Bella's POV

I love the beach but I hate that we're only here because my mom is getting married to a man that I can't stand. I mean he's nice and all but he's not my dad and it doesn't seem fair to me that I have to see him every day and I only get to see my dad in the summer and every other Christmas.

I'm lying out on a towel tired of swimming when someone blocks my sun.

"Excuse me, can you please move?" I ask him and he looks down at me. Oh he's really cute.

"I'm sorry, I was just looking for my little sister, I'm supposed to be watching her but I turned around just for a second and now she's gone." He tells me and I can tell he's scared.

"No, it's OK. I can help you look for her. What does she look like?" He describes her and we set off to look for her with him getting more and more worried by the second.

Finally I see a little girl that matches his description petting a puppy and I point her out. He runs to her and grabs her and hugs her and then yells at her.

"Thank you so much for helping me. I'm Sam. This is Cara." Cara who is still crying because he took her from the puppy and because he yelled at her probably.

"I'm Bella. Why are you watching her? I'm glad I don't have a little brother or sister." I tell him watching her trying to escape. She's cute but that would be annoying.

"I'm watching her because my dad convinced me to come on this vacation to spend time with him and I was too stupid to realize that meant me watching Cara while he stayed holed up in his room with the first dumb woman he could get in there. I should've known. I haven't seen him in 3 years." He tells me bitterly.

"Oh… I'm sorry. I'm here with my mom and soon to be step dad. They brought me because my dad couldn't get the time off. So I kind of get not being wanted. I wish I could live with my dad but my mom says he doesn't want to deal with me all the time."

"How old are you?" Sam asks me and I tell him 14. He's 16 and Cara is 3. Apparently her mom knew about Sam so as soon as Cara was born she took off before their dad could leave her too.

We spend the rest of the day and then week together swimming and sitting on the beach building sandcastles with Cara. She's actually not all that bad and I find myself thinking maybe it would be nice to have a little brother or sister. Sam adores her and other than the fact that his dad ignores them he doesn't even seem to mind watching her all the time.

We're sitting on the beach eating lunch and watch Cara make sand angels and soaking up the attention she gets from just about everyone.

"I'm leaving tomorrow. I'm going to miss you but maybe we can talk on the phone or text?" Sam asks me and I think about it.

"I really like you Sam, like I like you. But you live in Washington and I live in Texas and those are worlds apart when you're 14 and 16. So let's just take this week and move on OK? Because I know if I talk to you on the phone it's never going to be enough." I tell him honestly.

"You're probably right Bella. This week has been great. I'll miss you." He tells me.

"Have you ever seen that movie Serendipity?" I ask him.

"Uhh my mom loves that movie!"

"Mine too." I tell him laughing.

"So you're saying if this is meant to be more than it just will be?" He asks and I tell him yes then kiss him really quickly on the cheek.

We stay on the beach until it's dark and then we hang out in the hotel lounge until my mom drags me away.

"Good bye Sam, good bye Cara." I tell them both trying not to cry.