"You sure you don't want to tak-"
"Zachary. Don't you start your shit with me" Fatima says as she reorganized her suitcase.
"One more won't hurt" He says and Fatima's Hermes sandal went flying in his direction.
"I'm playing don't throw the other one" he said with his hand up shielding him as Fatima stood ready to throw the other sandal
"Get it out of your head." Fatima says putting the sandal down
"Now give me my damn shoe" she says and he reached down to grab it from the floor where it landed
"I thought you learned to stop throwing shit" she says walking over to her, kissing her neck from behind. She swatted him way as her slapped her ass before running away
"Keep playing with me" she warned
"Ard cool out I'll chill" he says as he sat on the couch in the villa
"Did you enjoy your birthday?" Fatima ask as she zipped one compartment of the suitcase
"Did I?!!" Zac ask excitedly and Fatima shook her head smiling
"I had the time of my life, with my wife" he winked and she laughed
"You see what I did there?" He ask "So corny" she says as she walked by him grabbing her jewelry bag from the table
"Naw but seriously. I had a good ass time. Thanks gorgeous" he says watching her
"I'm glad you had a good time. Now we have to go back to reality" she says
"Speaking of reality...." Zac says hesitantly starting. His silence caught Fatima's attention and made her turn around to see what the hold up was
"What about it?" She ask
"Was this a step in the right direction? Like can we keep going in this direction?" He ask
"I would like for that to be the case. You think I want to be distant from you?" Fatima ask
"I know you don't and neither do I but this trip, the time with just us was different. It made me feel- well how did it make you feel?" He interrupted himself and ask her
"How did it make me feel?" Fatima ask she continued to finish packing. Zac realized she tried to make busy in that moment instead of giving full focus to the question.
He stood from his seated position, walked over to her and grabbed her arm. She looked down at his hand and her eyes slowly traveled to meet his.
"Stop doing that" he says "Tell me how you feel" he says
"I feel fine Zac" Fatima says
"Fatima" he says
"Yes Zac" she answers
"Seriously. Tell me how you feel, stop trying to give me short answers that you know aren't the truth" he tells her and she exhaled. He watched her body as the air released from it and she looked over to a corner of the room. Moments passed before she spoke.
"I loved everything about the trip but Zac I don't want this to be a situation where we take this one good moment and forget that we still have shit to deal with in our relationship" she says
"I'm not. I know the slate isn't clean and we still have work to do. I know this T." He says
"I just" she started and let out a breath "You want it to be all good." Zac says "I know. We're working on it. We promised to do that" Zac says grabbing her chin
