a/n: SORRY about the late update. but this chapter was like the one i wsa dreading to write. i dont know why but it was really difficult. erg! i hate chapters like that!
Disclaimer: we've been through this 10 times! I am not going to say it again!
TO MY GROOVY REVIEWERS:
Hopelesslydevoted12: ah yes I know I would kill for a demo Ramones record too! And yes I wish I had a pair of acid-wash jeans for some reason. Vintage is so awesome! Lol the Freddy/older blonde girls thing was my favorite part about writing this chapter. He's one of my favorite characters. And thanks for the all the compliments man! They made my day!
Lilstrummrgrl527: Hmm…Summer's not on drugs yet. That's coming up in the sequel though! (kidding.) lol. OMG I know I was so jealous of Summer and Katie's outfits. I hope I made them realistic. I live in like Abercrombie-land (ick!) so there isn't really a vintage clothing store near me… And I totally agree about Summer and needing to be a kid. And this is most definitely the I'm-too-grown-up-for-you phase. Thanks for the groovy review! You are my most faithful reviewer! Lol.
Nanners-77: it's okay that you didn't review all the chapters. I know that ya'll have lives outside of the lovely fanfic world. I'm happy I even get reviews for my stories! =-) I hope your baseball tourny went well! Thank for your review!!!
Thedoorsrock: Hey there! Lol your reviews are always so perky I love them. Ah yeah I know I wasn't too sure how you guys would like the shopping scene. I tried to make it not too "omg I LOVE your outfit! I soo like want a shirt just like yours!". cuz I hate it when girls do that. But I wanted them to still seem like average girls. And the rocking out scene with Summer/Freddy/Zack was so much fun to write. I had an incident like that once…eek. I was scarred for life. Of course they are going to play truth or dare! A party isn't a party w/out some truth or dare! And since you're the only one who replied to my question about the party I guess it's going to be a sleepover! Let the fun begin!
Rockin awesome x: haha yes I love that scene. So funny. And don't worry I am easily amused too. I can start laughing at something as stupid as somebody slipping on a bean burrito or something like that I don't know. Lol. How come you don't write fanfics? They would probably be really funny!
Wyverna: Oh don't apologize! It was actually my fault that the stupid chapter didn't show up. Oh and thank you for the gnomes. They look lovely in my house and backyard. =-D And to answer your question: The reason that Zack/Summer are acting normal now is because. 1. Zack is a totally awesome dude, right? So I figured that he wouldn't shun Summer just because she likes him. 2. Zack kinda has a crush on Summer too, he just doesn't quite know what to do with himself when it comes to her But I guess that he figures if she likes him and act normal then he should do the same. It was also my fault that they started acting normal. I was so wrapped up with the relationship between Summer/Marta/Michelle that I totally forgot the romance part. I should totally lock myself up and start listening to Hanson for punishment. =-( okay I hope that answered your question! =-)
Sonsofpitchesfangirl: Yes I know I'm excited about you helping too! =-D hehe. And yes the shout-out was kinda random but I remembered that awesome song right when I was typing it and I thought everybody should know what a rockin song/story yours is! Thanks I tried to make Summer and the record store Zack have a connection ya know?
Swimmerkitti: You make a really good point. But could you list some specific things that you think are unrealistic for them age-wise? That would be helpful that way I know for the future. Thanks =-)
Kittygal-meow: lol yes finally! The party! I know you have been waiting oh-so-patiently! And as promised this chapter is dedicated to you!!
Curliegurlie687: Hey there! I like your penname! Lol I'm guessing it's because of your hair right?! Thanks for the groovy review man! =-)
Okay, whew, that was a lot of reviews I replied to but ya know what? It's FUN to talk to the reviewers. Cuz a lot of my reviewers like write long reviewers and I like to make reviewers feel special =-D okay now…on to the chapter!
Friday, January 26th, 2003.
Dear Diary,
Today is Zack Mooneyham's eleventh birthday party. I'm really nervous/anxious/excited. Wow it's weird to be feeling three emotions at once! I wonder what we're going to do there. I mean I've been to a party before, but not one for a boy. I must say though, I did buy him one heck of a great gift. I went to the mall with Katie and Marta yesterday and I went off by myself into this old record store type place and I got Zack a Ramones demo-record that is AUTOGRAPHED. Now I personally don't like The Ramones but I'm guessing that Zack does because I have seen him wearing one of their concert t-shirts. Speaking of clothes, Marta and Katie also bought me an awesome outfit to wear to the party. I would never tell them that I liked shopping for clothes with them though, it would ruin my image. Anyways, I got to go. I'll tell you about the party tomorrow. Bye!
