Sand

"The sand is cold beneath my feet. The tide's almost in and I'm about to turn the corner, I'm about to see him again and when I do, he's everything I remembered him being. Sam, with his freckled nose and dark, dark, auburn hair and those star-filled stormy-grey eyes that held a thousand words he didn't know how to say."

16 year old Cecily met Sam a long time ago. It was a warm enough day and they struck up conversation on how warm-enough a day it was. She was 12 and he was 11 and they were quick friends that day on the beach. They spent their summer together, riding their bikes down Ergot Lane and holding their breath as long as they could under Barton Bay. They were inseparable and when Sam has to go, as he and his family were only staying in the town for the summer, two hearts are broken. They keep in touch through letters and when Sam and his family move back in town, everything changes.

This is the story of a boy and a girl who shared a friendship that bloomed into love.