"Marry, kiss or kill," my brother James said out loud. "Marry, kiss, or kill Noah, Olive, and me." He asked again.
It's Tuesday morning and a free school day. We went out to grab ice cream with mummy, all we talked about was our summer trip tomorrow and how we would catch up with family we missed during winter.
"I'll kill Oliver for sure," then kiss you!! I said smiling.
"And Noah?? James asked, trying to force out words from my mouth.
"I saw the bond between you both last winter, it was obvious."
"James!!!!" I screamed his name covering his mouth. "Shut up!!!" I screamed again holding his lips with my thumb and index fingers.
I felt the butterfly when he asked if I'd marry Noah. I can't wait to see him tomorrow. It's been so long since I last saw him. I missed his face, his appearance, oh my goodness his smell. He smells like clean linen mixed with citrus.
"Is everything alright, my mum asked"
"Of course, Mummy, James is just being such an asshole," I said, smiling, forgetting I'm using the wrong language.
On our way back from getting ice cream, I couldn't stop thinking about our group on snap: me, Noah, Eva, Evelyn, and Oliver.
I call us the big five since I'm the youngest in the group.
I am Amelia and I'll be 18 by next week. Noah and Eva turned 18 last December, Oliver turned 19 this March, Evelyn turned 18 in February, luckily for her, her birthday falls on Valentine's Day.
Since last summer, we hadn't talked much on Snapchat; we only sent funny reels, pictures, and video streaks.
"Tomorrow we're leaving as early as possible to catch the first flight to Santa Monica." My mum said immediately we got home.
"You should be telling James, he hasn't packed yet, and all his toys are littering the whole place. And his undies are still outside."
I went back to my room, my clothes already packed for two days.
I couldn't stop thinking about what my lil brother said to me about marrying Noah.
I was smiling so much, I didn't even realize it until my cheeks began to ache. Butterfly danced in my belly.
I went to our group chat to rewatch some of Noah's videos he sent during prom. He had a prom date, he said her name was Bianca. But they weren't dating.
Just as I scroll through the page, a message pops up immediately. That was Noah.
"I can't wait to see you all tomorrow. It's gonna be lit," he said, adding the double love emoji and a dancing sticker after the text.
I reacted with a love emoji to the message.
I opened my private chat with Noah and texted, "Remember my necklace."
He didn't reply, but he's online. I wonder what he's doing.
Didn't he see my message?
Maybe he's busy, I thought.
I waited for 20 minutes,30…40…50.. one hour, yet no response.
I was feeling sleepy and decided to turn off my phone when another message popped up.
"Yeahhh, you know summer just began," Oliver said.
"Can't wait to see y'all tomorrow too, I'm sick and tired of seeing Noah's face," Eva replied to Oliver.
She said she was sick and tired of seeing Oliver's face, a face I would kill to see.
Messages started popping up as if Oliver opened a room for conversation but I didn't say anything. I was wondering why Noah hadn't replied to my message.
A picture streak pops up, Noah sent it.
I thought it would be yet another of his crazy mirror pictures. I was wrong.
He sent a screenshot of my last message.
" What is she doing with a rusty necklace by the way?" he said, adding a laughing emoji.
"Is that not Grandma Maureen's necklace?" Oliver replied to his text.
"But it's rusty," Evelyn added, sending a picture of a rusty metal.
I switched off my phone and slept immediately. I was so pissed, I'm sure they had forgotten my birthday is next week. And I'm not going to remind anyone.