summer boy ~ tal fishman ✓

~5~

We are swimming back to the normal beach and Tal can stand on the ocean floor pretty quickly. I know that I'm not anywhere close to the sand on the bottom of the ocean and I am tired so I grab on to his arm, so he will pull me with him while walking out of the ocean. That way, I'll hopefully be slightly less tired and panting when I'm back on the land again.

'Do you want a piggyback?' he asks. 'Hell yes', I say, laughing. He takes me on his back and walks out of the ocean with me on his back. When we are out of the water, he puts me down again. My skin is still burning from where he held me. It feels like it is on fire or something. 

'Thanks', I say and I give him a kiss on his cheek. It seems like he is red, but it's probably just me and my stupid imagination. 

We walk back to our pile of clothes, relieved it's still in the same spot as we left it. I put on my dress and he pulls his shirt over his head. I feel my wet hair through the fabric of the dress, it cools me off a bit. 

The weather is becoming hotter with the hour, which doesn't help with my tiredness. Speaking of hot, Tal looks pretty hot with his wet hair and half wet shirt. 'Shall we walk back?' he asks. 'Good idea', is my answer. We walk back to our tiny mobile homes and say goodbye at the last crossing where we both have to go in a different direction.

When I'm home again, it's lunchtime already and I eat some yogurt. My parents left a note for me as well. It says that they are happy I found a friend and that they were going to be away until deep in the night. 

I roll my eyes and decide to read a new book to rest a bit. After 30 minutes or so I've already had enough of the book. It's boring and predictable and I don't get caught in the story at all, something I like about good books. 

This book is not a good one and I find myself skipping some parts of the story just so I can finish it. I'm probably just not in the mood to read. And this not being the best book doesn't help.

I grab my phone and text Tal. He replies nearly immediately. We text a bit back and forth until I ask him which number his mobile home has. 143 he replies. 'And are you home?' I ask. 'Yeah, why? Are you a stalker?' is his reply. 'Hahaha...Nothing... and maybe' I answer. I decide that I'll go to his mobile home. 

Why not? I think I can call him a friend of mine after today, right? We keep texting while I'm walking to his mobile home and when I'm there, I put my phone in my pocket- my dress has pockets it is truly amazing- and knock. A boy a few years younger than me opens the door: 'How can I help you?' he asks.

'Is Tal there?' I ask the boy. 'No, but I am. And what would such a beautiful girl want from such a giraffe as Tal? I'm Adi, by the way', Adi says and he shakes my hand. I smile at his effort. He is pretty cute, not as cute as Tal, but they are brothers, so it is not surprising that they both look cute. 

'I heard that', I hear Tal say from inside the house. 'And stop flirting with her, you stupid. Only I get to do that.' He walks to the door. I let his words sink in and then I turn a bit red. I smile at Tal and look into his pretty green-blueish eyes. 

'What are you doing here, Julia?' 'I was bored', I reply. 'So you come to me?' He seems flattered. 'As if I know any other people here. You know how good I am at socializing', I say, laughing. 'You know me now', Adi says from behind Tal. 'Shut up!' Tal says, smiling. 

'I didn't know you before I met Tal', I say to Adi. Adi raises his eyebrows at me, mumbles something probably at Tal and goes back to his room. 'Soo... you want to come walk around the resort?' I ask. I notice that when I tend to get nervous, I stand on my toes a lot. I don't know why, it's something that just happens I guess. I also notice that when I stand on my toes, the top of my head is probably somewhere near Tal's eyebrows.

 'Yeah, where do you want to go?' Tal asks. 'I don't know, do you know a nice place?' I ask him. Tal smiles and pretends to think. 'Follow me', he says mysteriously. We walk on a path and it leads us to the end of the resort where some trees are and I see a set of swings. I laugh and go over to them and sit on one of them. Tal walks to the other. We both laugh and start to swing.