The Summer Bucket List

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Hunter's POV

"Jordan, hi. You're Austin's friend aren't you?" Ella asks him.

"Well we're more like acquaintances." He tells her.

"Well this is Austin's brother Hunter." She says and he reaches his hand out to me.

"Nice to meet you." I say to him.

"You too. But anyways what can I get you guys to drink?"

"I'll have an iced tea please." Ella says.

"And I'll get a lemonade please." I tell him.

"Ok I'll be right back with your drinks." He says and walks away but not before eye-raping Ella.

"What are you going to get?" I ask Ella when Jordan leaves.

"The cheese cappelletti. How about you?" She asks in reply.

"Um I'm going to get the spaghetti." I tell her.

"I wonder if it still tastes the same as when we were little." She says.

"Well if it's the same cook then yes. If it's a different cook then it may be better it may be worse." I tell her and she laughs a little. "Ella you seem different this year."

"What do you mean?" She asks me.

"You don't seem like yourself. You're not as happy as you usually are when we're all at the summer house." I explain to her.

"I'm fine. I promise. You don't have to worry about me."

"Ok just promise me that if something is wrong you'll come talk to me." I tell her.

"I will Hunter."

"Here are your drinks." Jordan says when he gets to our table setting our glasses down on coasters. "And what can I get you guys for dinner?"

"I'll have the meat spaghetti and Ella will have the cheese cappelletti." I tell him.

"Ok that'll be here in a little over twenty minutes." He says and walks back towards the kitchen.

"He seems a bit like a creep." Ella chimes when he's out of sight.

"Ya he does. Have you seen him eye-raping you?" I ask her.

"I looked away every time it happened." She says and we laugh.

"You my dear are just too beautiful for your own good." I tell her and she looks away shyly.

"Hunter! You are going to make me blush." She says with a small smirk.

"Well, Ella, it's true. And I don't know what my brother did to make you mad but I'm kinda glad he did because we can have this wonderful evening together." I tell her. "Are you going to tell me what he did yet?"

"Nope. I told you I'd tell you at the end of the summer and that is exactly what is going to happen." She says to me.

"Ok. I just thought I would try and get it out of you." I tell her and she giggles a little bit.

"Why have you always been way nicer to me then the other two boys?" She asks quietly.

"Well Chace is your brother so he will always be at least a little jerky towards you; and my bother just has issues he hasn't sorted out yet." I explain.

"And that's why he drinks, does drugs, and has sex with every girl."

"He finally told you that?" I ask her. "He said he was going to tell you last year."