Young Summer Love

Disclaimer: I own nothing… Rating: PG-13, teen stuff

Summary: Young, innocent, summer love. Grillow's when they were young.

A/N: Okay… I finally updated! So here's another chapter. School has just started and its really getting in the way of my beloved fan fiction… LOL I haven't forgotten about Lecture either…I'll update that soon too. Until next time…PLEASE R&R!

Catherine rolled over in her bed. It was eight. She wouldn't have to hear her mother, or even better see her at all. Catherine opened her window and instantly thought of the lunch date that she had planned. If it went great, which she hoped, she would go to her first fair.

"Catherine its-" Lily said barging into her room, but stopped when she saw her in front of the window.

Catherine stared at her mother. 'Well forget not seeing her today,' she thought.

"What are you doing up?" Catherine rolled her eyes. "Well your usually asleep looking like an drunken idiot."

"First you complain about me not waking up, then you complain when I do wake up..." she said walking to her closet and choosing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. It annoyed her mother how she would wear jeans instead of skirts.

Lily eyed her suspiciously. "You met someone last night didn't you?"

"Get out." Catherine said going into her bathroom to shower.

"Excuse me?"

"I said, get out. As in get out of my room."

"We'll talk about your attitude later at lunch." She said closing the door before giving her a chance to say anything.

Catherine brought up her hands and stuck up her middle fingers.

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"Don't you have to work today?" Jim asked his friend through the cracked door

"No…I'm off today." Gil replied.

"Jim…who is it?" yelled a female voice from inside the apartment.

"Jacqui's home?" he asked with a smirk watching, as Jim turned red.

"Yea. It's Gil." He yelled back.

"Hi Gil!" She yelled.

"Hi Jacqui." He replied.

"Were uh…kinda busy at the moment. Stop by later?"

"Yea. Sure. I'll stop by after lunch. I have a lunch date."

"Really? Have fun."

"You too." He said chuckling and walking away.

With no work…he had hours to wait until his lunch date with Catherine…and he couldn't wait.

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"Catherine, where are you going?"

"Out.," she mumbled to her mother who was standing in her doorway as finished getting ready.

"I know that much; I'm not dumb. Where are you going?"

"Why do you care." Catherine pulled out various pairs of shoes out of her closet looking for the right ones.

"Because I'm your mother."

"Or because you want to spy on me to see who I'm with."

"Is it a boy?"

Catherine groaned and rolled her eyes. "Just leave me alone, okay! You never ask Nancy where she's going only god knows. And you never bug Tony, Walt or Dad. So why me?" She pushed past her Lily and left the room.

She was right. Her mom always asked where she was going. Yet Nancy, her fifteen-year-old sister, was going out to clubs and spending the night at random guys houses. She should have been asking her or her father, who did who knows what to keep his casinos running.

Catherine angrily climbed into her black SUV and turned the radio on and Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake seeped through the speakers. It wasn't a sad or depressing song… the perfect song to get her hyper while she danced and sang in the car. Sometimes people needed fun to relax.

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Gil sat at the booth in the back of the small diner. It wasn't the finest for the Casino Princess, but it was a great place. Open 24/7 and a selection of good food.

Gil looked up and saw a smiling Catherine walking towards the booth. He smiled and stood up holding his hand out as if he were a waiter showing her to her seat.

"Thank you." Catherine said with the same smile, making his heart flutter.

"Hi. Glad you made it." Gil said.

"Well there was a promise of a trip to the fair if I felt comfortable and safe. How could I ever give up that great offer?" she said picking up her menu but still looking at him.

"True. So how is it so far?"

"Good…but anything could happen." She said winking at him. Then he knew that he was in, that she had already felt comfortable with him.

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"So you have seriously never been to a fair before?"

"Nope. My mom…" Catherine said picking at her food before taking a bite of it "I'm not completly unaware of what goes on or anything. How is it?" She said knowing that he was staring.

"Well," he began looking down at his plate and back at her, "It's a pretty cool place. I always went with my friend Jim, but he has been talking his girlfriend for two years so I go alone."

"Awww…" she said making a sad smile. "Well this year, your not going alone." Leaning across the table she placed her hand over his and their eyes locked, smiling.

Catherine pulled her hand back, smiling, and looked at her watch, pretending to be distracted.

"Yea. You can meet Jim and Jacqui then… or now." He said as he saw Jim and Jacqui entering the diner hand in hand. Jacqui laughed.

Catherine turned and guessed that the young couple were Jim and Jacqui.

"Gil!" Jim yelled out spotting him in the back.

Gil waved and smiled at Catherine apologetically. She smiled back assuring that it was okay…that she wanted to meet his friends- because her were gone.

Catherine studied the tall teenage boy, 18 or 19 she guessed. He looked built, not scrawny and not buff…dirty blond hair that was a cut short and brown eyes His long sleeve shirt that was pulled up on his arms and jeans. Next to him was the girl who was shorter that than him. Her brunette hair was in loose curls, falling to her shoulders. Her eyes were lined with black eyeliner making her hazel eyes stand out; she was wearing a quarter sleeved pink shirt and skirt.

"Catherine Braun, Jim Brass and Jacqui Franco." Gil said introducing the three.

"Hello Catherine. Did he pay you or something?" Jim asked holding out his free hand.

Catherine laughed and shook her head. "Nice too meet you." She took his hand a smiled at his firm, but soft, shake.

"Hi." Jacqui said holing out her hand.

"Franco…that sounds familiar." Catherine said shaking her hand.

"Yea…. Franco. My dad sells private jets and my mom is in real estate." Jacqui rolled her eyes.

"Oh yea…my dad a plane from the company. They're nice."

"Thanks."

"You guys wanna join us?" Catherine said shrugging and looking over at Gil who shrug back in approval. Catherine's eyebrows creased as he got up.

"They love to be near each other." He whispered in her ear as he saw down.

Catherine let out a small chuckle and turned to see then sitting close together, like Gil said.

This lunch with her new friends was going be great…. this summer was going to be great!

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