Where You Belong by Tracie Puckett

Author:Tracie Puckett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: celebrity, happily ever after, teen romance, ya romance
Publisher: Tracie Puckett

Chapter Ten

“Wow.”

“You like it?”

“Wow,” he said again, and the enthusiasm in his voice warmed my heart. That’s when I knew I’d made the right decision to bring him out here.

“It’s our secret hangout,” I said, watching Avery as he stared up at the active waterfall.

Ten years ago, in a clearing about a mile behind The Red Barn, Ally and I had wandered across the rocky gorge hidden deep within the trees of Sutton Woods. The limestone ravine surrounded only a small part of the creek that ran through the forest, and though every element of this natural wonder was breathtaking on its own, it was the waterfall that always brought us back; it was high enough to make a statement, but not so high that we hadn’t climbed to the top a hundred times. The fall emptied into a shallow pool of water at ground level, but we’d never attempted a jump off the forty-foot ledge. None of us had a death wish.

Mel and Carter knew all about the waterfall, too, and over the years, it’d become the ultimate summer hangout spot.

We’d never taken anyone else back here. It was our own little hideaway—the one place we could go to escape the world. And while we’d always promised we’d never bring another soul back there, I’d made an exception for Avery.

I wanted to believe my friends would understand why I’d broken the rule, because Carter and I had raved a thousand times about how much this place reminded us of our favorite set on Where You Belong.

Sterling and Anna had shared their first kiss right beneath the gentle waterfall that looked just like this one.

Bringing Avery here was a one-time deal, and I wouldn’t even have to disclose if I thought it would become a problem. I just couldn’t imagine letting the opportunity slip by without giving Avery a small glimpse of my world.

“It’s uncanny.”

“Right? The rock formations, the height, the surrounding nature.”

“Except none of this is green screen,” he said. “It’s real.”

“As real as it gets.”

Avery knelt at the small creek, running his fingers along the surface of the cold water.

“I miss stuff like this,” he said, looking over his shoulder at me. “Simple moments—the slow movement of nature. The stuff we take for granted every day.”

“You probably don’t get much of that back home, do you?”

“California isn’t home. It’s where I live, but home is . . . a place I’m still searching for.”

“You grew up in Georgia, right?”

“Until I was seven,” he said, unfazed by the fact that I knew that about him. He was probably used to meeting people who always seemed to know things they had no business knowing. I guess it came with the territory of being in the spotlight; there was no such thing as privacy.

“We moved all over the place for years.”

“Why?”

“We were always following Mom’s advertising career to the next big city.”

“Do you resent her for that? For never staying put?”

“I never craved the stability, honestly. I was content, as long as we had each other,” he said.

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