Cherry Lips ° Sarah Cameron

Four

         To say that it was awkward to sit in the kitchen and have small talk with Mariá while eating some of the most delicious cupcakes Sarah had ever eaten after having the most passionate kiss of her life would be an understatement. After they had eaten their cupcakes Sarah decided that she should probably head home to eat dinner with her family so Alyssa walked her out and bid her farewell with a chaste peck on the lips and a promise that they had to make time to see each other tomorrow.

Sarah made the walk home with her head so far in the clouds. She didn't think that there was anything in the world that would kill her high, both sugar and from kissing Alyssa. Well she thought that until she walked into her house only to hear Rafe and Ward have an absolutely ruthless yelling match.

          "Woah, what's going on in here?" Sarah couldn't help but sigh, fights between her dad and her older brother were more common than she would like to admit.

          "Rafe has been grumbling all morning about how terrible his life is. I'm sick and tired of you kids getting everything under the sun and not even being the slightest bit appreciative," Ward ran a hand through his graying hair, Sarah could tell that Ward had been giving Rafe hell for probably over an hour. When it came to Ward and Rafe's screaming matches there was never a time limit.

          "Hey now, don't go dragging me into this. I haven't even been home for five minutes." Sarah looked over to her brother and had just now given herself a second to take in his red cheeks and how out of breath he looked from yelling at their father. Sarah felt bad for her brother, he and Ward had just never connected the way Ward was connected to her and Wheezie.

          "Where the hell have you been, Sarah?" Ward managed to get a breath in before he decided differently, "You know what, I don't even care. Go upstairs."

          And with that Sarah made her way up the stairs, still hearing the sound of her father continuing to yell at her brother. She didn't eat dinner that night, but she didn't feel hungry. All she felt was excitement for seeing the girl who has been on her mind since the moment she met her.

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         Nearly all of Sarah's mornings started the same way, she rolls over and she groans. A pretty simple morning routine, this morning however she rolled out of bed and went happily to get dressed, she had messaged Alyssa the night before asking her if she could be ready by 10 in the morning because she wanted to do something fun and Alyssa said yes.

          Sarah was barely able to pull on the halter bathing suit top, which in her defense was complicated enough to put on even when she wasn't somewhat shaky with nerves and excitement. Then she tripped into her cut off jean shorts, once again a pretty normal outfit in the hot and humid summers of the OBX. She could hardly contain herself long enough to grab a granola bar for the walk over to Alyssa's house.

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         Sarah and Alyssa once again spent the morning sun bathing on the shore of the beach, though this time they snuck in lots of kissing and little touches when no one appeared to be looking. But at around noon the sun was absolutely blazing and they were dying for some sort of sustenance. So about a ten minute walk later there they were sitting across from each other sharing a huge caramel milkshake and a large fry at a questionably rusty table, under a flimsy umbrella that was only kind of doing its job of shielding them from the sun.

          "Man, you were right. This must be the best milkshake I've ever had in my life, but I feel that my experience may be enhanced because I'm sharing it with the prettiest girl on the planet," Alyssa flirts. Her attempt to charm Sarah had definitely gotten her the reaction she wanted.

          Sarah's cheeks were flaming, and it wasn't because of the heat, "I told you! I know what I'm talking about when it comes to milkshakes. Also, don't think I missed that charm you slid in there. You're a real flirt, ya know?"

         "I've been told I have major skill when it comes to flirting. I come highly recommended, Sarah Cameron."

        "I can only imagine the string of broken hearts you've left in your wake. But I don't want to talk about exes, let's talk about the future. Any plans for college?" This was on of Sarah's favorite questions to ask pretty much anyone she carried on a conversation with, in truth college terrified her. So she loved interrogating people about their plans to make sure she wasn't doing anything wrong.

         "I have no idea where I want to go but I'll probably end up majoring in crime scene investigation or forensics, I've always loved stuff like that. I hate seeing families of victims never find out what happened to the person they love, so I wanna do everything I can to help get people that closure," Alyssa was truly beaming talking about what she wanted to do.

        "I don't think I ever would've pegged you for being into crime, but I think it's amazing that you want to do it to help the victims families get that closure. I wish I had that certainty of what I wanted to do. Currently the plan is to possibly do engineering, I feel like that's a good field but I just don't know if my heart is in it." It was impossible to hide that the idea of college made Sarah visibly sulk. Alyssa reached across the table and took Sarah's hand into hers tracing easy circles on the back of her hand with her thumb.

         "There is no doubt in my mind that one day at some stupid career fairs, or browsing careers online, or even job shadowing that you'll have an a-ha moment and you'll decide on a career that makes you feel like you were meant to do it."

          That evening while Sarah laid in bed, usually the time she would worry about college and the future, she felt calm and at peace. And she went to sleep thinking about the brown eyed girl who made her heart soar.

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