I was sitting on the beach staring at the Pacific Ocean through swollen, bleary eyes when I first saw him. If I had the troubles of the world on my shoulders, this guy was my polar opposite. He strolled down the beach, almost skipping while humming...
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The pool was small, but gorgeous. Located on the rooftop of the hotel, the view was breathtaking. On one side, the sun was warming the sprawling lush green hills of Hollywood, the picturesque dream of all who were drawn to this city. On the other was the city skyline, the tans and oranges of the California bungalows nestled between a green landscape of shrubbery and tall palms.
I dropped my free hand from my swimsuit strap which I had been readjusting, my other still clasped in Hope's warm grip as I stared around, open-mouthed. "Wow..." I breathed out, putting my fingers to edge of my sun hat and pulling the brim up a little so I could get a better view.
"Woooh!" I heard Hope say to my left and I looked around at him as he let out a quiet whistle and smiled excitedly. I could feel my own smile spreading as he dropped my hand so he could fish his phone out of his bag, immediately pulling up his camera and walking around to capture the best shots.
"Have you not been up here yet?" I asked, surprised, as my eyes followed him wandering around. He was making cute, excited noises as he snapped pictures and I could feel myself grinning at his excitement.
"Not yet. We've been practicing a lot. This is our first day off since we've been here," he said as he turned the camera towards me. I flushed and turned my face away, the breeze whipping my kimono coverup around my body. He snapped several pictures of me anyway and smiled hugely as he walked over to me and took my hand again.
My stomach flip flopped at his heartbreaker's smile. I wasn't sure if I was ever going to stop feeling that way when he smiled at me. I flushed harder as he pecked me on the lips and then pulled me to a couple of lounge chairs underneath an umbrella. Hope reached with one hand to pull off his shirt, laying it across the chair and I stared, my mouth suddenly dry. It's not like it was anything I hadn't seen before, but in the daylight it was like I was seeing him shirtless for the first time again. The sun was bright and I was getting a full view of the light bouncing off his perfect abs and chest. All of the sudden I felt hot. Really hot. I pulled my eyes away before Hope caught me staring, but it was too late. A slow smile spread across his lips as I pretended not to notice.
He laid across the chair, eyes searing into me as I avoided his gaze and took off my swimsuit coverup in what I hoped was a dignified silence. Suddenly, I felt myself being pulled down on his lap, eliciting a surprised squeak from me. I couldn't help but giggle as I squirmed and pulled away half-heartedly, feeling a little shy for reasons unknown to even myself, as no one was around right now but us. We were lucky, as it seemed we had the pool to ourselves this afternoon.
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