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At the lossy and black and her body… I sighed She was a tiny girl, and she looked perfect in a bikini, completely at ease I should’ve packed a one-piece, but I didn’t think I owned one

Clutching the bottle to lanced at Tanner He hadn’t moved, and I felt like one of those cartoons where the character’s tongue rolls out of its uys out there blew the hotness charts, but Tanner…he’d always caught ht his, until now

What the hell was he up to? His behavior in the car? In the bedrooht to apologize andto ruin the trip for Kyler and Syd, but his i And I seriously doubted "behaving ourselves"up

Could I hook up with Tanner?

Apparently I could kiss hi wide as he laughed at so Kyler shouted from the other end of the pool I couldn’t hear it, but my tummy fluttered nonetheless

Oh, yeah, I could totally hook up with hi, I felt it--the flutter in my stomach hadOh no, it was sudden and sharp, kicking my heart rate up

No No No This is not going to happen

Turning away froainst the counter and closed my eyes I tried to take a deep, even breath, butit off No My chest was not squeezing in Nothing was happening It was all inmore Pressure clas to expand, desperately ignoring the way htly I held the bottle A wave of shivers rushed up my neck and over my scalp like an army of ants

A sharp pain lanced across ether so fiercelyto happen? What if I couldn’t stop it? I would--

I cut those thoughts off as I openedto happen Nothing had happened The sudden violent anxiety wasn’t really tied to anything It was all in my head A handful of seconds turned into a minute, and that minute turned into two Eventuallyreceded fro, I lifted the bottle and sed

The sliding glass door opened, and I opened h of relief when I saw that it was Syd Hair twisted over one shoulder, she was securing a beach towel along her hips "There you are," she said "I’ve been wondering where you were"

My sers ready for later"

She glanced around the kitchen "You were?"

"Yeah Just finished," I lied, pushing off the counter "They’re in the fridge"

A knowing look crossed her face "You’re hiding"

"No No, I am not"