The Summer of my Life

Chapter One

I have three months to make this summer the summer of my life before I go back to school in August. All next summer I'll have to be with my mom getting ready for college. This is my last chance to have an amazing summer, and I plan to do exactly that.

"Carson! Where are you?! We need to get going if we want to get to the summer house before its dark!" My best friend Stevie James calls pushing open my door.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You're brother is still driving us right?" I ask zipping my last bag.

"Oh, yeah" she says somewhat nervously. "C'mon, most of our stuff is already in their car. Let's drive yours."

"Okay, I just have to grab this last bag, and then we can go." Stevie and I are going to spend the summer at my moms old beach house. Well, old and house don't really do it justice. It's actually an ancient mansion that my grandmother gave to my parents when they got married. When my dad died, my mom never felt right going back. We've had someone keep up the maintenance of the house since, and now Stevie and I are going to spend the summer there and take care of the place.

"Hello, Beautiful," Stevie's step-brother Alex Kent says as we walk outside.

"Back off, Alex," Stevie grumbles."You know she doesn't like you."

"Yet. By the end of the summer, I swear Carson Benson will be completely and absolutely in love with-"

"Freedom." I say cutting Alex off. "I'm going to be in love with freedom. Now let's go, the sooner we leave the sooner I'll fall in love."

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Hi guys! Shandra here! I hope you like my book. This is the first book of a series so tell me what you think. If you love it or hate it. Any criticism is good. Also sorry if there are spelling or grammar errors. I haven't went over the story yet so feel free to comment and show me where I messed up.