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For years my favorite place to sit and look at stars is on a boat in the middle of the Intercostal Waterway but sitting here on the beach in La Push with a roaring bonfire going in the background might have just surpassed it. The bonfire almost makes the sky look like it's glowing.

I look around at my new friends and can't help but laugh. Jessica and Angela are sitting together gesturing to their hair; I'm guessing that they are discussing their next big fashion move. Quil and Embry are running around and "fighting" each other. I wonder how much longer they can go at it; surly they must be getting tired. Mike and Eric are singing campfire songs extremely off key; they are so great to hang out with and to be around. And Jacob … he's standing by himself staring off at the ocean. I wonder what he's thinking about right now; he looks a little sad or maybe a little lonely. Maybe I should join him. No, that would be a bad idea. I'll keep right here by the fire.

"LK, come join us over here!" Jessica yelled at me.

As I am walking over to their side, I notice Jacob look back at me. We lock eyes for a split second but I turn my head quickly as a blush comes to my face.

"Oh my God! I think Jacob thinks you're cute!" Angela said. "He totally just gave you the stare down and I think you might think he's cute in return!"

"No he doesn't. I'm sure he's just being nice or something. Someone like him would never give me the time of day."

"That is so not true, LK. You are totally hot!" Jessica replied. "You've got the perfect little cheerleader body that I am so jealous of. I think you should go talk to him."

"No, no, no! I could never just go talk to him! I'm so not that kind of girl."

"Ok … well, just for the record, I think you should. MIKE! Go get the marshmallows out of the truck!" Jessica yelled.

"Please?" Mike sarcastically asked back.

Jessica sighed, "Yes … please."

We were all gathered around the bonfire with marshmallows on sticks laughing and enjoying ourselves. I couldn't help but keep looking over at Jacob across the fire. I've never developed a crush on someone so quickly. It was all I could do not to stare at him; he just looked so cute with the firelight flickering across his face. At one point, he looked back at me in smiled; I think I melted faster than if I was in the fire itself. A few minutes later, he stood up and started walking over to sit beside me.

"I'm sorry I haven't been over here to talk to you too much today. Are you enjoying yourself?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm having a great time! Everyone has been so nice to me and has really made the transition out here so much easier."

"That's good to hear. I hope that you and I are able to hang out more. Maybe you would like to come down here more?"

"Yeah, that would be fun. I would like to hang out with you guys some more. You've all been really great to hangout with today."

I start to think about my friends from back East and how much I miss them but being around all of these new people in my life have really made this transition easy. Each one of my new friends brings a new and different kind of warmth. There is no pretension or people trying to prove a point; no one thinks that they are cooler than everyone else or that they are the leader of the group. It's just easy and everyone gets along; it's really a nice thing to just be able to walk in to.

"LK, you ok? I think we lost you there for a minute," Jacob asked.

"Yeah, I'm good. I'm really actually good. I was just thinking about how all of y'all have made this an easy transition for me. You've all been so welcoming and eager to make me feel like I've been here all my life. It's made me miss Charleston a little bit less."

"I'm glad that you say that. You've made it easy to welcome you into our group. There's no drama with you, it seems like and we really like to be around easy going people."

"Thanks. I'm very happy to be here with all of y'all right now. My new friends. My new West Coast family."

It got quiet all of a sudden and we all just took in the atmosphere, the night and the easiness of the company. We all had a feeling of content it seemed like. I know I did. I also knew that I liked Jacob but I was not going to be making any moves. Call me old fashioned or just Southern but that's for the guy to do. I just hope that he likes me too and will one day ask me out … ok I also hope that the one-day isn't too far off.