Summer Love

Chapter 5

"Dave is so handsome" was all I could think, besides that I still thought about Owen. 

"Dave is really your type! I think you guys would make a cute couple" said Sidney to me. 

"Uhm, I don't even know him.." I said.

"Well, let's look him up on Facebook then! " Said Sidney as she went searching for him on Facebook. Because she knows his sister it didn't take long for her to find his profile. 

"He's only 27! I thought he was 33" Sidney started laughing after saying that. Turns out he also won some body building battles in the past. He even has been a national champion once. But he's 7 years older than me. So, I'm not really sure about that. He's nice to look at though!

It was Sunday. I was having a little conversation with my mom in the front yard, as we enjoyed the beautiful weather. Dave was getting all his furniture in the house as we watched his muscular arms pop out once he was lifting something heavy. Damn that's hot. 

Later Mike, Sidney, Celine and Richard also joined us. We were having a laugh and enjoying the beautiful April weather. After a while Richard and I decided to make a fire later on that Sunday night and have some drinks with the neighbours. Owen came outside and Richard saw him. Richard asked him if he was joining us later that night. Owen got all excited and asked if he needed to bring something, like beer or snacks. "No, it's fine, we'll fix that!" said Richard to Owen. 

We all went home to have dinner, and get ready for the night. Once I arrived at Richards house later that night, Owen wasn't there, yet. The rest was. Mike's daughter, you know, Alice was also there for a little while. She even talked to me, I was so confused. She doesn't really seem to like me, but she acted very normal tonight. She left really early. 

After a while Owen let us know that he was feeling sick, so he wasn't coming again. "C'mon, you're sick again?" I thought. This must be like the 3th time in I don't know, 2 or 3 weeks? It's off. I decided to let it go, and not think about him too much anymore, because the way it goes now is only hurting me. I get my hopes up, and nothing happens. It's shitty. 

The women were all talking about how handsome Dave is. I kinda talked along when I wasn't  caught up in my thoughts. I didn't say much anymore. I mean, 7 years is that really too much? I'd rather date Owen but that's not going to happen like this haha. Owen is so confusing, just reject me already. 

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Well I wanted the truth right? That's what I got.

Everyone, except me was outside. I'm really happy I wasn't there, because if I were I'd probably make a mess out of everything. My mom came home, not so late. She told me he was talking about some other girl. The nerve. First asking my mom if I like him, what she would think of us having a relationship. And a couple weeks later he's telling her about some other girl? The audacity. 

It's like he's turned around. First he seemed so loyal, now he does this. First he seemed to be against drugs, but suddenly he smokes weed sometimes. Since his friend Jordy lives with him he's changed. Is he acting cool for him or has it been a lie all the way? I don't know but I'm kinda done with this. He's not only hurting me, but he's also lying to that other girl than. My heart is kinda broken because of this because I actually had feelings for him. I don't understand any of this. 

The days after I didn't want to do anything. I didn't wanna leave the house, I didn't want to do my make-up, I didn't even want to sleep. Because it kept me up at night. Once the lights went off, my overthinking went on. I love all my neighbours and I really want to have a great time with them, but seeing him hurts me so much. What am I supposed to do? Sigh..

An national event was coming up, where I go to every year with Lindsey. I decided to go there again, have much fun and have very many drinks. I might even kiss someone there, if someone would want to kiss me HAHA. Ugh I hate being this insecure about myself. 

The national event day arrived. Lindsey was coming over to my house to have some drinks at mine, and than go to the event. 1 glass became 2 glasses, 2 glasses became 4 and before we knew it we were tipsy. We left my house to go to the event. Lindsey had some more drinks and was drunk by noon. I wasn't really that drunk, but I knew I also had enough. I was talking to some random guy, Lindsey was talking to a girl about a guy she knows. This random guy asked for a kiss, so my drunk ass made out with this random guy. After that, Lindsey and I partied till late, and both went home after. 

The day after I instantly regretted kissing that guy. I didn't know him, but I saw that I gave him my number because he texted me. He was really ugly. I didn't react and deleted the message right away. 

My mom also celebrated her birthday the day after this day. We had a great laugh with our neighbours and our family who were also there. But Owen wasn't. Haven't seen or spoken to him ever since before he talked about this other girl. I also didn't know if I wanted to see or talk to him at all, so maybe it's for the best. 

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It was the first Saturday of May, 2017. The weather was beautiful and my mom was drinking coffee with Celine in the front yard. I just came out of bed and ate something, so I decided to get ready for the day. Brushed my teeth, did my make-up and got dressed. My window was open a bit to get some fresh air in my room, when I heard a familiar voice. I went to take a look, and guess what?

Jordy was drinking coffee with my mom in MY front yard. The nerve he has. What the hell was Jordy doing with my mom? Why would a young guy randomly talk to an older woman? For no reason? I don't know, but I was about to find out. 

I needed some time to get all the confidence I needed to go out there. When I had enough confidence, I walked out and grabbed the seat next to Jordy. Turns out he was just a really social guy who loves talking to people. That was the reason.

"Oh my god, Celine couldn't you tell me that your daughter was home too? I haven't done my hair yet!" He said to my mom. 

I let out a little laugh because the way he said it was kinda funny. I liked his hair like this, it was a bit longer than most guys. It looked sexy on him. 

"So, do you like Owen?" He asked me.

What the hell? What kind of first question is that? And so what? He has a girlfriend right? Ugh what am I supposed to say to him? I wanna be honest, but I don't want to be obvious. 

"I mean, he's a nice guy but yeah.." I said.

"Go see him, he's inside." He said to me. 

I kinda laughed, because I knew he was joking. 

We talked a bit about everything and nothing. He got to know me better, and I got to know him better. And it turns out he's not only annoying, but also kinda nice and fun to be around. He also asked with how many boys I slept. Weird question, but boys will be boys. We spent hours together. 

  A couple days later I came home from school and Owen, Jordy and another friend of theirs sat in Owen's front yard. I let out an awkward hi, just like they did. I've never felt more awkward.   

I kept thinking why he would ask me if I like Owen. For what reason do they need that information? It kept me thinking for days. 

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Author's note.
I'm sorry if there is any grammar mistakes or something like that. I wrote this really quick because there's still so much more to come and I can't wait to share it with you guys. Sharing this also frightens me a bit, because I'm kinda scared that someone's gonna recognize the story, since it really happened to me. It's scary because it's my side of the story, and maybe the other ones in this experienced it really different than I did. And that's what scares me. But it's all gonna be okay. Better times are on it's way for Samantha, so keep reading!