A Summers Dream

by MsChaoticPenguin

Annica Elizabeth Ronan was convinced that she'd be alone forever. That is, until Derrick Adams walked into her life. It was love at first sight, and suddenly Annica was head over heels for him. It was a dream come true when he asks her to be his girlfriend. She never imagined that her dream would become a grueling nightmare of drama, lies, and tears.

Summer. The air was filled with the scent of chlorine and barbecue smoke. Summer has always been my favorite season. I loved the warmth from the sun, kissing my skin. I loved the feeling of cool pool water on my feet. And I loved the taste of barbecued hot dogs. I loved the visits to the beach, the smell of salt and the sound of laughing children playing in the ocean. But I think the thing I loved most about summer...at least this particular one...was meeting him. Derrick Adams. Tall, muscular, tan, handsome. He was the type of boy every girl dreams of. For some reason, he chose me. So many beautiful, smart, talented, amazing girls were so easy for him to get...but he chose me. Me, a klutzy, untalented, hideous, idiotic girl who was 17 years old and still had no clue what she was going to do with her life, and so painfully shy she couldn't even make friends. I still smile every time I look back to that summer day at the mall.
It was the middle of summer vacation, and everyone was with friends having cold iced teas by the pool. I, on the other hand, enjoyed a day at my house. I was in my room, laptop open and fan on high. It was only noon, and I decided that getting out would do me good. Besides, I finally had the money for that top I wanted. I got shoes on and got into my black Honda. It only took me 10 minutes to get to the mall. After buying my new top, plus other things, hunger took over and I made a trip to the food court. I decided on Chinese food and made my way to a table in the middle of the court. I set my bags down and looked around the mall. I made a hobby out of people watching, and making up life stories for them. It was my favorite pastime. As I got up to throw out my trash, I somehow managed to trip over nothing and was about to kiss the tile floor of the food court when a pair of strong hands caught me.
"Woah there! You alright?" Said a deep voice as I regained my balanced. As fate would have it, my savior was non other than the most gorgeous man to ever breath air. Naturally, I came up with the most intelligent, most attractive sentence I could gather.

"Uh...yeah...I'm cool. I mean, not cool, it's hot as hell, but uh..." Nice one, Annica. Every man in the known universe is currently breaking your door down at this very moment. The boy just chuckled.