The Footprints You Leave (completed)

chapter 4

Chapter 4

 The smell of bacon greeted me when I got down stairs, looking at the clock on the wall I saw that it was only just past eight and normally I was the first up, Dustin was always the late sleeper of the two of us. He must have been hungry I thought.

 Walking into the kitchen I saw Dustin in only his boxer shorts in front of the stove frying bacon. I had to stop and catch my jaw before it hit the floor, Dustin might be my friend but a girl can look. He has filled out a lot in the last year, he was always a bit on the skinny side but he grew into his length, where before he was a bit lanky it now looked like he was strong and could stand his own ground.

I must say seeing him like this made me less confident. Let’s just say I made a big attempt to lose a few pounds after a few of the kids that always stayed quiet when Dustin was around started making jokes about my weight. I stared to eat right and went to the gym 3 to 4 times a week. But I am still self conscious about myself. Like if I knew that Dustin would be up I would have change out of my pj’s.

I was about to turn around and go changed when Dustin turned around and saw me, too late now.

“Hey, glad you’re up! Come take a seat the eggs are almost done then we can eat.” He gave me a big smile and went on with his cooking.

“Okay” I smiled back at him and took a seat at the kitchen table waiting for the food. I had spend some time last night thinking about how I felt with him here and what it meant for me and I came to the conclusion, that I should stop being a spoiled brat and just put the sad of the previous year behind me and just make the most of the next one. I also made an agreement that Dustin and I have grown a lot over the year so I would take every day we spent together this summer one day at a time.

Just to confirm all of my thoughts I had spend an hour or two speaking to Jessica (My homeschool friend) about it and she had agreed that I should just go with it and make the most of this summer and that it would do me good to spend it with someone who I trust. After talking to her I felt sure that I could be happy with whatever happens.

Dustin ate a plate full of bacon, eggs, toast and a glass of juice, he got the same for him just about twice the amount he gave me and took the seat opposite of me.

“Wow are you eating for two or what?” I just had to ask about the amount of food he was hungrily digging in to.

“Well you see to sustain the awesome body you were staring at when you entered the kitchen you have to eat a lot but also gym a lot.” He said smiling widely at me knowing that he had caught me staring at him. 

“It's a free country I am aloud to look.” I just smiled at him knowing he would have nothing to say about that, we ate in a nice silence after that just enjoying our breakfast. After eating I got up and started washing my plate and the pots that Dustin had use, we had an agreement since forever that one would cook and the other would clean. Well easily just fell back into those old habits.

“So when you’re done I was thinking why don't we go swimming?” Dustin asked me while I was finishing up with the last of the dishes.

“Yeah sure sounds like fun, I also want to take some photos with my Nikon.” I had been into photography my whole life and the beach was a great place for some amazing shots.

“That would be nice and I could be your very own model for a small fee.” Dustin gave me this smile that would suggest that he had something up his sleeve.

“And what makes you think I want you in my photos?” I just had to play with him for a bit.

“Oh you want me in your photos! You see this body looks amazing on photos!” He then proceeded to strike a few poses for me showing of his great body, sure it would be nice to capture some shots of him.

“Okay slow down, I’ll let you be in some of them okay?” With that being said I placed the last cup in the cabinet.

I went straight up to my room to change into my bikini. The only reason I packed my bikini was because I thought I was going to be alone if I knew Dustan was going to be here I would have brought a one peace but it was too late now and I must to get over with it and just be confidant in how I look. I got dressed in my plain black bikini and I added some shorts just to be a bit more covered, I didn’t want to roughen the tan that I was hoping to get by wearing a shirt also.

  On the way out my room I grabbed by backpack and filled it with a towel, some sunscreen and also grabbing my Nikon that was in its bag with its lenses so that I could change them if needed. 

Dustin was waiting at the back door for me he had some black and white striped swim trunks paired with a white shirt; he had his towel wrapped around his neck. When he heard me coming he turned around and you could hear his jaw hit the ground when he saw me. It took him some time to stop looking at me. I felt pleased that I had his attention on me; it made all those hard hours of gym feel worth it.

“Come on Dustin the light is perfect for photos” I said not waiting for him I walked out of the house stepping on to the back yard that leads to our part of the beach. I heard Dustin mumble some thing along the line of She grew up nice and it made me walk with my head held high feeling very good about myself.