A Summer to Remember - By Jessica Gunhammer Page 0,8
You don’t owe me any kind of explanation.” This guy was the hottest, funniest, sweetest guy I’d ever met. I didn’t even know what to say to that. I heard Lily and Steven bickering as they came in the door behind me.
“Ava! I’m tired. Can we go home?” She laid her head on my shoulder.
“Well, she made it through two houses.” I laughed.
“Yeah. Barely.” Steven was clearly irritated.
“I’m too tired for this…” Lily whined.
“I’ll call a cab to take you guys home. You want to meet us outside?” Steven asked me as he wrapped his arm around Lily to help steady her. Steven was usually more patient with her, but tonight was clearly different.
“Yeah, I’ll be out in a sec.”
“Nice meeting you.” He nodded at Adrian before he and Lily walked away.
“You too,” Adrian replied. “Well, I guess I’ll walk you out, then.” This time, he grabbed my hand and led me toward the front of the house.
“You don’t have to walk me out, you know.” I was a little giddy inside, flattered he was actually taking the time to do so.
“Do you really want to run into that Jason character by yourself again?” He looked at me with his eyebrows raised.
“Okay, you’re right.” I laughed and followed his lead out the front door. We saw Steven and Lily standing down by the curb waiting for a cab, so we made our way toward them.
“So, me and some friends are going up to the lake tomorrow. We’re staying at my buddy’s cabin if you guys want to come up. It’s always a good time.” I could tell he was hesitant about asking me in the first place, so I figured what was the worst that could happen if I gave this guy a chance?
“That might be fun.” I felt a smirk spread across my face. “You have your phone on you?” I held out my hand.
“Yeah.” He pulled his phone out of his pocket and handed it to me. I punched in my number and saved it as ‘Amazing Ava.’
“Call or text me in the morning with the details.” I handed his phone back.
“Will do.” A yellow cab came to a stop in front of us.
“I’ll see you tomorrow then.” I stood up on my tippy toes and gave him a peck on the cheek.
“I’ll be looking forward to it.” He looked down at me with a smile on his face.
I helped Lily into the cab and gave the driver her address. I turned around and looked out the back window to sneak one last look at Adrian before we drove away. This couldn’t be real, all these feelings, they were too good to be true.
CHAPTER 5
The next morning, or should I say afternoon, I was woken up by a loud buzzing sound coming from Lily’s nightstand. I rolled over and hit Lily on the arm.
“Lily…wake up…your phone is ringing,” I mumbled.
“Huh?” she responded, still half asleep.
“Your phone. It was ringing.” I laid my head back down on my pillow.
“Oh man, my head is killing me! Why’d you let me drink that much?” She looked at me through her fingers in an attempt to block the sunlight shining into her eyes.
“Ha! Why’d I let you drink that much? If I recall correctly, you’re the one who was all ‘Woohoo! Jell-O shots!’” She threw her pillow at me and I laughed.
“And if I recall correctly, you met some hot college guy last night. What was his name again?” She picked up her phone from the nightstand.
“Adrian.” I tried to keep a grin from forming on my face.
“Yeah, Adrian. What’s his story?” A wrinkle formed between her eyebrows as she looked at her phone. My guess is Steven texted her and was still pissed about how drunk she got last night. She had a reputation of getting a little too friendly with people when she drinks. He didn’t like her drinking in the first place, let alone getting drunk.
“I’m not really sure, we didn’t get to talk too much. He seems like a super nice guy, though. Oh! He invited us to go camping with him and some of his friends. He said they were going up to the lake tonight. You want to go?”
“Sure, that sounds fun. I should probably call Steven and figure out what his problem is.” She dialed Steven’s number, so I took that as my cue to head to the bathroom.
As I showered, I went over the events of last night in my head. I thought it