Elyssa's POV
Was Loren really going to kiss
me?
"Ely, sweetie, are you okay?"
my mom asked me.
I haven't touched my food,
which smelled delicious. "Yeah,
Sorry, Mom. I'm, um, I'm not that
hungry." I excused myself from
the table and went into my room.
Why did I just lie like that? I'm
super hungry! I've been hungry
since I bumped into Loren!
Speaking of which: I wonder
what's he doing right now. He's
probably hanging out with his
little sister.
Wait...how did I know he had a little sister? Loren hardly
told me anything about himself! I'm weird. I need to stop thinking
about him. (Which is nearly
impossible!) I can't stop thinking
about his body, his lips, his hair,
the way he smiles and laughs, his
eyes-
Actually, coming to think of it,
I haven't seen his eyes, well,
technically not his eyes, but the
ones I see in the dark.
There were footsteps coming up the stairs. Then there was a
light knock on the door.
"Honey?"
"Yes, Mom?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, Im fine."
"Do you want to talk?"
"Um, I'm kind of tired, I'm
gonna hit the sack." I am really
tired.
"Okay, sweetie, good night."
I sighed and changed into my
pajamas and went to bed.
Days passed, and it was Saturday. It was really hot, too!
Mom suggested that we go to the
beach. Dad went fishing with his
friends.
I put on my new green, pretty
bikini. Then I put on a blue fitted
tank top, blue jean short shorts,
gold strap flip-flops, and some
sun-glasses! Now, I'm ready.
"Can I invite Clara?" I asked
my Mom.
"Sure." She put the picnic
things in the trunk of the truck
and strapped Andy in.
We picked Clara up, and we
were on our way to the beach.
When we arrived, Clara and I
walked side-by-side, and Mom set
out the blanket and sat down.
"Ely, how about you and Clara
take Andy for a swim?"
"Sure thing, Mom."
When Mom was out of
ear-shot, Clara said, "Look at all
the hot guys here!"
"I know," I laughed. We
undressed and started walking
to the water where people were
splashing and other stuffs. Some where even playing volley ball in the water.
Some of the boys whistled at us
and Clara giggled and waved. I
rolled my eyes and took Andy to
the water.
I put my feet into it, and it immediately felt good. But I stood there, looking down at my feet. I had a feeling someone was
watching me.
"Hey, baby!"A boy came up
next to me. Clearly, he works out.
He looks about 17 or 18. He had
blond hair and green eyes. He
smiled brightly at me.
"Uh...hi," I said, kind of unsure
because he called me 'baby'.
"I'm Stanley."
"I don't care," I said.
"Ooh, fiesty. I like," he said.
"Whatever," I said, I really do
not want to be bothered. Where
is Andy, by the way? Oh, there
he is. Nevermind. I was hoping
I couldn't find him, so I could
go look for him and ditch this
asshole over here.
"Wanna come back to my car?"
he asked.
"Oh my god, no."
"What's wrong with me? You
must think I'm hot? I'm great at
working out, and that's not all I'm great at," he said smirking. Gross!
"Sorry, not interested," I said,
walking away. But he grabbed my hand and yanked me back.
"Come on, babe," he whispered
in my ear.
"Get away!" I shoved out of his
grip.
"Damn, you're strong!" He was
getting mad now. What, is he
going to rape me? Before he could grab me again, someone called my name.
"Elyssa?"
I turned around. "Loren?"
Loren came walking to my
side. "What's going on here?"
"Nothing man," Stanley, the
asshole, said and walked away,
mumbling.
I turned back to Loren who was smiling at me. "Thanks." It's kind of awkward that he pops up
sometimes.
"You're welcome."
"What are you doing here?" I
asked.
"It's 100 degrees out here, and
you're asking me what I'm doing
here?" he laughed.
"I meant how did you find me?"
"Oh. I was just walking around
when I saw you. Then that dude
grabbed your hand, so I came
Over."
"Oh."
"What, you're not happy to see
me?" he smirked.
I'm always happy to see him.
"Of course I am. If it weren't for
you, he would have had me in his
car by now."
He shook his head and we got
into the water. "I don't think so.
I saw the way you pulled away
from him. That was pretty damn
strong," he said.
"Oh, yeah?"
"Yeah."
I was bored, so I splashed him.
It's not like he wasn't already wet.
His eyebrow rose. "Are you challenging me?"
"Maybe, maybe not," I said,
splashing him.
"Oh, it's on!"
He just practically DUNKED
me! What happened to
SPLASHING! He actually dunked
me! I tossed my hair from my
face and looked at him. He was
laughing so hard, if he had some
of the water in his mouth, it
would be coming out of his nose.
"You....should...have...
seen....your....face when I
dunked...you!" he said, in
between laughs.
"That was so not fair. It was a splashing war, not a dunking
war!"
"You should know I play dirty
by now," he was still giggling
a little. I folded my arms. He
smiled.
"Aww, don't be mad!"
I didn't answer.
"Please?"
