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“So…nohat?” I eventually ask “Now that I’ hat do we do?”

“We swi her ar srins back at me

“And then what?” I question, and she tilts her head to the side

“What do you mean?’

“Well, for one, we have no towels”

“Hh, huh?” she retorts, and a mischievous smile crests her lips

“Which is such a Carly thing to say,” I toss back, and she giggles

“We’re each other’s opposites, aren’t we? I’ht and neurotic”

“I’ht”

Her responding smile calls bullshit

“So, I like things planned out” I shrug one shoulder “There’s nothing wrong with that”

“I never said there was,” she responds and flashes a wink at , in my opinion, it’s kind of sexy It makes me incredibly curious what you’re like in other kinds of situations”

Other kinds of situations? Like sex?

My chin jerks back intoon me, Carly?”

“Maybe” She shrugs one bare shoulder “I guess you’ll just have to wait and find out”

“Ah,” I hum “Maybe that information is stored with the towels”

She grins and splashes her hand in the water, urging a few rogue droplets to hitthe furrow in ertip “I have a solution for towels”

“Oh, really? What’s that? And before you suggest it, I’”

She grins and answers lance over hts of a small convenience store off in the distance, where the main road leads to the beach

“See, Ryan?” she states and playfully tapsSometimes, you just need to let life lead you because, eventually, it will all work itself out”

And then she’s off again, diving back into the water until her whole body is coed