Always You

Chapter 7

The last three weeks of summer flew by.

I spent most of it tanning on the beach with Camila and eating at our favorite ice cream place, but I spent some of it with my family as well. I didn't think senior year was going to come so quickly because it felt like I was a freshman just yesterday.

Thankfully, Ryan hasn't tried to make any contact with me these last three weeks. After he dropped me off at home weeks ago, we haven't spoken a word to each other. Hopefully it will stay like that for the rest of the year.

"J." Camila shakes me out of my thoughts and I turn my head towards her. I squint my eyes to block out the harsh sun beaming down on us and smile as she plays with sand.

"Huh?"

"Did you even hear anything I was saying?" She laughs.

"Uh, yeah. Totally."

"As I was saying," she begins, "I think you should go for Harry this year. He's really cute and he's really into you."

"I doubt he likes me." I scoff.

The last time a boy has ever liked me was in sophomore year. I wouldn't even call it 'like', really. He basically just saw that I was a female and then decided that he wanted to get in my pants, just like most guys in our class. Once we had sex, he dropped me a week later. So yeah, that was a fail.

"Bull. I see the way he looks at you. And plus, Ollie talks about how he calls you cute all the time." She exclaims and nudges my shoulder. I roll my eyes before throwing sand onto her stomach.

"Yeah, but there's a difference between thinking someone is cute and liking them." I sigh and roll on my stomach. I let the sand fall between my fingers and soak up the warm sun on my back.

"Just go for it! Not all guys are assholes like Jason." She sighs.

"His name was Jamie." I laugh.

"See? He's so irrelevant I can't even remember his name. But you know who's name is clear in my head? Harry." She smiles.

"Not gonna happen." I shake her off. I don't know why I'm afraid to date anyone. I know there are some good guys in this world and I know that Harry is one of them, but I just don't want to date for some reason. Harry's really cute and really sweet and would probably make the perfect boyfriend, but something that I can't put my finger on is holding me back.

"Oh... I see what's going on here." She smirks.

I look at her in confusion and she raises her eyebrows like I'm supposed to know what she means.

"You like Ryan. That's why you won't date Harry. And here I was thinking that after all my persuasion that you should go out with the hottest guy in school, you wouldn't budge. But you like him, don't you?" She smirks.

"Absolutely fucking not." I sit up without thinking and she laughs at my anger. Hearing those words come out of her mouth when she knows what he's done to me angers me so much that it's hard to get a grasp on.

"Well then why are you getting defensive?" She says before sitting up.

"I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"Nope."

"Yes."

"Fuck you Cammy, I'm not defensive. And you know what? I'm going to call Harry right now. You just watch." I say before pulling out my phone. My fingers move on their own as they press the call button on his contact. My heart speeds up as I hear the ring and I quickly regret what I've just done.