Summer by Marissa Sky (good book recommendations .TXT) 📖

It started with the words, we need to talk. Those aren’t my favorite words in the whole world. We need to talk means that your parents are going to get a divorce, even when you know it’s going to happen you still don’t want to hear it. It means that I love you but we can’t be together, but we can still be friends. It means, I know that you have lived here all your life and have great friends but we need to move. In those words that my dad meant that we were moving. Oh no not moving to another city, oh no not to another state right next to us. He meant it as moving across the country. Three hours ahead of our time.
I should be happy right? Moving to New York, this is a great chance on my English career. I would be able to meet people, go to NYU, I am going to the city that never sleeps. I should be happy. Why can’t I be happy? I want to, but I just can’t get it through.
In my own world, I think California is way better than New York. I mean I have lived here my whole life. I have friends, a great school, Well to me it was a great school. I can meet people here, I only lived two hours away from Hollywood blvd. I might still get to USC. Now I have to start all over. Make new friends go to another school. How am I supposed to make Caleb like me if I am not even here.
Caleb. I almost forgot. I want to use it as an accuse but then that would be useless. I would have to fight with my dad about how Caleb and I were meant for each other. And it would only make him want to move even more than before. Caleb had been a great friend, a better friend then my best friend Kayla. Why is it so hard to think of him as just a friend.
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“Hey Caleb.” I had called him for just a normal day at the mall. I had begged him to go to the mall with me a Kayla for ages, but he had always said no. Now he owes me for letting him borrow my math homework that weekend.
“Hey Sum, what’s going on?”
“Your going to the mall with Kayla, and I. We need to pick out dresses and you need a new outfit for the dance.”
“Okay. when?”
Wait, what. I had expected a fight from him. I had gone through all the possibilities for him to smooth his body out of going, but no. He said two simple words and that was done with it. I wanted to say something like, "what your not going to fight your way out?
", but then that would change his mind so all I did was bite my bottom lip.
“Today at 4, is that okay?” I had sounded nervous. I could hear it in my own voice.
“‘Kay see you there, oh and where do you want to meet?”
“Where JC Penny’s used to be.” I kept on biting my lip.
“Okay, bye Sum.”
Why was I so nervous. Maybe seeing him and Kayla would make me calm down. I called Kayla and told her about the Caleb situation.
“Wait your bringing Caleb?” She sounded pissed.
“What? Your the one who had the idea for letting him come with us.”
“Well I was hoping he would argue and you would say never mind cause he has you wrapped around his little finger.”
“WHAT?!? I don’t know what you are talking about?” I really didn’t.
All she said was never mind and she would be there. Now look what Kayla did. All I could think about is what she said. Why would she say that to me. She knows I was going out with Kyle and I was perfectly happy, well was. He ended it because I was apparently hanging out with Caleb too much. What is everyone thinking? That I liked Caleb? Is that what everyone was talking about when we walked down the hall together?
I was rushing my way down. I was furious about everything. I can’t believe this. I wanted to call Caleb up and tell him not to come down but then that would be stupid. I didn’t want everyone thinking we were going out, but it was too late, I saw him standing outside in the rain with Kayla. With her arm tucked around his while he was holding the umbrella. Kay had always done that, whether it was a person she just meet or a person she knew liked her, she would just walk down the hall with someone’s arm around hers. They were talking. He looked at me through the car and smiled, His teeth all white as usual.
I parked my car next to his and walked out with my keys still in my hands, almost crushing them. I could feel them pushing harder and harder into my palms. I walked up to them and said hello then started into the store.
Kayla thought it would be a good idea to go to Gap first, we walked in to see if there were any khakis or nice pants for Caleb, he tried some on but they never looked good on him. I would say it did but never meant it. We walk out and Kayla saw it. Prom dresses. Huh what a sorry excuse for clothing.
“Try this on.” she put the dress in front of me. It was a green. Looked like puke. “No! are you kidding me, you know I am not comfortable in dresses. Especially prom dresses.” It didn’t change her mind. She just put it on my lap and said "put it on."
