from four to six. Be here or I'm telling Professor Khan you didn't help at all," I say firmly.

He gives a nod and I turn away. Relief spreads across my chest as I stood up for myself once again but it's a shame I had to do it to one person I thought I could call my friend. I hear him faintly call my name but keep walking straight out of the library.

I rehearsed this moment in my mind over and over again, when Spencer finally approached me. We ended up having chocolate milk together and talking about Professor Khan's poor drawings during lecture lately but... it was the complete opposite. He left me disappointed...and hopeless that our friendship will never get back to what it was... but, if he was a true friend... then he would have stuck up for me.

Sighing, I walk out of the automatic doors of the library and lukewarm March air hits my face. I take a deep breath and start walking to Jaylan's car. When I get closer, I hear a familiar Chatty Cathy again from behind me. I speed up my pace, walking as I hear them talk about the latest party Ava threw and how trashy it was... Which is not surprising since she doesn't look like a party planner.

"She probably gets some event planner to do it who doesn't know the difference between Party City decorations and Walmart party decorations." I overhear, followed by loud giggles.

Stopping at Jaylan's car, I open the passenger side door and place my belongings in there. When I shut the door I made contact with Blabbermouth Bree. Her lips pull up into a smile and she observes me shutting Jaylan's car door.

"Get out... I knew I recognized you," her voice drags, waving at me. She walks over, checks me out again, and then Jaylan's car. "Forty-five minute walk girl, right?"

I nod softly and she lets out a chuckle. "Don't worry, I'm not a crazy Jaylan chaser."

I sink my teeth in my lip and cling on to Jaylan's keys. "D-did you need something?"

"No no no, it's good that you have some sort of transportation, finally, because you know how this campus is." She rolls her eyes and looks right directly behind me.

I turn to see Spencer getting into his car nearby. "Oh."

She tilts her head slightly to the side, like she is studying me but there is no judgmental look in her eyes. "You know... I thought Jaylan was just hypnotized by your ass that night we picked you up... But when he told me about you... and how he really felt... Granted, I was mad but he definitely was not lying about you being it for him."

I'm it for Jaylan? Wait, she definitely is manipulating me, probably getting back at me for Jaylan closing the door on their... friendship.

"He... he said that?" I stutter out.

"Yeah, right after I chewed him out." She chuckles, shaking her head. She swipes her braids to the side and leans on his car. "If you ask me... It's better you than his last choices... i.e., Ava... or Gabrielle.. You're... different. You really don't draw attention to yourself."

I push my glasses up and she snorts softly. "I just thought I would come to you, woman to woman... Say my peace.... No hard feelings and if Ava gives you problems, I got your back." She shrugs, looking at her long purple coffin nails.

"Thanks."

She nods and waves, goes back to her car, and gets in. I blink a few times and get into Jaylan's car. My shoulders are knotted with tension because I have no idea what that conversation was or means.

I seriously need a bubble bath.

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Lighting my last candle, I place the mango lighter on top of the counter. Mixtures of rose oil and hints of lavender that I've raided from Max's stash linger through Jaylan's bathroom. I dip my hand in the water, feeling the warm tingles in my skin that pulls a smile on my lips.

Ahhh, Bubble bath day..

I wish Jaylan would hurry up... I literally just mastered the perfect temperature twice. Geez.. I'm starting to sound like him.

Thankfully, Jordy was so gracious enough to allow me to use his bath tray to place my phone on and I can even have a glass of wine to add to it.

I'm still wondering how Jaylan is going to fit in the bathtub.

Grinning, his name appears, so I fix my silk white floral robe and cover my naked body. I swipe across and fix my posture. Jaylan's face appears, tired but shows his full, million dollar smile. It warms my face like I'm preheating an oven.

"Miss me?" He widens his grin.

I nod and sink my teeth in my lower lip. His eyes scan my robe, making my skin hot almost like he is trying to open it and peek through. "Your robe is very pretty, I like all the flowers on it." He sweetens his voice, even though the devil tail is wagging behind him happily and some soft organ piano is playing.

"I have a matching set too" I beam.

He gapes his mouth open in excitement in a teasing way and I give him his look. "I'm sure they are beautiful on you. Thanks for the bath bombs." He twirls the plastic gift bag filled with two green bath bombs that I packed for him.

"They smell like our candle." I smile and he pokes out his lip.

"Corny and I love it." He kisses the bag and I giggle. He lifts it to his nose and inhales playfully and lets out, "Ahhhhh, relaxing."

