DT imagines

Summer Love (G)

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It was the beginning of the summer when I first saw him. Well more like crashed off my neon green bicycle because of him....it's a long story.

It was a bright and sunny day, not a cloud in sight. All I've done since summer started is binge watch Grey's Anatomy on Netflix and make 3am McDonald's runs. A girl gotta get her French fries and ice cream.

I decided since the weather was nice that I would go on a bike ride. No harm done, at least that's what I thought.

I was riding down the sidewalk right next to the park in my neighborhood while listening to LANY, so I couldn't hear any background noises besides the music. Definitely not a very smart decision, but I just love jamming out.

All of the sudden I'm pulled out of my own personal concert by my bike wheel jerking very harshly to the left making me and my bike tumble over onto the grass.

"Ahhhhhh JESUS!" I scream as I roll over kicking my bike to the side. I mentally thank god that I landed on the grass and not the street on the other side of the sidewalk.

I look over to see a football on the grass next to me. What the hell? I start to hear running footsteps approaching towards me.

"Oh my god are you okay? I'm so sorry!" A boys voice shouts from above me.

I look up, squinting my eyes a little because of the bright sun, and standing right in front of me is the most beautiful boy I've ever seen.

"Sorry, my brother and I were playing ball and he misjudged when he threw it. Are you alright?" The pretty boy said and he leaned down and helped me up from the grass.

"Yeah! Yeah I'm okay don't worry", I laugh nervously while brushing off my jeans.

He smiles at me with his perfect white teeth making me scream internally. "My name is Grayson." He said with a cute giggle of his own.

Now I'm not one to believe in love at first sight, but right then and there with this boy smiling at me with his shining eyes, I knew I had fallen. And I had fallen hard.

That marks the beginning of my first summer love.

•••

Throughout the summer Grayson and I have become inseparable. We were always seen together. Our favorite thing to do together was explore places that we've never been before. Adventures in beautiful places made us feel alive.

Grayson and I started off as 'just friends'. After I got done yelling at him for knocking me off my bike, we exchanged phone numbers. I remember he texted me that night and took me out to go get pizza and ice cream as an apology.

We did all kinds of crazy things together, going from late night car drives, to literally jumping off cliffs into the freezing water below. Grayson brought out a side of me I don't know I had. He made me able to stop worrying about everything and let loose and have fun. He said to me once, 'making memories with you is my favorite thing to do', I about squealed from his cheesiness and swooned from his sincerity.

Grayson tought me about taking chances. Living the best life you can. He showed me how to be brave and that it's okay to be happy. It's probably one of my favorite things about him, he makes me so happy I feel like my heart could burst at any time.

There's just one little problem. He's only staying in New Jersey for the summer, before he goes to study abroad in London.

I want him to chase his dreams and be happy, to go to Europe and live his life. But I can't help but think he'll be following and living his dreams without me. He'll be leaving me. I would never ask him to stay because of me, but every time I look at my calendar and see our time together getting smaller and smaller, it rips a hole in my heart.