A Summer to Remember

asked.
    “Yeah.” I decided now would be a good time to try and lighten the mood. “Didn’t you say there’s supposed to be a full moon tonight? You want to walk down to the beach?”
    “Sure.” His mood perked up instantly. “I’ll go grab a blanket.” I followed him up the stairs.
    “I’m going to grab some warmer clothes.” I walked into my room and Lily walked in behind me.
    “Hey missy!” She shut the door behind her. “So what happened last night? I saw that you guys stayed back to ‘put out the fire.’” She plopped down on the bed.
    “And that’s just what we did.” Her expression dropped in disappointment. “Don’t look at me like that.” That look on her face always made me laugh.
    “You know, I don’t get you sometimes. You have this super hot guy that’s totally into you and you’re just acting like it’s going right over your head. What happened to ‘he’s different than all the other guys,’ blah, blah, blah?” She was clearly annoyed with me.
    “I don’t know.” I decided to play things cool until I could figure out what was happening with us. “I literally just went through a break up and I just met this guy. What if it’s all in my head?” I grabbed a pair of sweats out of my bag and pulled them on.
    “You can’t let an asshole like Jason have you thinking that every guy is going to hurt you like he did. Adrian is totally into you. His friends even said he’s never been like this with any other girl. You know he made that breakfast this morning because he wanted to make sure he had something you would like and then you didn’t even eat it. It’s not all in your head!” I slipped on a hoodie and zipped it up.
    “Are you serious? He made all that food for me?” I sat down on the bed next to her. Now I was the one feeling like an asshole.
    “Yep. He woke up early to go to that little store down the road and when he got there, he realized he didn’t even know what you liked, so he bought everything!” She observed my sweat suit. “Are you going somewhere?”
    “Oh yeah, we’re going down to sit on the beach. It’s supposed to be a full moon tonight.”
    “Girl! Why didn’t you say something! Don’t keep him waiting.” We both stood up and she grabbed me by the shoulders. “Don’t worry. I can tell. He’s not like Jason. So have some fun, will you?”
     

 
     
    CHAPTER 8

    W hen I walked downstairs, Adrian was sitting on the couch. He must’ve changed too, because he now wore sweats and a gray t-shirt. I couldn’t help but notice how defined the shirt made his muscles look. Lily was right, he was totally hot and I needed to have a little more fun. I spent pretty much all of high school with Jason so I’d never really gotten to date anyone other than him. I needed to just chill out and see where this was going. If all else failed, I could at least be lucky enough to end up with a new friend. A new, hot friend.
    “Sorry, I ran into Lily in the hallway and got a little distracted.”
    “No problem.” He opened the door and we walked outside.
    We had to walk a little over a mile before we reached the turn that would take us to the beach. The nice thing about where the cabins were was that you didn’t have the noise of regular campgrounds. All you could hear was the crickets chirping in the background.
    “Wow. It’s so beautiful out tonight.” I admired the moon beaming off the water as we found a spot and Adrian laid down a blanket.
    “Yeah, it sure is.” He sat down next to me. “You don’t get to see the sky like this in the city. It’s so nice to get away every once in awhile. You cold?” He must have noticed I had my arms wrapped around myself.
    “A little,” I lied. He picked up the extra blanket he brought and wrapped it around us.
    “Is that better?”
    “Yeah, thanks.” I could feel the warmth of his body against mine. The tingling in my stomach started up again.
    “Okay, this may sound strange since we just met, but I want you to know something. I like you. I don’t know what happened the night we met, but something told me you were different than any girl I’ve ever met. There was just something, I can’t really explain, but I have to tell you because we leave tomorrow and I don’t know if I’ll get another chance. I knew I would regret it if I didn’t. Sorry if that’s weird and I just freaked you out.” I could feel him looking at me, waiting for my reaction, but I wasn’t sure what to do or say. I’d