I waited for him today, I told Reece that we needed to find somewhere else to go and meet like we have been doing. But his response, "the beach will always be our place, no-one can take that away from us," which was true. Deep down I knew I had to stay faithful to the beach, for it held so much more than just Reece, it struck a chord in my heart and I felt close and at touch here.
"Speak," Reece ordered as he joined me on our spot pass the broken fence and signs.
"Really? Straight into it?" I stumbled, I needed to be eased into it, but I guess Reece was owed an explanation after my weird fling last evening, I couldn't leave him waiting.
"So that was Lara yesterday. She use to be my best friend." I began, looking at Reece for comfort and acceptance to continue. His friendly eyes made me feel warm on another ice cold evening; this time however I wore clothes more suited after last nights mishap. "She's crazy about the idea of a relationship, being spoilt and being loved. So she started playing up, she was going online and practically begging strangers to love her, getting topless and performing anything they asked, and usually I wouldn't mind, but she's like family to me and this broke my heart that she couldn't just love herself." I inhaled, "Reece I feel bad, I don't want you to get this preconceived image of her, it's not right of me to flaw her like this to you," I sighed, being truthful. Although she hurt me and left me with mental scars and bruises, I couldn't ramble to Reece in this angry fluster just to get it off my chest, it wasn't like me.
"Thats thoughtful of you to stop," Reece sighed, "I guess I just wanted an insight to your life," he began, and I gave him a quizzical scan.
"What do you mean?" I asked, my heart began beating double time as I realised I was portraying someone to someone who I rarely knew.
"You just seem so closed but I know there's a story in you that longs to be heard," he continued, "and this time I'm listening," he smiled, the sun slid into the horizon the longer I stared at him.
"I'm not ready to share my story yet, especially when I'm still not one hundred percent with you. I'm sorry that sounded rude bu-" I shook my head in a fluster, the last thing I wanted to do was upset Reece.
"I get that, and I realise that it's people like Lara who have made you this way," he sympathised.
"Like what?" I questioned him, my eyes narrowing, hoping he'd picked a wider word than the one I expected him to say in my head.
"Reserved," he ended up with, "I'm trying to be here for you Shiloh, but like I said before, I think it'll take baby steps for you to put your trust in me," he smiled.
There were those two words again 'baby steps', and it still hasn't occurred to me what he meant by that and I was only hoping he was initiating something sweet with those words.
"Tomorrow?" he asked, standing up and waiting for my response. I nodded, and he smiled. "See ya Shy," he said, giving me a nickname that I couldn't stand.
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beach//reece bibby
Romance"You're like a daisy; you've been trod on and become so closed up with every gloomy day that passes, you need to focus on the brighter ones so you can bloom," he spoke as he twiddled a daisy between his fingers. "A daisy?" I questioned, my voice hoa...
