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Title: All In
Author: Marta Brown
Publication date: May 28th 2013
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
His head is
down as he crosses the private section of the beach, staying close to the
water’s edge but avoiding the moving tide.
“Lane,” I
call out over the noise of the party and the waves, but he doesn’t seem to hear
me, so I call his name again, this time louder. “Hey, Lane.” He glances up and
scans the party, squinting before finally seeing me. A smile flashes across his
face. I smile back as I approach him, my flip flops kicking up sand behind me.
“Hi,” I say.
My drink, mostly untouched, sloshes and spills over the lip of the cup when I
stop in front of him.
“Looks like
you’re having fun.” He nods at my drink and then up at the party.
“I actually
just got here. I’m glad you came.” I feel my cheeks heat up, and I’m relieved
it’s dark enough that he can’t see. “I think Andrew’s around here somewhere.” I
look over my shoulder to point Lane in the right direction.
“Ah, no
thanks. I think I’ll steer clear of your
kind of parties,” he says, shoving his hands in the pockets of his cargo
shorts.
“What do you
mean my kind of parties?”
“Nothing,
never mind.” He kicks at the sand and looks uncomfortable.
“Oh no.” I
cover my mouth with my hand. “Did you get in trouble last night when the cops
showed up?”
“Yeah, thanks
to your boyfriend,” he says with a sneer that makes me take a step back.
My boyfriend?
“I’m not sure
what his deal is, but he’s a serious dick.” Lane’s jaw is tight, and there’s
not a hint of joking in his tone.
“Gregory?” I ask
wide eyed. Why would he think Gregory is my boyfriend? I have a flash of Greg
and I at lunch together looking very much like a couple and then again at the
bluffs when he gave me his coat, something a boyfriend would do. Oh.
“He is
definitely not my boyfriend,” I say
seriously. “He’s my ex, if you can even call it that. We dated for like a
second, but it was never very serious.” Why am I telling him all this? Stop
rambling, Ashley. I dig my toes into the sand. “But you’re right about one
thing. He is a dick.” I give Lane a playful grin and watch the light from the
bonfire bounce off his features as his jaw loosens and a tentative smile
spreads across his face.
From a
distance, I hear Gregory’s voice, and when I glance over my shoulder, he’s
stumbling our direction, obviously drunk and completely uninvited.
“Speak of the
devil.” I roll my eyes and that makes Lane smile bigger.
“The rest of
the staff is over there,” Gregory slurs, pointing to the tent where the cater
waiters are busy putting out more hors d'oeuvres. Lane ignores his snide
remark, never taking his eyes off of me.
“It was nice
seeing you again, but I gotta go,” Lane says, and I’m immediately disappointed
that he’s leaving.
“Are you
sure?” I look down at my feet and try to garner enough nerve to ask him not to
go. “Stay,” I say so softly it comes out as more of a whisper when I look back
up at him.
He peers over
his shoulder across the small peninsula to the lighthouse then back at me. “I’m
sorry, I can’t…I…I have to work.” He looks genuinely disappointed, and I wonder
if he knows I am too. “But hopefully I’ll see you around, okay?” He gives me a
smile that makes my knees go weak before taking off down the beach. In the
faint light coming off of the fire, I see him glance back at me before he cuts
across the sandy peninsula and disappears into the shadows of tall sea grass.
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