Beach Bliss

Chapter 9

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“Want to meet up for coffee before work?”  I read the text I had gotten from Lindsey. It was taking me a little while to get used to us being friends but I was getting there. “Sure:)” I texted back. I have been loving going to work lately. Lindsey and I had made up and worked every shift together so I now had a friend to work with instead of working alone with Danny. Even though Danny hasn’t been showing up for work lately. It was none of my business but I couldn’t help but think why he wasn’t there. My phone buzzed. “Meet you at Starbucks in 20.” It read. I put my phone down and went over to my closet to pick out an outfit. I chose a pink maxi dress and my cute new braided sandals from nasty gal. I wanded my hair into beachy waves and put on my makeup. I threw on my marc Jacobs glasses, grabbed my purse and headed out the door.

“Why hasn’t Danny been showing up to work?” I suddenly blurted while Lindsey was in the middle of telling me about her sister’s new job in Orlando. She was clearly caught off guard by the look on her face. “Why?” I asked, eyeing my carefully. “Just wondering.” I said taking a sip out of my hazelnut frapp. “I have no clue, but my guess is probably you.” I spit out my frapp everywhere. “Ew!” Lindsey cried. “What?!” I questioned. A girl came over and handed us some napkins. “Thank you.” I said as she walked away. “It’s just an observation.” After cleaning up the table Lindsey went back to talking about her sister’s job though I wasn’t listening. All I could think about was Danny, that’s all I was thinking about these days Danny. It had been weeks since we broke up and I was semi-sort of with Austin now, but I still couldn’t help but think about him. In my defense he didn’t make it easy to get over him. I just wished that I would stop thinking about him and get over him soon, I was happy now. I didn’t want him to interfere with that. Did I?

“Here’s your coffee’s.” I said as I laid down the coffees an elderly couple just ordered. “If you need anything else just let me know.” I said before walking away. “Kendall your phone was ringing in the back; you can go check it I’ll cover for you.” Lindsey said. “Thanks.” I smiled at her then went it the back to see who had been calling, it was Austin. I quickly dialled back and after three rings he answered. “Hello.” I smiled at the sound of his voice. “Hey it’s me.” I said back into the phone. “You called?” “Yeah, sorry to bother you at work but I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner tonight? I’ll pick you up.” He was too sweet. He was always calling me up and taking me places, showing me he really did care. A couple days ago he dropped off flowers unexpectedly at my house. A few before that he showed up at 2 am when I couldn’t sleep and walked with me down the beach for hours. I was really starting to fall for him. “Sure.” I said smiling. “Great, I’ll pick you up at 8. Bye beautiful!” I could tell he was smiling too. “Bye.” I said before hanging up. Just as I was about to put my phone back into my bag I got a text. I couldn’t believe who it was when I opened it up, it was Danny. Why was he texting me? “Kendall… I need to talk to you. Can we please meet?” The text read. I stood there for a few minutes contemplating whether or not to say yes or no. I couldn’t decide. Eventually I typed in “Fine. Meet me at the pier at 11.” And sent it. I put my phone away and headed back on the floor. The rest of the work day I knocked over 4 glasses, got 5 orders wrong and spilt coffee on a customer. All because of my nerves for tonight. All I could think about was why Danny wanted to talk to me.

I heard Austin’s car honking outside as I checked myself over in the mirror one last time. I had a slight smokey eye for makeup, my hair was in tousled curls and I was wearing a mint dress with a heart cut out in the back. “Bye auntie!” I called before heading out the door. I smiled at Austin as I got into the car. “You look beautiful.” Was the first thing he said to me? “Thanks Austin.” I said with a huge smile across my face, but I didn’t care. With Austin I felt like I could be who I truly was.

“I’ll have the chocolate cheesecake.” I said to the waitress. She smiled then said “Good choice.” After she finished writing down my order she turned to Austin. “And you sir?” Austin scanned the menu one more time before deciding on the chocolate sundae. When she left Austin gently entwined my hand in his. “Kendall?” He said nervously. “Yes?” I looked up to see his hopeful eyes. “Will you be my girlfriend?” He asked. Trying not to look me dead in the eye, he was cute when he was nervous. I tilted his chin up gently with my hand then planted a soft kiss on his lips to calm his nerves. “Of course.” I said with a smile. He smiled then kissed me again. For the first time in 4 weeks I didn’t have a single thought about Danny.

“Goodnight Kendall.” Austin kissed me goodnight then took off which was good. I didn’t want to tell him I was about to go meet Danny or him to have to come with me. When we got home all the lights were off and Aunt Jody’s car was gone which meant she was probably out somewhere which was also good. I didn’t need her million questions. As soon as Austin pulled out of the driveway I made my way out the patio door and headed to the beach.

As soon as I got there my eyes instantly landed on Danny who was skipping rocks on the walk. “I was never good at that.” I said getting closer to him. He looked up at me then patted his hand to the spot beside him for me to sit. “Here I’ll show you.” He picked up a smooth rock from the sand and handed it to me. He held my hand and helped me throw it. Soon I had the hang of it and I like to think I was slightly better than Danny. “Danny?” I asked. He looked up at me, his beautiful eyes glistening in the moonlight. Suddenly I felt all my feelings for him rushing back. I looked down at the sand. “What?” He questioned. “Why did you need to see me?” I questioned still looking at the sand. He tilted my chin up towards him and kissed me. For a second I wanted to push him away but I gave in and kissed him back. After a couple minutes of making out I pushed him away. “I shouldn’t be doing this.” I said as I stood up. “Why?” He questioned standing up quickly and right behind me. “I have a boyfriend Danny. “ I said. His eyes filled with hurt as he looked to the ground. “I’m sorry about that. Attacking your boyfriend. Just seeing you with another guy drove me crazy.” He said stepping closer to me and playing with my hair. I pushed his hand away. “You think seeing you with your sluts doesn’t hurt me?” I questioned aggressively. “You broke things off with me, remember Kendall?” The memory of that day jolted back to me. I broke things off because of my friendship with Katy. Katy had told me that she got over Danny. When she saw Danny all loved up with his many girl toys she hooked me up with Austin to make it up to me. “I broke things off because my best friend had feelings for you! Not because I wanted to!” Tears were now flowing down my face. “Then let’s go back to the way things were.” He said wiping my tears away. I closed my eyes. I was now more confused than ever. “I have a boyfriend now.” I whispered. “It can’t go back to the way it was, not now.” I said stepping away and wiping my own tears. “I’m sorry.” I turned around and ran off the beach, leaving Danny standing there hurt and disappointed; you could see it in his facial expression. Hurting him hurt me more than anything. When I was out of Danny’s sight I sat down in the sand and just cried and cried. I wanted to be with Danny more than anything in the world but I also had a sweet loving boyfriend who I had just cheated on. He gave me the world and I was throwing it away. There was one question in my mind that I knew I had to figure out. Who do I truly want to be with?