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"y/n? can you please turn the music down?" my nana yells up the stairs. i sigh and reach over towards my phone, bumping the volume down a few. i pull my phone up to my face and check the time. 3:04 in the afternoon. i bury my face into my pillow.
it's ridiculously hot outside right now, hence why i'm holed up in my room like theres no tomorrow. i get up, headed to the front yard to clear my mind.
it's bad enough that it's only been a couple weeks since i broke up with my boyfriend, now ex, jack. he apparently still wants me and misses me so much, according to what he dm'ed me the other day. i blocked him.
and maybe, it'd do me some good to forget about him, but everytime i try, the images of him begging for me to come back after i found out he cheated on me flash behind my eyes. cheated on me with my best friend nonetheless.
i run my hands along the countertop, pour myself a gigantic glass of lemonade, and grab my very worn, very annotated copy of percy jackson and the last olympian. my favorite book out of the whole series. i've read it so many times that the words are ingrained into my memory.
"don't sit in the sun, y/n/n. don't need you getting any more sunburnt than you already are." my nana reminds me.
even though i only burn on my cheeks. makes it look like im perpetually blushing.
the pavement burns my bare feet as i make my way over to the shaded grass under the maple tree in my nana's front yard.
i sit down, back against the tree, and flip to my favorite part of the book. "and it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time." i trace my fingertips along the line. honestly, who wouldn't want an underwater kiss from a cute, water-bending demigod.
a noise from behind me startles me out of my reading. i turn to see a tall kid with blonde curly hair and sky blue eyes walk out of the house nextdoor, adjusting a baseball cap on his head. he's followed by a girl who is swinging her car keys around her fingers and humming what sounds like cruel summer. the boy rolls his eyes at something she says. a shorter, younger looking kid, probably their younger brother comes after them, chatting with another girl, probably a little older than me, who has straight black hair and dark eyes.
"momo, can you please tell walker that he needs to get a girlfriend before i rip my hair out from him complaining about being single." the blonde girl says.
"hey! being single is hard, leena. not that you would know." he retorts "plus you just want to get rid of me."
"so do i, walk." the other girl says sarcasm heavy in her voice, momo. "it's getting unsufferable and you're just being picky at this point."
walker. that name sounded awfully familiar, like a classmate whos face i had seen everywhere, but whos name i could not place.
i turn back to my book, but not before getting a good second look at this walker kid. sharp jawline, muscular arms. i watch the corners of his eyes crinkle as he laughs at something his younger brother (i think?) says.
he turns and our eyes lock. my heart almost falls out of my ass. i hate getting caught staring. especially, by cute boys. it really seems to boost their ego.
his head tilts and he gives me a sideways smile. i smile back and then turn around so fast that i probably gave myself a concussion. i think i've spent enough time outside.
i hear their car doors click shut and an engine rev up. a blue toyota corolla drives past me and i watch as walker turns and waves at me from the windows. i better not be fucking blushing.
i'm not thinking about jack anymore, as i get up to head inside. only my next door neighbor, walker.
walker's pov:
"who are you waving at?" tanner nags.
"no one." i respond.
that wasn't true at all, but i don't need any of them getting on my ass about the cute girl next door.
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OK BABES!! i hope you liked that, even though it was um kinda short (in my opinion). pls i take any and all feedback, feel free to criticize. maybe not too much tho, cuz i will cry.