He props his phone by the sink and flings off his jersey. My mouth must have fallen all the way to the ground because I think he added two more abs.

Jaylan has been saying his workouts have increased since he has been in Indianapolis. But how can he can he be that toned that quickly? I must be staring too long because he shoots me a wink.

With my free hand, I cover my mouth after a squeak escapes and he laughs softly. "You like what you see?" he schmoozes, takes the phone, and travels me around the large hotel bathroom, which I figured he had to have since he and Jordy are both overly large.

"I'm not commenting on anything." I turn my nose.

He sucks his teeth. "Yeah right... look at me."

Shutting one eye, I look at him and his head above his shoulders is so big right now. "Jaylan, do we need to talk about humility?"

"I'm always humble." He laughs

Furrowing my brows, he furrows his. "You getting innnnn?' he teases.

I sink my teeth in my lip as he props his phone back into a really nice space. I dip my hand into the bathtub... Yeah, I better get in before I have to do this process all over again and he is going to be one cranky boyfriend.

"Okay, close your eyes," I say softly, placing the phone in the prop stand on Jordy's bath tray.

Jaylan playfully covers them with one peek in between his fingers. I sink my teeth in my lower lip, untie my robe, and drop it to the floor. I step in and warmth flows up to my body and I sit right in, puffing a few bubble mounds around me. I let out a relaxed sigh and Jaylan is fully looking.

"It feels so good," I moan and throw my head back, shimming down as the bubbles cover me up. The bubbles are covering my mangoes and I take a scoop and blow it to my phone.

"How much soap you got in there?" Jaylan inspects and I giggle.

"The more bubbles, the better," I tease, playing with the bubbles.

He playfully presses his lips as his eyes remain darkening on me. Showing him my yellow duck, he cackles and throws his head back. "Does it squeak like you?"

Furrowing my brows I squeeze the duck and he laughs more.

"Close your eyessss," he teases.

I cover my eyes as I hear him rustle around and some splashes make me peek and get a full view of his perfect, round conga drum.

"Hey, I said no peeking. I'm adding a star." He laughs and I shut my eyes again.

I need to find a new behavior system because he is abusing it.

I giggle and sink my teeth in my lower lip but wait until his water splashing sounds quiet. "Okay, you can open them."

He has his back against the wall and half his body submerged in water. He smiles as opens the bag of bath bombs and drops one in like a little kid.

"It's green, how did you do that?" He laughs, amazed while watching the bubbles swirl around him.

"A secret I will never tell." I turn my fingers and zip my lips.

He arches his brow at me and points at the camera with his long finger, giving me a flashback of Candy Land for a second. A flutter of tingles appears in my belly as the butterflies preheat their oven.

"Ahhh, I'm glad this is an actual day... This feels good," he says, shimming in the tub. I giggle watching his shoulders move back and forth.

"How do you fit in there?" I cover my hands over my mouth.

"Just perfectly," he teases and flips the camera around, wiggling his toes under water. He flips the camera back facing him again, wiggling his brows now. "Bet you were wondering that allll day now, huh?" he smirks cockily.

Covering my mouth, I giggle and he lets out a soft laugh. Silence fills around us as the spa music I found on Spotify fills in the background. This moment almost reminds me of when we would be alone in his room.

"I know I say this all the time babe but I really do miss you." His brown eyes lighten.

My cheeks warm up at his confession and he licks his lower lip.

"I miss you too, Jaylan," I say softly, observing his face and his handcrafted jawline being rubbed by his hand and getting bubbles in his beard.

I giggle, swirling my fingers in the soap.

"What did you end up doing today? Still packing?" he teases.

"You know me so well but you are wrong, I studied today and worked on my group project," I correct.

"Of course." He winks

I hum romantically and he hums playfully. We share a gaze with each other dancing our eyes observing each other's faces. Jaylan's eyes darken and his eyes trace down from my neck and shoulder to where I disappear under the water. The longer he looks at me, the water around me feels warmer and my entire face flushes.

We haven't been this intimate since we took a shower together. The mental reminder of water streaming over his broad chest and muscles sends a few pulses of warm tingles between my thighs and I press my knees together against it.

"Time for bubble bath and conversation," he teases in my voice, sounding like a preschooler.

"Okay. I'll go first." I beam.

He playfully presses his lips and adjusts himself in the bathtub where his arms rest on the edges of the bathtub. I take a sip of my wine and Jaylan gasps, being silly. "Whatttt?"