--Summer.
That Friday proved to be very challenging for Summer. She had trouble concentrating in class and when the teacher wasn't talking, she was. And it was always about Zack's party.
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Finally the end of the day arrived and Summer was so excited to get home to get ready for Zack's party that she almost missed what Miss. Dunham gave out for homework. But she was still the first one to put on her coat, put away her books, and race out of the classroom. She even beat Freddy, which was rare since Freddy hated school. On the way out of the school Summer almost even knocked down Miss. Mullins.
"Summer! Watch where you're going please!" Miss. Mullins called as Summer was getting into her moms car. As she drove off Summer yelled 'Sorry!'.
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Summer was sitting in her moms car and humming quietly to 'The Boys of Summer.'
"I didn't know you liked Don Henly." Mrs. Hathaway said, noticing her daughter's humming.
"Huh? Who's that?" Summer asked, confused
"You were humming one of his songs, 'The Boys of Summer.'" Mrs. Hathaway said, knowingly.
"No, that song's by the Ataris." Summer said, itching to start a debate with her mom.
"Right, okay, they did a re-make of the song. I'll let you listen to the real version when we get home."
"Okay." Summer said, and she continued humming and thinking about Zack's party. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Here we go." Mrs. Hathaway said, as she placed a c.d. in the c.d. player and Don Henly's voice came through. Summer stared, shocked and angered that she was wrong.
"Well…The Atari's version is much better." Summer said, raising her nose up.
"Whatever you say Summer." Mrs. Hathaway chucked. "You better start getting ready for Zack's party. We leave in forty-five minutes."
"Oh my gosh! You're right! Be back later!" Summer said, and she ran up the stairs to her room so she could get ready. ----------------------------------------------------------------
"Wow, Katie and Marta were right. This outfit IS awesome." Summer said as she looked at herself shallowly in her full length mirror as she turned from side to side. She decided to put her hair into two braids with hair hanging in front of her face and she finally decided to do something new, so she did something she had never done before: she painted her nails. Now Summer had millions of different nail polish but she never used them because she didn't have any time to do that. So she had no idea what would go right with her outfit. She finally decided on a light pink shade that wasn't too bright but also wasn't boring. She was embarrassed but asked her mom to put it on for her.
"Geez Summer, you did your hair, painted your nails. This must be some special guy you're going to see." Mrs. Hathaway said, with a wink, as she finished painting Summer's nails.
"God mom we're only ten and eleven years old!" Summer said, annoyed.
"Next thing you know I'm going to have to give you, 'the talk.'" Mrs. Hathaway said, tearing up because her daughter was growing up oh-so-fast.
"Okay, mom, just…stop!" Summer said, her cheeks turning a rosy red.
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"MOM! Don't we have any other kind of wrapping paper besides THIS?" Summer asked, holding up a bright pink role of wrapping paper with Barbie on it.
"No honey, I'm sorry." Mrs. Hathaway said as she talked on the phone with Mrs. Mooneyham on the phone, getting directions.
"Are you KIDDING me?" Summer asked in dismay. "I am NOT giving Zack his birthday present in this wrapping paper!" she declared. Knowing that her mom wasn't really going to make her go to Zack's with that horrid paper.
Forty-five minutes later Summer was seated in her mom's car. Clutching Zack's birthday present. Which was wrapped pleasantly in bright pink paper with Barbie on it.
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The Mooneyham's house was pretty much the same as every other person at Horace Green's. In one word, it was huge. Which Summer expected because he was rich. Just like all of her friends. She climbed out of her mom's car and walked nervously up the steps which led to the Mooneyham's huge wrap-around porch. When she knocked on the door it was answered by a perky woman wit shoulder length dark brown hair and who looked like she was in her mid thirties. She immediately opened the door and led Summer into the small mansion.
"Hi! You must be Summer!" she said perkily as she took Summer's jacket and the present.
"Yeah that's me." Summer said, smiling nervously.
