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break, Summer Jones, you will be mine.”
    His
fingers came up to cup my chin to move my face to face his. He stuck a couple
of his fingers into my mouth while his hips swayed and grinded against me. The
pressure of him up against me, his hardness separated merely by a few pieces of
cloth between us, sent a flame of lust clear through me and I bit down on his
fingers in my mouth.
    He
groaned out of pain and out of pleasure. “Oh Summer, I didn’t think you would
have this wild side to you, but…it’s refreshing.” He removed his fingers from
my mouth, his eyes never leaving mine. “All this time, I thought you were the
good girl, of course you are,” he grinned, “but you’re more than that. You’re a
lioness waiting to break out of your bonds. You have all this sexy sensuality
deep within you, hidden behind the prim and proper princess image you’ve
portrayed all these years, but I know you Summer. I know how your body responds
to mine, and there is…” he kissed me hungrily, “definitely more than the Summer
Jones everyone knows.”
    I
wanted to protest that he was wrong, that I was that prim and proper girl, but
I knew deep in my heart, I was much more than that…that I had a fury in me that
made me a survivor. I was not a delicate society girl, but a girl who could
stand up to bullies, a girl who could run schools, a girl who led her
volleyball team to the championships thus earning a scholarship to USC, a girl
who was able to survive the devastating grief of losing her beloved aunt, a
girl who was able to survive losing the love of her life, and now a girl who
felt this fire that burned ferociously for a man whose passion matched hers.
    Drew
and I were both survivors with that passion within us pushing us pass the pain,
the challenges, and anything that came our way.
    Drew’s
eyes searched my face as he suddenly stopped and went still. “Do you understand
what just happened?” Drew asked.
    I
nodded, my eyes wide and clear. There was no doubt I understood.
    “You’re
a woman,” Drew said. “No longer the girl you were when I visited you in Malibu
last when Aunt Sookie was there. You’ve experienced so many things that could
have broken you, but instead of breaking you, it made you stronger. It gave you
this fire, this ferociousness, that drew me to you. I always wondered out of
all the girls I knew, why I was so darn attracted to you, why I can’t help
falling in love with you. Why you…why not some other girl, whom my brother
hasn’t laid claim on. It’s because I’ve fallen in love with this fire within
you…the lioness within you, who had all the grace and loveliness of a dove. We
can’t help falling in love with whomever we do…I’m…” he smiled, suddenly
looking a lot more like the carefree Drew I knew, “just so lucky to have fallen
in love with you, Summer.”
    He
kissed me gently and pulled back. The sweet Drew who spent the summer running
with me on the beach, who took his time to woo me by cooking breakfast for me,
by picking flowers for me, was back. It confused me with the sudden change in
personality. He was a sexy and take charge lover a few minutes ago, which set
me on fire, and then he became the sweet boy-next-door who reminded of the
Rachel’s twin brother who would shyly hang out with Rachel and I while Nat went
exploring on his own on the beach.
    Nat
had always been the natural leader of our group, mainly because he was older,
but also because he had an independent streak. When I thought about him, he
always appeared fearless to me, not afraid to go exploring, to take chances,
nor try new things. I’d always looked up to him, since he was the eldest, and
Aunt Sookie would often put Nat in charge of the twins and I when she needed
extra help. Even at a young age, Nat was responsible, dutiful.
    He
never like a kid to me. He was always as mature as an adult. He made me act
more mature when I was with him…always treated me as his peer, the same age as
him, rather than