Brooke, girl from the city, 18 years old, every summer her and her family travel to the Bahamas as a family tradition. Her grandparents live there and they go out to visit for two months every summer. Her best friends from home hate it when she leaves but understands that it's only two months. But Brooke she loves it, she enjoys the beach and plus her summer best friend lives there, Riley, she's a very outgoing loud spirit always fun to be around and drags Brooke everywhere making her experience everything while she's there, always trying to convince her to have a summer romance while Brooke on the other hand knows that it can never happen since they only stay for the summer and it would be a disaster from the start. Riley would never give up though, Riley has a boyfriend and wants Brooke to start having fun to live a little and to fall in love even if it's for the summer. when they arrived, Brooke's parents own a shop full of everything and Brooke works there every summer since she turned 16, it gives her a little to do each summer. during one of the days she had been there eating at a diner w riley , she met a boy, mysterious , extremely good looking, had the perfect summer hair and body, perfect dimples, it was the first boy that caught Brooke's eyes, she was curious who he was, little did she know that Riley knew exactly who he was and she was shocked and not in a good way, she was skeptical about him, heard rumors that weren't all that appealing, his name was Matteo , which kind of had a ring to it, Brooke wanted to know him to see him again. hoping he visit more. it did happen, they got close, and when brooke got to know him, she was wrong about him, all the rumors all the story's, but Brooke knew she was in trouble, falling in love even though she is leaving in two months... will this love last? will they make it work? how will it end? read and find out
"You shouldn't need to drink to try and drown your feelings Kayla. I've watched the people around me do this all my life and it doesn't fix anything."
"I know it won't fix anything, but for right now it helps me forget"
"You can't keep running away or hiding. In the end it all catches up."
"You sound like you've been through this before."
"I guess you could say that."
"You want me to open up to you, but are you ever going to open up to me? I want to get to know you Tyler, but you are so closed off. You know why I got knocked over by that wave? Because I was watching you, I was watching your face and seeing how free you felt riding that wave. It's the only time I've ever seen you let go. You know that someone hurt me, but I think you have been hurt too. When you're ready to talk, I'll be waiting. Maybe we can help each other."
"Maybe I'm not worth getting to know" he replied.
"And maybe I'm not worth you trying to save me either. Or maybe I am" With that I got up and left him to think about what I said. I put my cards on the table, now it was up to him to make the next move.
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A year ago, Kayla had it all, doting parents and a relationship with her older brother that others envied. By the end of junior year that changed, she's left broken after a series of events in her life, but she is determined to hide her pain from her friends and enjoy the summer. That is until she meets Tyler, who can see right through the hurt. He has his own secrets though and isn't ready to let anyone in. Together they will either fall apart or fall together.