Grounded for Life
Chapter 4
Hikaru's POV
We're waiting for Tono to continue.
"Hey ya'll?" a Dora-like voice says from behind us.
We turn around to find Dora standing, dripping wet and running her hand through her hair. Grinning like a maniac.
"This is why you keep almost dieing!" Kauru says.
"What? I've jumped from higher than that before. But when does yall's Summer break start?" she asks, pulling her hair into a long, loose ponytail.
"Next week. Why?" Tono asks.
"Because I thought of like a perfect song about the summer time. But I don't have it on CD. At least not with me." she pouts.
"What song is it?" I ask.
"Ya'll wouldn't know it. It's country but it's Nothin' Like the Summer by Carmen Rasmusen." she says, walking back off the pier and down to the water.
When we catch up to her, she's sitting in the sand with her feet in the water, little fish surrounding her feet.
"I'm trying to remember the lyrics. If I can, I'll sing it for you." she says once we're sitting down beside her.
We all get really quiet so she can think. After a while a sweet melody fills the air. Dora has started humming.
A firefly glowing on my left hand
Used to pretend it was a wedding band
A tall cool glass of Mama's lemonade
Sold from a stand that me and my sister made
We'd count our quarters in the shade, underneath the tree
The boys in the clubhouse right next door
Playing Cops and Robbers and the Civil War
We'd all meet up at the swimming hole
With marshmallow sticks and our homemade fishing poles
And the stars would guide us home, oh, those sweet memories
Well, I love those Summer days
Drifting on by like a slow parade
And everything feels fine in the warm sunshine
When your world unwinds
And you kick back in your flip-flops
And you don't care about the tick tock
And the world is full of music, dreams, and lovers
There ain't nothin' like the Summer
There ain't nothin' like the Summer
A blue eyed boy with a baseball tan
On the ferris wheel he takes my hand
Long, slow dance underneath the moon
Praying so hard that the night won't end too soon
He whispers, I love you and I melt into his arms
Well, I love those Summer days
Drifting on by like a slow parade
And everything feels fine in the warm sunshine
When your world unwinds
And you kick back in your flip-flops
And you don't care about the tick tock
And the world is full of music, dreams, and lovers
There ain't nothin' like the Summer
There ain't nothin' like the Summer
The sun goes down and the barbecue's lit
The radio's playing that Summer hit
We all wish those days would last forever
I love those Summer days
Drifting on by like a slow parade
And everything feels fine in the warm sunshine
When your world unwinds
And you kick back in your flip-flops
And you don't care about the tick tock
And the world is full of music, dreams, and lovers
There ain't nothin' like the Summer
(I love those Summer days)
There ain't nothin' like the Summer
(I love those Summer days)
Ooh, I love those Summer days.
She keeps humming for a second and then trails off. She's looking out over the water, towards the setting sun.
Tamaki's POV
Wow, that was beautiful. I don't know about the real singer but Adora has a beautiful voice.
"Wait, that's the same voice on your ring tone. Did you record that?" Kauru asks.
"Oh, yep. That's Kerosene by Miranda Lambert. It gives off a completely different vibe. I'll play it for you sometime." she says, laying back in the sand.
"Alright. Or you could sing it." I suggest.
"Eh, whatever. I'm going home now, see ya'll tomorrow?" she asks, sitting up.
"Yeah, try to wear the uniform tomorrow." Hikaru says.
"Never!" she shouts dramatically, running up to her stuff.
She tugs on her shorts and grabs her phone.
"NEVER!" she yells again as she runs back through the woods.
Hikaru and Kauru look at each other and shake their heads.
"Weirdo." they say in unison.
Kauru's POV
We just arrived at school and, careful not to hit a flying Dora, opened the car door. Hikaru and I got out of the car, only to hear a shout. We turn around just in time for Dora to smack into me and send us both sprawling.
"How is it that we keep getting to school at the exact same time?" Hikaru asks, helping Dora up and putting an arm out to steady her.
Roller skates. The girl is wearing roller skates. I should have known.
"Really?" I ask, motioning towards them, "You can't walk or ride like a normal person?"
"Who the hell said I was normal? And do y-AHHH!" she screams as arms wrap around her from behind.
"Such language is not befitting of a lady." Tono says, his face smooshed into Dora's shoulder.
Suddenly, Dora's feet shoot out from under her and she slips out of Tono's arms, landing on her butt. A squeak escapes her lips as she hit's the ground.
"Ha, squeaky." Hikaru says, helping her up again and tweaking her nose.
"Squeaky! That is your new nickname!" Tono declares loudly, drawing the attention of a group of guys standing to the side.
Their gaze flickers to Dora and sticks there. She is quite a sight. Short, short flannel shorts, light grey tights, a red scoop neck- deep scoop neck- t-shirt, a black bow in her hair, and, of course, the roller skates. Luckily she has the black high tops from yesterday tied to her bag.
"Everyone has to have a nickname in his world." I explain.
"Hey, why aren't you bugging Haruhi this fine morning?" Hikaru asks.
"She isn't here yet." he complains.
"Well, on that note, I bid you goodbye. I'm going to buy some more cookies!" she says, grinning like a little kid and skating off.
We watch her go and watch as she just misses running into Bossa Nova. He walks over to us, looking over his shoulder at her.
"Who was that?" he asks.
"What would you like to know?" a voice says from behind us.
We all turn around to see the man with all of the information about everyone. He can surely tell us everything we need to know about her. Kyoya-senpai.
That's the outfit I'm wearing tomorrow! Not the bikini, duh. No, sadly it is no longer a season for the bikini, and it has been packed away, deep down in my drawer. Only to resurface on Thursday when we wash the car. If it's warm that is.
