Chapter 259 - Ocean – Preparing To Leave

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Ocean

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The wedding plans all seemed to be going pretty well. That was good. And since I didn't have to worry about whether or not Ben and Ryan wanted to be there with us on the day, things were even better. That was taken care of right away and left me with nothing else to do except get ready for the competition this weekend.

The competition, which was once again three days long, was happening this upcoming weekend. It was on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. However, we needed to fly out to Orlando and that was a bit of a long flight. We were leaving on Wednesday after school and would arrive after midnight. We would rest up on Thursday and then complete over the weekend. We would stay at the hotel again Sunday night and then fly home Monday morning. In all, this competition was getting us out of school for three days.

I didn't really care about missing school, that wasn't an issue for me. What I did care about was the competition and being able to swim at my best. And right now, I was pretty confident that I would be swimming better than I ever had before.

The problem was that all day Tuesday at school, I was so anxious that I could barely sit still. I knew that the same thing would just be happening the next day at school, and that didn't help me at all.

I don't even know why I was so nervous. I wasn't afraid of travelling. I wasn't worried about being on a plane. And I wasn't worried about being away from home. I honestly didn't know what it was that was making me feel like this. It was very odd and it was starting to annoy me.

I know that I was probably getting to Makai and the others with how I was acting, but I just couldn't help it. I was antsy and nervous about it all. Hell, maybe it was excitement and I just couldn't figure out that's what it was right away.

No matter what the issue was, I was on the edge of my seat all through dinner. I couldn't even help Makai cook tonight. It had to be him and the others making it while I sat on my hands in the dining room and waited for my food to arrive. It was that bad.

And while we were eating, it was all delicious. I enjoyed every bite of it. But I think that I was eating too fast. I was also talking too fast and moving too fast. That was what I was doing when I went to put food in my mouth and ended up spilling it all in my lap instead.

"Come on, Ocean, you're supposed to eat it, not wear it. Even a kindergartener knows that." Ryan made a joke to lighten the mood when I made the mess.

"Yeah, I guess I am more like a toddler then." I shrugged as I cleaned the spilled sauce from my pants. 

"No, don't say that." Makai pretended to freak out and put his hands on his head. "I can't be marrying a toddler. Think about all of the issues we would have in our marriage. And let's not even get started on the legality of it all. I mean, can I even marry a toddler? Even if they are physically an adult, can I marry them if they act like a baby?" I think that he was taking the whole brothers thing too far with Ryan. They were starting to make the same bad jokes. I'm sure that wasn't a problem for Ryan, but it could be one for me in the future.

I decided to ignore Makai's joke and just focus on what I was doing. I wanted to get the mess cleaned up before it set in and the clothes that I was wearing ended up being trash. Then I would have to deal with Makai taking me shopping again. That wasn't always bad, but I didn't want to go right now anyway.

"Oh no! He's lost his hearing as well as his motor skills. Quick, someone call Dr. Malachi. I think this is serious." Ryan added on for Makai who hadn't received a response from me just yet.

"Remind me again why we tolerate them?" I asked Ben directly.

"Hmm. I don't know, to be honest. But the sex is good so we tend to overlook this part of the problem."

"True, it is good. They had better hope it stays that way, or they might end up all alone." I agreed with him and added a small harmless threat in there of my own.

"Hey, that isn't nice." Ryan pouted. "The sex will always be good, by the way." He leaned in toward Ben and wiggled his eyebrows.

"Don't worry, I am not at all afraid of my Ocean leaving me. He knows that we're meant for each other." Makai was as calm and confident as ever.

"Yeah, yeah. You two and your whole soulmate thing. Well, Ben and I might not be soulmates, but we are still made for each other." That was when Ryan closed the rest of the distance and kissed Ben's cheek. He loved his boyfriend more than anything an it definitely showed.

Thankfully, dinner didn't take too much longer. After we were all done eating, Makai, Ben and Ryan all went to clean up the kitchen. However, they shooed me out of the room and told me to go be useful somewhere else. I was still too much of a mess to help out in any capacity.

Fine, if they didn't want me in here, then I would just go upstairs to my room. I needed to soak my clothes anyway. Even though they were probably ruined. I would still try to salvage them if it as at all possible.

When I got to the room, I stripped the clothes off, filled the sink and put them in to soak. Then I figured I would take a shower while I was already almost naked. And I hoped that it might relax my body and relieve some tension a little bit.

Well, the shower didn't help at all really. I ended up clean but still just as keyed up as I had been before. I didn't want to just go to bed, and there was stuff that I needed to do anyway, so I just wrapped a towel around my waist and went back to the bedroom. I didn't even dry my hair. It was still dripping down my back as I walked to the closet and pulled out my suitcase and travel backpack. I also pulled out Makai's as well.

I started to pack my bag. And even though I pretty much knew what Makai would pack for himself, I didn't want to overstep right now. It was too much of a responsibility that I didn't want to mess up right now.

I was packing the bag, getting it ready with everything that I would need when we left for the airport. I got enough clothes for about eight days, even though we were only going for five. Yeah, I know, overkill. But hey, I wanted to be prepared. You never know what might come up when you're out of town. What if I was a total idiot again and spilled food all over myself. I would need extra clothes just in case.

Within about ten minutes I had it all done. The only things that I still needed to pack were the things from the bathroom. And since I still needed to brush my teeth in the morning, I would be waiting to pack those until after then.

Now that I was done packing and alone in the room, I had nothing else to do. Hmm, since Makai wasn't on his way back just yet and I didn't know when he would be, I guess I could start taking some of his things out  and set them on the bed. I wouldn't pack them, but I could have him give final say on all of it after he did come back.

I worked quickly. Taking shirts, shorts, pajamas, boxers, everything that he was going to need. I got his freshly laundered swimwear, all of them, and set them out as well. I was betting that he, like me, wanted more than one speedo for this trip. No one likes putting on a wet swimsuit and it was a million times worse when it was a speedo. His bag would be packed and ready, aside from the bathroom things, if I was confident enough to just pack it for him. I didn't want to do that though, so I just waited for him.

Thankfully, it didn't take him much longer to make it back to the room. It was about thirty seconds after I laid the last piece of clothing on the bed that Makai came back into the room.

"Hey, you're packing for us." He smiled at me. "Thank you for doing that for me. I hadn't even thought about getting around to it yet."

"Oh, well, I haven't packed your stuff." I was too embarrassed to admit it.

"But I can see it all right there." He was confused.

"Yeah, I know." I smiled awkwardly. "I just took it out of the dresser. I haven't put it in anything yet."

"Oh, I see. Why not?" He was acting like it was nothing at all.

"I didn't want to upset you. I didn't know what you wanted and what you didn't." I was showing my nerves again. They were starting to manifest in other ways now.

"I would be fine with anything that you picked. You should know that by now." At that moment, Makai came up to me and wrapped his arms around me. It was a hug filled with love and confidence. And I hadn't realized how much I had been needing it.. How much I had been needing him.