Regina woke up the next morning, the sun streaming through her bedroom window. What a glorious day it was going to be, Regina thought, as she jumped out of bed and retrieved her clothing that she had picked out the night before. After getting dressed, Regina went into the bathroom and washed and dried her face and put her long blonde tresses into a messy bun tied with a scrunchy.

It was her day off before going back to work. She couldn’t believe gave her one night before scheduling her to work?

After finishing up with her hair, Regina went downstairs to join her family for breakfast. But when she got to the table, no was there. Instead, there was note from Regina’s mother:

Regina,

Had to take your sister to the hospital as she come down with the flu. Your father went off to work. Eggs and bacon on the stove. Enjoy your breakfast. See you soon.

Love, Mom

Yep! That was her family! Always on the go! They never found any time to hang for just one meal! Feeling rejected again, Regina gobbled down her cold breakfast and grabbed the sack lunch her mom had packed before heading out along with a bottle of her favorite strawberry wine. Then she locked the house and hopped into her car and drove to the beach for a little fun, even if she would be alone.

Regina loved her moments alone…so it wasn’t like she was disappointed. Her life revolved around being by herself. Her family was always busy with work and school. And now that Parker was off in boot camp, Regina was solo.

Regina pulled into the parking lot of her favorite beach and parked her VW Bug in a parking spot away from the other cars as she didn’t want to risk her car getting dinged by another car door. Regina got out of her car, grabbed her sack lunch and walked a half-mile to her favorite spot.

As she walked, Regina loved the feel of the sun on her face. She took off her white blouse revealing the purple bikini and allowed her to tanas she walked to her favorite spot on the beach. When she got there, there were a group of teens already there.

“Drats! Someone’s already here!” Regina said to herself, debating whether she should leave or not.

One boy motioned for her join them and Regina decided to do just that. She set her lunch on her blanket and joined the others in the water.

While Regina was having fun playing in the water, she didn’t know that one of the members of the group was interested in her. But when Regina had tired from frolicking on the beach and a bit tipsy from drinking the wine, one of the boys offered to drive her home.

“What about my car?” Regina mentioned.

“Leave it here and tomorrow, I’ll come by and drive you back to retrieve it.” The boy offered.

“Okay. Thanks.” Regina said as she climbed into the boy’s car.