"Okay, well everybody else is already here so you can go on downstairs." Mrs. Mooneyham said as she pointed to the basement. Summer walked down immediately and took in her surroundings. On one side, by the theatre style t.v. and the bathroom was Eleni, Tomika, Marta, and Katie. They all waved and called her over. As she went over to them she noticed Alicia and Michelle who were over by the birthday presents. Then over by the snack table were all the boys. It looked as if this were going to be a very uncomfortable party.
"Hey Summer!" Marta said brightly. "Oh my goodness I love what you did with your hair. It's so cute!" She gushed as she took one of Summer's braids and examined it.
"I must agree, you do look very cool." Katie said as she did a once over of Summer. "Marta, I believe we have created a fashion monster." Katie said laughing.
"I believe you have too." Tomika said.
"Thanks guys. Why isn't anybody talking to the boys?" Summer asked, confused.
"It's like this at almost all of the parties. The girls and guys hardly ever talk. Unless one person is thanking another for the gift." Eleni said, while she was making eyes with Leonard
"Well…that's going to change." Summer said as she walked confidently over to where the boys were standing.
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"That is so brave of her." Eleni said admiringly as she watched Summer walk over and immediately start talking to the boys.
"Yeah. She is pretty brave. But you know what? She's had to be, I mean she didn't have any friends really before Dewey came so I guess a person must be brave to be able to come to school everyday and have nobody like you. Even just as an acquaintance." Katie said thoughtfully.
"I'm glad she's my friend now though." Marta said.
"Me too." The rest of the girls said in unison.
"Well… I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to go join their conversation." Katie said as she walked up to stand by Summer.
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"Hey guys." Summer said to the boys.
"Are you lost?" Freddy asked.
"What? Scared of girls?" Summer asked defiantly. When the rest of the guys laughed at her witty remark he rolled his eyes and busied himself with some cheese and crackers.
"So 'Tinks, what did you get me?" Zack asked teasingly.
"Hmm…what makes you think I'm going to tell you?" Summer asked, laughing.
"Ish pwobly nosh ash good ash the giff I gof him." Freddy interrupted, while sticking numerous amounts of food in his mouth.
"You're nauseating." Katie said as she walked over to the group.
"You know you love it." Freddy said as she swallowed some pop and smiled cheekily at her. She blushed and ignored him.
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"Okay people! Time for truth or dare!" Michelle said. After everybody was finishing up their pizza and pop. Not long after, everybody was in a big circle and was anxiously twitching or whispering to the person next to them.
"Okay, Mooneyham here gets to go first since it's his birthday. So… Zack Attack, truth or dare?" Freddy asked.
"Truth." Zack asked without hesitation. It was to be expected from a shy kid like him anyways though.
"Have you ever kissed a girl?" Freddy asked. He couldn't wait for everybody to hear this one, especially because he knew it would make Summer jealous.
"Yes." Zack answered quietly. Avoiding Summer's hurt eyes.
"Who?" Freddy pushed.
"Michelle." Zack answered, ashamed. Everybody started cracking up.
"Okay, okay…who's next?" Marta asked.
"Summer!" Freddy yelled. Summer rolled her eyes.
"Truth or Dare, Summer?" Marta asked.
"Truth." Summer asked, thinking that she couldn't possibly dig herself in another hole like her last truth or dare experience had.
"What's the deepest secret you know about any of us?" Marta asked.
"Uhh…ummm…" Summer stuttered.
"She probably doesn't even have one." Michelle said, rolling her eyes.
"I DO TOO!" Summer shouted.
"What is it?" Michelle prompted, lifting her eyebrow.
"I can't say." "Exactly, because you don't have one." "YES I DO! In fact I know that the night Katie went to Freddy's house to kiss him when we played truth or dare he tried to french kiss her but he bit his own tongue!" Summer blurted out. She covered her mouth with her hands, as if somehow it would stop the words from flowing out of her mouth but the damage had already been done.
"That was why you kissed me?" Freddy asked Katie. "Because it was a stupid truth or dare game?" Summer saw a bit of hurt in his eyes.
"Summer I can't believe you! Why did you have to do that?!" Katie asked as she run up the stairs into the bathroom. Freddy followed her. Michelle snickered. She hadn't told anybody but she heard what Katie had said to Summer, Eleni and Tomika that night when they spent the night at Alicia's.
