The Sweet Summer Of California

Chapter 34

It had become Saturday afternoon when we woke up and the sun shone in between the blinds. I sat up in bed and immediately felt how my head began to throb and I knew I would get a real hangover after how much I had drunk yesterday.

Sam was next and snored low. It was hot in the room so I walked carefully and opened the window and felt the fresh air came into the room. I had no desire to go home so I lay down in bed again, trying to ignore my throbbing head. Suddenly I felt nauseous and ran to his bathroom and vomited into the toilet. I felt even sicker when I felt the smell of vomit, it was the worst thing I knew, and so I quickly washed and rinsed out my mouth and face with cold water. I brushed my teeth and felt better. Then I took an aspirin and went back to bed. Sam had woken up and stretched in bed.

"How are you?" He asked, yawning.

"Not good. So whisper please." I said and lay down. He grinned.

"Yeah you drank quite a lot." He said, sitting up against the wall.

"Ugh, I know." I moaned and I put the pillow over my head. I heard him laugh lightly and I pulled away the pillow.

"Are you hungry?" I asked him.

"Yeah, but before we eat, check your phone Jessie." He said and gave me my phone which was on the floor beside the bed. I sighed and pressed the screen. I had three missed calls from Kian, four messages. Then I had received a message from Jc.

"Um, you can´t go down and make breakfast so I can check this alone, please Sam."

"Sure. Come down when you´re done." He said and smiled compassion and went out from the room. I pulled my finger on the screen to open my messages. I looked first at Kian's message and took a deep breath.

I´m sorry Jessie, I shouldn´t have yelled at you. It´s not just your fault. 

Please call me. I need to talk to you. 

Jessie, I need to see you. Call me when you wake up. Please. 

I love you Jessica. 

I thought back to what happened last night and I could feel tears in my eyes but I refused to cry. I felt so weak and lame that I had cried for everything in the past month. But I pulled myself together and opened the message I received from Jc.

Jess, I needa talk to u. Sorry for what happened tonight. Maybe u could call me when u wake up.

I threw away my phone so it landed at the very edge of the bed, then I pulled my knees up to my chin and put my head on top. I didn´t want to handle it, I wanted to run away from here, just take the car and drive away from San Clemente, away from Los Angeles.

But I knew I could never do that. Because I loved my friends and family too much. And I loved Kian. Therefore, I reached for my phone and then I called him. There were several signals and I would just hang up when I heard his voice.

"Hey." He said and sounded happy. I could almost see him smile eased.

"We should talk Kian." I said.

"Yes. Can you today?"

"I don´t know, feeling pretty bad today because I drank a lot yesterday. But if I take it easy now, maybe I can come over tonight?"

"I can pick you up if you want." He said and I smiled.

"Pick me up around nine." I said and we hang up. I put down the phone in the bed and pulled on my clothes before I went down to Sam's kitchen. He was making pancakes.

"Sam, are you making pancakes because you know it's my favorite?" I said and smiled at him.

"Haha, maybe. I thought you would need it, and I know you´re pretty hungry!"

"Haha yeah Sam, because I have like the biggest hangover ever so I want a lot of food today, so you know. Where is your family anyway?" I asked and started to take out plates. My head had stopped hammering but I still felt tired.

"They were off to grandma." Sam said. He met my eyes and exclaimed.

"No sorry Jessie!" I immediately got a picture of grandma when she smiled and I sighed deeply and lowered my shoulders.

"Don´t worry Sam. You cannot go through life and be afraid to mention the word grandma to me." I said. He walked away from the stove and came up to me and pulled me up from the chair I was sitting on. Then he hugged me and I hugged him.

“Now let´s eat a lot of food and junk food!” He said and smiled.

A few hours later we lay in his bed and groaned. We had eaten so much that our stomachs ached.

"Never have I eaten so much." I said.

"Neither have I." Said Sam and we started laughing. It was close to eight and I wanted to take a shower before I would meet Kian.

"Sam, I have to go home and take a shower before I´m meeting Kian." I said.

"Please let me know later how it went. And Jessie, you should talk with Jc, too."

"Not yet. I am not ready to talk to him yet." I said. He sighed.

"Okay then. Bye." He said and hugged me and I took my things and went home.

No one was home and my mom had written a note lying on the kitchen table that they were out eating, but that there was food in the fridge. Food was the last thing I wanted to think about, so I took a shower and put on a pair of jeans and a sweater. Then I put some makeup on quickly and waited for Kian to come.

Suddenly I heard a car come outside the house so I took my phone and locked the door and went to Kian's car. I went inside and sat down beside him. There was silence.

"Want to go to my house? I have it to myself until tomorrow." He said.

"Yeah that sounds good." I said and smiled half. 

We came home to him and walked side by side up to his room and we sat on his bed and looked at each other.

"Forgive me Kian. I shouldn´t have danced with Jc." I said and put my hand on his knee.

"I am the one who should apologize. Of course you get to dance with him. I was just shocked when I suddenly saw you kissing. "He said.

"I promise that I don´t like him in a romantic way. Just like one of my best friends. The kiss was nothing."

"So there's nothing between you two?" He asked.

"No, definitely not!"

"And between Sam and you?" I stared at him.

"Excuse me? Between Sam and me? "

"Yeah, people are talking you know, and many believe that there is something between you two." He said, scratching the back of his head. I stood up.

"You're just like everyone else! Do you really think I like Sam in that way?” I exclaimed.

"I don´t know, you hang out very often, sleep over, hugging, holding hands." He said.

"Oh my God Kian. Of all people, I thought that you would understand. I've known Sam for most of my life, and you too. I have never had such feelings for Sam. And I never will. Don´t you understand that it's you I want?"

"No, I don´t. Too often it feels as if you chose him over me." Kian said irately.

"I won´t even argue with you about this. I came here to apologize for yesterday." I said and started to walk out of his room. But I felt that he grabbed my arm. I turned around and saw that he looked sad.

"Sorry Jess. I don´t want to argue anymore." He said and smiled awry.

"Me neither." I said and threw my arms around his neck and pressed my lips against his. He put his hands on my back and pushed me even closer to him.

"I love you Kian, so tonight, let´s just put everything aside and just watch a movie and cuddle?"

"I love you too." He said and suddenly he lifted me up and then laid me down on the bed. He put on a movie and then we lay under the covers. But we didn´t watch so much at the movie because Kian couldn´t stop kissing me and I couldn´t stop giggling. But right now I could not get enough of him.

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