Peimacee Summer

Chapter 27

Aspen
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"I've been thinking," Andrew says. My head is on his chest and when he talks, his deep voice makes it rumble. I smile. It's something I've grown to know these past few weeks.

"What?" I ask as he traces his thumb along the lines on my palm.

"Never mind it was a stupid question," he says waving it off.

I roll my eyes and turn to look at him with my elbows on his chest. "It wasn't nothing."

He puts on a smirk and shakes his head. "It's nothing. I swear."

Ug I hate when people do this and he knows it. I think. I hit his chest and I can feel my face getting hotter. "It's not nothing and I wanna know what it is now! You know how I feel about things like that!" I exclaim.

He laughs and holds his hands in surrender, but I don't even giggle. "Fine, fine. Ok." He picks up my hand again and his face gets serious. "I was thinking maybe, we... we could... um... well tell our friends about us." He smiles at me and waits for my answer.

I stiffen a little, but I don't know what to say. How would they react? They would never shut up about it.

"You know how I feel-"

"I know, I know. I just thought maybe we could take the next step. You know. I told you it was stupid." He interrupts.

"No it's not stupid. I think it's wonderful, but we can't just go out holding hands and telling everybody. We need to find a perfect way to... you know just... tell em'" I say.

He shakes his head and sighs. We both sit in silence as we think of ways to tell everyone. We must have been sitting here for a good five minutes when I suddenly remember the party. I jump off of Andrew and look at him with wide eyes.

"The mid-summer party! It's the only smooth way to tell my lunatic friends," I say as I try to pull Andrew up.

I eventually give up trying to lift his lazy butt off the ground and sit Indian style between his feet. He smiles at me and pulls me closer to him.

"I love it when you get excited," he whispers to me.

I stare into his eyes through my sunglasses and all I see is love. That is one thing I thought I would never see in a guy's eyes, but my dad's. True love.

Andrew leans close to me. Our lips brush each other's. I close my eyes and let it happen. I let him take my first kiss. It isn't like what you think of when you're a little kid, with just a quick touch of the lips. It's something else. With Andrew it's slow and careful, like he's afraid of hurting me, yet there's still these sparks that jump between us as it goes on. Like little electric shocks each second his lips are on mine.

I have to put my hands behind me to keep from falling and Andrew wraps his arms around the middle of my back. I smiled and pull away. He's blushing again when I look back at him. I chuckle and kiss him on the cheek, just causing him to blush more.

"Wanna go to the rock?" I ask him.

He laughs and nods his head. I take off my shoes and socks, and start running.

"Last one there is a rotten egg!" I yell. From behind me I can hear Andrew yelling and I laugh. I jump on the rock and sit as if I didn't just run through water and like I've have been there for hours.

"Ha ha very funny," Andrew says as he makes his way onto the rock.

"Oh I know. I'm a hilarious person," I say flipping my hair.

He tilts his head back and looks up at the sky. It looks to be about three o'clock. Two and a half hours till I tell my insane friends. It should be interesting.

"Aspen."

I look over at Andrew who has looked back down. He's smiling.

"I love you," he says.

My stomach all of a sudden burst with butterflies. Instinct is to say it back, but familiarity says to just smile at him. I smile and lean back getting closer to his ear.

"I lov- ahhhh!"

I see blue and Andrew's face...

Then everything goes black.
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AHH what happens to Aspen!!!???You'll find out next chapter. Muhahahha. I don't know though maybe I'll just make an Andrew POV with in this chapter I don't know. Just keep flipping the pages

Just keep turning the pages

I've decided to be nice.

Andrew's POV
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"I love you," I tell her.

She looks away and brushes some of her red hair out of her face. I don't think she ever notices she does it, but it's adorable. A smile curls on her face. I start to feel nervous. Did I say it too early?

Aspen smiles at me and leans back.

"I lov-ahhh!" she falls off the rock into the shallow water.

"ASPEN!" I yell.

Immediately I jump in not caring if I got wet or not. She was laying in the algae face up, but her eyes are closed. I pick her up and carry her back to shore. I usually can't pick people up like a bride and groom, but for some reason I can do it now.

I lay her on the sand gently and look for any head injuries. I don't see any on the front of her head, but when I put my hand on the back of her head I can feel blood gushing onto my hand.

"Aspen," I shake her a little to get her to wake up. "Aspen, come on. Please. You've gotta wake up." Tears start streaming out of my eyes. She's not waking up.

I pick her up again and start running towards the main area of camp. Sticks and rocks jab into my bare feet, but my adrenaline is too high for me to care. Soon, I see the end of the trail and start yelling.

"HELP! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!

I come to the clearing where only one person heard me.

Sage.