The Lifeguard | A.C.M |

18.

/Austin/

"I had fun" Lynn wraps her arms around me, kissing my neck. I take a deep breath, and close my eyes tightly, letting her lips skim across my skin. We hadn't really done anything I would consider to be fun. We just hung out, ate dinner, but I guess she really meant what happened after dinner. I look down at her, her bright blue eyes staring back at me. She smiles small, but I fail to return it, wondering why in the hell, after all the shit she caused me with Lennon, I decided to sleep with her yet again.

"Do you have work today?" She asks, and I nod, a pout settling on her lips "Will you come back after?" I shrug in response, knowing if I said no she'd beg, but I didn't want to say yes. I stand up from her bed and pull on my clothes, looking at her when I hear her giggling.

"What?"

"I think your co-workers are going to love those" She points at my neck and I look at her in confusion before walking to her bathroom, looking in the mirror.

"Fuck" I curse, eyeing the dark purple marks that scatter my neck, and collarbones, forgetting that Lynn was a pro at overdoing hickies. I walk out of her bathroom and slide my shoes on, ignoring her at she laughs.

"I'll see you later" She waves, and I roll my eyes walking out of her room and down the steps, leaving her house. I get into my car and drive home, showering and getting changed for work before getting back into my car and driving to the pool.i pull up twenty minutes late, pushing past the families trying to get into the pool, Ella catching me.

"Come here" She yells from the check in booth, and I sigh heavily, walking around and opening the door, walking inside "Why are you late?" She asks, taking the money the guys hands her, stamping all of their hands to let them in. She turns around to face me after they leave, her eyes widening when she sees my neck "Oh my god" She covers her mouth with her hand.

"I know" I roll my eyes.

"Lynn?" She asks and I nod "Are you ever going to find someone else, better than her?" She asks.

"I did" I shrug.

"And?" She raises her eyebrows.

"I messed it up" I sigh "Now I really need to get inside" I walk out of the booth, and towards the employee building.

"Oh please" I hear Lennon giggle "I do think you're hot"

"Hmm, really?" Dan hums and my jaw clenches.

"Oh yeah, totally" She says, and soon they both come into view, her eyes meeting mine before they trail down my neck, and I watch her gulp as she looks away awkwardly "Good luck with that thing, I have to get out to the pool" She says to Dan, looking at me one last time before walking out of the employee building and towards the pool.

"Kyle's going to kill you" Dan mumbles, sitting down on the couch.

"Why is that?"

"Because you don't learn" He shrugs, and as if on cue, Kyle walks in, looking at me. He looks at the hickies scattered across my neck and shakes his head in disappointment.

"Dan, they want you at the snowball stand. Max skipped out today" Kyle says and Dan nods, getting up and walks out.

"Why?" He turns towards me.

"Why what?" I ask, and he rolls his eyes.

"She ruined what you had with Lennon, but you're still fucking her?"

"She doesn't get pissed off at the little things" I shrug, and his jaw clenches.

"What are you saying?"