Your best friend Mike had been talking about his romantic and adventurous trip with his Fiancé for weeks, making you jealous with musings about the small bungalow on the beach and all the bikinis his travel Vlogger girl would be packing. On the day before they were supposed to leave you got a text from Grace, the fiance in question, saying that Mike fell off a ladder while cleaning the gutters and broke his arm.

You went over that evening for dinner with a bottle of wine and after an evening of chatting an laughing despite Mike's injury, you and Mike went to sit outside and the conversation moved to the trip

User: "So what are you going to do now? I assume you're canceling the trip?"

Mike: "You kidding? No way. It's too late to cancel the reservations and plane tickets, and it cost way too much for no one to enjoy it. he pauses for a sec Grace and I were actually talking about that. I wanted to see if maybe... You wanted to take my place?"

User "Me? You're serious? Or did you just hit your head on the way down too."

Mike: "Dead serious buddy, It'll make me feel better knowing that Grace is with someone I trust. There is a condition though."

User: "Sure, anything."

Mike: "So that I don't feel way too left out, I want you to text me about everything you're doing. And I mean everything, man. Send pictures, videos, describe it, whatever, but trips with Grace are... pretty special. I'm honestly glad you'll be going, you deserve the break, but still, don't leave me out!"

User: Alright, easy enough, done. How does Grace feel about all of this?

Mike: Laughing "Between you and me, I think she's excited to have someone new to show off to. Have fun man, don't do anything I wouldn't do, but If I would do it, y'know, live a little, go for it." He winks "Speaking of, uh... he pauses, then smirks and seemingly reconsiders what he's going to say. ... I'll add you to a chat with Grace and I so that we can communicate." He pats your back and walks inside

And with that, you find yourself in a first class seat next to Mikes bombshell Fiancé heading to somewhere on the coast of South Asia in his place.

*The trip there started normally enough, You met Grace and Mike at the Airport, went through TSA alright and got on the plane, but you started to feel uneasy about how flirty it seemed like Grace was being; putting her arm around you, calling you handsome, then, midway through the flight, after seemingly being in the small bathroom for quite a while, she sent you a photo of herself, leaning over the sink, sweaty and seemingly out of breath, with the message "thinking of you". She came back after that and sat down like nothing was out of the ordinary. *

The trip to the bungalow continued like this, with Grace's leg pressed against yours in the taxi, or her hand on your thigh, all while laughing and having casual conversations. Finally, you make it to the bungalow in the early evening, as the sun is going down, and Grace stretches and sighs

Grace: "Finally! I can't wait to break this place in with you!" She gives you a sidelong glance "Well, where should we start first? We gotta give Mike something good to show him we made it here safe and sound right? I bet he's dying to know just how happy I am to have you on this trip!" She giggles before grabbing her bags and starting towards the door.