A Love Song for Dreamers by Piper Lawson

Author:Piper Lawson [Lawson, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Piper Lawson

“It’s so sticky.” Sophie’s digging into her first circle with fascination—I used a cookie cutter to make them—when Tyler comes in, his hair damp from the shower in the guest bathroom.

He’s dressed in a black T-shirt of my dad’s and jeans an inch too short, but he still looks handsome as ever.

“I bet this is what you came back from LA for,” I tease, trying to keep it light. “Lifeguard duty.”

He steps closer, scanning my form. I’m still in my bathing suit, a towel wrapped over it. “You must be cold. I can watch Sophie if you want to shower.”

“Thanks. But I don’t want to let her out of my sight.”

I wrap my arms around myself and cut a look towards my sister.

She’s turning the pages of a picture book, happily dressed in pajamas in the middle of the day.

A week ago, I was barely part of this family. Now, it’s all I can think about.

This family and him. The boy who’s always been in me, with me.

Suddenly, I can’t hold the feelings in anymore.

“Tyler.” The moment I look back toward him, those dark eyes are on me. “How do you know when something’s over? Is it when the world tells you it is? When you decide it?”

He’s silent, but I can see the wheels turn behind his eyes.

“I know when you went on tour,” I go on, “things were messed up. But there was never a time I didn’t want you,” I tell him. “You didn’t seem to think you were whole anymore, and I hated that I had contributed to that.”

His expression fills with anguish as he steps closer, his body a breath away. “Annie, none of it was your fault. You have to know that.”

Despite my vows to keep my distance, I can’t keep from reaching my arms around his neck to play with the damp hair that curls at his collar. My gaze runs over his chest, the hard lines under his shirt—not because I’m checking him out, though his closeness is making me ache for his touch, but because I can’t meet his gaze.

“In acting class my final term at Vanier, we had to prep monologues about our heroes. Elle talked about her mom. Some people chose public figures. I chose you.”

He stiffens under me, and I force my eyes up to his because I need to see his face. His expression is filled with longing and something I’m afraid to name.

I’m trapped in his stare, the tension twisting me, wringing me out like one of the wet towels by the pool.

“You will always be my hero, Tyler Adams. The way you try, the way you fight no matter what life sends your way… you are everything I want to be, and it has nothing to do with your music and everything to do with who you are in here.”

My hand covers his heart, his chest warm through the borrowed T-shirt.

“Everyone okay?” Haley asks as she and my dad enter the room.

We step apart, but not before Haley’s gaze turns knowing and my dad eyes us suspiciously.

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