ay, next to my beat-up car. Luke walked toward

he said, before I barely sli

t ask to com

e and the sunlight glinted off his tanned skin. With his left hand on the steering wheel, he drove us in

an you

smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "It was a

to me. If I screw up, I'm out. Unlike you, no one's begging me to

"Y

at mean we c

"N

t my hands. "Please, please,

ng at me, I'm being serious.

He

ooked d

I had no idea what to expect. He grabbed his phone and diale

s go back!" This was not the time for a casual phone call. We wer

m getting distracted by an annoying wasp. Listen man,

e for the 10,355,763 time. My arms stop

o one needs to know she's not a

ine. I stared at him. So that's what life as Luke Daw

on the highway. I rolled the window dow

l jerk," he smirked, "but you

him, "Thank you for kidnap

re welcom

said

nd I liked the way he

but whatever it was, we arrived. Luke smooth

ere at t

way from camp. A place for cotton candy and surfing and why on earth would

lked by. His confidence, his rugged handsomeness; he had that effect on people. They couldn't help bein

right. Luke w

lf out by creating something unattractive. I'm not looking for pity, I promise. I'm just repeating what o

ry uncool sidekick. He needed to be with an Angelina Jolie tomb raider

hile I huffed and puffed because of

n you h

I'm t

walking like

re we were going, I would ha

f fashion sense

t. I'm doing

really grateful y

ft it in th

e sand in my shoes stopped irritating me. And instead of sinking into the sand, I felt like I w

emerge from the water like something out of a Baywatch scene. He shook his head and water sp

ve me for

uke greeted the

look nothing a

just a saying. We're not brothers. Funny gir

my type

not hers eit

a hand, "Austin Tayl

h manners. Ho

e. Nice to

shake was st

uke dropped an arm around his friend's shoulder

ve the nerve to

's the jerk side. They walked off, catching up and laughing over stories I couldn'

h two hot boys and we were about to do 'a thing' –sounds dirty- but a thing th

deas? Nad

hem just as they entered a beachs