Tomorrowland was Minerva's dream. Her journey into this magical world will lead her to a person. A person that she couldn't even think to be lucky enough to meet.
I get out of the pool, water dripping on the ground all around me. I wrap myself in one of my towels and dry for a few minutes at the sun, before getting back to my room. It's 1:30 pm and I am actually really hungry since I didn't have breakfast.
Having another shower to get off chlorine from my skin and drying again, I phone my manager to ask if they wanted to eat with me.
"Watse.... Hey. Did you eat already?"
'Yes I do, I was wondering why you still hadn't eaten anything today'
"I missed the breakfast time, anyway I'm now going downstairs to have lunch"
'Ok, by the way I'm going to meet up with a person in a few minutes, I won't be at the hotel'
"Ok... See you"
So, apparently I will eat all alone if Charelle doesn't come to eat with me.
I decide to call her. "Baby, are you still at the beach? "
'No, I'm in the city center to have an ice cream with the girls'
"Oh, just making sure you are safe!"
'OK. I love you booooo'
"Love you. See you soon"
OK, I'll be alone.
I don't want to eat alone.... Ok I'll skip lunch too. But I'm hungry! Meeeehhhhhh!
I'll be going to the restaurant to get only a salad and some fruit to eat at the pool then!
First of all, I need to dress myself up. As underwear, plain black boxers are just fine. Then I choose to wear a pair of black jeans with a white t-shirt. Flip flops on my feet and I'm ready to go!
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Taking my room lock card, phone and wallet, I leave my hotel room and catch the elevator to the ground floor, where the restaurant is. Luckily nobody stopped the elevator ride and I am at the restaurant in a few seconds.
Today the buffet is full of everything you can imagine to eat, but I'll only have a salad, as I said.
Let's pretend I'm on a diet.
I choose to have a salad with basically everything that is fresh and has a nice taste to me. So everything except tomatoes. I hate tomatoes, apart when they are boiled, reduced to a sauce and spread on pizza.
I seat at an outdoor table, beneath a sun shade panel that protects my head from the hot sun.
The temperature is so nice today.... I think I'll go to the beach and leave work for one day.
Eating I remember that I promised the girls to have a dinner with me at my place. I wonder when I'll have the time to do so.
Maybe after ADE.
Omg I have a lot of things to do and not so much time.
I wonder if it's a good idea to have the rest of the day to relax.
..….....……..……. Later
It's 5 pm, the sun is much less hotter than before and I can work on my tan without any sunscreen. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.
All at once the sun that penetrated through my sunglasses disappears. Someone's shade is covering my eyes.
I open my eyes, almost blinded by the sun, only to see Charelle standing next to me.
"Babe! You're back" I say, happy to finally have someone to talk to.
"Sorry, I left you alone all day...."
"Don't worry, it was actually a good afternoon"
She sits on my sunbed and places an hand on my stomach.
"Why don't you have a beer belly today?"
"I skipped breakfast and had only a salad today. I'm basically empty"
"Uh? Are you sure you are OK?"
"Oh yes..... Haha. Anyway I want pizza this evening"
"Ok, I'd love to have it too. But I was wondering.... Why are you sunbathing in jeans? Don't you have a swimsuit? "
"Oh I was at the restaurant before, and I didn't want to go up to our room to change. So here I am"
"Ohh. I see. Anyway I'm going to have a shower....I hate to have sand in my hair"
"OK dear, I'll be in our room in half an hour or so"
"Ok, by the way you should lower your pants if you don't want you tan line to be visible"
Charelle leans in for a kiss and then walks away from me.
Accepting her suggestion I lower the waistband to my hips, noticing that today I had a perfect body and no one saw it. Damn!
It's cool to be alone sometimes. You realize what a life you have only when you are living in a normal one. Well, staying at a 5 stars hotel isn't for anyone, but...
.... But sleeping in the middle of a tents camp without any comfort with a bunch of guys is.
I want to go back to that weekend. It's already been two weeks, so that means I'll get to see Minerva in 15 days.
I can't hide that I miss her. Charelle seems to understand who she is to me, and I actually think she approves the fact that I have a female best friend.
I just want to tell people that believe there can't be male-females friendships.... You are wrong.
I can love a girl as a girlfriend and another as a best friend. That's different.
When I'm with Charelle, I feel butterflies in my stomach. With Minerva I felt freedom.
And a fucking hard on but.... Nevermind.
It's almost 6 pm when I get back to our room, Charelle is drying her hair sitting on the bed.
It looks like a throwback...
"Are we having pizza here at the hotel or..?" she asks me.
"You know what? Dress up fancy. We are going to go on a date. It has been forever"
"For real? You are so romantic..."
"Yes, for real."
Charelle is enthusiastic about this and is choosing her dress for the night.
I decided to wear a pair of black pants with a white shirt and a jacket.
"Oh my gosh Martijn you are so cute..... My boyfriend is adorable, damn"
