Surprise washed over her, when they stopped in front of the pier. The pier was over a mile away from their beach house. Yet, time with Jack had just flown by. She hadn’t even realized that they had been walking so long.
He nudged her forward, and they slunk along the wooden planks. Lexi skirted the edge where an old fishing pole rested. They reached the edge of the pier and sat down on a green bench set up for tourists.
“I don’t know if I can do this anymore.” Jack sounded defeated. It was such a strange sound coming out of him that Lexi had to stare into his face to even believe that he could feel that way.
But Lexi understood the sentiment. Her heart was racing, knowing that they were so close together, but they couldn’t be together. Only a mile up the coast, their significant others
