To the Coast and Back Again
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Kelsie Newman has spent the last three summers on complete lockdown, totally unfair since she lives on Bailey's Island, a hotspot for luxury vacation homes and the wealthy families that come with them - at least on one side of the island. On the other side, Kelsie is following all the rules of summer, she's working shifts at her family's restaurant, getting a headstart on her summer homework, and staying clear of the Archer boys, who were once her closest summer friends. When her parents leave her with her older sister for the summer she sees the perfect opportunity to do the one thing her best friend Beck has tried to push every summer - the ultimate bucket list.
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(BWWM) EDITING "That cannot happen again." Sunny spoke breaking the silence between us. We must have been sitting in my car for a solid five minutes without saying a word to each other. "Why?" I said I not bothering to look at her. I kept my eyes forward. "Because it's not appropriate." She was stern in the way she was speaking but I could catch the slight uncertainty in her tone. I decided to mess around with her until she finally breaks and confessed how she really feel. "Did you forget you kissed me back." I turned my neck to look at her. She bit her lip and looked down. "Yes, I know and I shouldn't have done that." "Why? Isn't that what you wanted to do." I smirked making sure to watch her every movement. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sunny Rose is a 21 year old college student. Her life has not been the same since she was blindsided and dumped by her ex boyfriend who she thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with. After going through a deep depression she no longer leaves the house unless it's for school or going to the mall. Sunny accepted her homebody lifestyle. Yet everything is flipped upside down when a certain star quarterback of the school has his eyes set on her. Logan Hill has always had it all. The money, the girls, the looks. He has gotten every girl he ever wanted. What stared out as an innocent conquest to get Sunny to sleep with him turned into something much bigger. With family drama he has to deal with and his developing romantic feelings for Sunny, Logan is now in unfamiliar territory and does not know the first thing to do when it comes to being in a relationship. *In need of major editing* lots of grammar mistakes 🤷🏿♀️ *Mature Audience only* Published 12/22/21 Finished 2/26/22 ❤️
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