It was early in summer I was finally seventeen. My mom was finally letting me go to the beach for the summer with my friends. I have wanted to go with them since I was fifteen and she was letting me go this year. Hi I'm Taylor, and I am stepping out on my own I guess you could say. I had packed and unpacked and then packed again countless times, just to make sure I had everything, I was going for three months so needless to say I had a lot of stuff to pack. I was leaving the next day with my friends: Riley, Savannah, Christina and Katie . The next day rolled around, Riley and I packed up everything in my 2000 Land Rover discovery, said goodbye to my parents(which led to the be good, don't do stupid stuff speech) , hopped in the car and started driving. "Can you believe this is finally happening." I said not so much as a question but as a statement, after we pulled out of the drive way. " I know the last two years haven't been the same without you. This is going to the best year yet." She said. We stopped to pick up Savannah, Christiana and Katie. Only so they could follow in their own cars. Then drove for about a hour before stopped at a BP that was close by. We ran in, went to the bathroom. We grabbed about eighty bucks of candy and drinks, the guy behind the counter looked at us like we had just bought the whole gas station or something. I just laughed then grabbed my stuff. We hopped back in our cars, and started driving we had about two hours till we would get there.
Riley and I mostly turned up the music really loud and jammed out, we played Green Day, All time low, 5 seconds of summer ect. We played some stupid car games to make the time go by faster but we mainly enjoyed the drive. We got there at about three P.M. which gave us most of the day to do whatever we wanted. We first got everything to our cabin, which we were all sharing, the we all switched into our swim suits then headed to the beach. We didn't even have to walk a mile, we were right on the beach.
"Hey Riley, who's that?" I asked pointed at a super cute guy he looked about eighteen maybe nineteen. " I don't know but go find out. " She said pushing me towards him. " Riley I can't just go up to him. " I kept getting closer to the boy but I didn't know what to do.
"Just say hi. " I managed to get the word "hi" out which was good. " Hey, I'm Michael." He said holding his hand out. " Hi, I'm Taylor. " I said shaking his hand. "So, " He said, " Um.. me and a couple of my buddies are having a camp fire tonight if you want to come. " " Yeah I would love to, me and my friends just got out here today so it would be good to chill with people here." I said smiling. " Okay it starts at eight."He said. " Dude let's go!" One of his friends yelled. " I'll see you later." He said then started running off. "Bye. " I said. " What happened?" Savannah asked. " I can't talk I'm going to a camp fire with him at eight that only gives me two hours to get ready. Hey me, you and everyone are going to their camp fire so you guys got two hours tell them." I said running past her. " Okay. " She said laughing. I ran back and showered, when I got out I saw that the girls had come back to get ready, I spoke to them briefly, then changed into my All time low chop top, with my ripped jeans and converse, and then did my makeup. I had about five minutes to kill, so I scrolled threw instagram and talked to the girls about Michael, then grabbed my 'vans off the wall' snap-back and headed out. I walked to the beach and thought 'what if this goes well I could finally have a boyfriend.' Then I snapped out of it because I was getting ahead of myself. I didn't even know if he was single. I guess time will tell. " Hi Michael." I said walking up to him. He had a beer in his hand, it threw me off, I hoped I had been wrong about his age. The only thing was for this to be legal, he had to be twenty-one. I can't date a twenty-one year old. Again getting a head of myself, I just brushed it off. I went and sat next to him and smiled. "Hey I'm glad you could come." He said. " I mean it was a tight fit but.." I jokingly said smiling. "Haha sure." He smiled back. "So..you drink? " I asked before thinking and could catch myself. " Not really I was holding this for a friend and I took a sip but it sucked so I don't think, at least this brand, is for me. " He said with a little laugh to signify he was joking . " Oh." What the only thing that could come out of my mouth. " What about you?" He asked. "I've never tried I'm only seventeen." I said hoping he wouldn't think I was a total loser.
"Oh well I'm eighteen so it probably wasn't smart on my part. "He said, I giggled and laid my head on his shoulder. I realized what I was doing I looked up at him and he looked down at me. Our faces were not three inches from one others. He leaded down and closed his eyes, I lifted up as my lips met his. The kiss ended after a couple seconds. I turned around and saw the girls. "I'll be back. " I said as I touched his hand then stood. " What the heck ?" Riley asked. I figured she had seen. " What?" I asked. " He kissed you!" She said. " Yeah." I said smiling. " What did you say his name was again?" Savannah asked. " Michael. " " I heard he was...he you know...sleeps around a lot. " Christina said. " That's what you heard not who he actually is. " I said then walked back over to Michael. "Welcome back. "He said looking at me with the most innocent eyes. " Good to be back. " I decided to be a bit more gutsy then normal I took his face in my hands then kissed him. We kissed, for about half a minute, then he turned towards me and smiled. We talked for a while then we started walking. I woke up in a bed and looked around it didn't look like anywhere I had been before. I looked at the clock which read '8:00am', then I looked over and saw Michael on the couch. I figured he brought me back here but I couldn't remember what happened. I got up and went to the bathroom to fix my hair, I was fixing my hair then Michael came in and turned me around put me on the counter and kissed me. I pushed him off and hopped off the counter. " What happened last night?" I asked whipping around so I could see his face. He gave me this innocent look, I tried to stay mad but it was hard. I didn't know what to do we weren't dating or anything. I kissed him, doesn't mean we are dating. " I..I mean...," He stuttered for a while then finally said," We were walking and talking then we came back here and did the same thing. We kissed a couple time then, you just passed out, then I put you on my bed and I slept on the couch. That's it." He said walking closer to me but I stepped back. " Did I just pass out? " I asked as I crossed my arms. " I don't remember. How do neither of us remember? " He asked. He wasn't telling me something I could see it in his face. I thought for a second I had no clue. How does that happen, like we weren't drunk, but I didn't have anything to go off of some I went with it. I mean I was alive so it couldn't have been that bad whatever it was, "Do you want me to walk you back to your cabin?"
