That One Summer

That One Summer ch14

Chapter 14

-Thomas-

“Mallory?” I asked, a little unsure of what she was going to say.

“What Thomas? What? What the hell do you want?” She stepped in the house, reviling the guy from earlier.

“Uh-” He said, but Mallory slammed the door in his face.

An audience inside my head cheered.

“What-what happened?”

“You wanna know what happened?” She walked up to me. I gulped, but didn’t back up. I nodded my head.

“Oh, I’ll tell you what happened. But I’m going to take a shower. And before I take a shower, do you know what I want to do?”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“Hug you.” She smiled wickedly before wrapping her arms around me.

“Ack. Mallory! No! I’m wearing a white shirt! Why?!”

“I just love you so much, big brother!”

I stopped squirming.

“Don’t. Ever. Call. Me. That. Again.”

“What? Big brother?”

Ugh.

“Just go take your stupid shower so you can tell me what’s up with the noodles.” I lightly shoved her away from me. She smiles widely at me before scurrying up stairs to take a shower. I sigh and slowly walk up the stairs to change my shirt. When I walk by the bathroom, I hear Mallory singing very off-key.

“Never mind I’ll find someone like you! I wish nothing but the best for yoou, twoo!”

I chuckle and walk in my room and flick the switch. I look around. This room is so much smaller than the one in my house. I like this one better. It’s more like a house. Cozy even. God, I’ve been hanging out with Mallory too much, I sound like a chick. I take my shirt off and just throw it on the floor. I walk to my closet and grab a blue one. I slip it on and head back downstairs. When I walk by the bathroom door again, it opens a crack and startles me.

“Holy. God, you scared the shit outta me.” I put a hand on my heart.

“Sorry.” Mallory just sticks her head out. “Can you hand me a towel? Please?” She asks. She doesn’t even look embarrassed.

“Sure. Hold on.” I walk to the end of the hall to the linen closet. As I’m looking for a good towel, I come across a thought.

Behind that door, she’s naked. She’s stark naked.

Ooh baby.

I shook my head. I can’t think those thoughts.

“Thomas! Hurry up! I’m freezing!” I heard her call.

“Er, coming!” I found a fluffy pink towel and brought it to her.

“Here you go.”

“Thanks. Took you long enough. Oh! Pink. My favorite color!” She smiled at me before shutting the door. I just stood there and I stared at the door for awhile. Then, I headed back downstairs and sat on the sofa and turned on the tv. I watched Tom and Jerry.

“Hey. What you watching?” She sat down next to me.

“Tom and Jerry? I haven’t watched them since I was in like, fifth grade!” She snuggled up to me.

“Cold?” I asked. I looked at what she was wearing. She was wearing a pair of sweats, slipper socks, and…

“Is that my sweater? The one that you took from me last time?”

“Yeah. I sorta kept it. Anyways, wanna hear what happened?”

I nodded my head.

“Let’s hear it.”

“Okay, so the guy that took me out today, his name is Asher. Asher Taylor. And I met him at the beach today. He sorta ran me over with his running team. Anyways, he said that he’d show me the tour of the town since I hadn’t seen anything but the beach yet. So he did. He took me up on this cliff, and he-“

“A cliff?” I was getting pretty pissed at this guy. He sounds pretty pro at getting girls. And Asher Taylor sounds pretty familiar.

“Yeah. So we could look out at the sun set. And then he brought me to RayRay’s, this great restaurant, but there’s this girl there who is in love with him, and she saw me, so she sat us down, we ordered, and then when she brought the food, she just dumped everything on me. Even stuff that we didn’t order! And then I stormed out and Asher kept apologizing and he said that she never does that. And, then, I walked in, slammed the door in his face, hugged you, took a shower, then, snuggled with you!”

She smiled at me.

“So, are you going to be hanging out with him again? I mean, you probably can’t cause of what happened, right?” I knew the answer already. She was going to say-

“Of course I am. He’s a pretty funny dude.”

Okay, I thought I knew the answer.

“Really? But what about us?” I asked angrily.

“What about us?” She turned and faced me.

Shit. What do I say now?

“Uh…”

“Just forget it.” She mumbled and turned back to the tv.

“No. No I can’t just forget it. We really need to talk about this.” I turned the tv off.

“I really like you, Mallory. A lot. You’re so funny, energetic, beautiful, you don’t care what people think of you, you can stand up to Kelly-”

“Ohmygosh! I totally forgot about Kelly! Op, sorry, ruining the moment, go on.” Mallory blushed.

“I just want you to myself. I do not want to share you with that Asher kid.”

I looked at Mallory in the eyes.

“Mallory Lynne Holloway will you-”

“How do you know my middle name?!” She gasped.

“Oh, ruined the moment again. Start over!”

I rolled my eyes and chuckled.

“Mallory Lynne Holloway, will you be my girl?”

I felt my heart beating a mile a minute.

She just stared at me with a blank face. Then…

“YES!” She squealed. She tackled me and hugged me.

We turned back on the tv. She was lying on top of me and I was stroking her hair. It was all so perfect.

“I love-” She started to say. I froze.

“I love this house. Can we live in it forever?”

I breathed out. I didn’t know I was holding my breath. I feel relived and disappointed.

“Well, my dad has asked me if I just wanted this house, I keep turning it down, but I can say yes so we can do whatever we want with it.” I suggested.

She squealed again and started sort of jumping on me.

“Oof. Haha. Okay, okay, settle down.”

“Today turned out to be a wonderful day.” She mumbled, looking at me. I smiled at her.

“It’s perfect.”

She lied back down on top of me and kissed me.

I think…I think I’m falling for this girl.

Call me crazy, but I think….I think I’m in love with Mallory Holloway.