Chasing Summer

Chapter 9.

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Chapter 9.

“Summer?”  I heard Chase say from my bed

“yeah?” there was a few moments of silence before he spoke again as if debating whether or not to say what he was thinking

“why did you say fireworks were liars?” he finally asked

“what?” I replied confused, did I say that? That’s a weird thing to say...

“You said that at the bonfire before Sarah came up, you never explained” I thought back to the bonfire and tried to remember, every time I thought back Sarah’s annoying voice popped in to my head. I mean who talks like that, all high and squeaky

“I think I remember” I replied trying to remember what had been going through my mind

“so?”

“Well, I don’t know, they make life seem so sparkly and happy and it’s not, not at all.” I said

“it can be” he said as he sat next to me

“if you’re lucky, I mean you seem fine but you have issues with your dad, Lily seems happy but she has her crush” I was careful not to mention who as I didn’t think Chase was capable of being discreet if we ever came across him.

“yeah but nobody’s life is perfect, we all have problems” he replied looking straight at me “but  we all have things that help us through it like I have surfing and Violet has her garden, there are better things in life, I mean there must be something you do right?” I gulped and shook my head, not anymore there isn’t I get what he was saying but things like hobbies don’t exactly help with grieving over your parents’ death.

“There just hobbies” I said looking at him and shaking my head, he sighed loudly

“my point is that even those little things help, for the time you do them they help you forget the bad things and all you have to do is focus on what’s going on, something that makes you happy” I really didn’t like this smart and deep thinking Chase, he made me look bad. “so what do you do?” he asked

“I don’t” I replied I wasn’t going to get in to it.

“You must have something you do, anything” I shook my head again

“Summer! Are you seriously telling me you don’t have anything you like to do in your free time?”

“I just don’t want to talk about it!” I yelled suddenly, his face looked shocked at my sudden outburst and I looked away from his eyes

“Summer you’re doing it again” I turned back to look at him, he looked calm again and I felt myself give in, he was right I couldn’t keep everything to myself

“ballet” I said looking down at my hands, they were suddenly of great interest to me, anything to not have to look up at his intense stare

“I never knew you dance! Why didn’t you want to tell me that?” he asked sounding actually quite surprised, yes Chase I can be good at things other than sports I thought to myself

“I don’t do it anymore” I replied opening up my windows, it was too warm even at this time

“why not?” I sighed again preparing myself, like ripping off a band aid I thought

“They were on their way to my performance, I was the lead and adamant that they had to come and on the way that’s when” I couldn’t say the rest it was hard enough thinking about it let alone saying it out loud