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back into a ponytail, I’m all set for the beach. Just took me fifteen minutes to finish. Kristen is still putting on makeup.
    “I’m ready” I inform her.
    She looks up and says “Wow, that was fast. Just give me a few more minutes. You’re a natural beauty, but it takes me a long time to look halfway decent.”
    I laugh. “You are a beauty and I am not. I just don’t take a long time to get ready. Doesn’t really matter how I look. Everyone will have eyes on you. I just want to hit the beach.”
    “Look, I am finally ready. Do you want to follow me?”
    “I will follow you. I don’t know where the beach house is and I can leave early.”
    We head out to the party and I like the drive to the house. The sun is still shining, but it’s starting to set. Everything looks amazing with the sun bursting over the water. As we get closer to the ocean, I can see it in between the houses we drive by. This makes me want to hurry and get on the beach. How much farther can it be?
    Luckily, I see Kristen put on her signal light and to turn into a massive beach house. Even the driveway is huge. There are a ton of cars already here. I see where Kristen parks. She gets out. I pull up beside her and ask where the best place to park would be so I can get leave early. She tells me and I direct my car there.
    The front door is massive in size. That makes me a little bit scared to go to this party. I have never seen a house this big up close. These people must be loaded. I get ready to tell Kristen that I’ve change my mind, but the door opens and I am curious to see what this house looks like. Entering the front door, I can only concentrate on is the view of the ocean, through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The sun setting over the ocean makes me feel alive, and I want to walk out to the beach right then.
    Kristen grabs my arm to start introducing me to some of the people she knows. I get introduced to Megan, our party hostess, but she seems to be the typical rich girl type, a little bit stuck up. That’s okay with me.
    I keep moving to the back doors. Kristen hands me a cup of beer and I take it. She doesn’t know I won’t drink it. I can’t with the medication I’m on for my transplant. So I just hold on to it and pretend to sip from it.
    I finally get to the beach and there are people everywhere. I look around to see what everyone is doing. Everyone seems to know each other. Some are so drunk already that they don’t know what is going on. There is dancing, a bonfire, and even a table set up with kegs of beer. Megan really did go all out on this party. I wonder what her parents think about this or how can they afford should a nice house.
    After seeing the perfect spot down the beach a little ways off from everyone, I start sneaking off before Kristen spots me. It’s not that I don’t like her, but all these people are a bit too much and too loud for me.
    As I get to my spot, the last of the sun finally sets with an orange glow, which makes the waves, glow just a little. “Ahhh,” I say to myself. “Now this is what I came to this party for.” I sit there for a while and listen to the waves, the music and all the partygoers, which surprisingly makes me relax. I lie back on the sand and close my eyes. Peace at last .
    I barely have a minute to myself when, all of a sudden, sand flies in my face. I jump up quickly and dust of the sand off my skin. As I look up at the reason for my sandy face, I see him Mister Brown Eyes. No , no! Not this quick! I was hoping to never see Phillip again.
    Phillip stumbles over to me and says, “I am so sorry. I didn’t see you lying there.” He’s smiling at me with a big grin. “Did you fall down and do you need help getting up?” he asks, while looking at my overturned drink cup.
    Oh no . He thinks I’m drunk. I look at him and say, “I am fine. Just go on about your business so I can get on with mine.” Where did that rudeness come from? I’m never rude to anyone, but Phillip