Chasing Summer: A summer to remember

I feel a lump form in my throat as I open my mouth to argue, but she cuts me off before I can say anything.

"No, Grayson. Maybe we shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place."

Her words hit me like a punch to the chest. My heart breaks, and the emptiness in her eyes rips something deep inside me. Anger, helplessness, and overwhelming sadness hit me all at once.

"Yeah," I scoff, my voice bitter as the pain surges through me. "Maybe we shouldn't have."

Grief. It swallows you whole, leaving you in a pit you've dug for yourself. For the past year, Julia Brooke has been living in the shadow of grief after her mother's sudden death. She falls into a cycle of late-night parties, excessive drinking, and numbing herself to the pain, neglecting everything that once mattered.

As summer approaches, Julia feels suffocated by the weight of it all. She craves a fresh start, a way to escape. So she spends the summer at Camp Lakewood, the place her mother once found peace and joy. Yet, it's not just the camp that catches her eye-it's the baseball camp across the way. Or maybe it's Grayson who does.

Grayson Williams is the golden boy-hot, popular, and seemingly perfect. The kind of guy who knows how to charm without even trying. Every summer, while his twin sister goes to their family camp across the street, he attends the prestigious baseball camp, pushing himself to be the best. To everyone else, Grayson is the guy who can make anyone smile. But despite all that, he can't seem to make her smile, and making it his mission this summer.

He's never wanted anyone's attention the way he wants hers.