Page 60 of See You Next Month

For this trip they were staying in one of the hotel rooms that overlooked the beach. The view was incredible and Isabella and Kelsey made it the focus of one of their posts as the sun went down.

“Everything looks good,” Kelsey said as she checked on the analytics of the site. They had more and more comments as well as traffic to the website and it was working exactly as Kelsey had designed it.

Isabella chuckled. “Are you surprised? I’m not. You designed it.”

Kelsey smiled. “Thanks, Bella.”

Isabella sighed. “This is more involved than I thought.”

“We’ll get better at it,” Kelsey said. “For now, I think our content is good. People are commenting and that’s what we want.”

“I know, but I didn’t really enjoy our meal because we were trying to record, eat, edit, and upload it. I was too worried about getting the right angle of the sunset instead of watching it with you,” Isabella complained.

Kelsey closed her laptop and walked over to where Isabella stood at the balcony door, staring out at the water. “How about we take a quick walk along the beach before we go to bed?”

Isabella turned around and gazed into Kelsey’s soft hazel eyes. “Just for us, no videos?”

“Just for us.”

As they left the building and walked out onto the sand, Isabella put her arm through Kelsey’s. “Our rooms are nice, but we don’t have our little spot behind our bungalows where we talked every evening.”

“Let’s give our balcony a try,” Kelsey said.

“Do you think we’ll be able to hear the water?”

“Maybe.”

“I sound like a spoiled little brat,” Isabella said.

Kelsey chuckled. “We’re tired and doing something neither of us has ever done. Tomorrow will be better.”

“I’m sure you’re right. Let’s go sit on your balcony.”

“You know, we don’t have to do the same things every time we come here,” Kelsey said.

Isabella led them back to the building. “I like sitting on the beach with you.”

“I like it too, but it may be just as nice sitting on the balcony,” Kelsey said. “I’m not sure it matters where we are.”

They walked along in silence and Isabella thought about what Kelsey said. It was easy to sit in the dark, listen to the waves, and talk about anything with Kelsey. She wasn’t so sure it would be the same someplace else.

“We’re still going to Peaches, right?” Isabella said as they got on the elevator.

“Yes!” Kelsey exclaimed. “We’re going to Peaches every trip, whether we record from there or not. Those people are our friends.”

“Okay, just making sure,” Isabella said.

They got off the elevator and walked back into Kelsey’s room. Kelsey moved toward the refrigerator and asked, “Do you want something to drink?”

“I’ll take a bottle of water,” Isabella said, opening the sliding door to the balcony.

Kelsey handed her a bottle of water but not before she turned the light off in the room. “How’s that?”

Isabella chuckled. “There's something about sitting in the dark at the beach, isn’t there?’

“Yeah, it’s soothing,” Kelsey said.

“Thanks, Kels. I’m sorry I’m being so bitchy,” Isabella said. “I promise I’ll be better tomorrow.”

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