Summer Romance - Chapter 1

Me and mom had been planning to go on vacation this summer but I was thinking it was going to me grandparents cabin so you can imagine my surprise when she told me that we were going to Hawaii for the summer! Hawaii! I was so excited to go to Hawaii and get to relax on the beach for the summer, go for a swim in the sea and maybe even learn to surf. I know how hard my mom must have worked to be able to afford this, it's been tough for my mom financially since my dad left a few years ago. She pretty much works all day every day, I hardly ever see her but I understand the reasons why so I'm not angry about it or bitter about it.

As soon as me and mom walked out of the airport the heat of Hawaii hit me and I was so glad that I had put my shorts on and my pink cami top. My mom had worn some jeans and I could tell that she was hot and regretted her decision to put the jeans on. We quickly found a cab and went to the hotel and as mom checked us in I looked around the lobby of the hotel and saw how beautiful it was, my mom had defiantly been working hard for us to be able to afford this.

We got to our room mom told me to go and check the beach out so I grabbed my bikini and went into the bathroom to put it on under my cami and shorts, I grabbed my beach bag and put my towel in there and my cell phone in case I needed to call my mom. Just as I was about to leave I ran back and grabbed my sunglasses and book so I could relax and I kissed my mom on the cheek and left the room.

I went down in the elevator to the lobby floor and went out the back towards the pool and down the steps that lead onto the beach. I walked down the beach a little just looking around but soon found a nice spot to sit down so I got my towel out and laid it down before sitting down and grabbed my sunglasses and book.

After taking my shorts cami off leaving me in my white bikini set and I laid down on my front, tied my hair up, put my sunglasses on and opened my book. This was the life! It was times like this that I loved life and I loved my mom and appreciated her the most. She knew that I really wanted to go on vacation and she had saved and worked as many shifts as she could to give me the vacation that I wanted. When I finish college and get myself a job I am taking my mom away somewhere as a treat and a thank you for everything she has ever done for me.

A little while later I decided that I should turn over so I also got a tan on my front so I put my book down and turned onto my back and laid there letter the sun soak into me and tanning me. I had put sun block on which stopped me getting burnt but I still got a tan which was great. I love having Mexican patents!

I was laying there enjoying the sun when water was sprayed over me, I sat up in shock "Sorry" A voice said. I turned to look towards the voice Oh my God! He was gorgeous. He had shaggy blonde hair and an amazing body! It was then that I noticed his friend, I took my sunglasses off and stood up "It was an accident, you see my friend has the worst aim ever" He said and I started laughing.

"It's ok… accidents happen" I stated and smiled at him.

"I'm Troy" He said holding his hand out.

"Gabriella" I replied and shook his hand.

"Beautiful name… you here on vacation?" He asked.

"Yeah I'm here with my mom, you?" I questioned.

"Yeah with my parents and my buddy… you staying close?" He asked.

"Yeah just that one there" I said and pointed to my hotel.

"That's where I'm staying" He said.

We stood there talking but I had to really concentrate hard on what he was saying because I couldn't stop staring at his amazing blue eyes. They were as blue as the sea and I just couldn't stop looking, I had never seen eyes so amazing in all of my life. Not only did he have amazing eyes but he had the most amazing perfect smile too, this guy was just a Greek God!

"Troy what you doing man? C'mon!" Someone shouted. We both turned around and I saw a guy walking towards us, he had the biggest hair ever! He reached us and he smiled at me "Now I know what took you so long" He said and turned back to Troy.

"Gabriella this is my friend Chad… the one with the terrible aim" He told me making me laugh.

"Nice to meet you" I said.

"You too, sorry for getting you with the water gun" He stated.

"Don't worry about it" I said.

"We're gonna go for a swim… you wanna join us?" Troy asked.

"Sure" I replied.

"Great, do you wanna move your stuff near ours… for safety?" He asked.

After putting my bag and towel next to there's and then the three of us ran into the water and started messing around. Anyone looking would think that we had been friends for years. We ended up having a water fight but it soon turned into me and Troy splashing and chasing Chad around, really it was 2 against 1 but I had an awesome time.

We got out of the water to go and sit on the beach and chill out for a little while, we sat down on our towels and I reached into my bag and got my sunscreen out to top up so I didn't burn but realised that I couldn't reach my back "Troy?" I questioned who was sitting next to me.

