Go away | jenzie

Bury a friend

Kenzie POV

The day went by quickly. After we ate at Kenshi's, we wanted to do something fun but calm enough not to give us even more of a headache.

We decided on just hanging out at Johnnys place. He had a pool so we could also swim.

At his house, we all hung out and were surprisingly calm. I brought my burgundy bathing suit and so I swam for the majority of the day. Brynn and Annie were bathing in the sun while Hayden and Carson were in the pool with me. Johnny was in the kitchen making us lemonade.

Hayden came up to me, "Kenzie, we need to talk to you."

He looked serious and I was surprised. He was never serious.

"What's up?"

"It's about Johnny. You need to put the poor guy out of his misery." Carson nodded as Hayden spoke but I was confused.

"Put him out of his misery? What do you mean?"

"It's clear he likes you as more than friends and we just want what's best for Johnny. We think what's best for him is you."

"Stop talking like creepy future people." They looked at each other and laughed.

"Come on Kenzie, just at least talk with him. See what he wants."

I nod and they swim away as Johnny comes out with the lemonade. I take one and come out of the water to lay next to Annie. We talk for a bit about everything from school to summer. That's when I pass out. The sweetness of the lemonade and the warmth of the sun made it easy.

And so I dreamed. Of Johnny. Of us.

We were on the beach and he was talking to me when a guy in a black hoodie came walking towards us. It was Brandon. The guy I used to like. Johnny stood up and kept Brandon away from me. After, Johnny came up to me and kissed me.

That's when I woke up....

I looked at my phone and I had been sleeping for a good 2 hours. Next to me, Annie and Brynn were gone and Carson and Hayden were not in the pool. The yard was empty and the sun was setting.

I put my clothes over my bathing suit and walked inside the house.

"Johnny?" I called. I could hear his footsteps coming downstairs.

"Hey, your awake." He said, " Everyone left a half hour ago. We didn't want to wake you. You can shower and change in my room."

I start walking upstairs when Johnny calls to me, "You wanna stay over for dinner?" I thought about it for a second. What reason do I have to not?

"Yeah sure. Are your parents cooking?" I asked and a glint of mischief entered his eyes.

"Nope, it's just you and me tonight."