Sunkissed Serendipity

Chapter 67

Isla

Julian and I spent a few more minutes in bed, talking in the quiet of his house. I learned that his parents were out of town to talk to their attorney and that Jack was staying over with their aunts. That was the reason Julian was alone and how I wound up in his bed. He was sweet to me after the act, gentle in the way he was holding me. Even though I told him a bunch of times that I was fine and that I wasn't hurt in any way by how it went down, he was still worried. I feared that he would always look out for my best interests, and that actually made me love him more.

After we finally rolled out of bed, Julian waited for me to shower. When I went downstairs, I found him in his kitchen, choking breakfast for us in just his shorts. He smelled good—of his natural scent and coated with the scent of how he did in his bed. It was a sight to see. After we ate breakfast, he took us on his boat one last time. We went on it several days after we started dating, but this time it was the best. It was just the two of us, floating softly in the water. I think we talked for hours on the boat, and I had never laughed as hard as I did.

When it was time to go, I recorded our last interaction with a frown on my face. I didn't want summer to end—the long, endless days where I was free to come over anytime I wanted. I would surely miss it. But Julian was happy regardless, so with one last clip of us kissing, I turned off my camera. We said goodbye with the promise to text each other at night before bed.


When I went home, I spent the entire day in his shirt that I borrowed after the shower. I also spent the whole day complying with every photo that I had with him. There were so many, and as I studied them all, I couldn't help but smile at them. I sent over all of the photos to Julian in a folder, and he replied back with "finally" I laughed before moving on to comply with all of the video clips. The first clip that I had with him was me asking him if it was okay for me to take a picture of him after the first time I kissed him. He looked so bewildered in the clip, but I could also see the shy persona he had.

There were many clips that I had. On the boat, on the Fourth of July, with his family, clips of us playing soccer and fighting over who was going to win were taken of the baseball game, where someone had accidentally taken a video of me acidly going the wrong way instead of him. Every clip I had of us, I sent over to my laptop and got to editing it. I sat on my bed for four hours stirbjt with nothing but my computer and a big box of cheeze-itz , which I devoured.

After four hours, I was done editing the video. It was my summer, but it all centered around Julian and me. Like the sappy romantic I was, I had added music to the clips where it could be seen we were falling for each other. As I watched the video, I couldn't help but notice the way Julian had looked at me. His eyes told more than his mouth, and I was drawn to it. It was clear to see that he loved me. Just in his eyes, I can see how much he feels for me. It was very exciting.

I sent the video clip over to Julian and headed to finally get prepped for school. After I had taken another shower, I came out to find that Julian had responded. His text came thirty minutes after I sent over the video.

I cannot believe you have this. I watched it already, and I'm so happy that our summer is in a video.

I called him first thing, and we talked about how exciting it was that our entire summer was in a video. In short, it was something special I'll always look back on. He made a comment about me posting it on social media, but I could never. So instead, I saved the video on my phone, where I can see it all the time.

We talked for a while longer, with him telling me about his father's case starting tomorrow and about how he was scared that his father's voice wouldn't be heard and that the whole town would think his father was a liar all over again. I felt bad for him, and I tried my hardest to offer luck, but he didn't want it. He just wanted to make sure that I'd be there for him, which I agreed to without asking.