Summer didn't want anybody to see her cry so she ran upstairs and outside. She saw a porch-swing on The Mooneyham's porch so she plopped herself on it and started crying to herself. She didn't even realize how long she was out there until she saw that the sky was starting to turn dark.
"I must have been out here for a half hour at least." Summer said to herself. She saw the door open and Zack walk out. He sat down next to her on the porch swing and handed her a sweatshirt which she took gratefully and put on then she sat back down and they started swinging, neither of them talking.
"Why did you buy me that record?" Zack asked suddenly, still swinging and not looking at her.
"Oh you opened gifts already. I don't know, I thought you would like it. If you don't then I can return it." Summer said.
"No!" Zack near yelled. "Are you kidding me? That's one of the best gifts I've ever gotten." he said, a smile forming on his face.
"Really?" Summer asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah…really…where did you find something like that?" Zack asked.
"Some record store in the mall." Summer said, trying to sound nonchalant.
"So. Why did you blab that secret about Freddy and Katie?" Zack asked, with that emotional tone back in his voice. Summer put her hands on her face and groaned.
"I don't know. I guess I was so sick of Michelle thinking that I don't have any friends or that I don't know anything, so I just gave up and blabbed." Summer said in a defeated tone. Then she continued. "You know it wasn't really a problem when I didn't have any friends. I went to school, came home, eat, slept, and did it over again. I had a routine, and after Dewey came to Horace Green that routine got ripped. Kind of like Miss. Dunham's stars poster." Summer said, smiling at the analogy.
"Well it wasn't like I was Mr. Popularity either." Zack said. "Before Dewey came I was kind of a loner. You know this is the first birthday party I've ever had?" Zack asked, a bit embarrassed.
"Are you kidding? Wow you're parent's are a bit high strung, no offense." Summer said.
"Yeah I get what you mean. I mean you don't have any other impression of them except for them hating rock and roll and the guitar. They're pretty nice most of the time." Zack said, smiling.
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"Wow, we've been talking for a long time." Summer said, yawning and looking at her watch.
"Yeah we better get up and join the rest of the party." Zack said, as he stood up and reached out a hand towards Summer to help her up.
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a/n: okay ya'll this was part ONE! OH AND THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO KITTYGAL-MEOW. She gave me the idea for the truth or dare thing so…THANKS A LOT YOU'RE A GROOVY CHICK! Read/review. Ya'll and tell me if you liked the Summer/Zack thing. I didn't want to make it too romantic but I wanted a little bit of fluff. Okay well…see yah in the next chapter! Stay Gnarley! P.s. for all you Degrassi fans: did you know that the deluxe dvd set is coming out in like September 2nd? AWESOME!
Disclaimer: we've been through this 10 times! I am not going to say it again!
TO MY GROOVY REVIEWERS:
Hopelesslydevoted12: ah yes I know I would kill for a demo Ramones record too! And yes I wish I had a pair of acid-wash jeans for some reason. Vintage is so awesome! Lol the Freddy/older blonde girls thing was my favorite part about writing this chapter. He's one of my favorite characters. And thanks for the all the compliments man! They made my day!
Lilstrummrgrl527: Hmm…Summer's not on drugs yet. That's coming up in the sequel though! (kidding.) lol. OMG I know I was so jealous of Summer and Katie's outfits. I hope I made them realistic. I live in like Abercrombie-land (ick!) so there isn't really a vintage clothing store near me… And I totally agree about Summer and needing to be a kid. And this is most definitely the I'm-too-grown-up-for-you phase. Thanks for the groovy review! You are my most faithful reviewer! Lol.
Nanners-77: it's okay that you didn't review all the chapters. I know that ya'll have lives outside of the lovely fanfic world. I'm happy I even get reviews for my stories! =-) I hope your baseball tourny went well! Thank for your review!!!
Thedoorsrock: Hey there! Lol your reviews are always so perky I love them. Ah yeah I know I wasn't too sure how you guys would like the shopping scene. I tried to make it not too "omg I LOVE your outfit! I soo like want a shirt just like yours!". cuz I hate it when girls do that. But I wanted them to still seem like average girls. And the rocking out scene with Summer/Freddy/Zack was so much fun to write. I had an incident like that once…eek. I was scarred for life. Of course they are going to play truth or dare! A party isn't a party w/out some truth or dare! And since you're the only one who replied to my question about the party I guess it's going to be a sleepover! Let the fun begin!
