Heartbreak Summer.

Eden I'm sitting on the couch in our villa with my legs tucked under me as I watch my best friend dance on the screen of my phone. I'm currently on vacation in Bali with my parents and we landed an hour ago, the minute I was settled in I immediately called Liliana so she could show me her dance that she's been working on. She was initially supposed to come with us on vacation, like she always do but she wanted to stay and work on her dance for her competition that's happening after summer. "How does it look so far?" She asks when she's done "So far so good. You'll be amazing" And she will. She has this habit of overthinking things or panicking easily when in the end everything always works out. For everyone. She smiles "Thanks, Ed" she drinks from her pink water bottle before saying "You should go have fun, spend time with your parents and sunbathe" I groan and she laughs "Go on, I'll talk to you later. Love you" "I love you too, bye bye" We hang up and I check the activity list on my phone that I planned to do with Liliana but now have to do on my own, I hear footsteps and voices and look up to see my mom and dad with towels and swimming clothes on I raised an eyebrow "You guys are not gonna take a little rest first?" Mom waves her hand dismissively "We rested on the plane" Dad nods in agreement "Come join us, Eden" "Right" I stand up from the couch "You guys go so long, I'll change and be there in a few minutes" "Alright" dad puts a hand on my mom's back and they head out. I move to the balcony to see if I can see them and smile to myself when I see them walking to the beach hand in hand. Over the years Liliana and I would always watch the way they loved each other, so openly and without shame. I've never really given love much thought because I'm 20, but if I were to fall in love I hope it would be like theirs. I walk to the room that's mine for the time being before changing into my favourite black and white bikini, brushing my red hair and grabbing my diary. Liliana and I have this tradition where at the start of vacation we wrote down something we really want to do and at the end of the vacation, we'd see if we accomplished it. We always wrote simple things like "Sneak out and go night swimming" or "get drunk without anyone noticing" but right now I feel like adding something different. Meet someone and have a summer fling. I close my diary, tuck it away and grab my sunglasses and towel before heading down to the beach. Let summer begin.