Being Julia (A Forever Novella) by Lynn Sandi

Author:Lynn, Sandi [Lynn, Sandi]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Published: 2013-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

We packed up everything we needed for the summer and drove to the beach house. As we walked through the door, I took my suitcases upstairs to my bedroom and laid them on the bed. The first thing I did was open my window to let the ocean breeze blow through. I ran down the stairs, out through the door, nearly knocking my dad over, and down to the beach. The minute my toes hit the sand, I felt like I was home. The beach was my place of solace here, like Central Park was back in the city. Collin came running down the beach with his surfboard and hit the water. I tried to surf once, but it just ended up being a disaster. As I stood at the shoreline, the water came up and soaked my feet. I ran back up to the house to grab my sketchpad and pencil. When I walked into the kitchen, my mom was sitting up on the counter with her legs wrapped around my dad’s waist as he had his hand up her shirt and they made out.

“You two seriously need to stop it!” I exclaimed.

“Julia, I thought you were down at the beach,” my dad said as he instantly removed his hand from under my mom’s shirt.

“I just came back to get my sketchpad. If you’re going to have sex, please do it in your room with the door closed. You have no idea how much you’ve scarred me. To think of my parents having sex is just gross!”

My mom started to laugh and my dad stood there and looked at me in shock. I started to walk away and I heard my mom yell, “Just you wait, young lady. You’ll find out what it’s like to have the love of your life and want to make love to him every day.”

“Ellery, don’t tell her that,” my dad said.

I smiled as I grabbed my sketchpad from my room and stopped in the doorway of the kitchen. My parents were kissing and smiling at each other. As I quietly watched them, I prayed what my mom said would come true for me one day. As I made my way back down to the beach, I sat on the sand, brought my knees to my chest, and placed my sketchpad on them. I began drawing the outline of London’s face. She would come to the beach house every summer with us and we would sit together on the sand for hours. I looked up as Collin walked over to me and sat down. He was soaking wet, so I threw him his towel.

“Thanks, sis. Whatcha drawing?”

“London. I’m drawing a portrait of London.”

“I know you miss her and so do I. Can I talk to you about something?”

“Sure; you can talk to me about anything,” I said as I continued to draw.

“Hailey and I had sex last night.”

My pencil stopped on the pad as I slowly turned my head and looked at my almost seventeen-year-old brother.

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