The Summer Bucket List

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Chace's POV

I drive home as fast as possible, since driving at normal speed it's about 20 minutes.

"We have to bring those two in as quiet as possible." I tell Hunter who is sitting in the seat beside me.

"Ok Ella I don't see an issue with but drunk Austin. He's an obnoxious 16-year-old, I can't promise anything with him." He tells me. "Poor Ella none of this should have happened to her."

"If only your brother could've said no to her coming with us." I say a bit to harshly.

"I know. I'll talk to him tomorrow." He says in a sad tone.

"You don't need to talk to him; we just need to watch him and Ella a bit better." I tell him trying to cheer him up. "Thank goodness we are home." I say looking behind me. "Looks like he is asleep. Do you think you could grab him and I'll get Ella?" I ask.

"For sure. He is my brother and she is your sister." He says getting out of the car.

"Ella." I say picking her up.

"Murrr." She makes mumbled sounds.

"Ella, it's Chace. I'm taking you to your bed ok?" I ask her knowing I may not get a response.

"Umm hmm." She grumbles.

I walk into the house as quiet as possible. I look up at the clock and see that it is 11:04 pm, a little early to already be home from a party. I climb up the stairs and walk to Ella's room. I lay her on her bed and sit beside her.

"Ella, nothing like this was supposed to happen to you tonight." I say stroking her head. "Don't you worry Jordan will not be coming around you again. I punched him pretty hard in the nose." I tell her and she makes a muffled, almost inaudible laugh.

"I... love... you." She says faintly.

"I love you too Ella." I say and leave her to rest.

I leave her room, turn the light off, and leave her door slightly open. I walk downstairs and go sit on a chair on the patio out back. About 10 minutes later Hunter comes out and sits in the chair beside me.

"Finally got Austin to think he was tired enough to go to sleep." He tells me.

"That's good. Ella looked like she was about ready for some down time." I say.

"Oh speaking of Ella. It was really weird, I was trying to get Austin to bed and he kept saying 'I hurt Ella'. He kept repeating it and I asked him what he meant and he just said 'I hurt Ella'." Hunter tells me.

"We need to find out what he did. What if he was part of the reason Ella almost got raped by Jordan." I say having many thoughts go through my head.

"I know you are looking for an explanation, but Austin hates Jordan. It's mostly because of the whole him owing money thing. He would never let Jordan get his grubby paws on Ella." He explains, trying to reassure me.

"I guess you're probably right. I just want to know what he meant by saying he hurt Ella." I tell him.

"Chace, it's been a long day for all of us, especially you. Maybe you should get some sleep." He suggests.

"No, I think I'm going to go for a swim first." I tell him.

"Ocean or pool?" He asks.

"Ocean, maybe I'll go for a surf instead." I reply.

"If you’re going surfing, I'll join you." He tells me.

"Then go get your swim shorts on because I want to go surfing." I say and we both walk inside. "I'll meet you outside."

We walk upstairs and he goes ahead of me. I stop at Ella's room and poke my head in and see that she's sleeping.

"Oh Ella." I sigh and walk down the hall to my room.

I quickly change into my swim shorts, and run downstairs. I unlock the garage and get mine and Hunter's surfboards. I close the garage and go stand in front of the house. Shortly after Hunter walks out.

"You ready to go?" Hunter asks, handing me a towel.

"Ya." I say and we walk down to the beach.

"You are really quiet." Hunter says when we get halfway.

"I'm just really worried about Ella." I sigh.

"She will be fine in the morning. The affects of whatever is in her just need to get out of her. And just remember Austin is probably going to have a nasty hangover tomorrow." He tells me.

 "Well that's his issue, not ours." I say and laugh a little.

"No it's not." Hunter agrees.

We get to the beach and the water is just sparkling. The moon is reflecting off of the slightly calm water.

"I'm going in." I tell Hunter.

"Ok, so am I." He says and we both run in the water with our boards.

We both start surfing, and catch some pretty good waves. Before long the water is pretty much completely calm, so I just sit on my board.

"I'm going to head back now!" Hunter yells from the shore.

"Ok!" I yell back. "Check on Ella! I'll be home soon!" I say and he walks away.

I just hope Ella is ok. This should have not have happened to her. This was one of her first real parties and now the experience has been ruined. And by who? An asshole that should have not been trusted in the first place. I need to check on her when I get back.

“Oh Ella.” I say to no one.

“Fuck you Jordan!” I yell.

I just lay on my board, thinking of everything that has happened in this week-and-a-half of the summer. My mom went to the hospital because she collapsed; Ella was almost raped by a drug dealer who has it out for Austin; Austin found out I have a girlfriend; Austin says that he hurt Ella. This is defiantly not how our summers usually are. They are usually pretty calm and civilized, but this summer has taken a very unexpected turn, and I suspect there are going to be way more surprises to come...

(A/N: Bu, bu, buuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!! Unexpected? That's an understatement! Poor Ella and now Austin said he hurt her? Do you think the full confession will come out of him? Now Chace is just sitting on his board, thinking about anything and everything. I just can't believe all the surprises that have happened this summer. I'm sure there are more to come *evil laugh* Anyways guys, what did you think? Don't forget to leave a comment and vote! Tell your friends!

TTYL!!!!

-Kimberleigh <3 :D)