"I've never seen you free drink like that."

"There are a lot of things you've never seen me do," I tease but regret it because the smoke rises and bats fly around him to play. I couldn't help but giggle and dip myself lower in the bathtub because I feel like he could just jump out of the facetime screen.

"Lizzie, that earned you a star on your chart." He waves it into view and I gasp as he gets it wet a bit.

"Jaylannn." Giggles erupt out my mouth.

"See... Now you know how it feels," he teases.

We both smile at each other and he flashes more of his teeth, making my face burn a bit. "Alright, beautiful. First question of Bubble Bath Day.... Did you have any vegetables today?" he teases.

Furrowing my eyebrows, I reach for a piece of dove chocolate and unwrap it. He laughs, the sound echoing through the bathroom almost like he's here.

"For your information I did, I got Esquites from work because I helped Ramon cut veggies for the restaurant this morning." I beam.

I know Jaylan told me not to even think about paying him back for the airplane ticket but I'm working in general because, well... I need to add to my savings so when I do hear something about my green card and Mateo's school situation is set, I can start looking for all three of us.

"What is Essquites?" he struggles to say and I giggle.

"It's corn stew, like Elote but in a cup... It has cream, mayonnaise, paprika," I explain and Jaylan arches his brow.

"Should I know what Elote is?"

I gasp, holding my hand over my chest and making Jaylan smugly grin because he could probably see my mangoes, not like hasn't seen them before. "Oh Jaylan, we are just going to have to find an authentic Mexican restaurant when we get up there."

"So, basically you ate a starchy vegetable," he arches his brow.

"A yummy starchy vegetable" I correct. He chuckles and shakes his head at me and cracks a smile at me. "Okay, Clifford... Oops I mean, Jaylan."

Bouncing my shoulders at my slip up, Jaylan arches his brow. "What did you call me, Raspberry Lover?" He cracks a smile.

"Clifford the Big Red Dog," I sheepishly admit.

He sucks his teeth but with a smile. "What were you going to say?"

"Oh, what are three good things that happened to you today?"

His hand rubs over his bubble-coated chin. "Alright, let see, I got to sleep in, got this banging kale and apple smoothie with Hollis... and taking a virtual bath with my very sexy girlfriend." I can't decide if I want to crinkle my nose or smile. He is confessing what he feels and all the nerves in my face are not sure how to neurologically respond.

The mention of Stephen drops the smile from my face and my eyes fall down to the smaller amount of bubbles surrounding me. I thread my fingers through them and softly offer, "Lexi's plane was delayed twice today."

He nods slowly. "Yeah, there's a wintry mix here right now so I'm sure she's probably ready to go home."

I twist my lips to the side. "I hope things get better for them."

He sighs and slips down in the bathtub a bit. "Me too, I know, but they both will pull through."

Jaylan having the same optimism I feel encourages me to ask, "Do you think they'll get back together?" I move my eyes back and forth at him.

He rubs his lips together and touches it, showing his thumb. "Knowing Hollis, even though he is hurting right now... his heart is for one woman only and that's Alexis."

His answer relaxes my shoulders and even though I feel awful for Stephen, I am also a lot more comfortable talking to Lexi about it when she gets home.

"What about you, Fruit Bat?"

I grunt at yet another name on his endless list and he softly laughs and shakes his head at me. "Okay... let's see, I worked more on my project, painted my nails, and talked to my cute boyfriend," I squeak at the end.

His lips pull up in a smile and he shoots me a wink. I dip my chin down and slide into the bathtub more to avoid his gaze.

"What inspired you most today?" I begin.

Jaylan playfully taps his chin, getting some bubbles in his beard and I giggle, sinking my lower lip in my teeth. I wish I could have put them on his beard. I would make him look like Santa Clause by now. "Good question, Gummy Bear Bandit, but I would say the one thing that inspired me today would probably be when Coach took us to pick up trash downtown Indianapolis... It was inspiring because it wasn't in our own town and Coach said that in life, we must learn to humble ourselves in new environments after we graduate...It was honestly very eye-opening," he says, sounding truly humbled.

Warmth spread across my chest at how Coach T always gives his players the best advice, not only in basketball but through life.

"What about you, Squeaker, anything inspire you today?" He shifts in the water, sloshing around like a sea monster.

Furrowing my eyebrows, I think back if anything truly inspired me today but I guess maybe going to a new coffee place around the way with Jessica. Would adventures count? "I would say going to Caffeinated inspired me today."

