My sister still won't let it down that Jordan had walked me home. Nor have I asked her if he was the one she liked. Well, all the girls liked him when he was playing against our team in the state championships. They like him because he's tall, handsome, plays basketball and most of all captain of the team. Before he walked me home that night he muttered that the girls that surround him are there for their benefit not his and he was about to say something else but he had stopped himself from saying it. I wonder what he was going to say.
I was going to spend the day on the beach with Charlotte and her friends. I don't really want to as some of her friends aren't very warming towards me. I think it's cos I'm younger than them. Or it might be cos they think Jordan has taken a shine to me. It's been a week since the 4th of July party where I left early due to the unwelcoming feeling I was given. Off I go to the beach to see Charlotte. I have only 4 weeks left of our vacation. Then I am back in Boston with Joe. We never stay past the first or second week of August as we always have most of August to get ready for the new school year. Well, here I am walking down towards the beach in a summer dress this time, a nice floral design. I wanted to wear something different than shorts and a tee-shirt. There they were sitting in the same spot they always do.
"Hey kels," Charlotte says as I sit next to her.
I notice Jordan, Devin and Josh weren't there nor was Lydia. It was a little quieter without them. It was a lovely summers day, sunny with a bit of a summers breeze cos of the sea. Then the noise came as two of them ran up the beach towards us from the water. Followed by Jordan who stopped in front of us with Lydia hanging off him as if he was hers.
"Go away, you guys are getting us wet" complained Emma who moved away from Devin and Josh. By this time Lydia who was wearing a bikini, moved away from Jordan to get herself a towel to dry off.
"Thanks, Jordan. That was fun" replies Lydia who places her hand on his cheek making him look uncomfortable.
"No problem" talking to her but looking at me.
I looked up at them doing that and get caught by brown eyes looking back at me. I look away quickly as he is standing there in just shorts all wet as he had just come from the sea. Don't look I tell myself. You have Joe I also tell myself. But I can't help it as he standing there with no top on with a very trim, muscular athletic body. Not only is he good looking but has the body to go with it. I hear a chuckle from him cos I am trying to look anywhere but at him.
"Jordan sit with us," said Chelsea another one of his followers.
"Nah I'm good here". Sits near us drying himself off with a towel.
Damn it. Go and sit with the bimbo wannabes and stop staring at me. I can still feel those brown eyes staring into me. Now I am feeling a little uncomfortable.
" How was it out there?".
"The watah was alright".
He's got such a thick accent.
"Is your brother here, J?" asked Chris.
"Yeah Jon is here. College boy is back at the house with his nose in his books".
" Not like you then".
"Me and books don't go well. I am going to college with a scholarship".
While the boys were talking about Jordan and his brother. Charlotte and I were having our own natter.
"How long are you vacationing in Cape".
" I have another 4 weeks then back home," I say.
"Where's home?".
" Boston".
"Same," says Charlotte "I won't ask what school".
" Thanks".
Once the ones who had been in the water have dried off. Now we are discussing what to have for lunch. The boys want burgers and some of the girls want just a salad. And we were going to Clare's diner but one is going to pick it up as we are staying here.
"J can go and get it".
" Why me? Josh".
"Because on the beach you're not the captain".
" Fine. What does everyone want?" taking out his phone from his hoodie
Charlotte: cheeseburger
Lydia: prawn salad
Kels: cheeseburger and sweet potato fries
Devin: cheeseburger and fries
Josh: double cheeseburger and sweet potato fries
Emma: chicken salad
Chelsea: tuna salad
Chris: chilli dog and sweet potato fries
Jake: double cheeseburger onion rings and fries
Donna: chicken salad
Me: double cheeseburger and sweet potato fries
"How am I going carry all this back?" he moans.
"What a strong 6'2 17-year-old boy like you? You will find a way" says Charlotte.
"So go and get our food, captain" replies Devin.
"Fine I will but Kels you're coming with me".
" Why me?".
"Cos I trust you with the food, not like some of these guys".
Jordan puts on a top to my surprise isn't to do with Basketball. It was just a normal red tee shirt. I leave my sun hat and lightweight sweater behind. I go and follow Jordan to the diner to grab everyone food. For a while, we don't utter a word to each other. We just walk towards the diner. Jordan has his hands shoved in his pockets with his head down.
" How long are you here for?" I ask trying to break the ice, the eerie silence.
"August 15th. And you?".
" August 7th".
"Cool". He doesn't look at me. " But I might not be going back to Boston. My parents want to move away from the city".
"Oh. You lived there all your life".
" Yep".
We get to the diner, Clare greets us like she always greets her customers. Once ordered the food we sit outside with a regular coke each, drinking it and watching the world go by. It wasn't too long for Clare to come and find us to us know we can collect our food as it was ready.
"There is a lot of it so a strappy young man like yourself will have to go and collect it," says Clare.
Jordan goes in with Clare the owner and comes back with bags of food. She wasn't wrong, that is a lot of food. But there are eleven of us there at the beach.
"Kels, can you grab the drinks," asks Jordan holding about four bags of food.
"Sure". And we were off back to the beach to the others.
This time around he was walking closer to me. Like almost touching me with his hand. I must be reading into wrong. He is just walking close nothing more. He knows about Joe. I'm overthinking it. I glance over but he is looking straight ahead. See girl nothing. There he brushes his arm against me. This time there was a curl of a lip into a smile but his eyes aren't on me. He's teasing me. We arrived back at the beach with the others.
" Great foods 'ere".
"What took you so long?".
" Hey, you try carrying eleven meals".
Each of them was dished out boxes of their food and sat in their groups. Lydia, Chelsea and Emma, were trying to get Jordan to sit with them but he didn't want to. He was more interested in me and Charlotte.
"I'm going to sit in the shade".
Charlotte nodded and carried on eating her burger while watching out to the sea. I though moved into the shade a bit further from them. It was a nice spot nearer to the sea breeze. I carried on eating my burger and fries. That was until I got interrupted.
" Hey, why are you sat here".
Oh great, it's him. Jordan is here.
"Because it's shader and cooler here".
" Mmm, it is a nice spot".
He sits down but right next to me. I have no space to move. It's like he is playing. Teasing. He hasn't touched his burger since he came over instead places the box beside him. What happened next, happened so quick. I wasn't prepared for what happened next. I don't know why. The same thing happened that happened at the fireworks party. He looked down at me and moved his head closer. But this time he didn't move and leave. This time his lips came in contact with mine. He was kissing me, but gentle, sweet and caring. Oh my God, he's good. So fucking good. It lit up something I never felt before. Not even with Joe. Oh, God Joe. Joe my boyfriend. Jordan breaks away for a second and looks at me. There isn't anything in his eyes that makes me feel like this is a joke. He moves closer to me again but somehow it's me that is kissing him first. I move my arms around his neck. What am I doing?. I don't move? I don't stop it. That's until I feel his hand on my leg. Then it starts to move up my leg and under the bottom of my dress.
'I can't do this. This shouldn't be happening" as I get up. "I got to go".
I pick up my box with my burger and fries. I left him there dumbfounded. I ran to the others and grabbed my things.
" Are you alright?".
"Yeah. Just remembered I have a family thing".
Then I rush out of there like the place was on fire. And without saying goodbye. I was gone. Didn't even notice a certain basketball player watching me run into the distance.
WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!!!