True Love Never Dies
You Don't Need To Prove Anything.
[2:00PM]
Caroline’s POV.
After eating together with the five of us, we said our goodbyes to John and hugged him friendly. Me, Jana, Bailee, and Payton all chipped in an gave him a $200 tip for what he did for us. At first he didn't want to take it but after what we told him, he took it with his heart. We realized how much his company needed it and that we were going to write a great review and a blog article when we came back to LA. We went back to the cruise ship a few hours earlier than the departure time because we were getting tired. So when we got back to the stateroom cruise ship, we all changed into our pajamas and took a nap until the time we had dinner.
[7:00PM]
Five hours later, we finally got up from our wonderful nap. I got up and went to the bathroom to get ready for dinner. I wore black slim strappy v-neck dress, with strappy black heels, and my black clutch purse. Then it was Payton’s turn. She wore this black off the shoulder dress that had sheer stripe at the middle of the dress and flared at the bottom. It really fit her figure nicely. She paired it with a shiny necklace and black heels. After Payton was Jana’s turn. Jana wore this black bodycon dress that showed her back a little, black strappy heels, and black clutch purse. Lastly, it was Bailee’s turn. She wore black bodycon dress that had a little sleeve. She paired it with beige heels.
We wanted to match again somehow and look sexy at the same time. It was the middle of the week and we wanted to look nice. It's been what 5 years since we all went out together as a unit so we wanted to make the most of it while we still can.
[8:00PM]
Bailee’s POV.
And so we went to have dinner together. We spent the entire night eating and talking at the restaurant and just recapping what we did for the day. We enjoyed every aspect of it and it definitely put a smile on our faces.
Back in LA.
Joyce’s POV.
I wanted Shaun and Ryan to make up so i invited them to have dinner with me. I told them to meet me at the La Marice Italian Restaurant. So i sat there waiting for them at the table. I see Shaun walking into the restaurant towards me. We hugged and he sat down.
“Is it just me and you tonight?” Shaun asks.
Joyce says, “yes and no. we are waiting for someone else too.”
Shaun asks, “who? Ben?”
“You’ll see soon”, Joyce says.
Me and Shaun looked at the menu. After a while later, i see Ryan walking into the restaurant. I waved my hand up to let him know where i was sitting and Shaun looks at me in disgust. He faces me to ask…
“What is he doing here Joyce?” Shaun asks putting down his menu.
Ryan walks towards us and he asks..
Ryan asks Joyce in disgust, “what is he doing here?”
Joyce says, “you guys need to work this out somehow. You can't keep fighting and silencing each other out. You two are brothers.”
“I have nothing more to say to him”, Shaun says to Joyce.
“I shouldn't be here then”, Ryan says walking out of restaurant.
I ran after Ryan out of the restaurant with Shaun behind me.
Joyce asks in frustration after running after Ryan outside, “why can’t you two make up? What happens to the other times? huh?”
Ryan says, “i get that he's older than me and Joon but he doesn't have to face everything on his own like this. We are still his family and we don't look back on family. Ever since Jana came into our lives, things had changed. It changed once he moved out. It's not the same anymore Joyce.”
“Though i moved out, we’re still a family. I can't be home as much but i know where i stand and where my family is. And it's not Jana’s fault. I chose to move on, quickly then others. I want to be independent and prove that i could grow up without anyone’s help. I wanted to prove to Jana this.” Shaun explains.
“You do know that Jana doesn't care about any of that. She cares about your personality and heart”, Joyce says.
Ryan says, “so you shouldn't prove to her anything.”
Ryan takes a breath & apologizes, “i am sorry about the other night and i didn’t mean to hurt anyone especially you and Jana. you guys are the ideal couple i want later on in my life. I just don't want to see the both of you get hurt if one of you leaves. You guys deserve each other.”
“I'm sorry too. I will come home to visit more often after this Ryan. for you, mom, and Joon.” Shaun says.
“Well, you should do it soon because Joon is going to move out in a couple months and so am i.” Ryan says.
Shaun asks, “your moving out? Why?”
Ryan explains, “im already 30. I can't live with mom forever. I need my space now.”
“And what did mom say?” Shaun asks.
“At first, she didn't want us to leave but then she was okay with it.” Ryan says.
Joyce asks, “does this mean you two have made up?”
Ryan smiles & says, “yeah, we’re cool.”
“We’re okay now”, Shaun smiles & says.
“You still have to do one more thing Ryan”, Joyce says to Ryan.
Ryan says, “i know. I’ll apologize to Jana once she comes back.”
Me, Ryan, and Shaun went back inside to eat dinner together like old times. We reminisce about the old days and we told stories about how Jana helped us so many times.
[10:00PM]
Bailee’s POV.
Once dinner was over, we went to the adult club to dance and have a few drinks. It was so much fun since we were dancing in our sexy outfits for the entire night. We just wanted to let out everything and have a good time together. The hour had passed and we went back to the stateroom.
