Chapter Three
It's Beautiful
I don't think I've ever laughed so much in my life. Tyler and I talked about all the stupid things we used to do when we were younger, how he ate glue and I went through my obsession with glitter that summer when we were seven. That was my favorite summer. With Riley and Caroline both being four years older than Tyler and I they matured faster. Even as ten year olds they were already pretty mature for their age. The summer when Tyler was eight and I was seven I went through this crazy glitter obsession, it was literally nuts. Every piece of clothing my parents bought me that summer had to have sparkles or glitter on it, even my swimsuit had glitter on it. I have a picture of me standing by the water at the beach that summer, so much glitter. He made so much fun of me for that, but I wasn't really offended.
Tyler and I sat out in the hot tub for like an hour then we couldn't take it anymore, then we went and sat on the beach. There was a breeze in the air and it really felt nice, the wind flowing through my hair, the sea on my toes, it's the best feeling. When I looked over at Tyler he was staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing," he said turning his head the other direction. I was silent for a moment thinking about what I should say next.
"Tell me," I pleaded.
Tyler looked my way again and took a breath. "It's just…something is different about you this summer and I just don't know exactly what it is."
"I know what you mean." This was a lie. I did but yet didn't know exactly know what he meant by that.
I yawned and my eyes started to get heavy. It had to be at least five-thirty. The light from the sun was starting to shine over the horizon making this a perfect time to have my camera.
"Hold on," I said. I sprinted back to my house and up to my room to get my camera. I searched through my book bag to find my Olympus camera. After about a minute of searching I ran back to the beach. Tyler was still sitting there and turned and looked at me like I was crazy. "For the photo album, smile." We smiled and looked into the lens. The sun was barely shining and there was the water which made it a perfect background.
"It's beautiful isn't it," Tyler asked me looking at the camera.
"The picture or the water and sun?" I asked laughing a bit.
"The picture," he said also laughing.
"Oh yes, this will be the first page." I smiled at him and he smiled which was also beautiful.