The guys all groaned.
“What?” I laughed. “Too soon?”
Grace smacked me. “Too soon, now give me my SWT merch. I can totally sell this online for at least a thousand bucks.”
We glared.
“What?” She mimicked my voice. “Too soon?”
“Run.” Was all I said.
And then she was sprinting out of the room laughing, and we were chasing her through the house, best part? Kevin didn’t even need to know the details; he just joined right in and grabbed a water hose once we made it outside.
It took me seconds to tackle her into the pool.
Everyone else joined.
And I realized that I’d found my home in the least likely of places.
With my group, SWT.
And with the girl that finally made me smile just for being her.
“I missed you,” I confessed an hour later as we made our way to the hot tub with everyone else, all of our clothes still on.
She kissed me on the cheek. “I missed you too.”
“I love you,” I whispered against her neck. “My Grace Lee from Seattle.”
“I love you too… crazy Lucas from my summer in Seoul.”
“Come back?”
“I was thinking I might check out what it’s like during the winter…”
I kissed her softly. “Good idea, Grace. Good idea.”
THE END!