One night labels Summer a cheater.
Summer's whole life changes after one-night shatters everything she holds important. She suddenly finds herself trapped in a relationship, far from the love she once knew.
Now, she's a shadow of her former self, he...
I'm sitting with Reese in a classroom, alone. I'm nervous as all heck of course. But I miss him, and I'm really hoping we can be friends too.
"So, what do you remember from that night?" He asks me, leaning his hands against the desk and looking down at me.
"I- I'm not sure I want to talk about it," I sigh, biting my lip and looking up into his eyes.
"I know, I'm sorry. I just- I need you to try to remember," He runs his hand over his face and smiles softly at me.
"O-okay. Um. I was sitting on the counter, you said you were going to play beer pong. Um, I was with Carrie and Monica. I was picking on some food behind us, and suddenly I felt like really bad. I told them I was going to find you." I pause, starting to get a bit confused.
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"Okay. Um, I walked into the hall to come to you and suddenly I was with Brendan." I look up into his eyes, and he looks a bit angry. "I'm sorry, that's all I remember until Mia came in."
"It's okay, that was good." He smiles at me and brushes some of my hair back.
His hand is so warm. I miss the warmth I once had.
"Are you okay?" he asks me, sadness filling his eyes and my heart clenches at the sight.
Tears come to my eyes again.
I'm so sensitive that even a question like that opens a dam. I'm not okay. I don't know if I will be.
"No," I feel tears dripping. "I-I'm always cold, M-my hair is f-falling out," the tears get heavier. "I-I'm not okay, Reese." I cry out.
He comes over and kneels down hugging me.
I feel his warmth wrap around me and it makes me feel so good. I feel like I can get through this and maybe be happy one day.
I don't need to watch what I eat, watch what I say, or not wear what I want.
I want to wear dresses and skirts and be happy in my body.
"It's okay. You're okay baby." He hugs me tightly.
...
Reese walked me to class after that.
It was hard to be around all these people when Brendan just dumped me.
Eventually I was home.
I sit at the edge of my desk, looking out the window into Luke's yard where him and Reese are working on a car.
"What's your chick doing here?" Luke asks as he walks out of the house with a black tank on and some shorts. He puts on a cap backwards as he comes to stand by my boyfriend.
"I told you she was coming, dumbass. Can you be nicer?" Reese asks, pushing Luke a bit.
"I can go," I offer, getting up to retrieve my things.
"Stay," Reese looks over at me, looking as handsome as ever. I love watching him work on his cars.
Luke laughs and throws a random towel at me which I embarrassingly don't catch.
I laugh too, grabbing the rag and tossing it aside.
Reese comes up to me and kisses me on the lips, grabbing my chin and tilting my head up. He grabs the rag and puts it in his pocket.
He looks down into my eyes, and smiles before stepping back and walking back towards the car.
My mind comes back to reality and I focus out on the window again, only to see Reese looking up into my eyes.
I nervously turn around and put my back against the wall.
Oh my God.
Did he see me?
Oh my.
I peak out the window again only for him to be smirking. How annoying. I completely forgot what it was like to be around him, and I want to spend more time with them again.
I walk into my bathroom, taking a shower and cleansing myself of the past- of Brendan.
The warm water refreshes my skin along side the orange smelling shampoo and conditioner. I love smelling fresh and clean and this is my favorite way to do so.
Once I'm done I get out and stare at myself in the mirror.
I think I should do a face mask. I want my skin to be nice and pretty and maybe I'll even start wearing makeup again.
In the past I used to spend so much time on my makeup and hair, alongside other things, and I honestly miss it.
I miss primping myself and making myself feel beautiful.
The blue facemask is so slimy when I rip it out of the package, but it's surprisingly refreshing on my face.
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I put some lip balm on and reach for my phone to play some music, stopping on Tyla.
"Make me sweat, make me hotter, make me lose my breath, make me waterrr," I sing along and peel the mask off. When I turn to look in the mirror I see someone behind me.
"Oh my God!" I jump, clutching at my chest and turning to see Reese standing there.
"Hi there," he's leaning against my doorframe with a smirk on his face like he's not just randomly in my house.
"W-what are you doing here?" I ask him, very clearly still shocked.
He laughs and steps towards me.
"Your mom saw me outside and wanted to say hi, she said to come in." His eyes soften. I know he loved my mom, she was like a second mother to him.
"Aw," I think it's so cute he still wants to be close to my mom, and I'm not going to stop him.
"So what are you doing?" He asks, coming up and leaning up against my granite kitchen counter.
"Um, skincare. Self care day." I respond, finally realizing that I am wearing a robe.
I see his eyes trail down my outfit and I suddenly feel naked.
Brendan would actually freak out if he saw me like this, and I probably look ugly too.
"I-I'm sorry. I-I I just need my clothes. Sorry," I push past him and go to grab some clothes but he turns me around.
"I'm sorry," I look up at him but he just looks confused.
"Why are you sorry, Sum?" He asks, coming closer to me and tucking some of my hair back.
"My robe, it's- i'm sorry." I just respond, going to sit on my bed.
He sighs and I think he knows what I'm thinking. He comes and stands in front of me at the bed and looks into my eyes.
"You don't need to apologize for what you're wearing. Especially in your own home, so please don't worry about how you look." He smiles lightly and I do the same back.
