The Summer I Turned Jelly

Ocean with Jere

     I walk into my room and set my suitcase down. I walk around looking at all my old pictures, stuffed animals. Jeremiah walks in a looks at me with a smile.
      " hey, bells. I wanted to go to the ocean...I was wondering if you would come with me?" Jere says so cutely with a precious smile. I could cry.
      " I was actually going to unpack..." I say hesitantly.
     " No bells!! I've wanted to go all day but I've been waiting just for you so you could come with me!" He looks around my room as I give him a smirk. He grabs junior mint, a polar bear I've loved for like ever.
        " Pretty please?" He says flipping the bears paws with puppy eyes. I swear I could get lost in those ocean eyes.
          I had to give in. " Ugh, fine I'll come.  But at least let me unpack a little bit! I need to get my swimsuit anyway." I say with a soft smile.
       He looks into my eyes and winks. " alrighty then belly. I'll be waiting downstairs."  I take out my Blue bikini Top with my matching bottoms. I put it on, grab a towel and put my hair up. I tell the moms where we are going and I head outside. Jeremiah is in his red and yellow swim trunks and shirtless. God when did he get so hot?
     " Ready to go Cinderbelly?" He's been calling me that for years, same with my best friend, Taylor, who comes every year for the fourth.
        " Born ready Jere," I say and we start to walk towards the beach while catching up on everything that happened during the school year. All of a sudden he holds my hand. I look up at him and he smiles. I couldn't help but smile back and blush. We made it to the beach and we unlock fingers.
      " wanna race?" Jere says, excitement in his eyes.
        " Nah I'm tired." I say. " awww fine," Jere says.
I take off running before he even knows it. " Cmon Jere you know me better than that!" I say running toward the water. I make it but Jere isn't that far behind me. He tackles me into the water with me laughing. We both stand up while laughing, his hands still around my waist. We are holding eye contact when I break it.
        " Uh we should go back you know almost dinner." I say awkwardly.
      " Yeah I guess so." We go back to the beach house. We eat. We go to our rooms. Before I call Taylor, I am thinking of the way Jere kept looking at me. He's never looked at me that way before. I think nothing of it and call Taylor.