When Summer Ends by Katy Wormald (the speed reading book txt) 📕

got a slice of pizza. I laughed it off and wasn’t worried as we were only on a straight road and there were no cars in front of us. We got to the skate park and chilled out for hours, just eating pizza, chatting and occasionally have a kiss with Declan. The whole time we were there he sat cuddling me on his knee, and apologised for letting that man grab me a thousand times over! It wasn’t his fault though; I was just too damn sexy. We made plans for the evening and chilled out there until the hot sun died down. Wow, I thought. This is going to be an amazing summer.
Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve


I lay in bed and stretched, It’s now 12:20PM and I was supposed to be meeting Ali and Jaz at half one. I stretched again, knowing that I had to get up soon, but not wanting to face one of the last full days of my summer. I wished I could go back to the start of the summer so that I could do all the same things over again with Declan. I though back to the day at the beach, which was now weeks ago. I smiled as I remembered Dec surfing and laughing with our friends. Cringing as I remembered him hitting that guy. I can’t believe the summer had gone so fast, I honestly never wanted it to end. The weeks had flown by, and the more time I spent with Declan and his friends the more I loved them all. Me, Jaz and Ali had become inseparable; we had sleepovers every week and met up daily. I even stayed over at Declan’s a few more times, but only after a party and this time in the guest room.

I knew for sure now that I loved Declan, I think I even knew from the beginning. We were with each other most of the time and he was so sweet. He would surprise me all the time by taking me out to restaurants, the cinema and he even set us up a late-night picnic on the beach one night. I smiled thinking back to that night; we had our first argument that day. It was nothing big- I just told him he couldn’t skip school to hang out with me (his school started a week earlier than mine). He had laid a huge blanket out on the beach and filled the outside of it, and leading down to it with candles. He even bought a bottle of wine for us, even though he can’t stand the stuff. He brought his guitar along and serenaded me on the beach with it, the rest of the night we sat talking about the future.

He had told me that he was planning to come down whenever he could and stay at his friend’s house that lived in my area. I was so excited about the idea, and deep down was relived. I was pretty sure that he had fallen for me as I had him- but we hadn’t say the words yet. So I was glad to hear that (even though I doubted it was) our relationship wasn’t just a holiday fling. We still hadn’t done anything past kissing, although we almost did one night but were interrupted as his mum came home early. Even though I was nervous about the thought of losing my virginity, I knew I wanted to with Declan. He got my heart pumping each time he kissed me, and I was definitely sure that I wanted an ‘intimate’ relationship with him.

I was just about to jump out of bed and start getting ready for when Ali and Jaz came over when Declan text me. My cracked screen read his name and I smiled immediately, rushing to read the text. I only saw him last night and already I missed him like mad.

From: Declan <3

Hey baby, can’t believe it’s nearly your last day here. I’m gunna miss you so much. Don’t make plans for tonight if you can, I’m taking you somewhere special.

Missing you, Declan xxxx

I quickly replied telling him that I wouldn’t and can’t wait to see him. I didn’t want to think of today as the last time I would be here for a while. Each time I did it made my eyes sting with tears. I had even begged my Mom and Dad to let me stay longer, but I had to be home Saturday morning so I could go and buy some new school supplies. The thought of school made my stomach drop. I didn’t know how my friends would act with me, I hadn’t spoken to any of them, not because I didn’t want to be their friend any more, simply because I wanted to concentrate on being here with Declan and not back home. Truth be told I didn’t miss any of them, nor had I since I met Declan and everyone. My friends here weren’t bitchy or self-centred like my friends at home; I wished I could take them all with me instead of facing life at home alone without them.

I got out of bed and realised I was seriously running late. I ran to the bathroom and had a quick shower. I washed my hair and cleaned my body. I got back out in record time and started to get ready. I pulled on a pair of dark tight jeans and a black button up shirt that showed off my figure nicely. I applied a thin layer of mascara and moved all my items from one bag to another, a nice gray one that would go nice with my outfit. I pulled the envelope of money that my dad had given me when I left from out of my bedside cabinet and looked how much there were. There was still quite a bit of money left so I decided to take the lot, I would have to buy a new outfit tonight any way.

When I got downstairs I saw that Marissa had her head slumped on the table and an empty bottle of wine next to her. I decided not to ask her about last night’s events, she had gone on a date and returned the early hours of the morning drunk. At first I admired Marissa for having an active social life after her divorce, now I was starting to think that she drank so much and went out all of the time to forget about her divorce. I really was starting to get worried with the amount she was drinking. Every day this week- and most of last- she ended up drunk by late afternoon, only going to bed when there were no alcohol left or when I made her. I have to tell my Mum about this when I get home, I thought.

I scrolled down on my phone until I found Ali’s number. I decided to ring her because usually it was Jaz that was driving. I hit dial and waited for her to answer.

“Hey, what time you coming over to mine?”

“Were in car now, we’ll be at yours in a sec. Do you mind if we go to the mall me and Jaz want to get a few things for school?”

“Yeah sure I need to get some clothes any way. See you soon then.”

“Be outside in two minutes were nearly there.”

“Sure, bye.”

I hung up the phone and grabbed my jacket and shoes, slipping them on as I walked out the door. I didn’t wake Marissa to tell her I was going out; she would only forget it in minutes any way from how drunk she was. I leaned on my wall at looked at Declan’s house, His mum, Laura, was in the front garden planting some tulips and William was playing beside her. I waved when I caught her eye but didn’t get chance to talk to her as the car with Ali and Jaz in had just pulled up. I jumped in the back and greeted the girls, Jaz hadn’t shut the engine off so we didn’t hang about, and we set straight off for the mall.

Once inside the mall we went into about five stores because Jaz and Ali wanted to find a hair dye, but although both of them said they didn’t know what colour they wanted, none of the home hair dye kits were the right one. I rolled my eyes and laughed at them, after about half an hour of looking through all the stores that sold them, they both decided that they would just go to the hairdressers next week.

I told them that I needed something nice to wear for my ‘special evening’ with Declan and they both looked at me quizzically. I didn’t get what they meant at first and kept on asking them what they were doing. Jaz cleared it all up for me though after she had managed to stop giggling.

“If tonight’s a special does that mean you two will be...you know, for the first time?” She asked as we had just walked into my favourite shop in the mall. We all set to looking through the rails as I spoke.

“I don’t know, I guess maybe. We haven’t spoken about it...” I said getting embarrassed. Neither of them had any problem talking about sex, whereas I got shy at the mention of it.

“Well maybe we should go to the lingerie shop after this, you know, just in case tonight the night.” Ali said nudging me in the side and smiling.

I smiled to myself, hoping that tonight would be the night that me and Declan took our relationship to the next level. I know we had only been going out a while but I knew I wanted to do this. Suddenly all feelings of nervousness were gone, I felt confident about doing this with him, knowing that it would be perfect and that Declan was the one for me.

I tried on about fifteen dresses before I found the perfect one. Ali and Jaz both said I looked beautiful and I smiled into the mirror thinking the same. I bought it, leaving my envelope of money a whole lot lighter and set off to find a pair of shoes that would match it nicely. After buying a pair, along with some accessories and a new handbag, we stopped at a small cafe for some lunch. We chatted as we ate and had a really great time. Thankfully neither of them mentioned me going home soon, although I think it was in all of our minds.

It was almost for o’clock now and I was sat at home watching TV. Marissa had gone to bed shortly after I came home and I hadn’t heard a sound out of her since. As soon as I got home I raced up the stairs to hand my perfect