Today was a day for relaxation. The sun was brightly shining in the clear blue sky, with temps in the mid 80’s. Florida… just doesn’t get any better…

Natalie had picked a fantastic day to relax at the beach. It was perfect. We both lay on our backs enjoying the sun's rays..I reached for another magazine when I happen to glance up at a bunch of guys playing volleyball and I can't help noticing one guy who was trying to subtly check Natalie out. I smile to myself and lean over to talk to Natalie

"The guy playing volleyball is totally checking you out"

"What? nuh uh. Which one?"

"The tall one in the green shorts, dark hair, flopping into his eyes"

Looking over to where she was describing, I lifted my glasses to take a look.

'oh wow.. he's h..hot'

As I pulled my shades back down, the guy in question looked over at me. Our eyes connected for a few moments, before he turned back to serve the ball.

"OMG" I say catching the vibe " You're into him"

"I am not" smiling. "I just took a peek, that's all"

"Yeah and you liked what you saw"

"So what if I did?"

"You should go and talk to him"

“You think so?"

Just as I'm about to answer her, the volleyball lands by our feet and the guy in the green shorts comes towards us, showing off a perfectly toned body. As he came closer, Natalie reached forward to get the ball.

"Catch" as I toss to ball to him

"Well I certainly did" smiling

'Wow she's cute." I thought to myself as I catch the ball

"I'm Ben...I don't believe we've met"

"I'm Natalie. And no I don't think we have... It looks like you guys got a pretty good game goin on over there"

"Yeah it's pretty good...so how come I haven't seen you around?"

"Well.. Maybe I've been hiding...." with a smirk

"Well then I'm glad I found you then"

I was just about to say something else, when my friend Shane walks over

"Dude, we're in the middle of a game"

I smile but am distracted by the guy coming up to us

"I guess, you better get back.."

I shot my mate Shane a cold look but he's already occupied by talking to a girl who I assume is Natalie's friend and they're deep in conversation. I turn back to Natalie and roll my eyes.

"And he gives me a hard time for getting distracted but I guess I am gonna have to get back" a ittle disappointed. Suddenly I have a great idea

"Hey...would you care to join us?"

"Sure.. Love to! but uh.. wouldn't that not to be fair to them?" glancing over at the other team

"Oh right...yeah they wouldn't mind...besides I think Shane's invited your friend to play as well"

“Great.. well the its game on then..." and we start jogging towards the court

'Oh my god...Shane is so funny. He really makes me laugh...and damn he is cute. It can't hurt. When he suggested that I join him and his mates playing volleyball, I say yes. It should be fun. As we head towards them, I look behind and see Natalie and that cute guy walking towards the court. I mouth "wow" to her.

I give Charlie a smile and turn towards the net, ready for action.

The game was so much fun. The ending score was 15-9, with us in favor. We made a few slip ups but not it mattered. At one point, Ben and I ended up going for the ball at the same time and crashed into each other. Neither was hurt , actually we were both kinda laughing.. He helped me up and we both looked straight into each others’ eyes for a mere few seconds before we pulled away and back to our positions. The guy had some of the most gorgeous brown eyes, I had ever seen. Anyways… Charlie, got along well with Shane, who was trying to make her mess up a couple of times but she prevailed in helping us to our victory. After we had all said our congrats, Charlie and I turned to head back to our spots on the beach. Turning to Ben,

“hey.. thanks for the game. It was fantastic."

"It was a pleasure. I had a lot of fun" suddenly feeling a little shy

" Hey, umm would it be ok if I took you out some time?"

"Ummm.. I don't know..." hesitating at the thought

"Well how about this then? I'll give you my number and if you ever wanna hang out you can give me a call"

"Sure.. sounds good" giving him a smile

"Great" I hand her my number and then give her a smile

"I look forward to seeing you again"

"Me too" and as he starts walking away, we exchange brief goodbyes