It Happened Last Year

k Jana as I sit on her bed, waiting

she calls, "I mean kic

ictures, school merchandise, decorations, things that truly make this room that of high school girls. The last time I saw it, she had a mirr

nty. She looks amazing in it, incredibly conf

d rummages through the same drawer that her bikini c

. "Really, I do

e summer before-" she

wanting to be a downer. "It's fine. I'

mile appear. "At le

you can p

rough all of her dresses until she comes out wi

l change and

the entire way there while listening to Jana's directio

elp but t

the house, Harrison said as w

t wanted to imp

and I thought nothing of it. I remember looking up at him and he climbs the stairs before me, watch

me his bedroom,

is odd because I am the one d

course.

through the side gate and down a pathway along the side of the house. I can hear music, not

a large, curving pool and many people. Some are in the glowing

ore I left. Taylor and Jordan are swimming, t

omething like: that's her, the girl who started the ru

r to Jana. "They're

pers. "Ignore them, but if they bo

latch onto her arm. "

ting her things down on a lounge chair, Jana peels off her dre

rfaces Taylor sends a splash her way.

questions and I shake my

feel like stayi

and sits on the edge, her

y thighs as I dip my toes in first. The water is warm, the

im so I guess that means something. We've known each other for a while, just never though

t's ju

rested in Daniel?" She questions a

o him in the hallway, that's all. Jordan said he doesn't go for any Coldg

ugs. "You

too much to resist," I laugh and she joins in. "Maybe

ke

ood dresser, and h

g about boys is weird, especially since their touch makes me shudder, but I feel like a t

but I wouldn't let him. We tried once a while after, and

be beautiful, heck, if you did you'

You're too

know, it's the really beaut

ach trying to push the other into the water. Finally, one falls and splashes my dress, nearly soa

a picture of my behind. Studying the screen, I realize

is back, his everything. Even through the shirt, an admirer can admire. He doesn't like Coldgrove girls. You don't like boy

ked in. My eyes were busy as he closed the