What happens when four former best friends are forced to spend their summer together in an old lake house? It's a recipe for disaster, that's for sure. [nanowrimo '15] [cover by justlyd]

WATTYS 2018 WINNER ❝What happens in summer, stays in summer.❞ • • • • • Six lightning tattoos swear the drunken memories and hazy hookups of six teenage kids to secrecy. • • • • • Copyright © 2021 by spirabilis | All Rights Reserved

"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one." I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting. Well, this year will be fun... • • • • Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up. There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years. But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes. She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual. But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more. Hopeless devotion, if you will... • • • • !!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! • slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts • substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD • sexual assault, domestic abuse • strong language and mature scenes • • • •

Summer Bucketlist 1.) Do something with my hair. 2.) Meet new people. 3.) Go camping. 4.) Visit an island (and maybe a cave too) 5.) Dance under the stars. 6.) Skinny dip. 7.) Eat at a vintage diner. 8.) Buy or Have something meaningful and vivid. 9.) Get a tattoo (well, maybe a henna) 10.) Watch the sunset & sunrise. 11.) Go on a seafood foodtrip! 12.) Go on a boatride. 13.) Go fishing! :-) 14.) Have a sailing race. 15.) Go beach partying (bbq included pleaseeee) 16.) Go snorkeling. 17.) Make an adventure book. 18.) Fly a kite. 19.) See fireworks. 20.) Have an all day movie marathon 21.) Go on a weekend roadtrip. 22.) Try every ice cream flavor. 23.) Bike race!!! 24.) Tomber en amour.