Some Kind of Normal by Juliana Stone

Author:Juliana Stone
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2015-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Everly

I think a part of me expected Trevor to eventually show up, because as much as I was startled to see him standing behind me, it wasn’t because I was surprised. It was because he was half-naked. Half-naked with skin that shone from heat and sweat.

I dragged my eyes away, but not so fast that I didn’t notice a few things.

A scar on his right side that was jagged.

Abs that would make most athletes drool in envy.

Abs that would make most girls drool, period.

A thin line of hair that drifted from his belly button and disappeared beneath the top of his shorts.

Shorts that maybe he should hike up because they were dangerously low on his hips.

That indent guys get, you know, the one that girls talk about. The one that makes you think of things that you shouldn’t be thinking about. It was there. Front and center. Taunting me.

So, yeah, I dragged my eyes away but still managed to take him all in. And now he was sitting beside me. And my skin tingled where he’d touched my back. And I was nervous because we were both practically naked and I’d never been this close to a guy before without, you know, clothes on.

Ugh. I felt my cheeks get hot as I thought of him tying up my bikini top. But there’d been no way for me to get the job done without things peeking out that shouldn’t be peeking out.

I sighed and pushed my sunglasses back over my eyes. How had I reached the age of seventeen without getting half-naked with a guy before?

Oh. Right. There’d been no Trevor Lewis up until a few weeks ago. No guy who’d ever tempted me the way he did. No guy who could make me forget. And right now, I was all about forgetting if I could.

I closed the book I’d been trying to read for the last hour and stretched out on the blanket, resting my chin on my arms. Trevor did the same, both of us looking out over the water, watching the birds that flew and dove for fish near the dam.

“I used to jump off the railway tracks just above the dam with Nate and Link,” Trevor said after a few moments. “When I was, like, twelve. Man, we got in a lot of trouble when our parents found out. Especially after Daryl drowned.”

I thought about that kid. “Daryl Mason?” I asked.

Trevor nodded and turned onto his side so that he was looking at me and not the water. “We were supposed to meet him that afternoon, but Nate had a family thing. I got into trouble for something, can’t remember what, and Link just never showed. There was an undertow or maybe he got caught on something under the dam. I don’t remember how he drowned. I just know he did.” Trevor’s eyes widened a bit. “I haven’t been back to the dam since.”

“He went to my church,” I offered, not knowing what else to say. At the time it had been a tragedy the entire town felt.

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