Prologue
The last 일 of a vacation is bittersweet. Part of 당신 feels ready to go home, but the other part yearns for just one 더 많이 일 in the warm sun. 당신 try to take everything in on that last day; the way the sand feels between your toes, the ocean breeze blowing across your face, the way your best 프렌즈 hand fits perfectly into yours.
Johnny and his family arrived to their family cottage on the 바닷가, 비치 the first 일 of July. He was ten now, and had spent every summer on that familiar piece of beach, but this 년 something was different. The empty lot beside their place now had a new condo sitting on it. This disturbed him deeply. How dare someone 옮기기 in on his turf?
His parents had to practically drag him 다음 door to meet their new summer neighbors. They were Steven and Mary, and they had a daughter whom they called their “Little Rose”. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. After he met Rose, all the feelings of intrusion left his mind; he had a new friend. They spent every waking moment with each other. Every morning they met at the gate. The gate that led to the 바닷가, 비치 wasn’t anything special; just and old white picket fence with sunshine yellow 재스민 속, 재 스민 grown all over it. They built sand castles, swam in the ocean, road their bikes down the local boardwalk, and every night their parents built a 불, 화재 on the beach.
That last 일 was hard on everyone. Their parents had also become very close. They took Johnny’s parents address and phone number, and promised to call and write, and they even planned on coming back the 다음 summer during the same time Johnny’s family was there. As they sat on a blanket watching the sunset, Rose grabbed Johnny’s hand. With tears in her eyes she told him that this was the best summer she had ever had, and how much she was going to miss him. He told her that they would see each other again 다음 summer, and leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. They said their goodbyes at the gate, and with that the summer ended.
Johnny didn’t know it then, but this would be the last time he ever saw Rose. He checked the mailbox daily to see if she had sent him a letter, and waited 의해 the phone at night hoping she would call. He got mad a few weeks later and stopped waiting for her. The 다음 년 however when he and his family arrived at the beach, he ran over 다음 door. But to his surprise, the house was empty. He shrugged and figured they would probably come in later that day, but they didn’t. All he had left was his memory of her and a picture.
The last 일 of a vacation is bittersweet. Part of 당신 feels ready to go home, but the other part yearns for just one 더 많이 일 in the warm sun. 당신 try to take everything in on that last day; the way the sand feels between your toes, the ocean breeze blowing across your face, the way your best 프렌즈 hand fits perfectly into yours.
Johnny and his family arrived to their family cottage on the 바닷가, 비치 the first 일 of July. He was ten now, and had spent every summer on that familiar piece of beach, but this 년 something was different. The empty lot beside their place now had a new condo sitting on it. This disturbed him deeply. How dare someone 옮기기 in on his turf?
His parents had to practically drag him 다음 door to meet their new summer neighbors. They were Steven and Mary, and they had a daughter whom they called their “Little Rose”. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. After he met Rose, all the feelings of intrusion left his mind; he had a new friend. They spent every waking moment with each other. Every morning they met at the gate. The gate that led to the 바닷가, 비치 wasn’t anything special; just and old white picket fence with sunshine yellow 재스민 속, 재 스민 grown all over it. They built sand castles, swam in the ocean, road their bikes down the local boardwalk, and every night their parents built a 불, 화재 on the beach.
That last 일 was hard on everyone. Their parents had also become very close. They took Johnny’s parents address and phone number, and promised to call and write, and they even planned on coming back the 다음 summer during the same time Johnny’s family was there. As they sat on a blanket watching the sunset, Rose grabbed Johnny’s hand. With tears in her eyes she told him that this was the best summer she had ever had, and how much she was going to miss him. He told her that they would see each other again 다음 summer, and leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. They said their goodbyes at the gate, and with that the summer ended.
Johnny didn’t know it then, but this would be the last time he ever saw Rose. He checked the mailbox daily to see if she had sent him a letter, and waited 의해 the phone at night hoping she would call. He got mad a few weeks later and stopped waiting for her. The 다음 년 however when he and his family arrived at the beach, he ran over 다음 door. But to his surprise, the house was empty. He shrugged and figured they would probably come in later that day, but they didn’t. All he had left was his memory of her and a picture.