Surfing Days

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Summer Danvers

I muster up all the courage I have and walk up to Hugh, after the dance has finished.

"Hugh?" I ask and he looks at me.

"Summer." He greets.

"I..... I sort of... I mean-"

"I know, you don't like me that way, I know. But I just wanted to get it out there. I didn't want to keep doubting myself but at least now, it's clear where I stand." Hugh says, and puts a smile on. "It doesn't matter. We can.... We can be friends." He says I look up at him, and he looks me in the eye, and I blush, and look at the ground.

"I..... I'm sorry, Hugh." I say. I'm just really confused. How can Hugh like me? I've done nothing sweet to him, I was annoying to him, I don't get how he developed a liking for me when all I've done is.... Nothing.

"Hey." Hugh brings my face to face him. "It's okay. I mean. I'll get over it."

"Sorry." I say again, as I look him in the eye. There's a bit of pain in his eyes but the rest of it is understanding. How can he be so understanding? I never knew of this side of Hugh. That's good though I guess.

"It's okay." He says.

"Sorry, Hugh. And thanks..... For understanding." I say.

"It's okay." Hugh shrugs off. "To be honest I wasn't expecting you to like me back."

"O-oh."

"Yeah. I'm pretty sure you like either Sean Carter or Raymond Elliot so.... There just wasn't a Hugh Macilwain in the picture."

"I-I-"

"Don't worry though." Hugh says again. How can he be taking this so well?

"Are you..... Are you sure?" I ask. Hugh opens his mouth to reply but a loud beep from a car interrupts him. Both our heads snap in the direction of the car, and my eye widen when I see the car's for me.

"Isn't that your brother?" Hugh asks with a chuckle.

"Yeah." I say. I lean up and kiss him on the cheek. He tenses at the contact, and I pull away, with a smile on my face, and I walk away.

"Who the hell was that?" Zach says as soon as I hop in the car.

"My... Friend."

"Well you seemed a bit too friendly, don't you think?" Zach says as he drives away before I've even got my seatbelt on. I quickly put it on.

"It was just a kiss on the cheek, Zach." I roll my eyes.

"Well, don't. You don't go around kissing your friends on the cheek."

"Well, in some countries, they do it to people who aren't even friends." I say. Zach rolls his eyes.

"Stop being stupid, Summy."

"Summy? Are you kidding me?" I groan.

"What?" Zach says innocently.

"Where did you get that from, Zachy?"

"Shut up." He growls.

"Well you started it, Zachy."

"Just shut up."

"You crack me up, older bro." I say and laugh.

"Pfffff whatever." Zach says.

"Why did you come to pick me up?"

"What, you unhappy about that?"

"No, it makes me extremely happy, that my older bro volunteered to pick his little sister up. Aw, thanks, Zachy." I laugh and glance over at him and he has a scowl on his face.

"God, shut up man!"

"Hey! I'm not a man!"

"Just be quiet Summy."

"Don't call me that!" I snap.

"Well stop calling me that, too!"

"Calling you what?" I say, playing innocent.

"That."

"What?"

"You know...." Zach trails off.

"What?"

"How you..... Call me Zachy."

"See? That wasn't that hard." I say, as we pull into the driveway of our house.

"Oh shut up." Zach says as we hop out of the car.

"Aw, my big brother's embarrassed!" I coo, as he knocks on the door. Zach hits me in the arm lightly, I mean, I know he can hit me harder than that, expecting me to stumble, but no, I don't. Zach punches me all the time in the arm and I've kinda gotten used to it.

"Hey! You two are back!" Mom says. "How was it, sweetie?"

"It was okay." I say.

"Are you hungry?" Mom asks.

"Yeah." Zach says. "I'm starving."

"Hey!" I say and hit him in the arm. "She was asking me, you idiot!"

"Well I'm in this family too you know." Zach says.

"Mom, tell him to go away." I say.

"Both of you, let's just have dinner." Mom says and rushes into the kitchen. Zach just smirks as he walks up the stairs. I walk into the kitchen.

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Sorry nothing happened in this chapter, and that it was so short.... But I'll try to make the chapters better :) Phoebe's dress to the side or above :D

This chapter was dedicated to @myriiaaamm for voting for a few chapters! Thank you so much! xx