Postcards From Last Summer

c h a p t e r 1 | "Lizzie"

My summer before eighth grade hadn't been exactly what I expected, coming at me with a bunch of surprises. Although, my story starts all in the beginning of my seventh grade year.
My life's pretty lame and a literal series of unfortunate events, so I would absolutely hate this book too, haha.

I was a new student, scared from the sudden private to public school change. I did not know what life was ahead of me, where I would be, or what I was going to accomplish that year. It honestly was a rollercoaster, for it always had its good and bad days.

On my first day, I was approached by Peter, a close friend of mine now. I asked him,"Who's that cute guy over there?" He said, "His name is Alec. I kinda ship you with him. He plays basketball and he's nice like you too."

So, i started being confident in how I played, practicing from early mornings to every break i had. A week later, I found out Alec and a girl, Lizzie, had a summer fling. Lizzie was so kind to me on that first day, but l barely knew her and I wasn't about starting drama with her.

So on "write your crush's name on your arm day" i wrote 'Alec' but did not speak of whom I saw interest in. I gave up on him, thinking, "Maybe he really does like Lizzie. Im nothing like Lizzie. She's so pretty and perfect, you can already tell by her name."

I met another girl, Alexis. I thought she was a friend, but later tuned out to be a little bitch, although that's not until later in the story.
I told her I liked Alec and holy shit, you guessed it, she told him.

What embarrassment, and humiliation she put me through.
So I tried covering it up by finding someone else to "like". Then i found Garrett. I had no interest in him, I just needed to make sure that I wasn't going to get in between Lizzie and Alec.

Garrett and I started dating, and things got serious. I wanted to believe he was different, not like other guys, but oh goodness he was a jerk. Flirting with my bestfriends, hugging them, holding their hands, kissing them in front of me. Disgusting. Still, I could not break up with him because it would give Alec hints. I gave Garrett chances, so many of them, but he was so mastered in lying to me every time.

We were on and off, as things got more serious.
By the time Garrett and I turned about six months, Alec and I started talking. We really hit it off, but that was after he and Lizzie broke up. We got so close so we hugged a lot, talked a lot, did things a couple would do. If that was the closest i could get to him, I was going to be fine. As long as I had him, I felt that my life was complete.