*Amelia*
"Are the two of you coming up for some food or is eating each other's faces enough". Jasper grins, throwing a beach ball at us.
I stick my tongue out at him, feeling happy and playful, before I swim towards the ladder. Everyone else has been out of the pool for twenty minutes, finishing up food and setting the table. The air is thick with laughter and the enticing scent of grilled burgers wafting through the warm evening.
Just as I reach the ladder, Cory’s hand wraps around my wrist. He pulls me back, turning me in his arms, and our lips collide again. I can feel the cool metal of the ladder pressing against my back, the moment electric.
“Cory, let her go and come eat, or I will hose you down with cold water!” His sister, Shekinah, calls out teasingly.
He lets out a resigne
