When I woke up the next morning I noticed Kim was still asleep. I looked at the small clock between us and saw it was 6:30. I yawned and rolled out of bed. I headed to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. I hoped they wouldn't mind me making breakfast.

Kim's parent were the first ones up. They came into the kitchen looking sleepy in their robes. "Good morning," I said smiling brightly. They just stared at me. "I'm sorry. I hope you don't mind me making breakfast," I said biting my lip.

"Of course we don't sweetie," she said smiling.

"Oh here I made coffee," I said handing them each a mug.

"I could kinda get used to this. Soleil you came come stay with us whenever you want," Kim's father said taking a seat at the table. I smiled. This was nice. They apparently liked me. That was good.

"Well here you go," I said setting plates down in front of them. "I'm gonna go get Kim."

"Kim time to get up," I said from the doorway. She ignored me and pulled the covers over her head. I went over to the window and opened the curtains then proceeded to take the blanket off of her. "Fine fine I'm up," she said sighing in annoyance.

"Soleil you really outdid yourself," Lily praised. I guess I did go a little overboard. "This is a feast," Will added. I smiled happy that they liked it.

"So where are you from again?" Lily asked.

"Atlanta."

"Have any siblings?" William asked.

"An older brother and younger sister."

"How are your parents?"

"They're fine. They just wish I could've came for the summer," I replied. I'm sure they could feel the tension when I said this and they didn't pry any further.

I complimented Lily on the flowers. She was ecstatic and asked if it needed something more. I suggested a simple rose bush. She agreed. William was interested in all the classes I took and asked for in depth explanations. We all finished and I stood up to clean the dishes.

"Oh no you don't. Kim can handle this," Lily said pushing me away.

"But I made the mess. I can clean it up," I answered shaking my head.

"Don't worry honey. Kim will be fine. Right Kimmy?"

"Sure thing," she grumbled.

I shrugged and went to our room. I showered and started getting ready for the day. What were we going to do anyway? Kim came into the room and answered my question. "It's a pretty nice day so let's go the beach."

"Who's gonna be there?"

"Everyone," she said smiling.

Oh joy.

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"Come on Soleil!" Kim shouted from the water.

"But I can't swim," I said for the 100th time.

"We're not even in that deep," she said rolling her eyes. The others were snickering at me. Again.

"I refuse to get in," I said shaking my head. I was not getting in that water.

"Fine sit out there all by yourself," she said sticking her tongue out. I did the same.

"I'll sit out with you," Jacob said.

"No you don't have to. Really. Go have fun," I said motioning to the water. I wasn't going to make him suffer because I was afraid of dying in the water.

"I'd rather stay here," he said plopping down next to me.

He seemed really nice, and he'd rather sit here with me than go in the water. I felt obliged to thank him.

"Thanks," I said quietly.

"No problem, but you really can't swim," he asked raising a eyebrow.

"No," I snapped. I mean it was embarrassing and I was sick of repeating it.

"Sorry," he said sadly.

Great now I felt bad. I was about to apologize to him when I was picked up and launched into the water. "AH!" I screamed. SPLASH! Kim swam over to me laughing the whole way. "Shut up," I said through my clenched teeth.

"See I told you the water wasn't very deep," she said smirking.

"Who did this?"

"Paul," she said pointing a finger at him.

I huffed and went back to where I was sitting earlier. Jacob was still there and he was glaring daggers at Paul. "You okay?" I asked.

"Am I okay? Are you okay? That jerk just threw you in the water," he said.

"Oh no it's fine. Besides Kim was right, the water really isn't that deep so it's all good." He didn't look like he believed me though.

Quil and a little girl walked over to us.

"Uncle Jay will you help us build castle?" she asked happily. How cute.

He looked at me and I nodded, "Yeah go ahead."

"Come with us," he said standing up. I shrugged my shoulders.

"Claire this is Soleil," he said.

"You're pretty," she said smiling.

Hey I liked this kid. "Thank you sweetie. You're very pretty too," I said still on the ground. She grabbed my arm and started pulling me. "Get up! Get up!" she said. I smiled and got up.

"You help make castle too?" she asked.

"Sure thing," I said smiling. She grabbed my hand and we walked ahead of Jacob and Quil.

"Me and Qwil are gonna build castles aaaaaaall day," she said shoveling sand into a bucket.

"All day? Wow. That's so cool. Lucky," I said emphasizing the words. She giggled.

"Will Lay and Uncle Jay help?" she asked.

"I don't know Claire," Quil said.

"I don't mind," I said carving a door with a stick.

"Yay!" she shouted clapping her hands.

--

"He likes you," Kim stated.

I believed her. I was just trying to figure out if I'd possibly like him eventually. I mean obviously there was really no other reason for him to show such a interest. It was just kinda strange having someone so good looking like me. Don't get me wrong now, I have pretty high self-esteem. But he was just so…handsome.

"Ugh come on Soleil. You're gorgeous. Why wouldn't he like you?" she said annoyed.

"I don't know," I said quietly. I began fiddling with the necklace around my neck.

"Have you talked to your family?" she asked. No and I don't want to.

"No, I'll do it soon though. They're gonna wonder how I'm doing," I said still fixated on the necklace. I began opening and closing the locket on it. I looked at the picture inside of it a smile forming.

"You should really stop thinking about him so much," Kim said quietly.

"What?" I asked angrily.

"How else are you gonna move forward. Soleil you've gotta stop dwelling in the past," she said sadly.

"B-but I don't want to forget him," I said shaking my head. I was sick of talking about this. I've had this conversation enough. Everyone just needed to leave me alone.

"No one said anything about forgetting him. Just accept that he's gone."

"That's never going to happen. I can't. He's never really gonna be gone. He's always gonna be in my heart," I said holding the locket he gave me a little tighter. I was never going to forget him. I couldn't.

I started to cry. "Fuck I was doing so well. I hadn't cried in weeks," I said between sobs.

"I'm sorry," she said getting up and joining me on my bed.

"It's not your fault," I said lying me head on her shoulder.

She didn't say anything else. What more could she really say. No one knew what to say or how to act in these situations. The only person who could make me feel better was him. He was gone now. He left me. I was all alone now.