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July 15 - July 20, 2022
When did people become this judgmental? Whatever happened to living your own life, keeping in your own lane, and all that good stuff?
She doesn’t need to know how much fun I’m having with her best friend, who is so quirky and sweet and adorable and, yes, smoking hot.
“Of course. Having you here has been amazing, actually.” “Really?” She throws me a look that’s laced with surprise. “You’re not just saying that so things don’t get awkward between us?” In an act of impulsiveness, I grab her hand and squeeze it. “Elle, I mean every word. My days have been a lot brighter since you arrived. From the moment I laid eyes on you at the airport, I knew I wanted to get to know you better.”
I’d walk this entire beach back and forth fifty times if it meant spending more time with Colton.
No offence, but you can’t run from your problems because you’ll always take yourself with you.”
I’m telling you, laughter is magic. It’s a person’s secret spell. And all you want to do is make them laugh even more, so you try your best to sprinkle joy into their lives. The way their smile brightens their face makes you want to be near them, all the time. So yeah, I’d say a girl needs to have a smile that shatters my world in order for me to fall in love with her.”
Elle laughs. It’s the kind of laugh that hits you right in the center of your heart and causes the corners of your mouth to go fully up.
“Is it true that you love each other?” another girl asks, eliciting an embarrassed reaction from her mother. I don’t mind the question, though. “Yes. Prince Charming and Princess Charlotte are very much in love,” I say, and kiss Elle’s hand. The kids are probably not sure whether this is all an act or not, but I know the truth. I’m head over heels and I want the whole world to know.
You’re the most beautiful woman in every room and in every pool.”
A pool, a dumpster, a sandy beach, or a construction site… As long as I can be with Elle, I don’t care where we are.
There’s nothing in Vermont, or the rest of the world for that matter, that will make me as happy as I am with you in Summerville Creek.

