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Messages From Across The Lake • Part 2
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The school year had been challenging for Bethany. The workload had increased, and Bethany had not thought much about Daniel since Christmas break. But as summer approached, the model sailboat sitting on a shelf in her room started regaining its power.
Bethany imagined the correspondence she would have with Daniel during their week at the lake. She knew it was silly. But Bethany couldn’t help imagining Daniel as handsome, and that he would fall for her witty messages. Bethany had written hundreds of them during the fall. As she read through them, she threw away the ones that sounded too forward. She needed to keep it friendly. For all she knew, he could be a jerk like her brother. But in her heart, she doubted it.
Finally, July rolled around, and Bethany was the first one packed and ready to go.
“Well, this is a surprise,” Bethany’s mother said. “Is it Daniel?”
“Mom. Stop. I haven’t even met him.”