Still, no answer. I was just
glaring at him.
Then he came over to me and
put his big muscular arms around me. I have to say, I was surprised at first, but then I was enjoying the feeling, I could hear and feel his heartbeat. "Please, Elyssa. I'm sorry, can you forgive me?"
How can I not forgive him?
"Okay, fine."
I could feel his chest rumble as
he laughed. I laughed too.
"Elyssa?"
We both looked up. It was
Clara, and she had Andy with
her. I moved away from Loren.
Clara had that 'OMG LOREN'S
HUGGING YOU!' look. Then he
started to look me up and down,
like he's just now seeing what
I have on. Then, Clara had that
'OMG He's looking you up and
down!' smile on her face. Andy
was also smiling.
"Um.." Clara said, but it came
out in a squeak.
"Oh, um, I guess I should go,"
Loren said. I didn't want him to
go. "Bye Clara. Bye Elyssa." He gave me one last look before he got out of the water and walked away.
"Okay, what happened?" Clara
asked me.
"I don't know. What happened
with you?"
"Oh, nothing much. Just met
a couple of boys," she turned
and waved at a group of boys
drinking beer. "But you know
how I am."
I nodded. I did. She gets a boy,
uses him, then dumps him. Like
Kleenex. You get one, use it, then
throw it in the trash.
"Ely, can we go buy some chips? Mommy gave me the
money," Andy said, hugging my
leg. I smiled and messed his hair.
"Sure."
We walked over to the food
stand. When everyone else was in
line, the man serving the things
looked at me a couple of times.
Clara nudged me. "Dude is
checking you out," she giggled.
When it was our turn in line,
he practically stared at me before
saying, "What can I do for you,
Sweetheart?"
I smiled, and looked at Andy.
"What do you want, Andy?"
He put his index finger on his
chin, to make it look like he was a
big boy, making a hard decision.
It was so cute. "Ruffles!" He finally answered.
"Ruffles it is," I looked back at
the guy.
"Sure thing, gorgeous."
While he searched in a box full
of chips for Ruffles, I was kind of
checking him out. His name tag
said, 'Hi, my name is Ken Kris!"
"Here you go," he smiled at me,
handing Andy the chips.
"Thank you!" Andy said.
"Anything else you would like?"
Ken Kris tried to look sexy at
smirking, but he failed.
"No, thanks."
"See you around?"
"Um...sure," I smiled. What a
lie.
"See ya!" He waved.
When we were already back
to my Mom, Clara whispered to
me. "You're not going to see him
around, are ya?"
"Nope."
We laughed.
"You girls had fun?" Mom
asked us.
"We sure did, Mrs. Sean! I had a
great and amazing time. Thanks," Clara said.
My mom smiled. "Any time.
Well, we should be going. I'm
pretty sure I got a tan, and your
father will be home any time
soon, so let's make him lunch."
"Okay." We helped Mom pack up.
Before I got in the car, I looked
around and spotted Loren. He
was looking at me. He smiled and
waved, and I did the same back
then got in the car.
Loren's POV
As I watched Elyssa's truck
pull away, I turned back to my
friends.
"What are you looking at?"
Brady asked, throwing the football to me.
"Nothing," I said, throwing it
back.
"He's probably dazed," Aaron
said.
"About what?"
"All the hot girls here! I mean
look at them!"
I shook my head. "Nah, I got
my eye on someone else." Brady
threw the football.
"Oh, right," Kenny chimed in.
"Elyssa." Everyone said together.
"How are we supposed to
know if she's hot or not?" Brady
asked. He and Aaron laughed. I
threw the football at Brady, and
he ducked out the way onto the
ground, growling playfully.
"Once you see her, you'll see.
How about I make a bet? If she's
hot, all of you owe me 20 bucks. If she's not hot to you all, I'l give
each of you 20 bucks," I said.
They exchanged glances.
"Oh, you're on!"
I rolled my eyes. I guess I'll be
having 60 bucks tomorrow!
I actually wanted to see her
again today, but I'll wait to see the look on their faces.
"Ya know, she was here today
at the beach. I was just talking to
her," I said.
They stopped throwing
footballs.
"What?" asked Brady.
"She was?" said Aaron.
"Dude! There's like a million
hot girls here! How are we
supposed to know?!" Kenny
yelled.
"I want out of the bet." Aaron
raise his hand.
"Nope! If we're still in it, so are
you! Besides, she might not be so
hot," Kenny said, and threw the
football.
Whaaaaatever.
"Anyways, how about you guys come over tomorrow, and I'l bring her," I
said, catching the
football.
"How do you know if she'll
come?" Brady asked, and I threw
the football to him.
I snorted. "Dude, come on. I
mean, look at me. You really think she'll turn me," I gestured to myself. "Down?"
They actually looked at me.
Then they laughed.
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up." I will
be expecting them to bring their
wallets.
"Whatever, Lo," Aaron still
laughed and Kenny threw the
football at his crotch. Then we
laughed.