the sun was setting and the day was getting ready to be over. the view was perfect from where they were, the way the orange overlay looked against the sand and the water made the beach look magical. a perfect place if someone wanted to come down for a little beach date.
montoya placed her phone down on her towel, she was looking through her drafts that her and the group made some hours ago. if she was being honest this was the most fun she'd had in a long time. "you okay?" montoya jumped at the voice, she had forgotten vinnie was laid back next to her. "sorry, didn't mean to scare you" he chuckled. montoya rolled her eyes and smiled "why were you being so quiet?" vinnie shrugged "you were occupied on your phone. i didn't wanna disturb" he explained. the two watched their friends off into the distance as they were making a sandcastle... well more like mansion. they were at least two hours in on making this sandy villa. "so you guys are gonna sit there and take no part in helping us?" maya asked to which the two replied simultaneously "yeah".
"lazy asses" sebastien scoffed. the two silently laughed with one another before setting their gazes on each other again "you're doing it again" vinnie raised a brow "doing what?" montoya giggled "you're staring at me like i have something on my face" vinnie raised his hand up to her face "yeah you do have a little something.." he trailed off. "where?" uneasiness evident in her voice "right here" he flicked her nose earning a yelp from montoya.
"ow!" she held her nose and scolded him before flicking him punching him in his chest. the blow made vinnie flop on his back "what was that for?!" he held his chest, glaring at her. "uh?! you flicked me in my fucking nose?!" montoya argued. the dirty blond male could tell a bruise was getting ready to form over the spot she'd hit "now i know not to ever pick a fight with you" he groaned. montoya watched him feel around his chest and kinda felt bad. she didn't mean to hit him that hard but she was told by multiple people that she was heavy handed.
"aww poor baby. here i'll kiss it better" she smirked, leaning over to him and placing a kiss to where she'd hit him. "better?" a grin played onto his lips "you know... i'm kinda feeling a little pain in my lips.. i don't know what that's all about"
montoya gave him the look as she leaned back to her spot "don't play yourself vincent" vinnie shrugged "it was worth a shot" he was a shameless flirt but he didn't just going around flirting with any and everybody. he was charming and could smooth talk his way into pretty much anything. one look at him and you'd probably thing he had a long history with females; flings, exes you name it but the truth was he never left the talking stage with a girl. call him choosy or picky but he didn't want to give a girl that title if he didn't think she was fit for it. his girlfriend or the girls he would talk to didn't have to be perfect but they just weren't cutting it.
"i'll think about it" her playful tone threw him off. he couldn't tell if she was being serious or not. "why you gotta think about it?" he raised a brow to which she replied "fuck i look out giving kisses like handouts?" he gave her the sad puppy eyes "i simply asked for one because of the pain. what if i die?" he began to fake sob "you so annoying, come here" his heart began to race. he wasn't being serious about the kiss but the scary part was not knowing if she was serious or not, not that he would mind kissing her. he thought montoya was attractive and literally anybody in the world wouldn't waste a kiss from her.
before he could think he was already leaning in and by the time he snapped back into reality her lips were placed at the corner of his. her cheeks were a crimson shade as her lips peeled away seconds after "there all better?" poor boy couldn't even think straight, he mindlessly nodded at the question. "FINALLY" sebastien shouted as he rose to his feet. the two snapped their heads towards the shouting and saw that the sand mansion was complete "yessir we did that" troy smiled as he recorded for his insta story. he turned around and panned the camera over to vinnie and montoya "without the help of these two lazy bums doing god knows what"
montoya rolled her eyes "oh shut up, there was there was four of you working on that thing!" she yelled. "we could've finished sooner with the help!" he yelled back. montoya's laugh was equivalent to an angel's symphony in vinnie's mind. everything she did was just attractive to him. he wasn't sure what this feeling was, he couldn't tell if it was lust or general attraction. whatever it was, he wasn't complaining.
"can i have some?" sebastien eyed montoya's fries. "nigga no, you had yo own mothafuckin fries. you inhaled them shits before you could even taste it" montoya furrowed her brows scooting away from sebastien. "i was hungry... and i want more" sebastien complained. vinnie glanced at him through the rear view mirror and shook his head "well we're not going back and we're not stopping either" montoya stuck her tongue out at sebastien and ate her fries in his face, taunting him.
seb pushed her head away and turned his face towards the window. "don't be mad fat ass. get you some fries when we're on the way to your aunt's house". seb suggested that the group spend the rest of the day at his aunt's house. his aunt's home was 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄. she was able to get a nice house because of her job as a plastic surgeon. she worked on famous people with the likes of kylie jenner, bella hadid and so and so forth. think of any celebrity, she probably fixed that. she lived in a wealthy neighborhood where all the white people resided and so seb thought it would be cool to have the crew chill out in the house. being in that big ass house by himself was no fun so he saw the opportunity.
