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“That’a a horrible way to spend Spring Break What are you, thirty?” Kelly grumbles She rolls onto her back and throws her arets a white tan line across her face!
“Ignore her” Hattie lays a giant blanket in front of me then rolls onto her belly
The tattooed guy, Landon, slaps her ass She narrows her eyes at hiles Josh has taken a seat in the furthest shaded spot away froaze to the horizon, not sure what else to say No one is asking uts
“Dude” Landon reaches into his cooler and throws a chunk of ice at Josh “Stop staring, you'll scare her away”
Hattie backhands Landon across the chest He gives her a look then adds, “I’, he looks like a creeper”
Hattie groans, then rolls into a seated position and twists the cap off her water bottle “Ignore him” She takes a sip then sets it in the sand beside her “In fact, ignore all of the but a bunch of idiots” She cli a teal cutout one piece “Co”
The thought of exposing myself to the sun any third degree burns because I’ to keep up with people I don’t care about does not sound like my idea of fun
Nevertheless, I put my best face forward and pretend to be excited that I was invited, while reo, I probably would have said yes Hattie seems nice, so does Landon and Sam Jury’s still out on Josh “I think I’ll stay here”
Hattie sment then strides towards the shore with Landon close behind Theafter him, which leaves me and Josh alone and, for some reason, that makes me nervous
“Your shoulders are red” Josh points at ry skin
It’s not just my shoulders that are burnt, hetti strap dress Kelly loanedthe situation either
Josh shrugs his yellow short-sleeve tee off and holds it out to , but it should help”
“Thanks” I slip the shirt over rimace as it touches my skin
When ives me his shirt—or any of his friends for that matter—it’s tossed at iving me the shirt off his back is second nature Maybe that’s why I don’t feel weird giving it a sniff as it slips past my nose and to my shoulders
“Listen, ue of the blanket and grabs a handful of sand then sifts the grains through his fingers, building a tiny collapsing castle by his feet