Note: Chapter 6 edited! (July 18 04)
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Chapter 6 - A Bittersweet Ending
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Summer yelled into the phone receiver, after taking in Marta's account of what happened after band practice.
Marta chuckled. "Yeah… I couldn't really believe it either. Funny how things work out, eh?"
Summer couldn't concentrate on the afternoon snack she was trying to concoct. "Marta, what happens now? Are you guys going out? Was it just a one time thing? I need answers!"
"Tsk, tsk, Tink, you didn't let me finish!" Marta was in an incredibly good mood. "First of all, after we… stopped… I asked what it had been that he had whispered into my ear. It was so cute, Summer, he turned all red and stuff… Anyway, he told me he had said that I was really cute when I didn't know what I was doing!"
Summer unsuccessfully held back laughter, and snorted into the phone. "What a diss."
"Shut up!" was the reply. "At least he finds me cute."
Summer was about to open her mouth to retort, but her mom's voice calling from her office stopped her. "Summer, I need the phone right now! Get off immediately, please!"
"Marta, go on messenger. I have to get off the phone, and we are definitely not done talking about this."
Marta gave a flattered giggle, obviously loving all the attention her stint with Freddy was getting. "Awesome, talk to you in a bit, Tink."
"Talk to you… Marta. You need a real nickname, you know? There's no way I'm calling you 'Foxy.'"
Marta laughed once more before she and Summer hung up. Summer grabbed her tortilla and ran quickly up the grand staircase and opened the door to her impeccably organized room.
Quick as a flash, Summer was in the chair in front of her computer. Before logging on, however, she carefully chose a CD to put into her stereo. Smiling mischievously to herself, she chose one of her personal favourites, and soon enough, Michelle Branch was blaring throughout the red and beige bedroom.
Summer logged on to messenger. Quickly, she carelessly scanned the list of who was online: Frankie from school (she never talked to him), her distant cousin from D.C., Freddy, and Marta. She waited for Marta to start talking to her, and was about to talk to Freddy, when he initiated the conversation himself.
spazzmcg says: hey man sup?
Tink says: hey! not much, you?
spazzmcg says: o same here
spazzmcg says: what u up to?
Tink says: o nuthin, just sitting here
spazzmcg says: o cool
spazzmcg says: truth or dare?
Summer sat back from her computer screen, momentarily stunned at the abrupt question Freddy had asked. The two of them were fairly close friends, as they would call each other once in a while to hang out, but Summer had never seen him as the type she'd play Truth or Dare with. Still confused, she replied.
Tink says: …truth?
It took a moment for Freddy to reply, and Summer stared at her computer screen with a mix of nervousness and anxiety.
spazzmcg says: who do u like?
Summer glared at the screen with indignation and a red face. What does he care? she thought angrily, and she replied quickly, not thinking her words through like she normally did, and tapping on the keys a little bit harder than usual.
Tink says: none of your business! and if u must know, the person i like is no1 u know anyway
spazzmcg says: lol sorry tink didnt mean to piss u off
spazzmcg says: well g2g… but zacks sitting here he sayz hi
spazzmcg says: ttyl
- spazzmcg has signed off. -
Summer's body froze, unable to take her eyes off of Freddy's words: "zacks sitting here" … So Zack had seen everything she had written, right down to, "the person i like is no1 u know anyway…"
From what Summer could remember, Freddy knew Zack quite well, seeing as they were best friends.
What have I done? Summer thought with self-directed anger and she forcefully ran her hands through her elbow-length hair. I couldn't even have worded it differently, could I? It wouldn't make sense just to say, "I'm not telling," or, "Why do you care?" Summer rolled her eyes at herself. No, of course not, Summer. She shook her head. As her spirits sunk steadily lower, she realized that not only would wording it differently have made more sense, but she wouldn't have been lying. The stupid line she had fed Freddy (and Zack…) was a total, boisterous lie.
As Summer sat low in her computer chair, she was brought back to reality when she noticed that Marta had indeed started a conversation with her. How long has she been talking to me? Summer thought as she bit her lip.
FoXy says: omg so tink lets continue
FoXy says: right?
FoXy says: hello
FoXy says: helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo
FoXy says: where da hell r u?!?!?!?!?