Rockin awesome x: haha yes I love that scene. So funny. And don't worry I am easily amused too. I can start laughing at something as stupid as somebody slipping on a bean burrito or something like that I don't know. Lol. How come you don't write fanfics? They would probably be really funny!
Wyverna: Oh don't apologize! It was actually my fault that the stupid chapter didn't show up. Oh and thank you for the gnomes. They look lovely in my house and backyard. =-D And to answer your question: The reason that Zack/Summer are acting normal now is because. 1. Zack is a totally awesome dude, right? So I figured that he wouldn't shun Summer just because she likes him. 2. Zack kinda has a crush on Summer too, he just doesn't quite know what to do with himself when it comes to her But I guess that he figures if she likes him and act normal then he should do the same. It was also my fault that they started acting normal. I was so wrapped up with the relationship between Summer/Marta/Michelle that I totally forgot the romance part. I should totally lock myself up and start listening to Hanson for punishment. =-( okay I hope that answered your question! =-)
Sonsofpitchesfangirl: Yes I know I'm excited about you helping too! =-D hehe. And yes the shout-out was kinda random but I remembered that awesome song right when I was typing it and I thought everybody should know what a rockin song/story yours is! Thanks I tried to make Summer and the record store Zack have a connection ya know?
Swimmerkitti: You make a really good point. But could you list some specific things that you think are unrealistic for them age-wise? That would be helpful that way I know for the future. Thanks =-)
Kittygal-meow: lol yes finally! The party! I know you have been waiting oh-so-patiently! And as promised this chapter is dedicated to you!!
Curliegurlie687: Hey there! I like your penname! Lol I'm guessing it's because of your hair right?! Thanks for the groovy review man! =-)
Okay, whew, that was a lot of reviews I replied to but ya know what? It's FUN to talk to the reviewers. Cuz a lot of my reviewers like write long reviewers and I like to make reviewers feel special =-D okay now…on to the chapter!
Friday, January 26th, 2003.
Dear Diary,
Today is Zack Mooneyham's eleventh birthday party. I'm really nervous/anxious/excited. Wow it's weird to be feeling three emotions at once! I wonder what we're going to do there. I mean I've been to a party before, but not one for a boy. I must say though, I did buy him one heck of a great gift. I went to the mall with Katie and Marta yesterday and I went off by myself into this old record store type place and I got Zack a Ramones demo-record that is AUTOGRAPHED. Now I personally don't like The Ramones but I'm guessing that Zack does because I have seen him wearing one of their concert t-shirts. Speaking of clothes, Marta and Katie also bought me an awesome outfit to wear to the party. I would never tell them that I liked shopping for clothes with them though, it would ruin my image. Anyways, I got to go. I'll tell you about the party tomorrow. Bye!
--Summer.
That Friday proved to be very challenging for Summer. She had trouble concentrating in class and when the teacher wasn't talking, she was. And it was always about Zack's party.
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Finally the end of the day arrived and Summer was so excited to get home to get ready for Zack's party that she almost missed what Miss. Dunham gave out for homework. But she was still the first one to put on her coat, put away her books, and race out of the classroom. She even beat Freddy, which was rare since Freddy hated school. On the way out of the school Summer almost even knocked down Miss. Mullins.
"Summer! Watch where you're going please!" Miss. Mullins called as Summer was getting into her moms car. As she drove off Summer yelled 'Sorry!'.
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Summer was sitting in her moms car and humming quietly to 'The Boys of Summer.'
"I didn't know you liked Don Henly." Mrs. Hathaway said, noticing her daughter's humming.
"Huh? Who's that?" Summer asked, confused
"You were humming one of his songs, 'The Boys of Summer.'" Mrs. Hathaway said, knowingly.
"No, that song's by the Ataris." Summer said, itching to start a debate with her mom.
"Right, okay, they did a re-make of the song. I'll let you listen to the real version when we get home."
"Okay." Summer said, and she continued humming and thinking about Zack's party. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Here we go." Mrs. Hathaway said, as she placed a c.d. in the c.d. player and Don Henly's voice came through. Summer stared, shocked and angered that she was wrong.
