"Uhmmmm, Zac" I murmured as I hugged him. My head's aching but feeling him beside me is a relief. As I draw my closer to him, I realized that his thinner. Is this really him? Then everything inside my head flashed back. I'm in the club celebrating Jessica's birthday and last thing I remembered is that I was apologizing to Bill. Then what happened next? So I immediately opened my eyes and saw Bill's look beside me. I immediately pulled my hands off from hugging him. "I'm so sorry Bill I thought you were, ahw!" then my head hurts more when I suddenly made a move. "It's okay. You thought I was Zac. I heard everything" he said smiling. "I'm really sorry but I really need some pain reliever" I asked him. "Of course" then he immediately got up from the bed. I noticed that he's in his sleeping outfit while I'm still in my dress. Seconds later, he's back with a glass of water with some pain relievers. I immediately take the medicine up. "So what really happened last night?" I asked him immediately as I finished. "You see you were super drunk last night" he started then I interrupted "Yes, I was drunk and talked to you and apologized". "Exactly" he pointed. "Next?" I questioned. "So you were drunk. And then Jessica told us earlier before you came that we'll all stay at her villa" he added. "Wait, what? We're at her villa? What about my things?" I asked peeping at the window as I realized that I'm in another place. "When you got to the club, she maybe sends someone to go to your hotel and get your things. Before her birthday, she practically begged us to stay with her until January so that we'll celebrate Christmas and New Year together" Bill explained. "No, it can't be. I've got a lot of things to do. I have this deadline this December 10. Then I'm going to Milan for Burberry's show. I've got to be there" I told him. "It's still the 1st of December. You have 9 more days to go. And you can always come back here" he said. "But, what about other things? How can I tell mom about this? How about Christmas? My vacation?" I asked him worriedly. "Woohw! Stop worrying. Jessica already talked to your mom that you'll be staying here for 6 weeks and she agreed. I heard that all of your work will be passed through mail" he said. Oh my god! I can't believe I'm staying here with them for Christmas! How about our vacation in Paris? How am I going to tell Zac about this? This is nuts! I have to talk to Jess. "Where is Jessica? I have to talk to her" I demanded. Then Bill told me where her room is and I immediately went there. I knocked three times and luckily it opened to reveal the shirtless Tom. "What?" he asked groggily. "I'm sorry, I thought it's Jess' room" I told him quite intimidated to look at him. Tom really changed. "Her room's there!" he said pointing to the room across his'. "Right!" I told him as he closed the door to probably sleep again. "Jess!" I shouted almost banging the door. Luckily, it opened so fast and revealed Jessica with her robe on. "You wake up early now?" I asked her. "Yes, is that all?" she asked. "Uhmm, no. Tell me about this entire plan? I really don't get it" I asked her. "Okay, we'll discuss this later at lunch so that you can wash yourself to have a clearer mind. Okay?" then she shut her door to my face. I can't believe they set me up. What am I going to do? I can't live here. I have my life in LA. So I went back to my room and saw Bill fixing the bed. "Oh I forgot to tell you this isn't your room" he told me. "Then why did I sleep here? And why am I sleeping beside you by the way? Is this part of the major plan too?" I asked him quite horrified. He laughed at the sight of me horrified. "Don't worry, nothing happened. You see you were drunk and Tom carried you here because he thought it's your room. Then when I got here, I didn't know I was sleeping with you until this morning when you hugged my back" he explained. I was quite shy of what had happened. "I'm sorry about that. I'm just used of hugging Zac's back, back there" I explained quite guilty. Then his expression changed. I didn't know why but it somehow changed. So I quickly changed the subject, "So where's my room?" I asked. "Across mine, and your things are already there I believe" he informed. I immediately head towards the door to not feel any awkwardness. I can't believe I'm spending Christmas and New Year with them. It's not that I despise them but, maybe I'm still afraid. But why am I afraid? Oh my gosh! This is making me insane! And why did I feel guilt back there? What's that suppose to mean? I'm losing my mind now! "Just calm down! Everything going to be fine!" I told myself as I sat at the end of the queen sized bed. I grabbed my phone in my purse and dialed my mom. I really don't care if I'm bothering her but I really need to talk to her sleep. The phone immediately rang and she immediately answered it. "Mom, it's late. Why are still awake?" I told her just after as soon as I heard her speak. It's 10:32 in the morning here so probably it is past 12 am