You’re walking toward me, big sunglasses on, wearing this light green dress, and I somehow know that it matches your eyes. I’m in the middle of playing a volleyball game with Harry, but it feels like everyone else disappears. “Then, as our friend Fate would have it, on our very last day at the beach I spot her. But no matter how hard I try, I never get to talk to her. We’re only there for a day when I start catching glimpses of this girl with dark hair walking around town, her nose stuck in a book, earbuds in and blasting music. “To celebrate, Mom decides to take us up to Virginia Beach for a week. “I’m in Wilmington, suffering through another boring, hot summer, working one last time in Harry’s repair shop before going off to some fancy university-where, I might add, my roommate will be a stuck-up-know-it-all-with-a-heart-of-gold named Charles Carrington Meriwether IV-but he’s not part of this story, not yet.” His fingers curled around my hip, and I could feel him trembling, even as his voice was steady. “Me?” Liam said, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. “Yeah?” I leaned my forehead against his chest. And just when you think you’re going to die if you have to take another practice SAT, your dad asks if you want to go visit your grandmother in Virginia Beach.” You’re focused on school and all your dozens of clubs, because you want to go to a good college and save the world. Naturally, you’re completely oblivious to the fact that all of the boys from your high school who visit daily are more interested in you than the thirty-one flavors. “So, it’s the summer and you’re in Salem, suffering through another boring, hot July, and working part-time at an ice cream parlor.

“Liam cleared his throat again and turned to fully face me.

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