No Strings Attached ; j.g

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He put the car in park and we got out. We were standing before a small, private and empty beach.

I looked around, I had a huge smile on my face. "It's beautiful."

I run behind a rock and quickly squirm into my bathing suit. By the time Jack gets halfway to me, I dive into the water.

"Ahh," I said as I came up. "Refreshing." I grabbed Jack by the top of his shorts and pulled him into the water. "Thank you for bringing me here," I hug him around the neck.

This was possibly one of the prettiest beaches I'd ever been on. "It's not a problem." I could feel his smile as he hugged me back. I cupped his cheeks and pecked his lips.

We relaxed in the water for a while, and by the time we got out, the sun was setting and we looked like prunes.

I sat in the sand with my knees pulled up to my chest. I watched the sun go down. I felt his hand come across my shoulders. "So what's your story?" he asks. "Where're you from, do you have family?"

"I'm from Indiana," I tell him. "I have a mom and a dad, a younger brother, a younger sister, and two older sisters."

"Tell me more," he rolled onto his stomach, facing me, and stared at me. "How'd you end up here, you know, adventurous and all."

"Indiana was sucky. Crap weather, trashy, and corn everywhere you look," I said. "There was nothing to do, hanging out with friends just meant buying food. You couldn't do anything because there was nothing to do."

"Mhm."

"I was always complaining about it, so at the age of seventeen, I left. I took off, ended up in Ohio. I snuck my way into Kings Island, rode everything there." I paused to enjoy the last part of the sunset. "I got into six flags with a few dudes, hitched a ride to Florida, out to Colorado, New York, everywhere."

"Wow," he said as he stared at me. "Have you stayed in touch with anybody?"

"Nope," I could tell by his face that he'd lost a little hope in me staying here. "I don't have a phone, so I don't call or text my family." I could tell what he was waiting for me to say. "Everyone that I've met has been great. I've made an agreement with all of the hippies like me, we promised to never forget our adventures together, and that we'd meet again one day."

"And how many people that you've met, have you come across again?"

"Zero."

I heard him sigh, "still want to leave?" I nod and he sighs again. "Give me a week to change your mind."

-

I followed him up to his room and laid on the bed. I watched him as he changed into grey sweatpants. He looked at me.

"Could I uh- borrow a tshirt?" I ask. He reaches into a drawer and pulls out a grey tshirt and some sweats. "Thanks," I say as he tosses them to me.

I change into them and pulled my hair into a loose bun. "Do you ever like to, yanno, just chill?"

"I mean, it's not something I've done for awhile. I could adjust though." I scooted over and he crawled into bed. He wrapped his arm around me and I threw my leg over him.

I never really cuddled with many people. I didn't usually like to cuddle. I was miserable, I wanted to leave. Go explore. I promised a week though.

He kisses my forehead. I felt terrible, I was letting him fall in love with me, and all I was gonna do is leave. I knew he couldn't change my mind. I was leaving one way or another.

"I know what you're thinking," he spoke slowly. "You're bored, and you feel like you're in a cage." I nodded into his chest. "I don't want to make you do something you wanna do, but I really think I could change your mind."

"Why do you want me to stay so bad?" I ask him.

"Well- I don't know."

"Okay, why do you want to stay here?"

"Well I don't really know that either."

"There's so much to do in so little time. There's so many things to do," I try to convince him.

"Alexis, if you stay here, we could live together. We can still adventure, and I'll take you on endless vacations."

"Can we just sleep on it?" I ask as I yawn. He rubs my head and closes his eyes. He was catching feelings, and he was showing it.

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