Kicking Eternity by Miller Ann Lee

Author:Miller, Ann Lee [Miller, Ann Lee]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Romance, Christian, Fiction
ISBN: 1478114681
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Still caught in the sync of working together during the campfire, Raine and Drew turned toward the moon-washed beach instead of the road toward camp. This is what ministry in Africa would be like. Maybe with someone like Drew or several people who worked seamlessly as a team the way she and Drew had tonight. Thank You, Jesus.

Drew sprawled in the sand under the night shade of a pine.

Tonight, laughter bubbled up in her, unquenched by Eddie. She sat cross-legged in the cool sand while the moon dappled her, shining through the swaying pine branches. “The whole camp is calling me Rainey.”

Even in the shadow of the tree, she could see Drew’s grin.

“You’re not sorry!”

“I’ve always called you Rainey. I think about you as Rainey.”

It was time to turn the teasing back on Drew. “You think about me, huh?”

“As in, ‘Rainey sure doesn’t have the gift of celibacy—’”

Raine swiped at him.

“Hey!” Drew jerked out of her reach. “I remember your right hook.”

“I think you have the gift of celibacy.”

“Hope not!”

“Then, who are you going to marry?” She leaned toward him, trying to see his expression in the shadows. “You’re, like, old and decrepit.” Wow, was that a lie!

“At twenty-five?”

“What’s her name?” He wasn’t dating anyone. He would have mentioned her by now or brought her to camp.

“Sam.”

“Sam? Now you’re gay?”

Drew gave a long-suffering sigh and pulled his wallet out of his back pocket. He flipped it open to Samantha’s picture.

Raine slid the dog-eared photo out of its plastic sleeve and held it up to the moonlight. She stared at what must have been the girl’s high school senior picture. Sam had long, honey-colored hair and wide, intelligent eyes. “You’re dating someone?”

Drew heaved in a sigh and let it go. His face turned toward the saw-grass waving on the dunes nearby. “Freshman year of college I fell in love with Sam. After a semester, she thought she was too young to settle on one guy. But by that time, I was in too deep to swim out.” His face turned toward her, but his eyes were shaded by the pine. “I always thought we would have gotten back together if she hadn’t transferred to Flagler College soph year.”

“She’s still single?”

“As of last week on Facebook.”

“So, try again.”

His shoulders shrugged and relaxed. “Who wants to get shot down twice?” He stood and headed toward the seawall.

“You’ll be celibate talking like that! Surely she’s grown up by now. Wouldn’t it be worth the risk?” She trailed after him, her words clanging in her head like discordant notes. “Tell me about her. She’s beautiful—”

“She’s history.”

“Someone else, then?” Her voice came out like a squeak.

Drew took a big step onto the seawall and turned to offer her a hand. “There’s this girl with great biceps and cute toes.” He whisked her onto the wall.

Face to face, she saw something warm mixing with the laughter in his eyes—something she wanted to fall into. But she felt herself tugging her hand out of his grasp. “Honestly, Drew! Just when I think I’m getting used to your teasing, you amp it up a notch.

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