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

away. I waved to Jasmine when she turned around just as we were pulling out of the car park.

"Your friends are nice, I like Alicia and Jasmine." I told him as I waved goodbye to them.

"Yeah, there a great bunch. You'll get along well with the girls which is good because then you'll have more people to talk to at the party." He said smiling slyly.

"What party?" I asked him confused.

"I'm having a party this weekend as I asked Marissa If it was okay if you came. She said yeah, but not to let you out if you were hammered, and I have to bring you home." He said, and now I knew why he had that sly look on his face. He had arranged it with Marissa that I could go, just so I wouldn't have an excuse.

"Well that's not exactly a problem, I live literally over the road from you!" I said laughing, I was so excited about going to his party, It had been ages since I had been to one of my friends, and I couldn't wait to see Alicia and Jasmine again. I was really hoping that we could be friends because they seemed so nice, and I hated the though of only having one girl to talk to all summer.

"So, your coming, yeah?" He asked, looking quite surprised that I hadn't said no yet.

"Yeah definitely, who's gunna be there?" I said chewing on my lip. On one hand I wanted to meet new people and socialise, but on the other I didn't want to feel crowded and out of place.

"The guys you met back there, Maliki and his girlfriend Chloe, but don't worry- I doubt you'll get to talk to Chloe." He was going to leave it there until I asked him why I wouldn't get to talk to her. "Because Alicia and Jasmine don't like her, so she won't approach you if your with them, or me. She's a bit of a tart, been playing Maliki for a few months now."

"Oh, I don't mind not talking to her then if that's what sort of person she is. Who else is going?" I asked again after getting sidetracked.

"Erm...thats it I think, Me, you, Alicia, Jasmine, Malkili, Chloe, Luke, Kale and Brad." He said counting the names on his fingers and trying to think of anyone he had missed.

"Well, I can't wait!" I told him kissing his cheek. Each time I did it I would get more and more butterflies in my stomach. He turned just as I was about the plant one on his cheek and caught my lips. It was only a peck, and lasted little over a second because he was driving, but it was enough to send my heart thumping again.

We had now pulled on to our street and was sat in the car outside his house. I didn't know we were going home, I wasn't even sure if I wanted the date to end. I sat there for a few seconds unsure of what to say, I was about to ask him what was going on but he had gotten out of the car and was holding my door open for me. I was really disappointed that this was how he was going to end our date, and couldn't help but feel my mood sour.

I got out of the car and walked around the front- so I was standing just next to my garden. He exteneded his hand, I took it and he pulled me closer to him- envolping me in a hug. I breathed in, smelling his colonge. Man this boy smelt good! He kissed the top of my head and I looked up to see him smiling at me.

"You want to come in and meet my mum and dad? It is what boyfriend/girlfriends do, right?" He asked looking nervous again. I cant believe I though he wanted me to go home! I feel so stupid! I hope he didn't realise that I thought he did...wait, did he say girlfriend?

"So, I'm your girlfriend?" I asked in an amused voice, deep down I was a nervous wreck, but I wanted to appear confident and funny in front of Declan.

"If you want to be, yeah?" He asked kissing my forehead once more. I knew I wanted to be his girlfriend, and he knew too.

"Yeah, defiantly." I said looking up at him again. Something caught my eye in his front window, I saw two figures peeping through the curtain and then trying to hide when I caught them. Declan sighed, I guess he saw it too.

We walked toward his front door, and I kept an eye on the window to trying to see who it was, whoever it was though had gone back into pretending they wasn't looking. He opened the door and whispered 'Welcome to the mad house' as I walked in behind him, laughing.

He showed me into the living room, which was the same layout as Marissa's, only with more pictures on the walls, and it seemed more comfortable and lived-in. Sat on the sofa, under the window was his mum, who he introduced her to me as Laura, and Marissa. They both looked guilty as sin. Now I knew who was peeking through the window!

Declans house had a much warmer feel to it than Marissa's. The floors were a light wood, and the walls a dark brown and cream. They were filled with family photos, most of them including Declan and a younger boy who I assumed must be his brother. The living room was tidy, but had a pile of toys in one corner and some Lego pieces on the cream rug in the middle of the room.

Marissa and Laura, who was Declans mum, were sat on beige sofa's sipping wine and laughing at us both. Laura was a pretty woman, she has strawberry-blonde hair that stopped at her shoulders, and was very slim. She looked way too young to have a 17 year old son, but Declan later told me that she had him at 17.

We all exchanged pleasenturies, while me and Declan stood awkwardly in the corner of the room, still holding hands. Laura looked from me, to Declan, to our hands. "So, you two are official?" She said with her voiced filled with humor. Marissa was leaning forward at the side of her, to hear our answers.

"Yeah, we are." I said this time smiling at all three of them, but feeling myself blushing.
Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven


We were stood in Declans living room, with his mum and Marissa after just finishing our first date. The whole day I had butterflies in my stomach and a smile plastered on my face. We had so much fun, we went to play pain ball, but it didn't end so well after me being hit off of a tractor. It didn't hurt that much-just embarrassed me in front of Declan, who found it all funny. Then I got the chance to meet his friends, who were all really nice. After we got back he asked me if I wanted to meet his parents- but so far we had only seen his mum, Laura and my aunt Marissa.

Decan pulled me onto the sofa, just to the left of where his mum and Marissa were sitting, and put his arm around me. I know we had only just met, and didn't know each other very well, but I couldn't help but feel as though we had already made a strong connexion. I laid my head against his chest and inhaled. He smelled so good-kinda like old spice, but way sexier.

His mum got up and asked if any one wanted anything to drink, I said I was fine, but Declan asked for a beer, and Marissa a glass of wine. I looked up to Declan with a confused expression. His mum let him drink beer at 17? And at 4 in the afternoon? He told me that she was cool with it- as long as he wasn't drinking on the street she didn't mind. It kinda reminded me of what Marissa had said to me the day before. I looked over to see her with a smile on her face.

"People around here aren't so uptight as where you live, as long as people are safe then its fine." She told me laughing. It made me wonder if my mum was uptaight, or if people around here were really just laid back. Either way I could get used to it for the summer!

I giggled at what Marissa had said, but turned down another drink when Declan asked me. Laura arrived back into the room a few minutes later, and handed drinks out. She had brought me a bottle of water, just in case I changed my mind about wanting a drink. The four of us talked a little about our days, and Declan decided to tell them both about how I fell from the tractor. They asked me if I were okay, but both were laughing. In the end, I joined them in doing so, feeling the back of my head to where a small lump was forming.

After some more light talk of the days events Declan asked me if I wanted to go listen to some music in his bedroom. I agreed, but was seriously nervous. I'd never been into a boyfriends bedroom before, and although I knew nothing was going to happen- especially with his parents and my aunt in the house, my heart was pumping adrenaline through my body with the thought of being in his bedroom alone- just us two.

His mum and Marissa had already gone into the back garden, Laura wanted to show her new lawn ornaments off, although I had a sneaky suspicion that they both wanted to have another glass of wine in peace. We both stood up, and Declan left me in the living room for a minute to tell his mum that we were going to listen to his music. I took this chance to fix myself up in the mirror. I sighed as I saw my reflection- I had blue paint in my hair and some splatters of red on my face. I did by best to wipe it off- but I really did need a hot shower to get it all off. I think that if I was with anybody else I would have felt embarrassed, but seen as though Declan looked in pretty bad shape from my paint attacks, it didn't seem to bother me much.

Declan returned a few minutes later with some cans of soda and chips, telling me that we could go up now. Hesitantly, I followed him up the stairs slowly. His bedroom was the first door up the stairs, and