Ava’s POV The day went by quickly and we both agreed on taking an evening walk. The walk was slightly silent and I knew he was curious and wanted to know why I was so scared of thunderstorms.“So, in case you’re wondering what my stupid fear of Thunderstorm is,” I started and although the topic was uncomfortable to talk about for me, I wanted him to know why I got so scared.“You don’t have to talk about…”“I lost my dad in a thunderstorm,” I continued, he’d wanted to tell me not to talk about it but I wanted to, at least to him, “he’d gone somewhere and had even promised to be back in an hour.” I added.The memory of my father leaving the house that day was still fresh in my head and I still couldn’t get over the call of my dad being found dead.“That’s why I get paranoid when waiting for people, you know, when they leave and it starts to rain heavily? I’m always unable to take it and most of the time, I’ll always think of the negative side because of what I’ve been through.” I e

Ava’s POV Everything that happened last night at the restaurant couldn’t leave my head no matter how hard I tried. Cocooned in my blanket, I’d made up my mind not to go downstairs for the rest of the day.“Ava! Breakfast is ready!” That would be the third time he’s calling out to me but his face is the last thing I wanted to see this morning.“Ava? I swear I’ll break the door down if you don’t answer me now and have breakfast.” He threatened and I could tell that he was already by the door.“I’m sick, carry on and I’ll join you later.” I lied as I called back to him. I wasn’t sick, I just didn’t want to be in a close range with him.He confuses me a lot and I have no idea what to do about my feelings for him. I didn’t even feel like this when Xander kissed me so why am I feeling like this now after our little eye contact and hand holding?Just hearing him talk makes my heart race, his smile makes my breathless, and the sound of his laughter makes my stomach fill up with a weird h

Ava’s POV The sky was still a bit dark, and so I decided to get some more sleep on getting to my bedroom. All attempts to try falling asleep proved futile but I tried to force it over and over again because I couldn’t stop thinking about Mason and our kiss, which I’d rather not think about for now.Snuggling under my blanket, I closed my eyes tightly, willing the day to fully break as soon as possible.—- The rays of the sun that made its way into my room made me flicker my eyes open.I’d indeed slept, I noted as I rubbed my eyes and sat up. I tried to search for my phone frantically once the sleep had cleared from my eyes. I needed to tell Nicole about what’s going on.I need to tell her about everything. Mason and I have kissed twice now and I have absolutely no idea what to make of my feelings for him.Nicole picked on the fourth ring and just when I was about to start spilling what had gone down between Mason and I, she spoke.“Have you gotten over the ridiculous feelin

Ava’s POV Closing my eyes to enjoy the cuddle, it felt as though there was no time on our side anymore but Mason and I made sure to make the most of the last two days we have on the island.We would act like couples and hold hands anywhere we were going to. Mason was really sweet and I couldn’t believe I spent months hating him.We went on multiple dates and he made the sweetest gestures, beach dates and we even kissed and almost made out on the beach. The best place where our make out sessions took place was in the sitting room.We could be watching a movie and get distracted with each other and start kissing. He never made kissing me feel like a chore and he also made sure to always make me feel special and extremely desired.Anytime it rained, Mason would make a forte in the sitting room and hold me close, whispering nice things into my ear as he held me close and constantly nibbled on my ear.My phone rang, jolting me out of my deep thoughts and I’d almost jumped until I reali

Ava’s POV Nicole and I had fun and although we went out only for a cup of coffee, we did a lot more things. We went sightseeing because we missed everything and when it was late, we made our way back home.Getting into my room we both sat on the bed exhausted and ready for our sleepover. Nicole and I laid down and began to talk about things. I listened with keen interest as she told me about all that happened during the break.“We visited lots of places and god, do I love his cousins! They were so nice and sweet to me.” She continued and we’ll both laugh at the funny ones.My interest grew as Nicole told me about Ryan’s family and everything. When she was done, she turned to me and nudged me to start talking.I told her about the Island and all of the expensive places I visited which was all thanks to Danny and my mum. I told her about the beach and the stars and her eyes lit up.I knew it wasn’t because of what I was talking about, she’d always considered me boring but after what