The Best Summer

Chapter 1

The day started out like any other. I woke up with the sun shining down over my head. As I stretched I rolled over on my belly to look out my window that overlooked the backyard. It was a beautiful day. Not a cloud in sight.

I got up and got dressed for the first day of summer. This is going to be the best summer of my life.

Abby, my best friend, came over around 3 to pick me up so we could go to the mall and get new bathing suits. I got in her car as a song blaring full blast wound down to the end.

"So, tonight there is a party over at Chad's house" Abby told me.

"Were we even invited?" I asked skeptical.

"Not technically, but do you think that anyone is ever invited?"

"Yea, I actually do. You know most people aren't outcasts like us. They actually get invited to parties. It's like a code or something." I said as I looked over at her.

"Sidney, If we don't go to the first party of the summer people are going to peg us as losers for our senior year. Not that we aren't already. Live a little, please?" Abby begged from me.

"Fine, but if it gets uncomfortable, I'm leaving. No buts. Deal?" I said firmly.

"Alright. Deal." She said as she turned up the radio and began singing along to some Carrie Underwood.

We got to the mall and Abby and I began looking at cute skirts and wedges. We both bought a cute party outfit for tonight as well as some extremely cute bathing suits. My bathing suit has ruffles on the edges and is a soft pink color. Abby's bathing suit is platinum blue with green stripes down it.

As we got back to my house, Abby told me she would be back to get me around 10 tonight. As much as I'd like to deny it, I was pretty excited. I mean, for once I would be able to socialize like a normal person.

Me and Abby were not sent to social exile by fault. We chose to spend time studying for quizzes on the weekend when normal teens were out drinking. Which in fact pegged us as the academic nerds. Were not ugly. I mean, Abby is average weight and im skinny but not too bad. But not like those other girls who choose not to eat and become twigs. We're normal-ish.

I have really long brown hair, accumulated after I went on this strike after my mom cut my hair in a bob in freshman year. Abby is a natural brunette that is cut at shoulder length. Her mom takes her to the Salon so she never had to go through the traumatic stages of puberty the way I did.

Abby has always worn make-up but I don't see the reason to put any on. I only wear make-up on special occasions or if I'm really trying to impress someone.

I've been asked out a few times but me and Abby just tend to keep to our studies. "If you ever want to get into Brown you need to be prepared." Abby would always tell me after I would start complaining about prepping for the SAT s.

This summer though, after we finally realized that we are practically graduated we'd both decided that we would become more socially active. Or in Abby's case, Get drunk and for once not care about school or any of the other pressures that had been laid out for us.

Abby arrived over my house around 10:30. I walked downstairs and past the living room where my mom and dad were watching a show on TV.

"Where are you going?" My mom turned from the TV screen and looked at me.

"Me and Abby are going to go to the movies and then I'm going to stay the night at her house." As I told her the first thing that had popped into my head.

"Why are you dressed like that? I don't want you out traipsing downtown at the theater wearing clothes like that." She scorned.

As she said that my dad then looked over at me.

"Mom please, I just thought for once I would care what my appearance looked like. It's not a big deal." I said.

After a few moments passed she finally said "Alright, but don't forget your mace. You can never be too safe at night." She said as she looked at me carefully, like she could see right through my lies. But when I thought she was going to send me back to my room to change, her and my dad both turned their attention back to the screen.

I slipped out the door and climbed in the front seat of Abby's car.

"Gosh, I thought you were going to take forever." She playfully laughed.

"Sorry, my mom decided that tonight she would pay attention to me or what I wore. I'm good now though. She just told me to bring my mace." I said back.

"Nice, did she use the whole 'You can never be too safe' line on you?" She asked teasingly.

"Funny, but she actually did." I laughed.