SLEEPING IN

“Is it bad that I first thought of a Hallmark movie when I walked in here?” Henry asked one of his housemates with a laugh. “Don’t get me wrong, the decorations are pretty cool, but I was reminded of a Hallmark movie.”

Rian chuckled “You aren’t the only one, I feel like I should be sitting on the couch with my mom after she cooks Thanksgiving dinner,” he said “I feel like you nailed, like they’re nice but very hallmark like,”

“Guys, I have a confession to make. While we were in Ireland, I joined a gang.” Nina said with a sigh and she studied the person’s expressions that she was talking to and a smile came onto her face as she held out her hand so the person could see the engagement ring Jack had given her. “An engagement gang!” She laughed.

“Wow would you look at that, you had me there, I thought you’d joined some kinda actual gang,” Rian said as he looked at the ring “Jack did a nice job, congratulations you two,” the male said with a smile

jack: what’s the matter, don’t want people knowing your real name?

jack: good :)

rian: you’re lucky i love you, jack-o

Rian: Hey, it’s Rian, I know we got to talking a while back and I just didn’t want you to think I ghosted you.

Rian: So if you’re up for it, I’d love to treat you to lunch or dinner and get to know you a little better.

text: rian

jack: robert rian dawson.

jack: your presence is requested for a drink or two, please and thank you.

@tfrian

rian: did you just full name me? not cool, bro.

Dacre looked at the horse thinking about the breed, then back at Rian. He smiled and nodded “ A black horse breed?” He said not really knowing nothing about horses.

“Come on Gonzales let’s go take a ride in town,” Dacre said as he pet the horse he had in the driveway. He looked over and smiled at the person looking so intrigued with the horse.

Rian couldn’t help but look at the horse “What a beauty, what’s the breed?” he asked.

Rian walked in holding his bag full of gifts and was escorted by a nurse to the first room of the kid he was visiting. Rian made his way to each room he was told to visit and he’d spent the last of his time in the same room of a little boy who like him loved music, loved to play drums and wanted to be in a band. “Hey little dude, I gotta unfortunately go but I swear to you I’ll be back okay?” he said as he fist bumped and hugged the little boy as he walked out and thanked the nurse for all her help as he hugged onto Priyanka who hugged him first. “I really wish we didn’t have to leave them but I swear I’ll be back here, the last little one I seen, we really bonded,” he told his teammates as he walked out of the hospital.

“Listen, I bet you $50 bucks you can’t finish 15 shots of tequila before me under 60 seconds,” Dacre said with a big smile already having the time of his life.

“I’ll take that bet,” Rian said as he chuckled “Let’s see what you got,”

“Man, I really fucking hope they continue with these kind of laid back events. It feels so nice to not have to dress up in a suit.”

Rian nodded “Granted I haven’t been to many events here, I like to avoid suits if I can, they make me feel like my body is being suffocated,” the male said with a chuckle as he sipped his drink.

“How’s everyone liking my Netflix special? It’s okay if you haven’t watched yet because we’re in Ireland.”

“I gotta say, dude, the stuff you’ve done is quite impressive, inspires me to go out and do something adventurous,”

“Hey, I’m going out to the garden, did you wanna join me?”

“I’d love to, I’ve meaning to explore this place a lot more,”

Bridget smiled “Where are you from?” she asked curiously because of how nice he talked about his hometown.

“Baltimore, Maryland, not the safest place in the world to some but it wasn’t entirely that way as I was growing up,”

“Is it just me who’s loving the weather already? I’ll probably complain about how cold I am for the rest of the month but don’t let that fool you I’m really happy about it.”

“This weather is great, it reminds me a lot of my home in fall and winter time, makes me miss my family a little bit,”

“You know, with how burned I was after that challenge, I’m surprised I’m not still more itchy from that burn, but I can’t complain. I can enjoy this carnival in peace.”

“I feel that I mean I burn badly and then it tans but I’m glad it just all tanned up before the carnival, I just completely covered myself in sunscreen before coming out here,”

“Can’t wait until tomorrow to take part in the event hope everyone doing good ” Liam said

“I hope you’re doing good too, I’m Rian, I don’t think we’ve met yet,”