I loved Kayla, she was my best friend. I had never done anything that would hurt her or made her sad, and diffidently did whatever she said.
“You too Caleb. Try this one. Why not participate like the rest of us?” She was irritated about him coming with us, and I was still mad about what she said. She laid it on his shoulder. His shoulders are flat, but muscular. He looked like he should be on the football team but it never gave him interest. Without a complain he goes in the dressing room and tries it on. I look at Kalya, she was giving me the stare that says, "do what I say or I'll break your neck." So I did, I went in the dressing room to try the stupid dress on.
How are you supposed to get dressed in these tiny things? They looked like they would be used as a dressing room at PAC-sun. I pull down my jeans and fold them neatly and put them on the shelf that was on the back wall. I did the same to my shirt and hang up my jacket. I carefully slide the dress on and looked in the mirror.
“Shit! Which way is this supposed to be on?” I could hear Caleb in the stall next to me. I laughed to myself and walked out of the room.
“Oh, wow Summer. That looks gorgeous on you.” She looked liked she really meant it. I was proud of myself. I had never felt this pretty before.
“Thanks.” I look out the window into the quad and see two guys sitting across from the store looking at me. Did I really look that pretty? I had always been the girl that never looked perfect. Never had all the guys stare at her. Kyle was the first guy I ever went out with and that ended in a tragedy.
“Hey, wow Sum, Kayla is right you look amazing.” I didn’t even hear him come out of his dressing room. I was just all hung up in my thoughts.
“See told you even this guy thinks you look pretty and he doesn’t even know the difference between red and brown.”
“Hey I take that, no never mind.”
I looked at him. I really looked at him, his hair was all frizzy from putting on the suit and his eyes were a shade darker from his usual brown. His suit was all black. He was wearing a single breasted tux. It looked like it was made for him. I tried not to stare.
“Not so bad yourself.” I said. I bit my lip trying not to say anything else that might make him and Kayla wonder.
I had just fell in love Caleb. Cheesy but I couldn’t help it.
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I laughed at the thought of me saying I loved Caleb, it made me seem like a needy person that wanted a boyfriend for attention.
The thought of the first time I knew I loved Caleb kept on replaying in my mind. Over and over again. I can’t leave, this is the reason. I had to be here. I have to be here for graduation. For him to know that he loved me and we would be together forever.
That’s it I am going to try my hardest, I will do everything in my power to not leave. I have to do it for me, him, Kayla. What would Kayla do without me?


CALEB
I was in a rush. I really don’t know why I was just meeting Summer with our parents for the weekend lunch. It happened every month. It really wasn’t a big deal. Usually Sum and I would just sneak off in the back when our parents aren’t paying attention and play peanuts.
Okay, I was going through the list. Pen, check. Notepad, check. Two deck’s of cards, check. I had everything. “What are you doing?” Daniel was leaning against the door in the hallway. He had always been sneaky but i never jumped, but this time I did.
“What?”
“Well we're just going to eat lunch, your all rushing around like roadrunner not even paying attention to everything else around you. Can you smell that?”
“Huh?” I wasn’t paying attention to his idotic mouth. I was trying to tuck in my shirt. Oh how I wish I could just put my old sweatshirt on and walk out the door like any other school day, but in my mind this time I wanted to dress up. Be the one that looked nicer than any other guy there.
“Yep, I knew it. Your doing this for Annebelle aren’t you? I knew you had always had a crush on her. Now I want to here it, tell me little brother don’t you have a crush on little old Annebelle?” He sounded like he was talking to a 2-year-old.
“What? I don’t know what your talking about?” I sounded like I got caught for committing a crime.
“Like the hell you don’t you check off your things four times already, you don’t usually do that Caleb. I know this cause I did the same thing when I was your age.”
“Oh your only two years older than me, give it a break.”
He just laughed and walked away. I was getting pissed, not because he thought I like Summer but because he thought he was superior than me. I can’t believe he thinks he is smarter than me. Even when we were younger he was never the “big brother” type. He would push me in the lake on our boys scout’s retreats. He would put worms down my back before I went to school so it would ruin my day. I hated it.
We walk into to Chili’s and I see her. She