Never Forget (Memories)

like music to my soul, and every touch sends tingles crawling across my skin.
    But, I realise as I paddle out for my second attempt at surfing, it's not those things that pull me towards him like a moth to a flame.
    It's the look in his eyes when he tells me I'm beautiful; the tenderness in his voice when he calls me 'Princess'; the soft, protective element to his touch.
    They all give me little glimpses into the guy under the flirty, egotistical outer shell.
    So maybe, just maybe, the way I'm starting to feel isn't so crazy, after all.

    ALEC

    Every turning point in life has a significant moment that accompanies it. It changes relationships, feelings and perspectives, altering the way you see the world around you.
    It also usually hits you with the force of a ten-ton-truck skidding on ice.
    It's no longer about sex, or attraction, or my teenage boy needs. It's no longer about the way Lexy's ass wiggles when she walks, the way she looks in a bikini or the way her lips would, and should, move over mine.
    It's about the way her eyes sparkle when she's excited, the way her mouth curls up in a tiny smile when she's annoyed and trying to hide it, it's the way her hair curls at the ends, ever so slightly. It's the lightness of her laugh, the flick of her eyelashes when she flirts and the playful side she keeps buried.
    It's more than attraction, more than want.
    Feelings are developing between us and lines are smudging. No matter how she denies it, I felt the way she reacted to me when she was in my arms. Racing heart, heavy breathing, lidded eyes. The same way I react to her without realising it.
    I grin as she wades through the water with the surfboard. I shouldn't have said the jellyfish thing.. No, no. I should have. It was hilarious.
    "What are you grinning at?" She raises her eyebrows.
    "Nothing." I splash her playfully and she glares at me.
    "Can we try again?" she asks, shaking her hair out.
    "I thought you didn't want to surf?"
    "You're determined I can't do it." She wipes the hair stuck to her face. "And I'm determined I can, and I'm not about to give up until I have. We could be here all night."
    "Oh, Princess. I have no problems looking at you in a wetsuit all night. Did you know it clings in all the right places?" I wink at her and hold her surfboard.
    She runs her tongue across her teeth and leans forward on the board. "I know. You're not the only one with eyes, Alec. I can see everything."
    There's an inch of space between us and she's changing the game, she's taking control.
    "Like what you see?" I breathe it out and she represses a shiver.. Not very well though.
    "Even if I do, I'm not likely to tell you." She smirks and dunks underwater, popping back up with her head back to keep her hair off her face.
    And I'll be damned if she doesn't look like a wet dream come to life when she does it.
    My cock twitches. Feelings might be developing, but it doesn't overlook the fact she's still the sexiest thing Devon has ever fucking seen.

CHAPTER SEVEN

    ALEXIS

    ''Boy's got it bad.'' Jen flicks a shell away.
    ''Okay,'' I say.
    ''No, really. I've never seen him this way. It's both exciting and sickening at the same time.''
    ''Jen.''
    ''Don't you start with the 'Jen' thing,'' she warns me. ''I'm just tellin' you how I see it, and I can see more fireworks between you two than the fifth November.''
    ''The things you come out with..'' I shake my head.
    ''Lexy, you can tell me.'' She sits up and is serious. ''Do you like him?''
    ''I like him. As a friend.'' I skirt around her meaning.
    ''Nice dodge, Lexy.'' She lies back down.
    ''I don't know what you mean.''
    ''Well, we'll see.''
    ''Despite everything he said yesterday, I'm pretty sure he just wants to get in my pants. That's all.'' I check my phone and see that Bing is coming back to Lilac Bay on Friday, two days early.
    ''Alec's never asked anyone for a chance. Ever. Trust me, he wants more than a roll in the hay.''
    ''Well, I don't want a summer romance.''
    I don't know who I'm trying to convince.
    ''Yeah, I believe you.'' Jen says it in a tone that says she clearly doesn't, but she's gonna drop it for now. ''There's another party at the Bay on Friday, and since it's your birthday next week I thought we'd go and celebrate your last under-age drinks.''
    ''Sounds like a plan, batgirl.'' I grin at her. ''Although, Bing said he's back Friday so he'll probably come too.''
    ''I have no doubt he will,'' she says dryly. ''Maybe he can take Bianca off Alec's hands for