there. "It's because I've got this client and I need to satisfy her darling that's why I'm still working" she answered. "I see. Is dad still working too?" I queried again, checking my parents as if I'm their mother. "Yes, honey and he's in his office. Do you want to talk to him?" she replied. "No not really. I specifically called to talk about something" I told her giving her some hint of what I really want to talk about. "Is this about Jessica?" she asked. I know she would get this. "Yes mom. You know that I have my work and I just can't stay here just like that. You should've told me to what's going on. I felt stupid after knowing about this some kind of big reunion" I explained to her. "You know what Jamie, you needn't to worry about work. Remember, I'm still your boss and Jessica pleaded. I can't turn down her. And besides, it's been like forever since you last spent time with each other. Don't you think it's time?" she suggested, convincing me to stay. "I know and I don't want to sound as if I don't want to be here" I told her. "Exactly" she pointed. "But what about Zac mom? We already made some plans" I worriedly told her. "Well, just explain to him. I'm sure he'll understand. I know that boy" she said calmly. Then I thought for a minute. "Okay mom. I'll just sort things from here. I'll send you my designs this week. And say hi for me to dad. Bye mom and thanks" I told her as I hung up. Inside my head, this is a disaster. But I can shove away the feeling of excitement of being here with them. I mean, I really did miss them so much. But I guess I just have to grow up and face the things that keep on holding me back to go here in the first place. "Whatever!" I sighed to myself as I decided to take a shower and be ready for lunch.
When I was finished doing what I needed to do, I noticed the room I'm actually at for the first time. The room was beautiful and the view outside was gorgeous. Judging by my room's size, it's a big villa. But it kind of looks familiar to me. It's like I've seen this before but I can't remember when and how. So I checked myself in the mirror for the last time and decided to head out of the room and kind of explore the villa while I'm on the way towards the dining hall. On the way in the long hallway, I saw terrace overlooking the garden. "Wow! This is really beautiful! This is the perfect place!" I thought as I tried to smell the breeze of Christmas. It's really getting colder each and every day. And the holidays remind me to call someone important. I need to call Zac. I need to make him understand the situation I'm in. "Hello?" I started as soon as he picked up the phone. "Jamie" he answered directly. "I'm sorry to bother you but I just really need to hear something about you" I told him. I heard a laugh on the other line. "Hey! Did you just laugh? What's funny?" I asked smiling. "Nothing it's just that, you miss me that much already? Don't worry, when you get back I'll swear we'll have the time" he said. And that made me feel guilty. I really want to tell him immediately but I know his tired and I bothered his sleep. "Yes, I miss you so much that I bothered your sleep just to hear your voice. Zac, I will just call you later so that you can sleep back because I know you're already tired" I told him. "No it's okay. You're not bothering anything and you can always wake me in the middle of the night baby" he assured. "No, I know you're tired and I just really want to call you later 'cause we'll be having lunch like right now" I answered. "Oh I see. Well then, just call me anytime and I expect you to call later. Okay? Enjoy your stay there. I love you Jamie" he replied. "I love you too Zachary" I replied back. I always use his full first name whenever I'm being sweet or I'm mad at him. Then we both hung up. I stared at the garden in front of me for a few seconds before I decided to head to the dining hall. When I turned around, I saw Bill passing by and he quite noticed my presence so he stopped. "Oh Jamie!" he said. "Yeah?" I asked. "What are you doing there?" he questioned. "Nothing, I just saw this terrace and thought the view was beautiful" I told him. "Oh, but we should really get going because they're all there already" he informed. "Sure" I said as we started walking. While walking, there was a complete silence. It's more like it's so awkward. I wish that this walk will be over soon. But I guess this damned big villa won't let me. So I just check my phone for me to have something to do to not feel the awkwardness. "As if there's something to check here" I murmured. "What did you say?" Bill asked. I was quite surprise. "He heard me? That was a murmur to me" I thought. "Nothing" I just answered him. He just nodded. Then we arrived at the end of the stairs that revealed the receiving room. We turned to our right to another hall. If you walk straight, you'll see the powder room. Then we turned another right which means another hallway. But I guess we're near the destination because I heard Georg and Tom's voice.
