Ana

I open my eyes as Christian kisses me all over my face.

"Wake up, beautiful. We need to get going if you wanna see the sandbar." I nod my head sleepily and admire Christian's naked backside as he walks to the bathroom. He keeps the door open and I pout as he leaves my line of sight. I hear the shower start just as he reappears in the doorway.

"You're not gonna let me take a shower by myself, are you? It's lonely in there." He smirks.

"Aww poor baby. Don't worry i'll soap you up myself." I say as I jump out of bed and pull him into the shower.

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I was busy staring at Christian's torso while Mia directs their poses for the 100th picture she wanted to have taken since we've arrived at the sandbar.

"I see someone's been busy." Kate whispers into my ear. I look at her and roll my eyes.

"It seems i'm not the only one." I whisper back. She smirks as she unashamedly eye fucks Elliot.

"I know you know me well enough to not be surprised; and I know you know that I know how surprising the speed of your "progress" with Christian has been." She looks at me, and I just know that i'm in for the Kavanaugh Inquisition. I decide to save myself from her incessant questions and explain everything.

"Oh Ana, are you sure about this? This isn't what I meant when I basically told you to put yourself out there. I mean, don't take this the wrong way but you're not exactly a fubu type of person."

I don't know exactly why but I can't help but take offense to what she said. "I'm taking risks Kate. That's the whole point. Don't ruin this for me." I tell her. I can see that she wants to argue with me about this so I cut her off before she can say anything more, "Can we please just not talk about this right now? We're in a tropical paradise. Let's just enjoy it."

"Okay, fine. I just don't want to see you get hurt." She stares into my eyes and says, "You're my bestie and I love you."

"I'll be fine, Kate. Don't worry about me." The fight leaves me, "And thank you. I love you too."

Christian

Today's a free day. It's one of the few days wherein we don't actually have any plans for the day. Ana and I plan to spend some 1 on 1 time with each other. Of course, we've been having lots of 1 on 1 time lately, but today we plan to spend it outside of the bedroom.

We decided to go check out the underground river. It was beautiful though not as beautiful as watching Ana's expressions throughout the tour. She was in awe of the place, and she had no reservations in showing her joy at being there. She's so present. I am in awe of her. She brings me so much joy.

The zip line was another story entirely. We enjoyed the short hike to get to the top of the mountain where the zip line was located. Ana was clearly excited, that is until she actually saw the zip line - how high up we were, and how long the zip line was.

"Christian, i'm scared." The space between her eyebrows is scrunched down. I wanna kiss it.

"You don't have to do it if you don't want to. We can walk back down if you'd like." I move my hands up and down her arms to calm her down, and place a tender kiss in between her eyebrows.

"No, i'll regret not doing it later. Promise me, you won't let me chicken out and push me off if needed." She tells me. I laugh until I saw her face and see she's serious, "Okay, I promise to push you off the ledge later." I chuckle.

I ended up not needing to push her. She took one deep breath and jumped. I couldn't see her at the end of the line. It was too far. I was worried, and didn't get to enjoy the zip line until I started to see her at the other end. She had the biggest smile on her face. I couldn't help but smile back.

"That. Was. Amazing. I wanna do it again!." She exclaimed. I laughed at her as she started to pull me towards the hiking trail up the mountain once again.

We ended the day with a boat ride to see the fireflies in the mangroves at night. The water was still. The only things we could hear was the sound of the paddle moving through the water and the slight buzzing of the fireflies. Ana's face was illuminated by the fireflies. She was enchanting.

"You're so beautiful." I tell her. She smiles at me and says, "So are you.".

Ana

I lie awake thoroughly satiated after the most passionate sex i've ever had. Christian is asleep. I stroke his hair as he lies on my chest. I can't sleep. I'm so confused. No, actually, i'm not confused at all. Therein lies the problem.

I'm obsessed with Christian. I always want to touch him - or I want him touching me. When he got stung by a jellyfish, I was so worried. I hated seeing him in pain. I care about him. When Elliot mentioned that they're all adopted, and I saw the corners of his mouth fall down, I hurried to his side to soothe him. I want him happy. I think of him every moment of every day. I kiss the top of his head.

I'm falling in love with him. I'm doomed.