Summer Love

Chapter 1

It's summer 2016. I'm off from school for the summer, and it started really bad. At the first day my dog got really sick. It was so sad to see him like this. I could really tell he was in pain, so I had to make the decision to let him go. It hurt me so much. My dog was my everything. He could see when I was sad. He always used to come to me and kind of hug me, you know what I mean? But it was better for him. I didn't want him to be in pain.

In the next couple of days I went to see my boyfriend I had back then. He lived 200 miles away so we always met somewhere in the middle to see each other. But I was kind of done with him. I'll explain why.

We were in a relationship (or whatever you want to call it) for almost 2 and a half years. I thought it was time to come over at each others houses. He didn't want that. I always believed he was hiding something. We never met each others parents or friends or whatever. I thought it was weird, but I loved him. I wanted to give him another chance so I did. But at the same time this has been going on for years. I don't want to be in a relationship full of lies and secrets, so this was his LAST chance.

So he supported me with the loss of my dog and I gave him his birthday presents he still had to get from me.

Later that week I got really sick. I had so much pain in my throat and I felt like I was dying but I'm still here. And I got better.

And this is where the trouble began.

The street I live in is sooooo lovely. We always have fun together and when it's summer we're always outside together. But I wasn't because I had trouble with my boyfriend. As you can already guess he screwed up. He kept on lying and I just couldn't take it anymore. I broke up with the guy. And if I'm really honest it didn't even bother me because I only saw him every 2 weeks.

Who in the world would do that? Yes, crazy Samantha.

My mom Maria was outside with the neighbours and Owen was there. Owen was really curious about her daughter aka me, Samantha. Like, why? He wanted to see me, but my mom told him I was busy. She thought I was heartbroken and didn't want to bother me with other guys. But she did tell me afterwards. And that's how I know this.

The next evening I decided to go outside too. I was curious about Owen and who he became since we hadn't seen each other for years. Richard was there too. We talked for a bit but Richard didn't really bother me because Owen was hot as hell. Damn he looked even better than I thought. It kinda made me shy. I was afraid to talk, and I didn't really have much to say.

Richard asked me about my boyfriend, and I told him we broke up and why. Owen heard the conversation and told me I had made the right decision. His nephew was there too. I didn't know his name and I still don't. They were talking but I couldn't really hear what they were saying. But it seemed like they were talking about me.

Every time I looked up and looked at Owen he would smile back. He would give me that smile that you only see in movies. You know when two persons fall in love and they smile at each other? Exactly like that. I started to like him. He was a real gentleman. I was impressed by the way he treated his mom. He treated her like she was the queen. It was so lovely to see, after all the shitty guys I dated.

My first real love cheated. My second love wasn't in love with me. My third love used me. And my last love was the lying guy I just broke up with. There were some flings in between but I wasn't in love with those guys.

Anyways, it got late, and I headed home, which was only two houses away haha. I writed everything down in my diary and I went to bed. I just couldn't get Owen out of my head...