Welcome to Dog Beach (The Seagate Summers #1)

Welcome to Dog Beach (The Seagate Summers #1) — page 5
round and I have thin straight boring not-quite-blonde and not-quite-brown hair that barely stays in an elastic band Hers always looks good even after she’s just woken up Her parents are both from St Lucia in the Caribbean They moved to the United States when they were kids but didn’t meet until college They have amazing accents and when we’re a little bit older they’re going to take me with them when they go back to visit Micayla’s grandma in St Lucia We take our ice cream cups and walk down the wooden stairs of my deck to the beach Even though I do this at least ten times a day I feel lucky every single time On Seagate the beach is my backyard and I’m pretty sure there is nothing better than that in the whole world Sometimes we don’t even bother with towels or chairs we just sit down on the sand We dig our feet in as far as they will go and we eat our ice cream Our plan is to meet up with Bennett when he’s done playing Ping-Pong with his dad and then we’ll decide what to do for the rest of the day I hope this will cheer you up Micayla says burrowing through her ice cream cup for a chunk of chocolate I’ve never seen you sad on Seagate before She’s right about that But she’s also never really seen me anywhere else except for the time her dad brought her to New York City for a last-minute meeting Her mom had flown to St Lucia to visit Micayla’s grandma and Micayla couldn’t stay home alone So Micayla came to New York and we spent the day together I don’t think I was sad that day so she’s never really seen me sad anywhere not just on Seagate But I know what she means I’m happy to be here I just keep picturing Danish running