Starting Over

Meet Up

"Oh my gosh, Maddy!"

Kaleigh had been staring at a group of boys for the past ten minutes, squealing every time they even moved.

"Kaleigh, for god sakes, give it up. If you want to meet them, go over and say hi." I sighed, pushing my sunglasses off of my head to shield my eyes from the hot L.A sun.

"It isn't that easy, Maddy. What if they, like, ignore me?" She looked at them again, sighing.

"Kaleigh, I'm sure they wouldn't do that."

Apparently these were the boys that she had been freaking out over. I had to admit- they were cute, but I can't just like them only because they are cute.

"Well, Madelyn, I'm going over to talk to them." She exclaimed, sitting up and brushing sand off of the backs of her legs.

"Suit yourself. Oh, but don't be gone too long. I wanted to go out for lunch after."

Kaleigh hmed, standing up and heading to the group of boys.

A few minutes after she left, I heard my phone go off. I wasn't going to check it, but it could've been Julie or Mary-Anne, so I took it out of my beach bag and turned it on.

The person it was from kind of took my by surprise. I mean, I didn't plan on talking for a while- we both agreed that it would be best for both of us to do so. And now, only a few weeks later, here he is. Texting me.

This stirred up a lot of emotions, surprisingly. I was happy he still thought about me, angry that he didn't listen, and worried about what might happen between us.

What if he wants to get back together? It would ruin so many things. It would make me feel guilty to even look at another guy. I wouldn't have the freedom to do much of anything anymore. Long distance relationships... They almost always don't work. For all I know, he could be dating somebody else right now. The thing is, I don't know anymore. I'm not around him all the time. I'm not keeping up with his daily life, which may seem a bit extreme, but it's neccesary if you want to have a healthy relationship.

"We need to talk."

I put my phone down, rubbing my forehead. It could mean so many things, that one four letter text. I hade to think of something clever to text back, so that he wouldn't think I was desperate, but still cared.

"Okay. When?"

I waited for an answer, but then I realized he didn't live here, so I switched out when for why. After a bit of waiting, I put my phone back in my bag. I guess it would have to wait until tonight.

"Maddy! Maddy, c'mere!" Kaleigh called from a bit away, gesturing for me to come over. I hadn't even realized she wasn't here- I have been thinking about Alex for the past hour.

"Why?" I shouted back, annoyed that she wanted me to get out the warm spot I was in.

"I want you to meet the guys!" I could barely hear her, due to the sounds of speeding boats, screaming kids, and loud music from the beach shack.

I wasn't going to go over, but I decided I didn't want to come off as ignorant, so I sat up, put on my lace cover-up, and walked over.

"So, this is Sam, Trevor, Jc, Kian, Ricky, and Connor."

As Kaleigh was talking- squealing, actually, each of the boys waved when their name was mentioned. I waved back each time, smiling along with it.

"So, what brings you guys here? You seem kind of new." The boy with blonde hair asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Well, thanks." I told him sarcasticly. He raised his hands up in defense, frowning.

"No- I, I didn't mean it like that..." He put his head down, kicking sand with his feet. I laughed, shaking my head.

"I'm just playing, it's fine. And yeah, we're new. We've only been here a few weeks."

The boy who asked the question- Oh yeah, Ricky- laughed uneasily. I looked over towards Kaleigh, who was hitting it off with four of the boys. They were all laughing, probably at one of Kaleigh's jokes. Ricky motined to go over there, and I nodded. I wasn't gonna tell him he can't, just because I don't want to be lonely. He nodded, running towards the group. I was about to walk back, Connor, I think, tapped me on my shoulder.

"Hey, uh, I'm Connor." He seemed incredibly awkward, which made me giggle.

"Uh, yeah, I know that already." He blushed, looking down at his feet. Just from this small conversation- if you would call it a conversation- I could tell he was one of the nicest people I would ever meet.