once they got back to vinnie and montoya's neighborhood the group agreed that they'd take their own cars back to seb's aunt's house. they all went their separate ways and washed their bodies clean of the beach before packing their sleepover bags and getting ready to go out again. vinnie and montoya left at the same time, she tailed behind him all the way there in her car. once they arrived, the rest of the group parked in the huge driveway of the house moments after the two arrived. montoya stepped out her car, eyes locked onto the house before her. she marveled at the architecture and structure of it. another thing, sebastien's aunt was very much into architecture as well. her second option after med school was becoming an architect if being a plastic surgeon didn't work out. a whistle of admire escaped troy's lips, by the expressions on the others faces montoya could tell they were star struck as well. "no wonder sebastien wanted us over, this place is huge as fuck" mia stared in awe as she started strolling to the front steps of the house.
the rest followed suit as mia rung the door bell. the ringing echoed throughout the home and was loud enough to be heard outside as well. the tall blonde male opened the door within seconds with a wide smile plastered on face, showing off his pearly whites. "this is gonna be interesting" he moved to the side as they all piled into the corridor. "the rooms are upstairs, you can pick whichever one you want. mine is on the left end" sebastien said as he lead the way to the rooms. montoya picked the second to last room on the right and vinnie picked the last room. as she entered the room, the smell of vanilla and lavender filled the room. the walls were covered in cream white paint and the ceiling was covered in light pink floral wallpaper. the bed was dressed with white and light purple bedding, there was a balcony with a single blue hammock and couch. to top it all off, the bathroom was in white tiles and the bathroom surfaces were in white and beige marble. the shower had multiple shower heads and detachable ones as well. all the other rooms looked the same but were either in different colors or was slight constructed a slightly different way. if this wasn't sebastien's aunt's house it could've been seen as one of those reoccurring tiktok houses nobody really gives a shit about.
montoya unpacked her sleepover bag, she placed her toiletries in the bathroom and placed her clothes into the mahogany dresser that was adjacent to her bed. once she got comfortable in the room she turned on the tv and flipped through channels looking for something to watch. she didn't really watch tv so she wasn't sure what channels would entertain her. she stopped her channel surfing as she heard a soft knock at her door. she slid out the bed and opened the door. there stood vinnie dressed in a black hoodie and white sweats "what's up?" vinnie leaned against the door frame glancing behind her to get a quick look at her room "sebastien wants us in the theater room to watch a movie?" montoya folded her arms and quirked a brow "what movie?" vinnie shrugged "he didn't say, better be something good" montoya walked back to her bed and shut the tv off "okay. let's go" she walked out of her room closing the door behind her.
"where's your room?" vinnie followed behind her with his hands shoved into his pockets "next to yours" he could feel the smirk in her tone "aww how cute" vinnie rolled his eyes "oh shut up. i only chose to be next to you so i don't have to walk all the way down the hall to bother you" montoya stopped walking "i just realized i don't even know where anything is in this house" sebastien walked by the two with a bag of popcorn "over here" he walked down a set of stairs as montoya and vinnie followed. he lead them into a mini movie theater, there was five rows of seats and a big screen that you'd normally see in a real movie theater. maya was seated in between troy and mia in the middle row. "took you guys long enough" troy said as the trio entered the room. "shut up troy you're literally always late to any event you take part in," vinnie took a seat in the back row "what are we watching sebby?" sebastien placed his popcorn down "antebellum"
the girls gave him a weird look "aw hell nawl!" mia yelled. sebastien raised a brow in confusion. "nah this a set up. you take three black niggas in this big ass house and finna make them watch a scary movie about slavery?" montoya asked, her sentence building up as she put two and two together. maya nodded "yeah this that 'get out' type shit" silence filled the room before it was cut off by the boys' laughter. the girls exchanged glances with one another as the boys continued their laughing fit. they were't comprehending what part of what they said, was funny. once the laughter died down sebastien spoke again "that may have been the funniest thing you guys have said all day" he wheezed. tears began to prick vinnie's eyes "are you guys like serious or?" maya furrowed her brows "i mean it only makes sense-" her sentence was cut off by another fit of laughter.
the girls looked at each other one more time before getting up "bye, i'm not going to the sunken place" montoya as she aimed towards the exit. she was stopped by a cold hand on her shoulder. she turned to see vinnie, cheeks red from laughing and eyes filled with gloss "you're not going to the sunken place and we're not going to do anything to you" montoya looked at him then at troy and sebastien before rolling her eyes "i got 911 on speed dial" she followed vinnie back to the back row and took a seat next to him. "that was funny as fuck but anyways i'm gonna go set up movie. if you want popcorn or other snacks and refreshments, it's all in that cabinet over there the microwave is in there as well" he announced before leaving the room. "can you get me popcorn please?" montoya asked. "the cabinet is literally right there" vinnie complained. "i know but.. it's so far" she whined. vinnie sighed and rose to his feet, walking over to the cabinet "thank you vincent"
sebastien came back and the movie started. vinnie also came back with montoya's popcorn and she thanked him again. "ion like this already" she whispered. "we're literally three seconds in. are you that scared?" he chuckled. "i'm not scared.. it's just unsettling" vinnie leaned in next to her, wrapping a black sleeved arm around her "don't worry i'm right here" montoya looked up at him "to save me from massa?" vinnie quietly laughed and nodded "to save you from massa"
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