The music played loudly on the speakers and all of them had another round at the bong, except Alex and Eden, she thought one time was enough. Eden hung out with everyone, mostly talking to Leo, Alex, and Georgia since they were the only English speakers. Leo couldn’t stop gushing over how beautiful Eden’s voice is, and Georgia kept trying to flirt with her, to which Eden was more open now. She entertained the idea of hooking up with Georgia in her mind. Since nothing held her back from experiencing anything anymore, she was more open to some ideas now. She owed no loyalty to Bennett since he clearly had already moved on. But before she did anything, she wanted to make sure herself. She excused herself from the living room and walked out the sliding door towards the pool. It was already 6:30 PM, so the sunlight had almost vanished. She could hear crickets chirping from the bushes on the side of the pavement. There was a lawn chair where Eden sat and pulled out her phone from her pocke
While the girls were walking upstairs to get ready in Charlotte’s room, the boys stayed in the living room since they didn’t care about changing or getting ready. Charlotte and Marina walked together first, and Georgia and Eden walked behind them. All of a sudden, Georgia stopped Eden on the steps until Charlotte and Marina were out of the earshot. Georgia watched as they disappeared into Charlotte’s bedroom. Eden turned to Georgia, looking for an explanation. “See, Lily,” Georgia took a deep breath and said. “I know Marina hasn’t been the nicest to you, has she?”Eden looked confused about how Georgia knew. “Yeah, she hasn’t been rude either, but I get a feeling she doesn’t like me. But why do you ask?”“The thing is, Marina e Alex have an on and off relationship, I can’t explain. “È complicato,” said Georgia. “But she don’t like it when Alex gets closer with another woman that is not me or Charlotte. And since you Americana, and Alex also Americano, I think she get more insecure b
Georgia, Eden, Charlotte, and Marina walked down the stairs, ready to leave for the party. “Le mie adorabili signore!” Leo exclaimed as he saw them coming downstairs. “Gorgeous, all of you.”Charlotte and Marina rolled their eyes almost at the same time and walked away from him, while Georgia made a little run toward Leo and kissed him. Half of Eden felt jealous of Georgia, and the other half felt jealous of Leo. She admitted to herself that she was attracted to both Georgia and Leo. But she knew it would be wrong to act on it since Leo and Georgia could also possibly have a complicated relationship like Marina and Alex. What she didn’t understand was Leo and Georgia so freely flirting with her even in each other’s company. It seemed like they had a pact to have fun with each other and with other people too. Dante and Jimmy seemed sober now, and ready to leave. Alex was standing near the edge of the couch, looking at Marina, and he looked disturbed. He walked over to Marina and aske
In about 15 minutes, Eden was at the club where the party was. She finally got out of the car and rubbed her butt which was sore from sitting in an awkward and uncomfortable position for a long time. She stretched her back and looked around. There was a very long outside the club, people really wanted to get in. Loud music with heavy bass was thumping from inside, the song Stereo Love’s remix version playing on full volume. Eden smiled at the song. She had always thought that going to a club in Italy with this song playing was one of the top things she wanted to experience. Georgia and Leo walked up to her and gestured for her to walk with them ahead. Dante and Jimmy had also joined them. Eden looked at them in confusion. The line ended way far behind, but they were walking straight ahead to the entrance. The music got louder and louder as they got closer to the club.Eden turned to Leo, and quietly asked, “Do we have a source here?”Leo smiled and gestured towards Charlotte, and s
Georgia clutched Eden’s waist harder and pulled her closer to herself, deepening the kiss. Though Eden was enjoying every moment and feeling good about it all, she knew in the back of her mind that this was neither serious for her, nor for Georgia. When she saw the relationship between Georgia and Leo, she knew that Georgia was not the type of person to hold intense feelings, get emotionally attached, or be jealous. She was carefree, just living to enjoy every moment of her life, and that’s what Eden loved about her. She saw herself being free like her someday, even if it meant lying and pretending to the world for half a decade, she knew she wanted to be like her. Maybe a bit less liberal with her choice of lovers, but at least free from the clutches of society. Georgia pulled away from Eden and smirked at her, and whispered in her ear, “Knew you’d break for me.”Eden smirked back at her, “What makes you think I didn’t want to?” This was Eden’s first experience with another girl
Eden thought she would have been surprised any normal day about Georgia’s approval over the whole situation, given her’s and Leo’s history. But she knew that it was nothing serious between them, they just had fun with each other, and apparently other people together too. Eden danced with both Leo and Georgia, having fun and laughing together. She was truly happy after a very long time, and she didn’t want to let go of the feeling. After they got tired, they went back to the bar counter where Dante and Jimmy were smoking cigarettes and drinking scotch but Charlotte was nowhere to be seen. In a far corner of the sitting lounge, Marina and Alex were wildly making out with each other. Eden did not take Alex for the guy who would be so open and okay with doing this in public. I guess alcohol makes you do crazy things, Eden thought, as she went to the bar to get something to drink. Leo and Georgia sat on each side of her and ordered their own drinks. Eden was too tired to get up to go and
“No! No I want to stay. It’s alright I am okay,” Eden pleaded. She thought that she had just thrown up. She only needed to get fresh, get back to the party, and live the night as much as possible. Enough to forget about Bennett for some time. “My beautiful Lily, please try to understand, you are not okay,” Leo insisted. Eden got up and moved back to the sink to wash up. She rinsed her mouth and washed her face, wiping it off with a paper towel. The sound of muffled music could be heard in the bathroom, it rose and fell every time someone came in or left. She felt dizzy but she was not ready to go away from the party. She wanted to go back to the bar, have a round of shots, and get back on the dance floor. Leo was quiet all of a sudden. Eden turned to look at him and saw that he was staring at her cheek. Oh shit, the bruise, Eden thought, as she tried to cover it up with her hair. “Did your husband do this?” asked Leo, clearly upset.Eden thought there was no point in hiding it fro
Eden woke up the next day, feeling a sharp twinge of pain in her head. The sound of her phone’s alarm blared through the room, making her headache even worse. She reached for her phone and saw with blurry eyes what it said. It was 5 AM. Oh shit, she thought. She had to go to the airport and pick up Grace from the airport in 3 hours. It would alone take 1 and a half hours to travel back to Florence. She was in no position to even get up and make it to the bathroom. She opened Grace’s and hers chat, and dropped a voice message, saying with a groggy voice, “Hey Gracey, I am like super wasted. Can you go ahead and get a hotel or do something, I’ll get to you later today. Sorry.”After hitting send on the voice message, she sat up to see she was in an unfamiliar room. Before she could think of anything, she felt like the bed was calling to her like a magnet. She fell back on the pillow and went to sleep again. ---------------------------------------------------Eden woke up, once again, t