SZNS SERIES 1: Summer by Maria Writes (book series for 10 year olds .TXT) 📕

of them walking on the dim path at the back of the school. And most of them are wearing black to add to the weirdness.

After they all entered the house, some of them stayed on the living room then the others head upstairs.

"Let's order take-out please. I'm starving." she said while lying on the long table placed in the middle of the living room. Her stomach is grumbling already.

Billy reached for the phone and ordered Chinese takeout for all of them. "When did you even stopped starving, Chloe? I mean you're always hungry. Like, every five minutes."

"Yeah, and how come you're so slim? I ate a lot too but my fats are always building up." Lauren said while opening a can of soda. Honestly, even she doesn't have any idea why she's so slim even if she eats a lot. Maybe it's in her genes.

She heads upstairs to her room and changed her clothes. Chloe removed all her make up, changed her clothes to an over-sized t-shirt that reaches past her knees and a cotton short. Put her hair in a messy bun and went downstairs.

Everyone is already sitting around the living room. The area is already crowded because there's 30 of them, good thing the house is so big for them. But having 30 people all in one place still makes her uneasy because of how close they are sitting to each other.

Camille and Saimone each gave them a can of beer which the drink together with their food. Caroline stood up that made all of them confused. "Everybody, I just want to give us a toast of our first activity. I know it haven't started yet, but I know and I can see that because of the determination we all have, this is going to be a success. So, I congratulate all of us, and to more success to come."

They all said "To more success" and clinked bottles. It is fun seeing them having smiles on their faces. The entire week has been very tiring for all of them. Not to mention all the beef and drama she and Jesse had for the past weeks that also affected their group. She knows, and she's sure, that this family that they are creating will be a success. But still, we never know what the future has in store. There's still a lot of pages to be unfold. But one thing’s for sure, the magic already began.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 11:

Underneath the Moonlight

The last day of their fund-raising event is finally here. The ground is slowly filling up with the attendees. The amount of funds they've collected for the entire week overwhelms her, not to mention the generous amount given by the alumni and other school staff. It's very enormous that it seems like it will be enough for them to survive the whole year.

Caroline approached her. She look's stunning tonight with her red gothic corseted mini dress paired with a red goth boots. She's one of the performers tonight. Alongside Britney, Jesse, Blake, Celestine, Camille, Dean and Mike. While the rest of the team is either in production or selling junk foods near the stage.

"Do I look okay? I heard Nate is coming here tonight. I need to look fantastic. So? Do I look okay?" Caroline twirl around showing her, her entire outfit. But what she's asking is not what caught her attention, it's who's coming to the concert.

"Nate, as in Nate Tulle? Why is he going to attend? No offense meant; I know the events are open for outsider but why him? Don't tell me something is going on between you two." Chloe is looking at Caroline weirdly. She never thought that Nate and her are actually going to be a thing. There's nothing wrong with the two being close, but she just ended things with Britney, what is Nate is just the same?

Caroline held her hand and gave her some puppy eyes. "Nate and I have a deal, I told him I don't want to marry him. But he asked for one thing, act as if we like each other. We'll do that for a few months then we'll stop it. Just for his mother's sake. I don't want to hurt him but I really don't want to be with him. And what his feeling for me, I know it'll fade. You'll see."

She sighed and just supported her friend's idea. She doesn't get why they still have to act close when they can just tell his mother straight in the face that there's no marriage happening between the two of them. But she knows Caroline always has a brilliant plan in mind. Hopefully, this will end well.

After everyone is settled in the grounds, she heads backstage and see if everybody's ready. The crowd is already wild even if the stage if still dark. There are some of the boys working with the instruments they will use. The girls are doing their makeups.

The backstage is so crowded so she decided to go back outside again. There she saw Jesse looking so cute in his black leather jacket with eating pizza. She went towards him and bought a slice as well.

"Hey, you nervous?" she asked while eating her pizza. She can't wait for Jesse to hit the stage tonight. She has something to tell him after the concert, but she decided to do it before he enters the stage to give him more motivation.

"Not really, this pizza relieves my stress. Do you still have tons to do? Looks like you're stressed. You should rest at the back. You slept late last night because of the event. I’ll bring you more pizza backstage, go rest for a while before the show."

He's being sweet again, and she likes it when his like that. So, she went backstage and sat on the chair. Everyone