"um..yeah," I said awkwardly. I kept my arms crossed, as to say 'hey I'm awkward.'" Wait do you have a girlfriend?" "No I don't. Now we should get going. " He said offering his hand. I took it he intertwined our fingers. I looked down and thought' maybe he's not that bad.' " Taylor oh my gosh where were you?" Katie asked. " Um...long story. " I said hugging her. " I'm just glad you are here. " She said. " Um..probably a bad time to ask but...um..would you like to come to the beach with me..in like half a hour?" Michael asked rubbing the back of his neck nervously. " Yeah I'll meet you there. " I said. " Okay. " He said. He said goodbye to me and everyone else and then left. I filled the girls in on what I knew which took a while then I looked at the clock.
"I only have like ten minutes..." I said as I walked to my closet and found one of my favorite swim suits, then changed, then headed out. "Hey. " I said walking up to Michael. " Hey I have a question. " He said. My mind raced what was the question? What did he do? Did he get a girlfriend? What am I going to do? " Okay. " I finally managed to say. "So...about the kiss," He rubbed the back of his neck. Which I have to say is adorable. "Um...will you..." " What?" I asked. " Will you be...my..girlfriend?" He asked. My heart raced at the question . " Y-yeah yeah I would love to. " I smiled. "Guys she said yes!" He yelled to his friends. I laughed at him and his friends, his friends ran by him and hit him and picked him up, almost dropped him but..yeah. " Sorry we are crazy." One of his calmish friends said. " It's okay, hi I'm Taylor." I said. "Hi I'm Hank." He said. "Nice to meet you. " I said. " You too. " " Are you guys always this crazy?" " Michael and I are the somewhat normal ones." He said with a little laugh.
"Hey sorry about them." Michael said as he came back. " It's okay." I said with a small laugh. We hung out with his friend for a couple hours and Michael got me to go into the water, which is strange I like being on the beach I just don't always like swimming. He got me on his back and ran toward the water. As my legs hit the ice cold water I lightly screamed. I heard Michael laugh as I did so. If I hadn't been in the water I probably would've jokingly gotten off his back and been 'mad' at him, but I didn't want to get in the water to much, so I just hit his arm lightly.We eventually were back on land and I went to where my towel was, threw my ear buds in and laid down. I had my sunglasses on and my eyes closed and then I felt something standing over me. "Who blocked the sun?" I asked," This isn't instagram." I said jokingly as I took off my ear buds and opening my eyes to see the tall, dark brown haired, blue eyed, 6'3 boy known as Michael Johnson, keep in mind I am only 5'3. " Wow, so someone is obsessed with social media." He said as I removed my sunglasses and looked up at him. " No, actually I'm more into music, then people. " I said. " But people make music." He said giving me a weird look. " Shut up. " I said laying back down, closing my eyes and putting back on my sunglasses. Then, shadow that was Michael walked away for a minute as I relaxed. then I feel a slight breeze and then a face full of water. I open my eyes to find Michael standing there was a dripping bucket in his hands. " You jerk what do you think you are doing?" I asked. I tried fixing my hair but there was no use.
"It's not my fault you're boring you need a little fun in your life." he said smiling.
"Is this fun enough?" I said jumping up and hopping on his back. " There you go." He said rapping his hands around my legs so I wouldn't fall. "Okay you can put me down now." I said laughing. " Okay." he said running toward the water. "No, no, no Michael put me down!" I yelled hoping and practically praying he would listen but to no prevail. " how about now?" He asked as we stopped in the middle of the water. " No, no please no. " I said holding on to him for dear life. "Really? What if I just..?" He asked nearly dropping me. "No Michael please. " I said. " What if I do?" He asked. "Please don't." I said. " okay fine." He said walking back to the beach then putting me down. " Thank you." I said. " Welcome now come back here. " He said running after me and grabbing me. "Not this again, please.." I said holding on to him. " Fine." He said putting me down gently. " Thank you. " I said lightly smiling. " You're welcome. Do you want to go get something to eat later tonight?"He asked with a shy little smile. " Yeah I would like that," I said," Can you come get me at my cabin around seven?"
"Yeah, seven on the dot." He said as I smiled at his choice of words. "Okay." I said. " Want me to walk you back to your cabin?" He asked. "Um..sure." For some weird reason I enjoyed him being by my side even his presence made me happy, not to mention I would be walking back to my cabin in a bikini, alone otherwise. " Okay." He said looking down at me and smiling. We grabbed our stuff and headed back towards the cabin. I looked down to find his hand around my waist as we walked forward, I leaned into him not like a 'hey fall over' but more as a 'I'm happy' kind of thing. "So I'll see you at seven?" He asked. "Yup see you then." I said kissing him goodbye. I went and jumped in the shower, did my hair and makeup and changed. Seven rolled around, then eight, then nine, not a call or a text he just never showed up. I walked around till ten, then finally I took my makeup off, changed into my comfy sweatpants , a oversized hoodie and sat on the couch flipping through TV shows. Finally I landed on 'Say yes to the dress'. After about a hour of watching that with no word on where Michael was I went to bed. I crawled into a little ball, and fell asleep.
