Just A Kid

1. Long Time No See

Julietta POV

Finishing up my packing I lock up my suitcase and place it by the foot of my bed. In a couple of days I would be at the family beach house alone. Peace and quiet and no brother to bother me.

Don't get me wrong my brother Phil is my beat friend and I love him to bits bit he is also the biggest pain in my ass. I had accumulated alot of vaction time and my boss had forced me to take some and I was determined I was going to have me time.

The plan had been that I would be out of here before Teddy got home and he and the friend he was bringing home could have the house to themselves. I had no idea who he was bringing home with him and I was happy he had friends I just wish he'd find himself a lady friend.

Everything went out the window when he called and said he'd be home early meaning I'd have to play nice with his wrestling buddy for two days until I could get out of here.

"Hey I'm home" he calls out and I take a deep breath.

Plaster on a smile and just play nice I tell myself as I head towards the living room but the second I get there my heart stops, my eyes widen, my mouth falls open and I can't speak.

"Jules you remember Damian right" he smiles "Damian you remember my sister Jules"

"Uh yeah......wow you've changed so much since I last saw you" he smiles awkwardly "how are you?"

"Yeah I'm good. Long time no see huh?" I say also being awkward

Holy hell! He was hot the last time I saw but damn if he isn't the hottest thing on the planet now.

I'm suddenly aware that the childhood crush I had all those years ago never went away if anything it had instantly become stronger and I didn't know what to do with myself. How was I going to manage for the next two days.

"Sorry D, how are you?" I ask "I'm so rude"

"I'm good yeah" he says shuffling his feet "it's good to see you again Jules"

"Yeah you too" I smile "well I'm all set and I'll be out of your hair in couple of days"

"Where you headed?" He asks and in swear he looks disappointed

"Oh just the beach house" i say "boss forced me to take some action time so I'm going there alone for a couple of weeks and you guys get the house"

"Cool, it's a big house for one person though" he shrugs

"Yeah but......."

"Hey why don't we all go, hang out together like old times" Phil says

"I uh....sure why not" I say "that's if D wants to?"

"Yeah I'm in" he says and I watch as he looks me up and down with a subtle lip lick. When he's eyes meet mine he looks away and back at the floor like he's embarrassed he got caught.

"Then it's settled" Phil smiles "I'll go get some take out and drinks and we can hang out by the pool when I get back"

With that he turns on his heel and rushes out of the house leaving us both standing there looking anywhere but at each other.

"Well I'm going to go and get changed" I say "you know your way around right?"

"Yeah of course" he smiles "sorry for crashing your vacation"

"It's fine really like you said it's a big house for one person" I shrug "it will be fun getting to know you again, besides I never did like being alone"

"Yeah I remember" he says as I head up the stairs "it really is good to see you again nugget"

I hadn't heard that nickname in years, it used to cause butterflies all those years ago and damn me if I couldn't feel a swarm of them right now.

Back then I had a deep love of nuggets hence the nickname and I always called him cookie for the same reason.

"You too cookie" I say smiling over my shoulder earning a nervous smile in return "see you out by the pool in a bit"

As I head to my room to get changed I only knew one thing for sure. He may no longer be the boy I knew but I was more than interested in getting to know the man.

My heart had chosen him a long time ago and it would appear she never let him go. He was still the object of my affection and that was never going to change and I didn't really want it to.