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“I’m not sure what the whole story is with you two but if I could see how much you are into each other then you must be. Go talk to her. I’m going to talk to Rocko and see if we can finish what we started last night. Wish me luck.”
“Luck,” I said.
“I’d give you the same but I don’t think you will need it,” Trina said. She stood on her tiptoes and gave me a kiss on the cheek before walking away from me.
I watched her go and shook my head. She was one incredible woman and certainly insightful. If she could see how much I wanted to be with Sydney would others? Would Sydney? She hadn’t looked happy about how I was acting with Trina. Could this be the in that I needed?
There was only one way to find out. I turned to walk back to the pool and talk to Sydney but when I did it was to see her walking away from the pool and me. I looked over at Alison and Laura who were still sitting by the pool. Alison shook her head at me while Laura got up and followed Sydney.
A sinking feeling went into the pit of my stomach that I had taken things too far and I had lost Sydney even before I had her.
Chapter 4
Sydney
The four of us met for dinner that night. We might not always do things together during the day, Alison usually liked to do something off property, I was happiest staying close to the pool with a book, while Cameron would do any number of things. It was a family rule that we always had dinner together every night. It was still there even if our parents weren’t scheduled to arrive at the resort until later in the week.
Maya Sunset was an all-inclusive resort with seven different restaurants, eight bars, and four pools. Tonight, we had decided to go to the Italian restaurant, one of my favorites. The chef had been the same for years and had a way of making different pasta dishes that were incredible.
I almost hadn’t gone, it had been hard, awkward even, to see Cameron talking to Trina. I was the one who had set him up with Trina, I had no one to blame but myself that the idea had backfired. I wasn’t sure what to do with this newfound jealousy I was feeling. I had known Cameron for years; he was a friend and had always treated me with respect and kindness. He wasn’t being any different than he always was. If I was suddenly feeling jealous and annoyed with him it was my fault not his
Alison had wanted to watch the volleyball game and I couldn’t think of a reason to tell her no. I had ordered another drink and tried not to down in as I watched Cameron and Trina play an impressive game of volleyball. It didn’t surprise me; Cameron was good at anything and everything he did. He might not have ever played volleyball but that didn’t mean he couldn’t pick it up quickly and be very good at it.
What I hadn’t counted on was being jealous of a woman because she could touch Cameron. I didn’t like the strange feeling in the pit of my stomach that I got every time she touched his arm or he smiled at her. I had wanted to leave but for some reason I couldn’t get myself to move. I needed to prove to myself that I wasn’t bothered by what Cameron was doing. He had done it countless times in the past, why should this time be any different?
It was a relief when the game was done and I thought I could excuse myself to go and get ready for dinner. I had walked back to the rooms but realized I forgot my tablet. When I went back, it was to see Cameron and Trina having what could only be described as an intimate moment. I felt like I was intruding on it but I still couldn’t look away.
The smile that Cameron gave Trina tore at my heart. I wanted him to look at me that way but I knew he never would. It was then that I knew it would never happen. We had been friends for too long and he would never see me that way. I didn’t care what Laura might have told me or what I wanted to believe. There was no way that man would have looked at Trina as if he couldn’t wait to get her alone if he had any interest in me.
If I had feelings for Cameron those were for me to deal with and I couldn’t or wouldn’t let it affect the time we had at Maya Sunset. I had been looking forward to this trip too much to let something like a crush on my friend and stepbrother get in the way. I told myself as I left my room that I would make the best of the evening and not think about Cameron and Trina together, or how sexy he looked with his shirt off playing volleyball.
My bravado left me as soon as I walked into the restaurant and I saw Cameron standing there. He wasn’t wearing anything unusual for him or for the resort. His khaki shorts and dark blue Hawaiian shirt was like any other he had worn. But there was something about the blue of the shirt that set off his eyes and made them seem even darker than I had ever noticed.
He gave me a smile when he saw me that made my stomach drop. It took my breath away and I had to take a few shallow breaths before I could smile back at him. I could feel myself blushing and knew it was ridiculous. The smile was the same one he had always given for years, there was no reason for me to think it was anything special.
“Don’t you look sexy tonight,” Alison said as she stood next to me.
“Thank you,” I said as I looked down at my floor length black and red floral spaghetti strap dress. I had bought it thinking that my boyfriend would see it and take me out of it. It hugged my body in ways that were flattering without being too revealing. It wasn’t something I normally would have worn and I wasn’t even sure why I had decided to wear it that night.
“You look great too,” I said and then blushed harder as I looked over at Cameron and stammered, “You all do.”
“We’re a bunch of sexy people tonight, aren’t we?” he asked.
“Tonight? Don’t you mean every night,” Laura asked.
“Most definitely. You’re a vision,” Cameron said and took Laura’s hand and kissed it.
“Thank you, kind, sir,” she said and gave him a slight curtsey.
“I’m going to be the envy of every man in this place when they see who I get to dine with,” Cameron said.
“Your table is ready,” Sergio the maître d, said and took us to our table.
I followed Cameron and noticed how good his butt looked in his pants, and quickly shook my head to stop my mind from going where it shouldn’t. Laura walked next to me and playfully hit my shoulder. I looked over at her to see her smiling at me and then nodded at Cameron’s butt. I had thought I was being discrete but apparently not. I didn’t say anything to her but rolled my eyes as we got to the table.
Alison and Cameron sat next to each other with Laura and me sitting on the other side. It put me right in front of Cameron, something that normally wouldn’t have been a problem but it was that night. I immediately took the menu Sergio gave me and looked at it. Using the time that I had to look at the menu to try to calm myself down.
This was ridiculous, I had spent many summer vacations with Cameron, and we met for dinner occasionally. It shouldn’t be a problem for me to sit across from him and share a meal with him and our friends. But as I put the menu down and looked over at him to see him looking at me, I knew that everything was different.
