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Chapter 17: Crazy summer

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*** Part II ***

Chapter 17: Crazy Summer

Each person sees life differently: some believe life is always beautiful, some think it’s always ugly, some look at it as if it were sometimes beautiful, sometimes ugly. For me, ideal is to have a life that isn't either beautiful, nor ugly. It is this difference in perception that makes it impossible for a common human ideal to exist. Nothing can be generalized into black or white, or even a single shade of gray. Instead, it can be particularized in different shades. The same goes for the relativity of a mixture between bad crazy life and good crazy life.

Here I was, back at home after going to the mountain resort. I felt lighter but still not the same as I was before it - that moment of eternity which happened one year ago. I might have cured from the illness called keviness, but the scars are still there. One cannot forget the first love. It is forever marked into the heart.

Lazily stretching and yawning, like a cat in a lazy Sunday morning  - Hmmm, I should actually get a cat -  I reached for my phone to check the time, and noticed two new messages. They're from Kevin. Great, I thought. The 'happy new day' mood dropped almost instantly.

I rolled my eyes reading the messages and decided to answer in an email rather than a text reply. He's not going to drop it, so I will have to put up with him. It should be easier now after I finished that notebook. I know that from now on, it's up to me to look forward and not backwards. No more flashbacks to those moments. It's time to move on and live like any girl my age should live. I'm over 18 now, which is the legal age in my country and I can do anything I want.

"You're right, I can't ignore you forever. But If you talk to me about your love problems again, I swear I'll delete your number and block your incoming emails so you won't bother me again. Therefore, watch what you're speaking. Now, since you asked, I went for Computer Science and Environmental Sciences."

I pushed the sent button and began dressing up for the day. After breakfast, I dialed Carol's number.

"Hey! How are you?"

"Hi Pheobe! I'm good. Just the usual: work and art classes afterwards. Haven't heard from you for a while now."

"Yeah, I was busy with the exams and all, plus, I was away from town the last few days. Anyway, I'm back now and I was thinking about catching up. How about going to the swimming pool. Wouldn't want to miss a perfectly fine summer Sunday."

"Wonderful idea! I can be ready in thirty minutes. Same place as usual?"

"Brilliant! Same place it is."

I've spent most of the summer going out with my colleagues from highschool and, preparing a makeover for college. It was a new beginning so I wanted new things in my life. Like new wardrobe. The new haircut was already done even before applying to university. Well, the green strands where an additional craziness, but the point is, for the first time in years, I was back to my natural brunette self.

I also really wanted to relax after the stress from all those exhausting exams. Now came a period when I could not stand a single moment more reading school books. My parents bought me a laptop as graduation present, but apart from a few hours with the laptop, I was out in the city. Never in my life have I been so often in clubs, dancing and drinking socially, but still not going overboard. I kept my promise to Aiden and remained a good girl despite going out so much. When I thought I had enough load of fun and craziness, I took a few days of rest from the outside world.