"What's that?"

"It's a new coffee shop they built on Terrapin Drive."

"Ahh, so adventure inspired you today...I like doing that too.. Good adventures bring new opportunities."

"Okay, I got one. Hmm... What frustrated you today?" He blows the bubbles at me like a kiss.

I giggle softly and my mind immediately goes to Spencer and Lexi but I think Spencer outweighs more than Lexi.

Twisting my lips, I grab the floating rubber duck, squeezing it a bit. "I.. well... There's a lot that frustrated me today..." I say softly.

Concern washes over his face, drawing his eyebrows together. "Like what?"

"Well... Jessica and I have been working on a group project and Spencer and Carly really haven't picked up their share of work."

Jaylan's head shakes a few times. "I hate group projects mainly because of that...I'm sorry, Lizzie."

"I... well.. Spencer tried but... he was late at the timeframe I asked them to come. Once he didn't come at all and today he came late... He apologized about not talking to me and... It wasn't a really good apology and it left me frustrated," I admit, moving my legs in the water.

He lets out a sigh and focuses his attention on me. "Lizzie, sometimes guys are just idiots... I'm one of them and if he doesn't realize how special you are then that's on him. He isn't worth your time and I'm not saying this to be an ass but I'm saying it because whatever he said to you... Shouldn't have made you feel frustrated," he stresses out with his brown eyes.

I knew his kind... well, his kind words, come from his blue whale-sized heart. "Thanks Jaylan." I let out a half smile.

"I'm sorry that happened to you Lizzie, you deserve good friends." His hearty words pick up my heart, which has been aching all day.

I love him.

"Did anything frustrate you?" I toss back.

"Surprisingly, no but I don't want to jinx it.' He laughs a bit.

I begin to shiver and move my legs because the water begins to become cold. "I better get out before I turn into a prune." I giggle.

"Yeah, I agree." He splashes his water like a dolphin.

I can only imagine the waves he makes with his body. We are going to have to talk about bath etiquette when I come to see him. I shake my head, reach down for the plug, and unplug the drain.

"Hold on, Jaylan."

We both exit out of the tub and I dry off, slip my robe back on, and go back into Jaylan's room. I prop my phone up on his dresser and put him back on facetime. "Oh, thank God. I thought the drain got you."

Furrowing my brows with a smile, I went to reach for the matching pajamas I fold on top. I feel Jaylan's eyes through the facetime. "So beautiful," he rasp.

My skin grows hot, like he is about to come into the facetime screen, lay me on the bed, and...

At the tingles and warmth that grows between my legs, I softly press my thighs together, thinking of all the things he is probably thinking. I grab the tank and sink my teeth in my lower lip.

"Hey wait, did that Amazon package come in?"

"It did," I say, holding onto my tank.

"Go ahead and open it,' he encourages me with a smirk.

I shift my eyes to the flat box and smile at him. I take the box and sit on the bed, peel the tape off, and open the box. My eyes laser focus on the most disgusting thing I could ever set my eyes on. His cackles roam through his bedroom and I slant my eyes at seeing the hideous excuse of pajamas.

"You like them?" he husks with an arrogant grin.

Lifting up the assorted vegetable pajama shirt, his smile widens.

"Happy Veggie Monthhhhh," he cheers.

Of course he would recognize that instead of Dolphin Awareness or Save Your Vision month.

I grunt at him and, just to get him back, I slowly pull off my robe off my shoulders and turn my back to him. He chokes on his spit and I look over my shoulder to see him straighten up. I take the ugly top and put it on with a hard yank over my shoulders. At least it's like two sizes big so my mangoes have some breathing room and I technically don't need to wear the equally tacky shorts.

Jaylan clears his throat like a good boy but my slanted eyes don't buy it. I walk over to my overnight bag and slip on some panties and put on the ugly shorts. I plop on the bed and Jaylan's grinning like he won a million dollars.

"Go ahead, laugh it up," I encourage.

He screenshots me and throws his head back in laughter.

Warmth spreads across my chest as I furrow my eyebrows at him with a smile. I remember what Charles Dickens once said, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

I love Jaylan. 

Edited and spiced by still_just_me 

Please be sure to check out her featured stories on Wattpad and my personal favorite It's Just Phone Sex!

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We are wrapping up with being far apart this these past couple of chapters have been hard with our two love birds apart, but distance makes the heart grow founder, right?

Good night :)