Dear Neveah,

21. Dear Neveah

Summer was right about coming up with its way of blessing eye sights and the nostrils which was a much calmer way to start the day. The flower shop along the street had a lot of different colorful flowers on display and the older woman pruning the sides of the beautiful plants turns around and greets Lucas with one of her warmest smiles.

She is one beautiful woman whose life thrives in the most colourful seasons and this summer was the best one for her, mostly to show off her pearly white teeth to any passerby. It was her forte.

Strapping his bag pack tighter, his fingers caress the loose strings falling off the neatly woven globe design attached to his bag strap.

It was pretty sunny for a Tuesday morning and streets were flaunting skin of teenage girls who decided to use the soothing hot weather to get a beautiful brown tan,  right from their skinny legs to their bony shoulders. Not that he had any problem with skinny girls but Alli never wore such skimpy clothes, not even in summer.

He sighs at the thought of her and strides hastily towards the bus stop. His truck needed a tyre change but he never did because truck expenses wasn't on his budget for the month.

Delving his hands further into his pockets, he leans against the metal pillar projecting upwards to the ceiling of the bus for support while his bag sandwiches between them. He had previously offered his seat to the local mailman who looked like he had ran a marathon before catching the bus. Drenching with sweat, mixed with his deodorant to discolor the armpits of his stained white shirt.

Most of the students of his school are mingling with each other, talking about summer vacation plans before he gets there and it's already a noisy clutter in his ears. He wasn't so late after all, a frustrated sigh leaves his chapped lips while he looks around the exclusive parking lot for the most obvious reason.

Allison Hailey Turner.

Of course, her brand new sports car is among the rest of the overpriced cars in the parking space and he wasn't surprised. It's one of her rarely used vehicles and best suited the weather, that was why she drove it today. He thought to himself before walking over, obviously she's going to sit in her car for sometime before coming out.

It was an awesome open roof car which would save his father's failing business if they had put it on sale. The quick flashback of his failing business reminds him of his place in this school, in her life and in the world. He wasn't enough.

"You seem dressed for the season. You look good.", Alli compliments him, raking her eyes down his well-ironed gingham shirt and his khakis cargo shorts and his Timberland sandals. He might've probably forgotten to comb his hair but it wasn't so obvious, after all, it was attractive. To her.

She throws her arms around him in a brief hug which surprises him, tousling his bed hair slightly to get it in shape before drawing away.

"You don't look bad too.", Lucas mumbles abjectly while examining her. Her jumpsuit reached her mid thighs in a fashionable flare style and thin spaghetti strap and a pretty high neck to cover her bony chest.

It's been less than a week since their emotional encounter and things had relatively changed between them, positively more so. Knowing everything about her changed his perception of her and besides, she didn't have anyone to spend the summer vacation with so apparently, he's decided to stick around though he hated shopping at expensive shops and lying at the beach just for a tan at the expensive zones. Everything seemed overpriced these days, he sighs before picking her books from the passenger seat.

Today was one of those days where the principal gave the whole school free period for two hours to honour the founders of the school, but being students, it was only time to go out to the expensive restaurants and shops across the street to lavish their money on unnecessary things.