The Man He Desires
Amber Cross

“This is what life should be like”, declared Rick as he relaxed on the beach next to Justin with a beer bottle in his left hand and binoculars in the right hand.
“Yeah”, agreed Justin as he cherished the beauty of the warm sunset on the beach, admiring the manner in which the setting sun had painted the horizon in a crimson shade of red to leave behind its memories in the minds of those who chose to care.
Even though it was the Friday evening the group of six friends who had been vacationing at the same beach since a week were the only few visitors to the beach while the people of the small town stayed busy with their daily, monotonous routine. The vacation had come as a respite for the gang of friends from the taxing routine of their college and none of them had wished to squander it chasing internships. Instead the six of them had packed their bags and headed to the small town as far from their busy college lives as possible to rejuvenate themselves over the vacation.