A Summer Of Songs.

chapter 4

I looked at the clock for the billionth time that morning. It was only 2 minutes since I last looked but it had felt like an hour I couldn’t wait for 2’o’ clock to arrive because I had a half day today and hopefully I will get to see Blaze again, after yesterday he was all I could think about. I looked up at the clock again it was 5 to 2, in the time that I had been day dreaming about him time had flown by. But, what if he wasn’t on the same break as me, what if he hadn’t really meant it. I had been going through this circle of thoughts all morning. I will just go out there and sit at the fountain like normal and if he- a crash interrupted my trail of thoughts. I looked up from the towel I was holding and looked straight into Blazes eyes, his smile caught me off guard and I grinned like a maniac back at him. I looked back at the clock it was 5 past 2. Logically I wasn’t meant to be working anymore. But April hadn’t arrived yet. Just as I was getting my phone out to see where she was she burst in

“sorry bus late. Bad morning. Go” was all that I could work out from her puffed out state, but that last statement was all I needed I grabbed my coat and was out of there so quickly I didn’t realise Blaze had stepped in front of the door to greet me and I crashed right into him. We ended up as a tangled pile of girl, boy and coat. We were laughing as we tried to get up without stepping on each other.

Blaze hugged me “always know how to make an entrance didn’t you hope” he said

“yeah” I said with a smile. “what are we doing then?”

“I don’t know how long you got?”

“the rest of the day”

“epic! Can we just pop to my granddads shop and we can go where ever and do what ever”

“erm okay… this is like the equivalent of meeting your family” I said with a laugh

“you wont like my granddad he is a very outspoken person, just don’t disagree with him and you will be fine” blaze said putting his arm over my shoulders again

“why do you always put your arm over my shoulders? I asked suddenly

He looked down at me “then I always know you’re not going to go rushing off”

“I don’t rush off” I started to protest

“no your right you just randomly rush in the opposite direction to me” he said, taking his arm off my shoulders and slipping his hand into mine amd pulling me into a small shop I wouldn’t have noticed without him. “right here we are welcome to TimeMen. My granddads shop”

“why are you back? Get lost. You said you would be an hour or 2” said an old man behind the desk of the dimly lit shop in which Blaze had just dragged me into.

“Granddad I won’t come back today I’m going to take the rest of the day off, okay? Don’t tell mum or the sisters from hell please” blaze said quietly to his granddad

“whats that?  Sisters from hell? And who exactly are you referring to?” said a girl appearing from the shadows at the back of the room

“Willow” blaze said with distaste

“blaze. And whos your lady friend?” the girl replied with the same distaste

“this is Hope. Leave her alone Willow. Hope this is my twin sister Willow”

“im your older sister numbrain” willow said hitting him on the head

“by 2 minutes!” he protested

“hello Hope its nice to meet you.” Willow said tuning to me

“erm and you willow” Blaze pulled me out of the shop

“bye willow bye granddad, cya later” he called out “im so sorry about them, but hey now you can say you have meet some of my family” he said with a smile

“yeah soon you will be wanting to meet my family” I said with a laugh

“well can i?”

“oh hell no” I replied “you would run away so fast, so then my dear what are we to do on this fine day?” I said quickly changing the subject

“I have no clue, no wait I have an idea come on lets go I want to show you something” he pulled on my hand, and I realised we were still holding hands; he pulled me towards the exit.

We burst out into the bright sunlight of the English sun. “come on” blaze was pulling me towards the car park.

“wait you cant drive can you” I said stopping

“well I have a VW campervan and a learners permit”

“what? Wait how old are you blaze?”

“17 why?”

“I thought you were like 20 for a minute and I was like whoa im only 16. I just realised I know nothing about you”

“I know I was going to take you to this quite place I know where we can find out more about each other”

“and you’re driving?”

“yes I will be driving don’t worry I love my VW way too much to be dangerous on the roads. Im a very safe driver”

“I’m not sure about this but fine”

“this is Florida my beloved VW campervan” blaze said pointing with florrish at an old orange VW campervan

“is this is going to survive much longer?” I said as he helped me into the passenger side of ‘Florida’ and he slid into the driving side

“lets get this baby on the roads” he said grinning ear to ear

“Blaze, where are we going?”

“well, it’s a surprise, isn’t it” he said grinning at me