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July 16 - July 17, 2023
”I’m looking forward to it.” Stupidly, so was I.
I loved it. I hated it. I hated that I loved it.
”I’m a nearly-eighteen-year-old who dresses in costume and runs around the woods acting out a fantasy world. And I do that with grown adults. I’d hate to give that up.”
I peeked out from my hands and, dear God, he had a dimple. Right there on his left cheek. He had to smile pretty big for it to show up, but there it was. I never cared about dimples before, but his face, the way it transformed from the scowl into something so bright and genuine, he was not the same Aidan I used to know. I hadn’t known him at all.
dimple.
DIMPLESSSSSSS <3
Real men sew hair bows.”
“Forget about work then. Let’s just go because it’s fun.” Like a date. “Like a date?” I asked. His eyes glinted as he searched my face. “Do you want it to be a date?” I paused my breath. I did. Very much so. I nodded. “It’s a date then. Not business.”
“No offense, but your dad kind of scares me.” “From what you saw when he picked me up that one day, you were meant to feel fear.”
but the gift shop has a good selection of candy.” “Because of course you come to a farm for candy.”
“I should get a real camera. One with an adjustable lens. Except, then I’d have to learn how to use it.”
Things that did not make my Experiences of Summer planning list: Kissing my ex’s best friend Paying so many taxes (but mostly the kissing part)
Holli volunteered as tribute
“The boat?” Obviously, the boat.
Hello, Universe? Could I rewind and start over?
Got typhoid? (assuming his travel vaccine hadn’t worked)
fearless.
. Let’s just say there was enough alcohol in this house to fill an above ground pool. Okay, a kiddie pool. Still.
And then he kissed me. Right there in front of Dan and Mason. I couldn’t even kiss back. ”Aidan.” “It’s cool, Lila,” Mason said, grinning. “We know.”
Aidan couldn’t have been more different than Matt. How had they ever been best friends?
“You’re sure you left Gertie in here?” Aidan asked me. This was ridiculous. This could not be happening. “I think I would remember whether or not I’d packed an animatronic mini-golf robot in my car.”
“You okay to drive?” Besides being blinded by rage?
“I chased popularity too.” “Look where it got you. Making out by a dumpster in the parking lot of your crappy summer job.”
(#goals)
Gertie had never been mine to steal.
August?
“You deserve food, shelter, and safety, which we provide.” “And love,” Mom added, though Dad seemed questionable on that at the moment.
My breath left me. Aidan was still protecting me even though I’d pushed him away.
AAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY
“Matt is no longer employed at Teed Off!,” Jen stated evenly. “I swear, I may never hire another teenager.”
He wanted me to admit it was ”weird” he stole something from my trunk?
“Revenge?
Better than revenge
I might deserve better, but I wasn’t sure I deserved Aidan.
That’s what mature people do. They call each other out when they’ve done wrong. They listen to each other. And then they change.”
“Which is the real lesson of the summer. Never drive with a stolen robot in your trunk.” He held up his pointer finger. “Never drive with a stolen robot in your trunk to a lake house where your jilted ex shows up, gets kicked out, and steals the robot in an underhanded jealousy attack.”
“The archer?
-lover
“Pretty.” “So are you.” I slipped my hand through his. “You sure can be sweet. Sometimes.” He breathed, sending his minty scent my way. “When you start at negative credit, you can only go up.” “I wouldn’t say negative.” “You loathed my existence.” “I can vouch for that,” said Mason. ”Let’s not pretend you could stand being around us.” In
