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I grin wide, and Nico takes the photograph, his cheeks rising to mirror mine. Instead of returning my phone, he brings the screen to his face and feverishly taps his thumbs.
“Hey, give it back.” I reach for my device, but he sends his arm into the sky above me.
“One second.”
My teeth sink into my lip, straining my jaw. I try again, grabbing at him like a claw machine reaching for the best toy. Nico dodges me. The retrieval attempts fall short. I blame his glistening abs and the smug grin on his face.
I need help.
No.
I need Diego.
“Nico.” My eyes target him with a glare.
“I’m starting to like it when you scold me.” His thumb continues tapping away for a few more seconds. He finally returns my phone.
“What did you do?” I unlock the screen, navigate to my email, and ensure my Zoe Mona account isn’t on display. Nothing in the outbox. The strain in my chest releases.
“I texted myself the photo.” He rakes his fingers through his thick curls.
I open our text thread—a series of unanswered messages of me asking him for his whereabouts. The most recent text sits there, a picture of my smiling face staring back at me.
“This is too wholesome for your wank bank,” I say.
“I don’t have a wank bank.”
“Sure.”
“But if I did, that would be the first photo in it.”
* * *
Avery
You look so hot!
Nico doesn’t look too bad either…
Lily
Don’t tell him that, his head is already big enough as it is
Avery
Sooo
Did you guys hook up yet?
Lily
Of course not. There’s a party tonight & a hot surf instructor I’m planning on exploring ;)
Avery
I’m sure you could explore lots of different instructors if you took the summer off
She doesn’t quit.I look up at Nico’s group out on the waves, the lunch he replaced for me sitting sweetly in my belly as I lounge under the sun.
