The secrets of summer

Chapter 26

'Whose car did you get into at the party???' from Colton.

It has been four days since the party. And that message has been on my phone for three. I want to answer it. He doesn't deserve to know anyway.

I promised Bri I would never speak to him again. I need to keep this promise to keep my best friend. I can't upset her again. I don't think our friendship can take anymore bullets to it this year.

I haven't been doing much the last few days. I've gone to the beach twice, but it's boring not having anyone. I'm debating calling Hope to hang out with her.

Around eleven I call her.

"Well hello Ms. Sasha. I'm surprised you called after what I caught you doing." She answers.

"Well you thought wrong. I am done with his games. I realize that now. Sadly it took my mistakes happening for me to realize." I tell her. She makes me so mad, all I want to do is prove her wrong.

I can hear someone laugh in the back ground and it sounds like Justin. They are almost as hard to separate as conjoined twins.

"You wish. You won't be done until Colton wants to be done." She tells me. I disagree, I have strong enough self-control to be done with him. "Hurry up and get your butt over here. We're having a post party."

The phone line clicks and I groan. I truck my feet down the stairs and make a salad and bring it back upstairs with me. I grab my cheetah print top and black bottoms. I throw my mom's beaded cover up over top and hop in my car to her place.

I don't know why I came here. Nothing good happens when I'm here in this group of people.

Justin and Hope are cuddled up on her couch with margaritas in hand. I'm surprised by the fancy drinks they have, it's normally beer.

Cassie is on the couch with a guy who introduced himself as Evan. I can remember seeing him at the party, or at least someone that looks like him. He has short blonde hair that spikes up and inch in the front. He's very tall, maybe around 6'2. Nice blue eyes. Cassie and him would be cute together, he complements her looks very nicely.

They are on the other couch with a few inches between them. They don't seem to be a couple.

And then there's me. Alone on a chair.
Watching the two "couples" admiring how they react to each other's movements. Wishing I had that.

I did have that and then I hooked up with an idiot. Who knows why. I hurt so many people during the process. It doesn't even make me feel good about myself.

"Colton's on his way here." Hope tells me.

I have a mixture of joy and sadness in my body. My emotions are battling each other trying to prove which one I feel more towards him.

I try to smile but I feel sick. She tricked me into coming here, wanting a scene from us.

"Good, I was wondering when I was going to see him again." I try to fake it. To show her that she will not embarrass me again.

I want to fall in love again, but the question is do I want to fall in love with Colton? Will he treat me properly will he stay with me through it all. I want to ask him these tough questions but how can you ask when you don't know the answer yourself.

I would want to say I love you. I will support you know matter what and I will love you know matter what.

What I think I would say would be more like I hate you. Get out of here, you've broken me. You've broken my friend and I don't think I can forgive you.

I would regret both of those for the rest of my life.

This is going to be very awkward, I don't know how I should act with him around everyone. Does Cassie know what happened between us? Should I act like a couple or ignore him. He is embarrassed by me with his friends so maybe we just won't talk. Maybe I should just wait to see how he plays things out.