Love is in the air ✔️

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Summer's POV

When I got home from school, my dad wasn't home, so I went to my room to do my homework and study for our math test that we were gonna have on the next day. It is the test I'm helping Freddy with, and he has improved a lot. I hope he can get an A!!

When I was done with school work, I decided to take a nap.
I woke up with a 'BANG' on my door, and saw my dad standing there. He had a beer bottle on his hand, and looked really drunk.
"Summer Elisa Hathaway!!!" He yelled, really loud.
"Y-Yes, d-dad?"
"It is the SECOND time you don't wait for me and don't make me dinner!! How useless can you be?! You are ruining my life!" He screamed, smelling beer.
"I-I'm s-sorry..."
He threw the bottle at me, and it made a deep cut on my head, breaking and falling on the floor, in a million tiny pieces.
"I wish you weren't my daughter."
With that, he left my room, and I just said on my bed crying hard. I didn't care that my head was bleeding. All I could do at the moment was cry and cry.
A few minutes later, I heard a knock on my window.
"Summer?" A voice whispered. Wait! I know that voice. Is it...
"Freddy?" I asked.
"Yes. I saw everything. You have to come with me."
"B-But I can't. What if he finds out?"
"I already took care of it."
"O-Okay."
He offered me his hand to help me get out by the window. When we got to the front of the house, I saw a police car and a man pushing my father into it. Another man came to us.
"Are you miss Summer Hathaway?"
"Yes, sir."
"Your dad is going to jail. He'll be there for a few years due child abuse."
"Yes, sir."
"You can go to your mother's house now." He said.
"Actually, my mom is away to take my sister to a doctor on Dallas."
"So you may stay at your friend's house until your mother come back. He seems to really care about you." He said, pointing at Freddy.
"Yes, sir!" I said, smiling like crazy.
"Let's go, Sum." Freddy said, grabbing my hand.
"Yeah." I said.
"Wait, Summer. Is your head bleeding?"
"Uhm..." I stuttered.
"Sum. What did he do? Did he hit you with the beer bottle?"
"Maybe?"
"That must have happened while I was calling the cops. Let's go to my house. And fast."
He probably didn't notice before because it was already dark.

We got to his house, and her parents greeted us.
"Freddy Huerta!! Where have you been? You were supposed to be studing for your math test!" His mom said, really angry.
"Helping Summer." He answered.
"Oh my God, Summer! What happened to you?!" His dad said, looking worried.
Freddy and I told them the story while he and his mom cleaned up the blood of my head.
"You can stay here for as long as you need, honey." His mom said, giving me a hug.
"Thank you, miss Huerta."
"Freddy, lead her to the guest room and help her with her stuff. After that, you two will go to sleep. It's late, and you have school tomorrow." His dad said.

We did as we were told, and when I was already changed and ready to go to bed, Freddy knocked on the door.
"Sum?" He asked. "Can I come in?"
"Sure!" I answered.
He sat next to me on the bed, and started talking:
"I feel really sorry for your dad. It must be hard. But now you're safe. And you'll stay here till your mother and your sister are back! It'll be fun to have a sister, even for a few days." He said, smiling at me.
"It'll be fun to have a brother, too!"
"You know, even though you're younger than me, I have always seen you as a big sister. I mean,
you have always been there to me, have always helped me out and protected me from the crazy girls on school." He said, laughing at the last part. "Thank you."
"Freddy, I should be the one thanking you. You saved me from my dad, and have been really protective over me these past few days." I smiled at him.
"That's what siblings are for, right?"
"Yes!!"
We laughed at his joke, and I gave him a hug.
"No but in all seriousness, I can not tell you how happy I am that you're in my life. (an: Jade posted this on Instagram on Ricardo's last bday!) Thank you, Freddy." I whispered in his ear, still hugging him.
"Good night, Sum."
"Good night, Freddy."
We pulled away and he went to his room. I just laid down, smiling like crazy.
I was happy Freddy helped me. He is definitely my brother from another mother. Aww, he looked so cute when he was worried about me! I have always had a crush on him, but it has been getting really strong. Now that I'm thinking about it, there is one question popping on my mind:
Am I in love with Freddy Huerta?

Heyo!!! Sorry about the bad chapter. I'm having some writers block these past few days.
Hope you guys loved to read it as much as I loved to write it!
Byeeeeeeeee ❤️💜💚