Promise Me Forever by Sarah Ashley Jones

Author:Sarah Ashley Jones [Jones, Sarah Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sarah Ashley Jones
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

My arms were on fire. My thighs ached.

Long strands of hair clung to my face and down my back. Each breath I took burned more than the last. But my mind was clear. I wanted to relive each fleeting moment every time I finally caught a wave. It didn’t matter how small the wave was or how long I stayed up - for those few seconds I was gone, lost somewhere between wild exhilaration and complete and total serenity. Time wasn’t a concern.

I glanced sideways at Ginger. I imagined her looking out of place before we entered the water, but as soon as she ducked under the first wave, I could tell she belonged there. At first I only watched her; my one surf lesson with Cameron was successful, but I was nowhere near Ginger’s level. It wasn’t until she brought me closer to the shore and showed me how to properly ride the smaller white waves that I finally felt like something clicked. There was no way someone would look at me and think I knew exactly what I was doing, but I was riding waves without falling over, so that was something.

We faced the horizon together, Ginger’s long legs straddling her wide board as she leaned forward onto her hands. There was a stark contrast between her skin and the dark water surrounding her. Our feet made tiny currents beneath us while we floated on the placid water beyond the breaking waves and watched the sky change colors. It was breathtaking.

I wasn’t exactly sure when the rain stopped; maybe an hour or two after we started. The sun was a glowing ball of solid yellow in the now-cloudless sky. It was cold, and I felt my chin quivering, but Ginger told me that the best part was the sunset. That if I could last until then, it would be worth it.

The sun inched down the horizon until it looked like we could reach out and touch it. "I can’t believe no one’s ever shown you the green flash before.” Ginger kept her eyes glued to the fiery sunset. “Keep watching until the very end, then we’ll head in for the night.”

I followed her directions and stayed facing forward, waiting for the mysterious green flash to appear somewhere in the distance. There seemed to be a type of invisible attraction between the sun and the water; the closer the sun came to setting, the faster it moved. My eyes squinted from the bright reflection as the bottom of the sun dipped below the sea line. Excitement started to bubble in the pit of my stomach and rise up into my chest as more and more of the sun faded away.

The anticipation was too much, and I held my breath until I saw it. Just before the sun disappeared completely, a bright green hue replaced the glowing golden color of the sun for just a second. I blinked in surprise and was left with only the orange remnants of the sun ever existing in that spot.

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