The memories of that summer blur together in my mind, between the long nights on the beach running from the things stacked against me and the happy moments created in town, everything blurs. I met him that summer and when we met everything changed, we are forever connected by the perfect memories made and the painful truths we faced. Looking back on that summer a mix of emotions washes over me, the happiness hits first with a warm feeling in the pit of my stomach and the smell of salt water blowing past, then comes the sadness with a pain in my chest and a tear in my eye, the final blow comes with the anger I let build for so long until it became too much to bear.
Since that summer nothing has ever been the same, relationships were built, torn down then built again. My family dynamic was forever altered by the actions taken that summer. Recently I've been asked if I would go back and change anything that happened, and I've given this question some consideration and have come to the conclusion that I wouldn't even if I could. I've grown up since that summer, I've learned from the mistakes the regrets. They always ask me about the "What Ifs" but I don't consider them, because all they do is create an alternate reality that you cannot create from the cards you are dealt in your life. Why worry about things you cannot change? Right?
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The Summer Before
RomanceAmelia's life is far from picture perfect, she's been raised by her aunt and uncle since she was 5 years old, she rarely saw her mother and has never known her father. Now it's time for her to find herself in the summer before she leaves for college...
