Smoky Mountain Summer: An Annie Mercer O'Dell Story

Matt picked Annie up and carried her into the house.He filled the tub with water and she added the bubble bath. "I'll wait outside. Call me when I can come back."She slipped into the tub and hollered, "You can come back in now!"Matt came back in and sat on the toilet."Aren't you going to move closer?""Okay, are you nervous about letting me see you?""A little," she whispered.When she was ready to get out, Matt held her towel for her.Matt hugged her and said, "You smell so good.""I'm glad you like it. It's the same bubble bath I used as a child.""Is that why you smell like a strawberry?""Annie! What's wrong?""Go away, Matthew Sullivan. I never want to see you again, ever!"Matt looked at Mace, then at Erin."I'll talk to her, Matt," Erin offered. "I know she doesn't mean it."Erin tried the door, but it was locked. "Annie, it's me. Can I come in?""No! I don't want to see or talk to anyone. Make the guys go away."The "Annie Mercer O'Dell" series begins when Annie is a juniorin high school in the midwestern city of South Hampshireand continues to her college years. The third book, "Smoky Mountain Summer," follows Anniethrough the summer after her first year of college.