i get out of the water and walk over to my towel, drying myself off. as i take the towel away from my face i see a very familiar body sitting at the bar. the seat next to him is empty, so i start to walk over, playing with the promise ring he got me as i walk. another girl comes up behind him, and taps him on the shoulder, i stop. he turns around and a smile lights up his face. he leans in to kiss her and she does as well, but i don't know what happens next, because i turn around, tears forming in my eyes.
"annie, wake up!" i sit up, covered in sweat, tears rolling down my face. "you dreamt about the beach again didn't you?" says a very worried Jayden. "yeah. i did. i just can't get it out of my head. he kissed her. he kissed her while he had a girlfriend." jayden puts her hand on my back to comfort me, "hun you've got to let him go. that was 3 months ago. plus, we start school in 2 weeks. you know you're going to see him. it's better to get over him now then have to do it then." i nod and lay back down. "you can go back to sleep, sorry i woke you." jayden hugs me, and walks away to her room.
ever since i saw asher at the beach, jayden has moved in with me. we got our own apartment, and she has fully adapted to the life of arizona. occasionally i have the dreams of the beach, which isn't helping me get over him much, since i basically relive the moment. the first days after were the hardest. especially the second day, that's the day i confronted asher. at first he just claimed they were friends, until i said i saw them kissing. then he didn't deny anything, it was almost like he never loved me. i gave him the promise ring back, and packed my stuff from his house. all traces of me were gone within 3 hours. his mom took it the hardest, since she was like my mom, we still talk sometimes, but it's not the same. i've only seen asher once since the incident but we didn't say anything, just made eye contact and walked away. sometimes i miss him, but i know these feelings will get ten times worse when we go back to school.
