Martijn POV

We decided to go slow with this, so tonight we just had some private time but no sex.

"I can't believe we actually got here..." she says laughing and massaging my lower stomach.

"Don't tell me that you are regretting all of this...."

"Nooo, of course not" she says looking at me and lowering her hand right there.

I actually have everything on, but my pants are fully unbuttoned and now I don't think that I will be able to fit in them soon.

"Nice. But please take your hand off of it.... I need to get in my jeans"

"What if now I run away with your phone???" she says, referring to that time in Boom, in my hotel room, when she made me run to the pool.

"Oh, I will just wait until you come back home. I'm not running around with my pants unbuttoned"

"What if someone kidnaps me???"

"Oh, they will carry you back home, because you are such a pain in the ass" I say nudging her with my elbow.

She has a fake offended face that's just adorable and pretends to be mad at me getting out of bed.

Smiling and shaking my head I get up too and follow her to the kitchen, where she is sitting on the counter drinking a glass of water.

"Hey...." I greet her keeping some distance.

She smiles and offers me some water, which I accept because my throat is quite dry.

"Why so silent?" I ask her.

"Oh nothing, really"

"Great. Because, as you know, I would feel really bad knowing that you did that just to make me happy"

She scrolls her head and keeps sitting, arms crossed, on the marble kitchen counter.

She lied. There's something bothering her.
It's amazing how she can give away her feelings this easily.

"Come on, what's wrong darling?" I ask her caressing her arm.

Sighing, she answers
"I'm wondering if we can stay friends for real if we will keep doing this"

"Why are you thinking so?"

"Because last time I made something like this it ended with the other boy waddling around another girl and me in tears.
He only used me for sex"

"Peter?"

"No, another 'friend' I had" she answers starting to cry.

She is looking for comfort in my arms and I gently squeeze her in an hug.
She apparently had such a shitty love life....

"I don't know what to say dear. You are really lucky with boyfriends, aren't you??? "

"Yeah..... Lucky. Now I know why I got this attached to you, I've been trying to figure it out for quite some time.
You are the only one that I wasn't expecting to stay"

Oh... I wasn't ready for this conversation.

"Do you want to tell me about it? You always listened to me when I was in need, now I am ready to listen to you"

She wipes her tears away with kitchen paper and throws it into the bin.

"Ughh. Yes, I guess I need to talk with you about me and my past life"

"I have an idea. Are you in the mood for a walk around the park?"

She smiles and nods, getting off the kitchen counter and going to the bathroom.

While waiting for her to do her business, I walk to her room to put on a t-shirt and the leather suede jacket I bought today.

As of my pants, I managed to get the fly to close with some struggles.
This girl is damn good.
I buckle up my belt, put on shoes, grab my wallet and phone, ready to go out.

Minerva is ready too. She apparently put on a little make up and is choosing a jacket to wear with her sexy dress and high heels.

"Are you sure that you won't be cold?"

"Hell.... Yeah you are right...."

"Put on some jeans and a nice top, you are gorgeous anyway" I suggest.

"Ok, and.... Thank you for everything you do to make me feel better" she says smiling at me and entering her closet room.

She chooses to wear a black crop top and black jeans, along with some jewelry and high heels. She also puts on her shoulders a leather jacket, which is really similar to the one I'm wearing right now.

"Do you mind me wearing the same jacket as you?"

"No, I love when you dress like me"

She lightly smiles and fills a purse with her wallet and phone.

We are ready, so we head out of the apartment and down the building, reaching the outside.
We walk towards the park, which is just at the end of the street, and start chatting.

"So..... Tell me about your love life"

"Yes. I've never been lucky with this, as you probably know.

So, back to the boy we were talking about....

We were friends, really good friends. One night we got half drunk, it was a party on the beach by the way, and we ended up kissing.

Some days passed, and he finally found the courage to talk to me about what happened. Too bad that the same day we ended up in bed and.... We didn't do anything to stop this situation.

Some months passed. We kept having our things while we were actually friends, but I think I loved him after all that time together.

And the day I told him that he was more than a friend for me, do you know what he told me???

Hey.... Hahaha. I already have a girlfriend "

Ewww, girl. I don't know if I was ready for this story but, it will help me to avoid stupid things.

"You were the third wheel actually"

"Yes I was. And, like I said before, I got attached that easily to you because you weren't supposed to stay, but here you are. To be honest, the first day we met, I couldn't believe that you actually took the time to look for me into the camping"

Awwww. Good times.

"And I seriously thought that when you left the camping at 6 in the morning we were never going to see you again.

But then you phoned me and..... I understood that you were different"