Layover by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer

Author:Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2018-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

My legs are burning, and I’m almost out of breath, so I turn around and head back to the house. I’ve probably only gone a mile or two, but running barefoot on the beach is harder than I anticipated. I woke up early—everyone else in the house was still deep in sleep, but I was weirdly wide awake. Blame it on the time change. But it was like the muscles in my body were begging me to move.

So here I am, in Neel’s stepmother’s coordinated Lululemon sports bra, tank top, and shorts, with the dog walkers and personal trainers on the beach in Malibu. The fog is so thick, it feels like I’m running through the clouds. Usually running helps clear my head, but today it’s having the opposite effect. Because with every step, I’m flooded with memories of last night.

The door closed to Neel’s room, and he pulled me in and kissed me. I had waited all summer to be with him, and now it was finally happening. We kissed for a while like that, standing up, until Neel led me over to the bed. Then we kissed lying down, which was nice, too. But the thing was, I couldn’t get out of my head. I tried, I really did. But every time he put his hand somewhere, I’d think, This is Neel’s hand going up my shirt. This is Neel’s hand going…other places. I pulled away to catch my breath.

“You okay?” he asked me.

“Yeah,” I answered.

“Okay,” he said as he lifted my shirt up over my head. It all felt like it was moving so fast. My heart, his hands, everything. Could he tell I was a virgin? Was my virgin-ness something that non-virgins could detect?

“Neel…I’m a…you know, I’ve never…,” I said nervously.

“It’s cool,” he said. “Do you…want to?” he asked, in between kissing my neck.

“I…I don’t know,” I answered. “Maybe. But just…not, like, right now.”

“That’s okay. You’re pretty fun to make out with,” he said.

I could feel my cheeks turning red, but luckily, he couldn’t see that in the dark. I woke up in the middle of the night with Neel snoring next to me. I got up to use the bathroom, and as I stood by the window looking out at the full moon, I noticed a silhouette on a lounge chair on the deck downstairs. I glanced back at Neel, still snoring, and tiptoed out.

There’s still so much we need to talk about. Like how the last time I saw Amos, we were lying together in my bed. But I’m not ready to go there. Not yet. Last night was the first time in a long time that it felt like Amos and I were just hanging out like normal people. Normal people who had just happened to run away from their family vacation.

When Amos and I went inside, I didn’t want to go back to Neel’s room. Maybe it was because I didn’t want Amos to see me go in there. Or maybe it was because I was worried it would be awkward waking up next to Neel.

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