lost love by elizabeth fritz (the lemonade war series TXT) 📕

walked down the stairs of my house, and picked up the keys to my black Volvo, and shook it by the key ring so that all of the things stuck to it rattled. “Are you gonna get up now?” I asked my 14 year old brother Justin.
“Yeah” was his small reply, and he got up and headed outside, and we were on our way to the first day of a new year to school.
My mother is a very good lawyer, and father owns a few companies and also writes books. Both very attractive and intelligent. My older brother, Paul, left for college on a scholarship. And Justin, is an all rounder, and captain of his swim team. I, Shannon, myself am a 16 year old, gets high grades and all guys fall at my feet, head cheerleader and popular, but single, I’m waiting for the right guy.
I parked her car in an empty space, and both of us headed to the building, and I went to my locker. “Shann!” I hear a familiar voice go.
“Em!” I say back at my best friend Emily, in the same expression, and soon we were in each other’s arms, “wow, I missed you so much!” I said, glad to see her again, she wasn’t a cheerleader like me, she was in the school drama things and got lead parts, and she had a boyfriend, Dan, who is pretty good looking and also takes part in the school plays.
“Oh me too, how was you holiday?” she wanted to know.
“Um, it was… interesting” I shrugged, “and tiring. And yours?”
“Oh, with my grandparents it’s always the same! Stay home and do their chores, and look after Gramps’ farm” she told me, and I listened, and nodded, and then Dan showed up with us.
“Hey girls!” he said with a grin forming across his face, he hadn’t changed at all.
“Oh, hi Dan” I smiled, as he walked towards us, and put his arm around Emily.
“Hey Dan!” Emily said happily, pulling him into a hug, “I missed you.”
“I missed you too baby” he said, and no sooner they were making out. So I smiled at their happiness and walked away, with my favourite book under my nose as I walked. And there was a bump, and I looked up to see a new and beautiful face of a guy, maybe a little older than me.
“Sorry!” we both apologised at the same time and then a second later we were both chuckling.
“Oh, hi I’m Shannon,” I said smiling.
“Hey, and I’m Luke, and new here.” He informed.
“Oh, Luke” I said, “I’m guessing you’re a senior.”
“Oh, yeah, senior” he sighed.
“Right” I said “do you have anyone to show you around?”
“Uh, no” he said.
“Mind if I?” I offered.
“Not at all” was his response. He smiled down at me, he was pretty tall and I could swear he had a six pack under that shirt of his.
“So…” he started as we were walking, “what book were you reading?” He looked curious to know.
“Oh this?” I raised it up to show him, “I’m reading Gone with the wind, I’ve read it like 5 times.” I said.
“Oh, cool! One of my favourites as well” he said, impressed.
“You read?” I asked surprised, “Not many guys do around here, but that’s great.”
“Yeah, I’m not from around here,” he said to me “reading is one of my best hobbies”
“Oh, awesome, me too!” I said “I mean about reading.”
With that we got to his class and I had to leave for mine.
My first period was English with Emily and Daniel.
I walked into class, and the second bell hadn’t rung yet. Emily was sitting on her usual desk, and I sat on mine right next to her. Dan was at the back with his other friends.
Emily smirked as I sat down.
“What?” I asked, settling down in my seat.
“Who was that guy you walked away with?” she asked quietly, but very curiously.
“Oh, Luke, he’s a new guy, a senior.” I said plainly.
“A senior?” her eyes widened. “Wow, Shann you think he’s the one?”
“Emily! I just met him!” I explained to her.
“But he is quite cute.” She didn’t seem to get it.
So I nodded and the second bell rang and we got to our English work.
And then lunchtime came.
We headed out for the cafeteria, me and Michael. Michael is another friend if mine, he once told me about his crush on me, but he wasn’t ‘the one’ so, I guess he got over it… but we’re cool. He had even changed over the summer, I noticed he had worked out a little now, as I could see his buffed up body. He actually looked pretty good.
And when we got there I got to meet up with my other friends.
See in our school, we don’t have any cliques. No popular table, or Chess club table, or the computer geek table, we were all equal with each other.
So anyway, I met up with my friends and we all sat down. Everyone made a topic to discuss with the people sitting close to them, when I spotted him.
Luke was sitting at a table with some guys that were also seniors. And those guys weren’t just any normal seniors. They were the angels as some obsessed girls would call them. Josh and Will, They were the school stars, the president and vice president of the student government. All girls would do anything just to make them at least look their way or something. I didn’t see why though, I mean yeah, they might be very good looking and good in studies and had many extra curricular things, but still…
So, anyway Luke was just sitting and laughing with them and his eyes caught mine and he gave me this breath taking smile.
I couldn’t help but to smile back, and then Josh and Will glanced my way.
Did I mention that Josh and Will were friends of mine? Come to think of it, the whole school was a friend to me.
So when they saw me they smiled as well, and I could sense some jealousy spreading around in the room.
I gave them all a little wave and just then Luke signalled me to go and join them, and so I did.
Luke patted the seat next to him, for me to sit. I smiled and took a seat next to him.
“Hey” I looked at them “Luke, so I see you have met Will and Josh?” I said casually.
“Oh yeah,” he said looking over to them.
“Hey! Shannon!” Will greeted
“What’s up?” From Josh.
“Nothing really guys, so how was your vacation?” I asked.
And the conversation carried on…
Soon enough lunch was also over and we rushed to our next classes, I could see that Emily had a lot of questions for me, but I was grateful that the next two classes I didn’t have with her.
I just waited for school to end.

