"Mikey!! Come back!" I heard a male's voice yell followed by some barking of a dog. I smiled to myself but then closed my eyes to fall asleep. I was almost asleep when I felt a wetness on my cheek. Surprised, I opened my eyes and sat up startled to see a little pug staring back at me with it's big black eyes.

I giggled and held out my hand. "Hello there." I was such a sucker for dogs. I started scratching behind the dogs ears, I knew that dogs loved that, when a male came up to me.

"I'm sorry." He panted after obviously chasing his dog down the beach. "Mikey got loose."

"It's alright." I smiled and looked up at him. There above me, looking straight into my eyes, were a pair of the bluest eyes I've ever seen. I gasped and he smiled down at me.

Kneeling down so he was eye level with me he stuck out his hand. "Hello, I'm Nick."

"I'm Juliana."

"That's a pretty name."

"Thanks."

"So, Julie, what are you doing?"

"Trying to tan, it's not working." He laughed and sat down next to me.

"I was just walking my dog as you can tell."

"He's a beautiful dog. I'd love to have a dog."

"Yeah, I love dogs."

We both sat there talking for about three more hours. This Nick guy was a kick. He was funny, sweet and absolutely gorgeous. He glanced down at his watch.

"Oh wow, it's getting late. As much as I enjoy talking to you Julie, I should really be going. Do you think I could have your number?" I looked at him doubtful. Here was a wonderful guy, wanting my number and here I was, engaged. But I really did like him, so against my conscience, I smiled.

"Sure." I gave him my number and we stood up.

"Goodbye Julie." He kissed my cheek before retreating the other way. I smiled to myself and walked back to my house.

**

"Where have you been?" Jenna asked me as soon as I entered the house.

"Well duh Jenna, I'm only wearing a bikini, think real hard as to where I've been."

"I wouldn't have an attitude if I were you Jewels, Dad and Josh came over today and you weren't here, Dad got pretty mad."

"Uh oh, where are they now?"

"I don't know. They left to do something about the wedding, I wasn't really paying attention."

"Great."

"So anyway, why do you have that smile on your face?"

"I met a guy today."

"Hello Julie! Dad, Josh, wedding, any of this ringing a bell?"

"I know. But he was wonderful."

"I'm happy that you've found someone but I just don't want you to get in trouble with dad."

"I won't, I probably won't see Nick again anyway."

"You better hope not, dad would have you slaughtered, and I'm not kidding." She walked out of the room and as frightening as it sounded, she was right.