The Boy With Sandy Hair

Ch.2

He stuck around as I gather my things. Why is he still here? I wonder. Yet I don't want him to leave. "My names Cameron by the way" he tells me, "Amai, nice to meet you" as we shook hands. "Hey uhhh maybe you want to go to the pier with me later, and grab some dinner?" He asks me, butterfly's swimming in a world pool in my stomach. "Yes , I would love that" I say back shooting him a smile. Him wearing swim shorts and a muscle tank, fine to wear to dinner, but me, I didn't have any clothes to put over my swim suit. "Do you mind If I can maybe run home and find something to wear over my suit?" I ask, "sure that's fine. Maybe I can go with you? Where do you live?" At first I wasn't to sure about giving him where I live let alone bringing him to my house. But something about him told me I can trust him. "Just up the rode. Not far from the pier actually" I answer. We start walking at a good pace. Not too fast or too slow, more of a stroll if you will.

He must have saw that I was struggling with my broken board because he asked "hey, would you like some help there?" as he assumingley grabbed a half of the board. We walked awkwardly to my house with a broken board. But I didn't mind. It was about four 'o' clock now. We reached my street, it was kinda a hike since I lived on the side of a hill. It was nice since the walk was always peacefull. For some reason this time, felt like we were the only people in the world. Until I heard my dad's truck rolling up behind us "hey ! Who is this young man?" My dad says as he roles to a stop next to us. "This is Cameron , dad" I say , "oh" he says straring at Cameron, "nice to meet you sir" reaching his arm through the truck window to shake my dad's hand. And so they did.

My dad had given us a ride up the rest of the way. Me sitting in the front seat and Cameron awkwardly sitting in the back next to my younger brother. I knew Cameron was uncomfortable giving that a 11 year old boy was giving him the death stare. We reached the house, we dropped the board in the grass of the front yard and slipped of our flip flops off at the front door and walked in.

We didn't have the biggest house but it was a decent size for our family. As we got into the house I told Cameron he can take a seat anywhere he would like as I go get changed. As I was walking to my room dad calls out "hey hey hey, where are you going in such a rush? Come back here and we can all have a casual conversation of who Cameron is and how he is aquanted with my little girl" he tells me with a smirk on is face, my brother laughing at the statement and Cameron left wide eyed. "Fine" I say "but we only have a little while" as I sit at the breakfast bar and motion Cameron to come sit down.

"So I got some really ripe pineapples at the market today, so Kai and I made some melted chocolate to dip the pineapple in" dad says "sounds good sir" Cameron adds. "Kai , grab the chocolate of the stove for me will ya?" Kai did so and placed it in the middle of the counter next to the freshly chopped pineapple. With that we dig in. "Hmmm, mom's old favorite" Kai says. "Your moms a smart women and always will be" dad says as he dips a pineapple. "That's really nice, I would love to meet her one day" Cameron says with a smile on his face. We all kind of slumped when those words came out of his mouth. "I'm sorry did I say something wrong?" He adds on. "No no your fine" I say "it's that our mom passed away about three years ago at child birth. She didn't make it, nor the baby" I say trying not to get emotional. "Oh my gosh, I'm terribly sorry! I didn't mean to" Cameron responds concerned. "It's fine, let's just enjoy your mother's old cure for summer days" dad says trying to brighten the mood.

Cameron and I had about an hour and a half before we would leave to the pier. "Dad and I are heading out to the beach for an afternoon swim. Would you guys like to come with?" Kai asks. "No thanks bud, I had long day at the beach" I say. As Dad and Kai leave I hear dad yell "no funny business got it Cam?" "Yes sir!" Cameron says respectively back. We went into my room just to talk for a little. "So exactly how old are you Cameron?" I chime, "19 turning 20 in two months, how about you?" He says "oh I just turned 18 four months ago before my graduation" I reply. We talked like this for about 20minutes just getting to know the simple things about one another.

"Well I'm gonna go wrince off in the shower really quick then I will get some clothes on and we go have a fun night getting to know each other" I say to Cameron "got it" he says back " getting to know each other" I hear him say under his breath with a smile on his face.