Just Because I Met You

Chapter 32

The smell of the beach sand is crisp, the ocean makes it happen. When you walked along, the sand gently swept over my toes, and the feeling was hot... scorching... burning. That's just how it is in Arizona. The clouds above are full but non-threatening as I hear the never-ending chatter of my fellow beach occupants, each dressed in the coolest attire manageable short of declaring the place a nudist colony.

I laid lazily on my back on my beach towel after I had applied sunscreen and sun tan lotion. I were planning on being as tan as full blood Mexican by the end of the day.

Mexicans have the best tan, and golden color to them, and that's what I was aiming for.

My mom and Trina were laying in their beach chairs underneath the tent they set up, to keep from getting burnt and hot, and Jaycee and Jared were in the water.

I was enjoying my day so far.

We had only been here for an hour and a half and this is all I've been basically doing, besides eating.

I closed my eye and yawned tiredly, thinking about waking up early for school tomorrow morning, resulting in specs of sand landing in my mouth.

I sit up quickly and start spitting raspberries. I take my sunglasses off and look up at the dark figure.

"Sorry.." Jared apologized as water leaked all down his body. I tried my hardest to force my gaze off of him.

I dust the rest of the sand that got onto me, put my sunglasses back on, and laid down.

"I'm really sick of these...fucking mixed signals from you, Arianna! I'm getting real fed up.." I heard Jared say from the other side of me, awfully close.

With what he said had me lost for words.

Mixed signals?!

"Like I told you in the bathroom. I didn't know what I wanted. You or Jaycee. Look.. I've been trying to make my mind up lately, and you're not making it easy. One day, you seem like you like me, the next its like fuck you, don't talk to me." He said.

I sat up, "That's how it should have been in the first place with you. I've now dug a huge hole for myself since I slept with my best friends boyfriend. I'M the one whose going to have to tell her soon. YOU aren't because of what reason? I don't know! I wish I was making it easy for you, but I can't. You can't ever choose me, Jared. Ever."

He stared at me, and I saw nothing in his eyes.

"I'm sorry. I do like you, I admit it. But its not the right choice, especially now. Now, if it's okay that we avoid each other, not talk to each other, and stay away from another as much as possible?"

"No its not okay if we do that!"

"And why not?!"

He threw his hands up, "Its..its not that easy to just stop talking to someone you could possibly be falling in love with, Arianna."

My heart skipped a beat.

"Well.." I swallowed. "Its just going to have to be easy, because there can no longer be an Arianna and Jared thing going on."

"You said you liked me right?!" He asked.

I nodded.

"So you're having no problem with not talking to me anymore?" He asked again.

I sort of shrugged, "I mean yeah. Anything for Jayc.."

He looked out into the beach like he was at deep though, "Wow.."