The waves, the wind, the sand, everything at that moment seemed so perfect. My own miniature paradise. I vacation to Avila Beach every Thanksgiving with my family but this year was different; it’s my first year in college, 18 years old, and on my own. Evidently, my college was 7 miles away from this hole-in-the-wall beach town in which I loved. I was here in Avila 4 days before my parents and all my family showed up.
I was sitting on the beach reading my favorite book, The Great Gatsby, taking in the warmth of the sun. The rhythmic sound of the waves must of been too peaceful because I fell asleep on the beach.Thank God I wore sunscreen.
I missed the sunset which I’m fine with because I’ll see one tomorrow. I went into the only grocery store in Avila to buy some ingredients for fajitas; I haven’t had a good meal in a while, dorm food and all…
“WHY CAN’T I BUY THIS? I WANT THIS STUFF NOW!” was what I got through the screaming drunk man at the cashier. He was slurring his speech but it sounded like he had an accent?
“Sir, you are not old enough to buy alcohol, I apologize.” the cashier responded. A few curse words later, the boy (not man, since he wasn’t old enough to buy alcohol) stormed out of the store. I bought my groceries, said sorry to the cashier about that boy, and walked out of the store.
I was walking out of the store and I saw that boy lying on a bench. I went over to wake him up because I didn’t want him to stay in the street with hobos, assuming he wasn’t a hobo. As he opened his eyes, I couldn’t help but admire his piercing green eyes. He was cute, very cute.
“Hey, I know you’re drunk, but everyone needs a place to stay at night, do you have one?” I asked, hoping I would get an answer from this hammered Brit.
“My hotel is in San Luis Obispo, so I’ll just drive home.” He responded.
“You are not driving,” I countered, picking him up and hauling him to my rental house. 20 minutes later—usually a 3 minute walk, but since I was hauling a drunk hot guy, it took a while to walk—we finally made it to my house in Avila.
My 2-bedroom blue rental house was up the hill from the strip of stores that is the town of Avila. The house had windows everywhere to give that beachy, sun-drenched look. Everything was small, the kitchen, the TV, even the shower. But the character of this house was marvelous. It had an ocean view from the back porch from which you could see everything from, whether it be the dogs running on the beach or the sunset that I had missed tonight
This boy was barely holding on so I dragged him to my spare bedroom and pushed him on the bed. I brought him a glass of water and a banana, but he was passed out.
Then I got a good look at him. His tousled brown hair was sitting on top of his head. He had a red sweatshirt on from a store I have never heard of. That sweatshirt lifted ever so slightly up so I could see his Calvin Klein underwear under his not-too-tight jeans. His beige Vans reminded me of the ones I had when I was in high school.
I go back into the kitchen and make my fajitas, they were delicious. Soon I fell asleep with my door locked, just in case this stranger was a serial killer…