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Prologue

A moment is a specific point in tinificant, all of which are happening right now Decisions le moment set into motion every related event that follows It could be as si hi that he could have been the love of your life Saying yes to so to say no because it isn’t who you are Understanding that the way you see yourself will shape the way others see you in return It takes courage to be you To open your heart not knowing if that love would be returned as freely as it was given To discover who you really are and accept that you are enough To believe that extraordinary is possible To take control of your destiny To just concentrate on your moments

My favorite moment hen his lips first touched mine

Chapter One

Derek Vaughn was ht he was funny, sweet, and extremely hot He was an ultimate athlete with a body made to worship Tall and lean, every inch of hiht abs, but , muscular arms He was a star on the university swim team I loved his wild, thick, curly dark hair and the way it flopped around his forehead and ears with every h to make me want to melt into a delicious puddle of pure bliss I’d developed a habit of looking for him all around campus Sometimes I’d find hi between classes I began to obsess over him a little, well a lot, actually

Natalie, uy on the swi with her to watch swim practices and cheer at swiirlfriend, she ht

One night I’d gathered the nerve to talk to hi next to each other—and not by accident—in a sht was a funny reference to an old television show, and Derek was the only person to get ed hed I stood there grinning back at him like a loon He’d finally noticed me, and I was in heaven

We hung out together for the rest of the night He asked for ave to him instantly, but he didn’t call Not the next day or even the next week I looked for hied to catch hi for ht Natalie had just broken up with her swimmer boyfriend, and it was the reason ere all out She said she needed a girls’ night out, but we all knehat she really o out to a place he frequents so I can bu out on”

I was surprised to find Derek there with his friends One of theht avoiding Derek’s group for obvious reasons I sat there tryingdra all over every guy that ithin reach Finally, Sarabbed Natalie’s hand and pulled her out of the club She gave a half-hearted effort of protest and barely ed to conceal her triuether and disappeared

Eventually, Derek approachedabout having problems with his phone, blah, blah, blah I tried to act cool about it and even pretended that I didn’t remember that he was supposed to call ive him a hard time

We were sitting at the bar taking shots together In an effort to be a gentleman, Derek let me pick the first round, so I chose kamikazes, and for the second round he chose Jack Daniel’s I was even cool about that too, though I’d never had whiskey before It burned like a son of a bitch, but I handled it like a champ

When the effects of the shots started to war up and dohile “One More Time” by Daft Punk played loudly over the speakers Derek instantly grabbedrind position withhis hand on my hip to still ood at dancing like that Instead, he took me by the hand and proceeded to twirl me around It was the most fun I’d ever had

He and I spun together on the floor, oblivious to other people around us Stepping together, then apart Twisting around each other, fingers entwined I couldn’t resist giggling when he lowered ’s tempo slowed, he wrapped me in his arms from behind and ayed fro the side of my neck as I inhaled in his clean scent Then when the teain in time to the music

We laughed and stepped on each other’s toes as we est cornballs to onlookers, but I felt like the luckiest girl on earth The way his beautiful eyes were s down at me, the sexy way he bit his bottom lip as he moved, and the way his arms felt wrapped around my waist all felt like a dream

That was the moment I’d fallen in love with him

At the end of the night, he kissed me and promised to call the next day, and he did We went out to dinner that evening and spent the night together I guess it was safe to say I was pretty easy where Derek was concerned He didn’t have to work very hard to make me his