Dear Diary

13

Summer Above

Chapter Thirteen

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   "Okay, okay everybody. Who wants to play truth or dare?" Summer asked, stopping our individual conversations. We all looked in her direction and all said 'yeah' in sync. She clapped her hands together. "Okay, I'll go first. Lucas, truth or dare."

   Lucas thinks for a minute before responding. We are all having a sleep over at my house considering it is Friday. Since Asher and I are both new to the group, we all want to get to know each other. 

   "Dare," he replies confidently. I smirks and nods. His eyes widen in terror, I would too because sometimes, Summer can be scary. 

   "I dare you to stick your head out of Elle's window and yell, 'I am in love with Summer Reed.'" she says and he shrugs. He stands up and heads over to my window, opens it up, and sticks her head out of it. 

   "I am in love with Summer Reed!" he yells, loud enough for all of Florida to hear. We all busted up laughing. We are currently sitting in a circle and I am squashed next to Asher and Aria. I am glad that one is Aria because if not, I might have lost it by now. 

   "Okay, I am impressed. Your turn," she says, slowly clapping her her hands once Lucas sits back down. Lucas nods and turns to Mason's direction, and eyes him carefully. 

   "Truth or Dare?" he asks with a toothy grin. Mason looks up to the ceiling to think. 

   "Truth," he responds and we can all tell that something good is soon to come. 

   "Who is your crush?" Mason freezes, his face as red as a tomato. We all start giggling, even Asher. I look over to him, eyebrows pulled together in confusion.

   "Did you just...giggle?" I ask and all the color from his face drops and his eyes widen. I chuckle, clutching my stomach. She violently shakes his head no. "Oh, I think I defiantly heard a giggle." He starts to glare at me. 

   "5...4...3-" He starts and I stop him. 

   "What are you doing?" I ask, confused and a little scared. He shrugs. 

   "Oh, this is the amount of time you have to run," he says and my eyes widen in horror. Everyone starts laughing when he continues counting down. I lift myself off of the ground and start bolting out the door. I soon hear footsteps behind me and I try to hurry, but fail when I trip on a stare and fall face first. I hear Asher start busting up laughing. 

   I get up and sit on my knees, putting my hand to my mouth. It stung. I put my finger in front of my eyes and it was covered in blood. Great...

   "Thanks to you, I have a busted lip," I say harshly, getting up and heading to the kitchen where the first aid pack is. Weird, I know, but a lot can happen in the kitchen, you never know. I heard Asher behind me and stop once we reach the kitchen. 

   "That's funny," he says with a little laugh. I roll my eyes. 

   "Just like your face," I mutter. I see him put his hand over his heart, pretending to be hurt. 

   "I gave you a five second head start and you completely and utterly failed," he said, walking up to me and taking the first aid. 

   "Hmm, just like your mothers birth control," I say and smirk on my lips. 

   "If my ego wasn't so big, that would've hurt. You have to be careful what you say around a guy like me," he adds, pulling out an antibiotic wipe and wiping my lip. 

   "Really? Your ego is the size of Europe, it can be popped a little bit. Maybe your brain will start working a little," I say, tapping his temple with my index finger.   

   "Cute," he says, glaring at my with straight eyes. He puts some type of medicine on my lip that makes it burn and my eyes widen. "The pain will go away any second now." 

   "Thanks," I say, trying to touch my lip but he grabs my wrist. I feel heat rush to my cheeks and it is to late to stop him from seeing. 

   "Awe, it's cute to know that I can make you blush. I thought you hated me," he says sarcastically. I pull my hand from his grip. 

   "I do," I reply and walk back upstairs to my friends. Garrison was gone and I looked at everyone with a confused expression. "Where'd he go?"

   "He went to go check on your mom. He said he heard her crying," Aria said, her voice small and sweet. I nodded and walked to my mothers room. When I walked in, I saw Garrison hugging my mom while she sobbed into his shirt. 

   "Mama, what's wrong," I ask, walking up and bending in front of her. 

   "She had a bad dream about dad again," Garrison speaks for her. I grab her hand and nod. 

   Ever since the incident with dad, she has been having bad dreams about him. She will wake up in the middle of the night screaming and crying and me and Garrison have to go in and talk to her. Right now, I am kind of thinking that it isn't all about dad. Mom has always been strong, even around men, and I know she would want to be strong for us. But I guess that sometimes one thing can push someone so far, I have felt it too. 

   I wish that I could help her, make her forget everything, but I can't. I can't do anything to change it and that absolutely kills me inside. My mom has always stayed strong for us and seeing her completely and utterly broken hurts me. And I sure know that it hurts Garrison. 

   I grab Garrison's hand and pull him away from mom and drag him outside. 

   "What?" he asks, his voice deep and quiet. 

   "Do you-do you think she'll help?" I ask, scratching the back of my neck. 

   "Maybe, she has always been able to talk to mom and calm her down," he says. "But she is all the way in Boston." 

   "She'll fly down, I know it. Especially if it has to do with mom," I respond. He shrugs. 

   "I guess it's time."

   "Let's call our sister."

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A/N

   Hey what's up. How was this chapter. I thought what happened between Asher and Elle was cute in a weird way. Lol. So yeah. I love you forever and ever and ever, okay? 

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Much love, 

   -Alyssa