“When you finish that, let’s go to the ring-toss.” He sipped his Coke noisily, and then glanced down at his watch. I bit into my apple, carefully I was worried I might get caramel all stuck in my teeth, and then how would he kiss me? I said, “Let’s sit down so I can eat my apple,” so we did. There would be rain tomorrow, but that night there were cool breezes and that was it.
It was one of those perfect summer nights, the kind where there’s a cool breeze and not one drop of rain. He seemed nervous, which made me feel less nervous.Īs we walked down the boardwalk, I let my arm hang loose- in case. He bought himself a soda, but that was it-usually he ate at least an apple or two, or a funnel cake. “Have fun, kids,” said Susannah, winking at me as I closed my door.Ĭonrad bought me a caramel apple first. He was looking out the window the whole ride there. I gave her a look like, Quit, please-but I wanted to smile back. In the car Susannah kept smiling at me in the rearview mirror. I smeared some strawberry frosting lip gloss on my lips and tucked the tube into my pocket, for later. Then I changed out of my bathing suit and put on white shorts and my favorite gray shirt. It was long that summer, almost to my waist. I took my hair out of its braids and brushed it. Our moms are going to the movies they’ll drop us off on the way.”Īs soon as Conrad left, I closed my door and ran over to my mirror. “Just hurry up and put some clothes on and we’ll go. I glanced over at him, just as casual as he’d been. Some part of me knew it too, it was ready. This was the moment I had been waiting for. “Want to go to the boardwalk with me?” he asked. I had left my door open on purpose, hoping he’d stop by. I tried to keep my voice even, not too excited or eager. I folded the cover of my book over quickly. He stopped and said, “Belly, what are you doing tonight?” I was reading a romance novel in my room with my feet on the wall when Conrad walked by. Well, not together, but in the same house.
Conrad said he didn’t feel like going, and of course I wasn’t invited, so it was just me and him. It was one of those really rare nights when the boys weren’t all together-Steven and Jeremiah went on an overnight fishing trip with some boys they’d met at the arcade. The first time I ever had my heart broken was at this house.
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