 The final bell rang, and I rushed outside, and went up to my car. A few feet away, I could see my brother talking to his girlfriend. Even though he’s just fourteen he has a girlfriend, and I’ve told this to him a number of times, but my parents don’t seem to mind too much, as if they mind anything.
They said their goodbyes and he came over smiling. I rolled my eyes, and we drove home, this was all we said to each other:
Me: “Hey, why are you so happy?”
Him: “Never mind”
Me: “Okay…”
Him: “Yeah”
Me: “Weirdo...”
Him: “Moron”
Me: *Rolls my eyes*
Him: *shakes his head*

Yeah. That’s pretty much it, but I found out he had a date with little miss sunshine.
So we got home and I did my homework. Then my mom called me downstairs.
“Honey, do you mind going to our new neighbour’s housewarming party? We were invited but none of us can make it, would you go for us?” She asked in her motherly voice.
“Um, sure, I guess, since I have nothing better to do, but why not Justin?” I wanted to know.
“He’s going out tonight, with that sweet Angela girl” she said, “so I want you to go.”
I sighed and nodded, “sure, whatever.”
I got ready for the little occasion next door and got downstairs, to see my dad.
“Oh hey dad” I greeted.
“Hello darling, listen, I’ll come with you to the party for a little while, I’m not that busy, and surely I want to meet my new neighbours.” He said smiling.
“Oh okay then, let’s go” I said stepping out the house.
We went outside and walked over next door. I saw a car that I’m I saw earlier today… but it is a small world I guess.
So we were politely welcomed in the crammed up house. My dad found some company of a man around his own age, and they started a conversation.
I just stood there, bored, and someone tapped my shoulder from behind.
I turned around.
“What a pleasant surprise to see you are our new neighbours” He said grinning.
“Oh Luke, you moved here? That’s great!” I said pretty surprised to see him here, myself.
“Well yeah, that’s why I’m here actually” he said.
I laughed, even though I don’t think that was a joke…
“So, wanna get outta this crammed place?” he insisted.
“You bet I do” I smirked.
It was really crowded in that area where the door was, and he held out a hand.
“Take my hand, so we won’t get lost,” he said, smiling.
And just as I did, I felt I wave of electricity flow through my blood, and tingle my bones. He led us to the main entrance and we walked outside.
He didn’t let go of my hand, and I didn’t mind at all, actually he didn’t mind either because we kept walking hand in hand.
“Where are we going?” I asked giggling.
He smiled, “wherever you want to.”
“I don’t mind…”I said because I really didn’t.
“How about the park down the road?” He suggested.
“Sounds great to me” I said truthfully.
He nodded and led the way there. And when we got there he let go of my hand, and the emptiness that had vanished at his touch, came back. I rubbed the hand that he held, it was still warm.
He took a seat on a nearby bench, “sit down now, will you?” he asked me.
“Okay,” I said and sat down beside him on the wooden old bench.
He started to hum something, and I smiled politely, not interrupting.
“Sing me something” he asked, looking at me, “please? I would love to hear your voice.”
I shook my head smiling, “I don’t have one!” I explained.
“Of course you do, everyone has a voice, that is, unless you’re mute.” He shrugged.
“Okay, what do you want me to sing?” I asked, knowing that I will embarrass myself.
“Uh, the song from Titanic,” he said.
“That song? You like it?” I asked.
“Yeah, one of my favourites,”
“Oh me too!”
“Really? Then you should know the words, now sing”
“Okay,” I cleared my voice. And started to sing. “Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you, that is how I k know you, go on …”
He listened very carefully while I kept singing it.
“… Love can touch