A Shore Thing by May Gilden

Author:May Gilden [Gilden, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-09T05:00:00+00:00

The Show

The next day we headed down the street to the art show, which was in the parking lot of the fire department. All of the participants were lining their easels along the perimeter of the parking lot. Food vendors were gathered in the center and a jazz band was playing at the end. Visitors gathered to check out the paintings, strolling through the parking lot and pointing out various works. After we set up our work, Gran and I started to look around.

The painting across from mine caught my eye. I walked over to take a closer look and gasped. It was a picture of someone surfing, and the person in the picture looked familiar- it looked an awful lot like Ethan. Shaggy brown hair pushed to the side, cute grin, red bathing suit, green surf board.

It was Ethan.

I glanced at the name in the corner of the paining- Alexia Armstrong. That's when it dawned on me- Lexie. What were the chances that she would also be in this dumb art show...and have her painting across from mine... a painting of Ethan?

I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach. Lexie's words from last night echoed in my mind- "flavor of the week" and "he'll move on when he loses interest." I scanned the crowd. I was sure that Lexie would be there. I felt sick and I wanted to leave, but for Gran's sake, I hung in there.

We bought some pizza and sodas from the vendors and sat at a picnic table near the center of the lot. I felt nauseous and couldn't eat my pizza.

Gran knew something was wrong. "Colby, what's going on? You're awfully quiet tonight. I hope you aren't having second thoughts about entering the show."

"No... that's not it, Gran."

That's when I looked up and saw Ethan and Lexie strolling through the lot. She linked her arm through his and pulled him over to her painting. She was pointing at it and he was smiling and nodding. It sure didn't look like he was mad at her anymore.

They looked very friendly.

Gran saw me staring at them. "Oh...I see," she said. She paused for a moment. "You know what? I'm awfully tired. What do you say we head home now? We can find out who won the show tomorrow. What do you say?"

I nodded and we headed back home. I felt like my heart was broken, but what did I expect? We had just one date- if you can call it that. Maybe he did just want a stupid rematch for the volley ball game. And the kiss? He probably kissed a lot of girls. It probably didn't mean a thing to him. I was so dumb to think that he liked me. I should have known better. Guys like him don't like girls like me.

Later that night, Becca texted me to I ask how things were going.

Becca: How's the beach? Do u miss me? Did u meet any cute guys?

Me: Yes & Yeah, I did

Becca: Awesome! Did you hook up?

Me: We went out once, but it's nothing serious.

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