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breath in and out. He tilted my head back and kissed what he thought was my perfect neck. He moved his lips down to my collarbone as he slipped the strap of my bathing suit top off my shoulder. I couldn’t contain myself. I circled my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. He ran his hands up the sides of my outer thighs. The sand was rough on my skin, but it didn’t matter to me. Kale effortlessly picked me up off the ground while I was still wrapped around him and carried me inside of the house. He couldn’t stand one more minute of waiting; he wanted me as much as I wanted him. He set me down on the cool marble counter, knocking all the items onto the floor. Kissing him heavily, my body begged for more. I ran my fingers through his blonde hair, gripping handfuls when the pleasure got too intense.  
    “I have to stop,” he protested as he pulled away from me. He looked down at me and slowly ran his fingers through his hair, pushing it back into place.
    “What are you talking about?” I asked. “Don’t you want this? Because I do,” I said, not giving him a chance to respond to the first question.
    “I do too… so much more than you can possibly imagine…but…” His voice was strained.
    “But what? Kale, I have never felt this way about anyone in my entire life.” I pulled him back to me and kissed him once more, but as I looked at him, I could tell this conversation was over, and I had lost.
    He tenderly pulled the strap of my bathing suit up onto my shoulder and led me to the couch. He laid down, and I stretched out beside him, laying my head against his chest. His breathing was deep, and my body followed with his movement. This wasn’t what I had planned–but to be honest, it was just as good. Lying here with him was almost perfect.
    “I got you something,” he said.
    “What?” I questioned as I turned my head to look up at him.
    He smiled as he held out a small box that he removed from his pocket. “It is your birthday.”
    I sat up and took it removed it from his hand. Flipping open the tiny jewelry box, I stared in wonder. It was a perfectly cut sapphire bracelet. “It’s so beautiful.”
    I removed the bracelet from its case, handed it to him, and held out my arm so he could put it on me. I curled up on his chest. Even though in the back of my mind I had been disappointed about how things turned out. However, now I was completely content.  

Chapter 4
    Stalker

    T he next few days back home was brutal as I readjusted to my normal schedule. I wished that I were still at the beach house with Kale. He was all I could think about. I felt I was in a constant dream-state-of-mind.  
    I sat at the kitchen table across from Kale. Relaxed, he sat looking at me.
    “What?” I said grinning.
    “Want to go for a walk?” he asked.
    “Now? Sure,” I said, not really caring what I did as long as he was with me.
    Kale and I walked down the LA streets on the sunniest day imaginable. Kale held one hand while I held a small flower that he had picked on the way in the other. A daisy…, my favorite.
    We were close to Darris Park when a little boy came running up to us, and it appeared as though he had been playing baseball.
    “Hey Mister!” he said, tugging on Kale’s shirt.
    Kale smiled and kneeled down. “What’s going on, Little Man?”
    “Are you a superhero?” the kid asked while looking at Kale wide eyed. The boy hardly reached Kale’s waist in height. His huge brown eyes sparkled, and the baseball cap he wore looked like it had been through quite a few hand-me-downs.
    The little boy was so cute with his thick lisp, and with every word he spoke, spit went flying. “Can you fly?”
    I looked down at Kale and laughed, waiting for his response.
      “I see your playing baseball.” Kale pointed to the other kids.
    “Yeah, I’m pretty good. Want to play? The bigger kids say me and my friends are too little, and won’t let us play with them.”
    “I see,” Kale answered,