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All good things come to an end. Or so I've observed over the years. There isn't much one can do about it, and at some point you have to just accept things for what they are.
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Summer was coming to a close on the coastal waters of North Carolina's very own Stumpy Point. The sun didn't have the same affect on me as it did four weeks ago when we first got to my family's beach house. It didn't make my skin tingle or leave me feeling tired anymore. The clear sky's never ceased and it made every day fit into a seamless loop. However, with the past few days things have been coming to a stand point. My mum started packing away little things around the house back into boxes to go back home.
I hated the fact that I'd be leaving in two days to head back to the mainland for senior year. Even the thought of the new school year sent chills up my spine in the mid day heat.
I didn't have anything against school. In all honesty I was kind of excited about it originally. But in recent occurrences I feel it is going to otherwise not. My relationships since moving away for the summer have felt so uneven. Even though I've been here on the coast, I've still been present for my friends back home. I guess I just feel left out of their lives. They do all these great things without me and it makes me a bit sad. But then again here I am sitting on the dock of my beach house, feet in the water and living lavishly.
I stare at my reflection in the water below me making random faces as if to a small child. I morph expressions back and forth between utterly horrid and silly. Nobody is watching so I see no harm in it.
The wooden slats that make up the dock start to creak as weight shifts as someone moves towards my end. I can tell who is who in my family without even looking by their walk and footsteps.
We used to play very competitive games of hide and go seek when I was younger.  With six siblings including me, they'd get intense quick. I remember hiding for over an hour when I was ten in the attic during a heat wave. I was relentless and was determined to win.  What gave me away was the window I cracked open so I wouldn't die of heat stroke. I was second place to Devan, the second oldest, who had hid in the garage inside dad's car and had locked it.
Coming onto the dock was not one of my family members. Instead, one-hundred and seventy-two pounds of pure muscle and charm. Sedrick. Or better known to me, Sed. He had come to stay for the last two weeks of vacation on the coast with my family and I because Magnus, my eldest brother, had decided to go on vacation with his girlfriend's family in Greece. We had an extra room so my parents allowed it.
It was really nice having Sed with us.  The lonely feelings from missing my friends vanished when he arrived in town, and my troubles had simply melted away into the sand.
The late night escapades and memorable moments bring a smile to my face even at the thought of it. We'd sneak out through the balcony and into our old tree house to avoid waking my family.  We'd have meaningful conversations all night that I just found I couldn't have with anyone else. Even with a family of eight, I can't tell them everything. Not the way I can tell things to Sedrick anyways.
The rattle of the buckles on his sandals grew closer and I turn around to meet him. I remove my toes from the water and try and stand grabbing onto the railing to pull my self up. Sed picks up his pace with a hop and grabs my free hand and helps me up like a gentleman.
"Hello sunshine", Sed says and smiles at me.
He had gotten his braces off at the start of the summer and I can't get over is new smile.
"Why thank you my dear" I pop back as I get to my feet and let go of the railing.
I assume he just got up a bit ago from his afternoon nap. The sun just does something to him and he has to sleep. And that is understandable because that was me a while ago.
"Your mom was asking for you by the way", he spoke, eyes straight out to the horizon.
"You know you can call her Kathy right, Sed?"
"Yeah I do, I just feel like she doesn't like when I do. Maybe it's because my parents have always said calling a friend or girlfriend's parents by their first name was a respect thing. But who knows."
I can see where he is coming from but just brush it off.
"What did she want anyways?"
"Oh, yeah she was looking for you all over the house, said something about dinner this evening?"
I had completely forgotten about going for dinner tonight. It was a tradition we decided to start. I mean Magnus isn't here for it but that's just the way it is.
We had decided to start going to this sea side restaurant called Milo's every year before the end of our trip. My parents' friends, the Jackson's, showed them the place one night after getting hammered on mimosas and tequila on the boat all day and needed a pick me up.
"Oh yeah... I had forgotten about that. I kinda wanna just stay at the house. I don't really feel like going out into the mayhem." I solemnly reply.
"Well how about some lunch and a nap and then see how you feel after? Perhaps you might change your mind." Sed says somewhat optimistically.
"That is a fair point actually.  All I've had today is a carrot smoothly and that is not very sustaining in this heat. "
"See. My point exactly!" He said with a grin and strings his arm through mine to form a link. "Let's go get you into some air conditioning and get you some water and a snack".
I reluctantly drag my feet and walk with him on the path through the tall grass back to the house.
"Also" he says,  "didn't you buy a dress just for the occasion tonight?"
I mean yeah I did.  And it's been sitting in my closet since I arrived here.
" Yeah I did. I don't know if I'm going to wear it though. It'll just depend on my mood"
"I understand." Sed places a hand on my sunburned shoulder and leans into the side of my head by my ear and talks with a low tone.
"You know... I'd really like to see you in that dress. And when we get home, I can help you take it off" Sedrick says and starts to trek away.
My cheeks go pink. But it's hard to even tell anymore because of the redness from baking in the sun.
I walk back to the house meters behind Sed and keep my head down.
I know that we have been dating for over a year and we have already crossed almost every line there is and I am totally comfortable with him, but sometimes he just catches me by surprise and I just can't help but get flustered. 
A sudden thought shoots into my head.
Sprinting past my boyfriend, I get to the back door a ways ahead of him as he chases me. I fly open the door and tumble inside, locking it behind me. I make sure he knows that I locked it and I smile.
It feels a handful of degrees cooler inside and I get immediate goosebumps.
I wave goodbye to Sedrick and he smirks and walks off. I don't know where he's going. Probably to the front door. This is casual for us and is all part of a game we like to play.
Kicked off shoes pile up by every door that leads outside. Sandals, runners, flip flops and more scattered all over the floor. I almost trip over one when I step over the mound. I catch my balance on my way over to the stairs.
I'm not typically a clumsy person I find. I just want to make it to my room and get into bed. I don't really wanna eat anything because of how hot it is outside.