A Summer to Remember - By Jessica Gunhammer Page 0,19

Jason asked, putting on his sad act. As if I haven’t heard that a hundred times before.

“Listen, Jason. This isn’t the time nor the place to talk about anything.”

“What the hell do you expect me to do? You’re not answering any of my texts or phone calls!” His voice was filled with desperation. He was getting too good at this playing the victim thing.

“First off, don’t come over here and yell at me and expect me to want to talk to you. Has it even crossed your mind that maybe I’m not ready to talk to you? Breaking up with me on our graduation day and then sleeping with your nasty ex isn’t exactly immediately forgivable.”

“You’re right and I’m sorry for that. Can we meet somewhere tonight? Please,” he begged.

“Actually, I have plans tonight.”

“It’s not that guy you were with at the cabin all weekend, is it?” He laughed and looked away. Once he realized I didn’t respond, his smile dropped and he looked back at me. “You can’t be serious! You just met the guy!”

“Excuse me! If I remember correctly, you’re the one who broke up with me, so I believe that means I don’t owe you any sort of explanation about anything, let alone who I do and do not date, thank you very much!” I turned on my heels and walked toward Lily, who was just leaving the Coffee Hut.

“Ava!” Jason called after me but I didn’t bother to turn around and give him a second look.

“Damn, Ava, what did you say?” She handed me my coffee. “He looks pretty upset.” She was clearly amused.

“It doesn’t matter. The only thing on my mind right now is my date tonight. Let’s go find that outfit, shall we?” I could still feel Jason’s eyes watching me as we continued on our mission. I smiled a little, knowing that for the first time in a very long time, the ball was finally back in my court.

CHAPTER 12

After Lily dropped me back off at my house, I had a few hours to spare before my date with Adrian. Perfect, that left me just enough time to get ready without having to rush. I was beginning to get a little nervous and the last thing I wanted to be worrying about during our date was how my hair and makeup looked.

Around six-thirty, I decided it was time to slip into my new dress. After slipping it on, I admired it in the mirror for a few minutes. It was gorgeous. Royal blue has always looked good on me. It’s sleeveless with a scoop neckline and the hem falls just above the knee. I loved the way it hugged my best features. The low cut back was to die for. I slipped on a pair of black stilettos and I was ready to go. I heard a knock on my bedroom door and then saw my mom crack it open.

“Adrian is here.”

“Okay. I just have to grab my bag.” I grabbed my black clutch off my vanity and went downstairs.

When I got downstairs, I was surprised to see Adrian sitting on the couch across from my dad and brother. Well, he didn’t look too nervous, so it must not be going too badly. He saw me enter from across the room. I tried not to blush when I noticed the look on his face. I thought his jaw was actually going to drop to the ground. My dad and brother both turned around and looked at me.

“Hey, how’s it going?” I asked.

“It’s going great! Adrian here was just telling us how he played football for Brant!” My dad was a huge football fan so that was definitely brownie points for him.

“Oh, is that so?” I raised my eyebrows. “Well, if you’re done interrogating him, I’d like to be on our way.”

“Of course, we don’t want to keep you guys.” My dad stood up and shook Adrian’s hand. “Nice to meet you. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of you.”

Did I just hear that right? I gave Adrian a shocked look. What the hell happened while I was getting ready? He couldn’t have been down here that long.

He came up beside me and I hooked my arm through his. We said our goodbyes to the family and walked out to the black truck in the driveway. It wasn’t a new truck but it was nice, you could tell he took good care of it. It was lifted so it was a little difficult to get