FoXy says: SUMMER HATHAWAY ANSWER ME NOW
FoXy says: wtf summer wats ur problem u were the 1 who wanted to talk
- FoXy has signed off. -
- Foxy has signed on. -
- FoXy has signed off. -
- Foxy has signed on. -
- FoXy has signed off. -
- Foxy has signed on. -
- FoXy has signed off. -
- Foxy has signed on. -
FoXy says: HES ONLINE AND UR NOT EVEN HELPING ME WAT DO I SAY HELLLLOOOOOOOOO
Crap. Summer was in deep trouble.
Tink says: i'm soooooooooooooooooooo sorry marta… lemme explain
FoXy says: w/e but no its my turn now k
FoXy says: so about ur question, i think we're going out… im not sure though cuz he asked me if I wanted to go to a movie or sumthin just me and him before summer ended so wat does that mean?????
Summer tried as hard as she could to concentrate on the current conversation.
Tink says: ummm I dunno girl… id say thats a pretty clear sine u guys r goin out… ask him hes online!
FoXy says: good idea brb
Summer took advantage of Marta's leave and sat back in her chair. Did it even matter that she had practically told Zack she didn't like him? Maybe he doesn't even like me, and they were just acting like immature boys, asking girls stupid questions… She thought hopefully. Nevertheless, even this thought couldn't lift her spirits - she was stuck on the idea that Freddy had asked for a reason.
FoXy says: u there this time??
Tink says: u bet... what did he say?
FoXy says: ok well i was like "so about that movie" and he was like "i cant wait" and i was like "ya neither can i but what type of movie r we gonna go see" and he was like "well a gf/bf movie obviously" so ahhhhhhh!
Tink says: omg marta that's AWESOME im so happy for u!!!!! i told u he liked u! i told u!
FoXy says: ya ya i get it u were right lol happy???
FoXy says: oooooh g2g k dinner time but ill phone u or come over lata k cuz we gotta talk some more bye!!!
- FoXy has signed off. -
Summer followed suit, and logged off of her computer right after Marta. Picking herself up off of her chair, she flopped onto her bed, face first.
Why is life so complicated? Summer knew perfectly well that her life wasn't complicated in the least, but she had led a decently organized one up to this point. Now, she had just told the guy she practically loved that she wasn't interested in him at all, and she had no one to vent on, because Marta had her own things to think about.
I could call Lawrence… Summer quickly scoffed at the idea. It was true that her and the band's keyboardist could talk about almost anything, but the fact that he liked her left the whole "liking people" issue a little touchy between the two.
A wave of frustration hit the raven-haired girl like a bag of bricks. "WHY AM I SO STUPID?! WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE EACH OTHER?! WHY WAS MESSENGER INVENTED?!"
"I don't know," came her father's voice from the other side of her bedroom door, "I'm dieing to know the same thing."
Summer's face fell. "Come in," Summer said feebly.
Her father stepped into her room with the smallest hint of a smirk on his face. "I'd love to leave you and your angst in peace, my dear, but you have an Orthodontist appointment in twenty minutes, and I'm afraid you can't miss that." He walked out of her room, finishing with, "I'll meet you downstairs in five minutes."
Summer sighed and lugged herself off of her bed. This summer had been a bit of a whirlwind, what with losing three members of the band, living with her braces, Eleni interfering with the band's perfect harmony (What did I ever see in her back in the day?), and now Marta and Freddy.
Summer left her room with one last thought: it was a good thing summer was about to end, because she wasn't sure if she could handle being alone with her thoughts for much longer.
A/N - Alright, let me explain this Internet Messenger overload, here: I'm only 16, so it wasn't that long ago, but I remember the summers when I was 14 and 15, and I completely lived and died (maybe I'm alone in this aspect) by the MSN Messenger. So I decided to mould the now-teens after my own experience, and have a few important events be brought through on the computer. So, with that, I totally apologize for the incredible hard-to-readness of the majority of this chapter, but I felt it had to be done properly! It's a little shorther than the other chapters, but I just wanted to wrap things up, really. Tell me what you think, guys, thanks!! (And sorry for my horrible rambling in my notes!)