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tendon and you would have told me you’d shake it off. How is your leg, anyway?”
    She tapped her knee. “A little sore and bruised, but I’m good.”
    “You’re not going to roll up your pant leg and show me? Let me give it another kiss?” The devil was back in his eyes.
    She was certain her whole face lit up as a hot tickle went through her. “Pervert.”
    “If I was going to be a pervert, I’d tell you about all the other parts of you I’d like to be kissing.”
    Rory faltered, and as he hit her with that devouring look she had to look away. They’d been enjoying such a nice rapport that she should have been angry that he had ruined it, but instead she was frustrated with herself for not falling so willingly into his charms.
    “Hey, sorry,” he said suddenly. He looked genuinely ashamed. “I shouldn’t have said that. You made yourself clear, and just because I didn’t like hearing it doesn’t mean I get to be a dick to you.”
    “You weren’t being a dick. “ She leaned on the bar in front of him. “Look, I think you’re a nice guy. You were great to go back and get my bike for me, but I meant what I said. I’ve got a lot on my plate now, and I don’t hook up.”
    He took a drink and pursed his lips together, then nodded as he swallowed. “Fair enough, but that’s not going to stop me from flirting with you. I like the look on your face when I do it.”
    I like how it feels when you do it, she thought, and was struck with disappointment when he laid out a twenty on the bar and she realized he was leaving.
    “Keep the change,” he said, waving her off as she moved to the register.
    “No, you can’t leave me a three hundred percent tip.”
    “Watch me.” He slid off the stool. “If you change your mind about that midnight drive, I’m in the chalet farthest down the beach.”
    “You think I’ll change my mind?”
    He chewed his lip and regarded her with narrow eyes. “Normally I’d say yes, but with you it could go either way. Don’t work too hard.”
    She glanced around the nearly empty lounge and laughed, and watched him until he had disappeared from sight.
     

Chapter Three
     
    At the strip of sand at the far end of the empty White Tip Beach, those who worked at the hotel joined those who had been waiting since their shifts ended. Though she had an early morning at Garden View to look forward to, Rory wouldn’t trade this opportunity as long as she had it.
    The people she worked with at The White Tip were people she had grown up with. They all clung to what was left of adolescence that summer before they parted ways. Some were staying on the island to work, others to go to school. Others, like Rory, were leaving to find their own ways. Since they and all their other friends worked different shifts at different jobs, it was nearly impossible to get together for a party. Going to the beach at midnight allowed them to shake off the day and be silly for a little while.
    By midnight, their group of seven had turned into fifteen. Rory trudged out of the water between Fiona and one of the front desk clerks, Hannah. She knelt down on her towel and twisted the water out of her hair while Hannah lit a joint.
    “We’ve got to figure out a way to get us all together for one night before the end of summer.” Rory rolled from her knees to her ass and shook her head at Hannah’s pass.
    “If I had known grad night was really the last chance, I wouldn’t have drunk so much I puked. I would have enjoyed it a little longer.” Fiona was offered and took a hit. “We could be adults about it and do a barbecue. If we start it at noon until midnight, people will just keep crossing paths.”
    “It’s better than nothing,” Rory concurred.
    Hannah agreed, then grinned. “Will you be inviting your new boyfriend?”
    Fiona cackled as Rory gave her a filthy look. “Please, it wasn’t me. We all saw him parked at the bar tonight and last night.”
    “If he wasn’t such an asshole, I’d say you