Chapter 1: Hello Summer
All I could hear was the sound of lockers slamming shut and friends reminding each other to keep in touch during the summer. The excitementof the summer was almost contagious. My Junior year was at Lakeview High School was finally over! I was almost out of the school until I heard my name being shouted across from the hall.
" Lizzie! Wait up!" My best friend Charlotte shoved her way through the crowded hallway.
Charlotte and I have been best friends for as long as I can remember. I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the safety of the stairway.
"Hey Charlotte! Let's get out of here before we get caught in that crazy stampede!" She pushed her light brown hair out of her eyes and laughed.
"So what are you going to do for summer?" Charlotte asked as I pulled into my beachside home.
My family is pretty big compared to most. I am the second oldest out of five sisters. My oldest sister Jane is 18 years old and just graduated valedictorian of the class of 2007 from Lakeview High. We are pretty much opposites but closer than ever. Jane is quiet, pretty, and blonde where I am 17, opinionated, and outgoing. After me, here is my sister Mary. She is the artist in the family. Then there are the twins, Lydia and Kitty. Lately, all they seem to care about is who is going out with whom.
"I'm not sure yet. But I have this feeling that something good is going to happen this summer… I can just feel it!" Charlotte smirked and said "Perhaps you'll be lucky and almost drown at the beach so that way Josh Wickham can rescue you and have to do CPR."
I slugged her arm and laughed. Like that would ever happen. Josh wickham was probably one of the cutest seniors at Lakeview High and
unfortunately the cockiest too.
"I wish he wasn't so ignorant. That's why I need to find some guy who's cute and will treat me like a lady, not some piece of property or
something. If only I lived in the 1800s! Guys there are gentlemen." I sighed.
I was tired of guys who only cared about video games and who could burp the loudest. I wanted a life where there were fancy balls and glamorous gowns and dashing young men everywhere. I guess the closest I'll ever get to that fantasy is through my books.
Charlotte laughed and said "Well, if you find him, make sure to find out if he has a brother or a cousin. Let's hit the beach. Summer is calling!"
We quickly changed into out swimsuits and raced down into the warm sand. Little did I know, my summer was about to be turned upside down.