"Yeah?" He asked and turned to me.

"Could you put sunscreen on my back please? I can't reach" I explained a little shyly.

"Sure" He said. I turned around and put my back to him and handed him the sunscreen. He put the sunscreen on my back and then rubbed it in, his hands felt amazing running over my back. He was really gentle and when his hands got to my shoulders he rubbed his hands over them gently and they lingered there for a second longer "Done" He stated. I thanked him and then he handed me sunscreen "You do mine?" He asked with a cheeky smile on his face.

I put the sunscreen on his back and as I ran my hands over his back I felt the muscles on his back. He must work out a lot to be as muscled and chizzled as he was, my God was there something about this guy that wasn't perfect? I finished rubbing in the sunscreen and told him I was done, he thanked me and took his sunscreen back.

The three of us laid there for a few minutes before Chad got up from where he was sitting "I'm gonna go and get some food" He stated and picked his stuff up and started walking back towards the hotel.

"So… where you from?" Troy asked.

"Originally I'm from California but me and my mom move around a lot… I've never spent more then a year in one place for the last seven years" I told him "What about you?" I asked.

"Albuquerque, born and raised" He stated.

"Must be nice just living in one place… being able to call somewhere home" I said.

"It's ok… I want to travel a little though, see the world" He stated.

"Travelling is not all it's cracked up to be" I told him.

Me and Troy sat there together and talked about school, friends, other vacations and just life in general. I found out that Troy was on his high school basketball team and his dad was the coach, that explained the muscles and perfect body he had. He went on vacation every summer with his best friend Chad and his parents, they would always go somewhere nice and had even vacationed in California. They went to Florida, Mexico, Cuba and Costa Rica.

Troy says he wants to travel more? I had never left the USA. He seemed like he had the perfect life, he had both parents, they both worked, they had a nice house from the sounds of it, he has his own car, they go on vacation every summer, he's a high school star and he is living the American Dream.

We spoke about my life and I didn't want to be doom and gloom and say that my dad had died but when Troy asked me where my dad was I just said that he had passed away. Troy obviously got the feeling that I didn't really want to talk about it so he quickly changed the subject back to school which I was thankful for.

Eventually it was starting to come into evening and I knew my mom would want to go to dinner so me and Troy decided to walk back to the hotel. He carried my bag for me and we both got into the elevator and he walked with me to my room, I opened the door and we agreed to meet up at the pool tomorrow.

I walked into my room and saw my mom had unpacked all of our stuff and had hung it up on hangers and I could tell by the smell that she had cleaned in here as well, she was a serious OCD problem "Who was you talking to at the door?" She asked me.

"I meet a guy at the beach called Troy… he's with his parents and his friend" I told her and I started talking to her about Troy. She seemed happy that I had met someone to hang out with whilst we were here.

After I had showered and got changed we went down to dinner and as we were looking for a table to sit at I heard someone call my name. I turned around and saw Troy standing up and waving at me, he beckoned me and my mom over and when we reached him he asked us to join him. My mom asked his parents if that was ok and they replied with 'of course' and gestured for us to sit down.

Within ten minutes my mom had become friends with Troy's parents and I got to know Chad a little better. He was telling me embarrassing stories about Troy when they were younger which made me laugh, some of the stories were really embarrassing. One of them was from when Troy was 7 years old and he though he was superman so he made himself a cloak out of his mom's top and put her bra on his head, he then jumped off from his tree house and broke his arm.

"I can't believe you told her that story" Troy said and looked down at the table.

"So Gabriella your mom tells us that you're a very gifted academic student, what's your favourite subject?" Troy's mom questioned.

"Science is probably one of my favourites, biology especially" I replied.

"Wow so you must have big plans for your future" She said sounding impressed.

"I actually want to be a lawyer" I told her.

"I thought she wanted to be a marine biologist" My mom said and our mother's shared a laugh.

"What sort of law are you interested in?" Troy's dad asked.

"Criminal law or family law, I haven't decided which yet" I answered.

"You know my brother is in criminal law, I could give you his email address and you can ask him some questions" He told me.

"That would be great… thank you" I replied with a smile.

Wow Troy had an amazing family. They were very kind and all of us got along like a house on fire, so much so that Troy's parents invited my mom to the bar to have a couple drinks. Mom didn't want me to be alone so Troy and Chad said I could come and sit in their room with them and watch a movie or something.