“Just wait,” I said, a grin spreading so wide over my face, I probably looked like I was doing an impression of the Cheshire cat. I kicked off my flip-flops and Lee followed my lead. He was in old sweatpants and a T-shirt, and I was in some thin shorts and a tank top.

“Ready?” I asked.

He’d caught on by now, and all of a sudden the two of us were clattering through the house hand in hand, bumping into each other and into walls until we were outside, heading straight for the pool. Lee was beaming almost as widely as I was, and his eyes were lit up like Christmas trees. We drew to a stop at the edge of the pool, Lee holding me back as I teetered at the edge.

“Ready.” He winked and grabbed my hand. I linked my fingers tightly through his.

“Three…two…”

Then, at the same time, laughing and smiling because we really didn’t have a care in the world, we both yelled at the top of our lungs, “Cannonball!” and with a huge splash, jumped in at the deep end.

About the Author

Beth Reekles is the author of The Kissing Booth, now a Netflix film. She first published The Kissing Booth on Wattpad in 2010, at age fifteen, and it accumulated almost 20 million reads before it was published by in 2012 by Random House Children’s Books. Two more novels, Rolling Dice and Out of Tune, followed. She has also published a short story with Accent Press called “Cwtch Me If You Can.” She was named one of Time’s 16 Most Influential Teenagers in late 2013, and has been shortlisted for several awards, including the 2014 Queen of Teen Award. Beth now works in IT while maintaining her career as an author and runs a blog where she talks about life as a twentysomething and offers writing advice.

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