Summer Love

Chapter 16

June 8, 2013

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"Hm?" I rubbed my eyes, and I sat up in bed. "Wha?" I grabbed my phone. Three missed calls and four new messages. "Wow" I continued before rubbing my eyes once more. Most of the alerts were from...Laura? What could she want? All of the messages said basically the same thing. Something along the lines of "I'll kill you" and "You backstabbing bitch!" and also "come meet me at the park at three, we need to talk." Frankly, I'm a little scared. Who knows why she's pissed! For crying out loud! We're talking about the girl who almost knifed me when I stole her cupcake. Crazy, right? Anyways, once I read Laura's messages I opened the fourth one. It was from Beau.

"Can I see you later?" I wonder why?

I replied "Sure, what time and where? :)"

"Right now, on the beach out back? How's that sound? :)" It's not a giant beach, to clarify. It's one of those half lake half pond bodies of water that's surrounded by sand.

"Sounds Great! Just let me get dressed ;)"

"Oops! hahaha :)**" I sent

"I liked the other one better ;) haha"

"Umm okay then haha ;)"

Awkward. Okay then. Now, to get dressed. I picked out a yellow and purple tie dye tank top, and a gray cardigan that came below my waist. Also, a pair of white short that ended at my thighs. I ran downstairs, slipping on my leather sandals. Phone in hand, I headed out the door.

"Hey Beau!" I shouted

"Hey!" he waved for me to come over.

"What's up?" I said as I ran over to him "what'd you wanna see me about?" I fixed my hair out of my face.

"Oh nothing, I was just wondering how you and Luke were doing.."

"We're fine" I stuck my hands in my pockets. "Why?"

"No reason" he looked down and kicked at the sand.

"Come onnn" I nudged him laughing.

"What!" he laughed almost knocking me over. I picked up some sand and threw it at him. "Hey!" he started chasing after me.

"Stop it" I ran away from him almost falling down. He ran up behind me and grabbed me around my waist. "Stop it, stop it!" I hit his arms trying to get out of his grip. We were both laughing, I looked back at his face and it was the happiest I've ever seen him. He finally set me down and just stood there. We both just stood there, staring into each other's eyes. You could probably cut the tension with a knife. For me, it was kind of awkward. I could see in his eyes, something that I've never seen in anyone's. Joy, Happiness....Love.... Love. Oh god, no. No, I'm just delusional. It's nothing. "So" I smiled

"So" he smiled back. Before he could kiss me I got out of his grip and said,

"Bye! I gotta meet Laura! Sorry!" I ran off to the car and drove to the park.

At the park

3:05 pm

"Um" I tapped on Laura's shoulder "hey" I got her attention "Why did you want to talk?"

"Listen," she stood up and put her finger to my chest "if you ever, if you EVER kiss Beau again, I will never talk to you again."

"Wait, what? How'd you know?"

"He told me," she sighed "right before he broke up with me."

"You two were dating?" I asked

"Obviously," she started "we didn't want to tell everyone though, so we kept it a secret." she sat down on the bench and put her head in her hands.

"I'm so sorry" I sat down next to her, with my arm around her I tried to comfort my only cousin. "It'll be alright"

"No it won't." Laura gave me a dirty look. "Can't you see?"

"See what?" I got a little scared

"Are you really that blind? He broke up with me to get to you!" The tears started to flow again.

"W-w-what?" I said in disbelief

"Yeah" she wiped at her eyes with her sleeve.

"Laura," I began "just let me talk to him. I'll sort everything out. I promise" I put my hand on her shoulder.

"Haven't you done enough?" she flicked my hand off and walked away.

"Laura! wait!" I tried to get her to stay. It didn't work, obviously. Why would Beau do that? He knows Luke and I are dating! People really know how to ruin someone's day, huh? I sat down on the bench trying to figure out what to do. If I talk to Beau then things might get worse... If I don't talk to Beau then.....things could get even worse than it is now. I'll just talk to him. What's the worst that could happen?

Later back at the house, once Maddie gets home

4:00 pm

"Beau Brooks." I shouted through the house. He peaked his head out of the hallway. I motioned my finger for him to come here.

"Yes?" He slid over to me

"Come with me" I grabbed him by the jacket dragging him outside. We stopped before we got to the beach "what the hell is wrong with you?" I looked him dead in the eyes.

"Wh-what do you mean?" He babbled

"You know exactly what I'm talking about, don't even try to play stupid with me because you're better than this Beau." I rammed my finger into his chest. "Tell me the god damn truth. Why, why did you do it?"

"I don't know" he rubbed at his eyes, acting as if he was about to have a meltdown. If anyone should have one it should be me.

"You know why you did it, and if you won't tell me then I'll tell you. I talked to Laura, as you already knew, she told me that you broke up with her for me. Why? You know I'm with Luke. I love him, more than anything. My eyes started to swell up with tears. My vision got blurry. "Please don't screw anything up." I sat down on the grass, arms around my knees, crying into them. He sat down next to me and put his arm around me, at first I tensed up to his touch as if he was trying to come on to me, but then I realized he was just trying to be the friend he is and always will be. Beau will always be my best friend. I relaxed with his arm around me looking out to the water. Trying to focus on now, not what's going to happen later.

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