"Well…The Atari's version is much better." Summer said, raising her nose up.
"Whatever you say Summer." Mrs. Hathaway chucked. "You better start getting ready for Zack's party. We leave in forty-five minutes."
"Oh my gosh! You're right! Be back later!" Summer said, and she ran up the stairs to her room so she could get ready. ----------------------------------------------------------------
"Wow, Katie and Marta were right. This outfit IS awesome." Summer said as she looked at herself shallowly in her full length mirror as she turned from side to side. She decided to put her hair into two braids with hair hanging in front of her face and she finally decided to do something new, so she did something she had never done before: she painted her nails. Now Summer had millions of different nail polish but she never used them because she didn't have any time to do that. So she had no idea what would go right with her outfit. She finally decided on a light pink shade that wasn't too bright but also wasn't boring. She was embarrassed but asked her mom to put it on for her.
"Geez Summer, you did your hair, painted your nails. This must be some special guy you're going to see." Mrs. Hathaway said, with a wink, as she finished painting Summer's nails.
"God mom we're only ten and eleven years old!" Summer said, annoyed.
"Next thing you know I'm going to have to give you, 'the talk.'" Mrs. Hathaway said, tearing up because her daughter was growing up oh-so-fast.
"Okay, mom, just…stop!" Summer said, her cheeks turning a rosy red.
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"MOM! Don't we have any other kind of wrapping paper besides THIS?" Summer asked, holding up a bright pink role of wrapping paper with Barbie on it.
"No honey, I'm sorry." Mrs. Hathaway said as she talked on the phone with Mrs. Mooneyham on the phone, getting directions.
"Are you KIDDING me?" Summer asked in dismay. "I am NOT giving Zack his birthday present in this wrapping paper!" she declared. Knowing that her mom wasn't really going to make her go to Zack's with that horrid paper.
Forty-five minutes later Summer was seated in her mom's car. Clutching Zack's birthday present. Which was wrapped pleasantly in bright pink paper with Barbie on it.
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The Mooneyham's house was pretty much the same as every other person at Horace Green's. In one word, it was huge. Which Summer expected because he was rich. Just like all of her friends. She climbed out of her mom's car and walked nervously up the steps which led to the Mooneyham's huge wrap-around porch. When she knocked on the door it was answered by a perky woman wit shoulder length dark brown hair and who looked like she was in her mid thirties. She immediately opened the door and led Summer into the small mansion.
"Hi! You must be Summer!" she said perkily as she took Summer's jacket and the present.
"Yeah that's me." Summer said, smiling nervously.
"Okay, well everybody else is already here so you can go on downstairs." Mrs. Mooneyham said as she pointed to the basement. Summer walked down immediately and took in her surroundings. On one side, by the theatre style t.v. and the bathroom was Eleni, Tomika, Marta, and Katie. They all waved and called her over. As she went over to them she noticed Alicia and Michelle who were over by the birthday presents. Then over by the snack table were all the boys. It looked as if this were going to be a very uncomfortable party.
"Hey Summer!" Marta said brightly. "Oh my goodness I love what you did with your hair. It's so cute!" She gushed as she took one of Summer's braids and examined it.
"I must agree, you do look very cool." Katie said as she did a once over of Summer. "Marta, I believe we have created a fashion monster." Katie said laughing.
"I believe you have too." Tomika said.
"Thanks guys. Why isn't anybody talking to the boys?" Summer asked, confused.
"It's like this at almost all of the parties. The girls and guys hardly ever talk. Unless one person is thanking another for the gift." Eleni said, while she was making eyes with Leonard
"Well…that's going to change." Summer said as she walked confidently over to where the boys were standing.
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"That is so brave of her." Eleni said admiringly as she watched Summer walk over and immediately start talking to the boys.
"Yeah. She is pretty brave. But you know what? She's had to be, I mean she didn't have any friends really before Dewey came so I guess a person must be brave to be able to come to school everyday and have nobody like you. Even just as an acquaintance." Katie said thoughtfully.
"I'm glad she's my friend now though." Marta said.
"Me too." The rest of the girls said in unison.
"Well… I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to go join their conversation." Katie said as she walked up to stand by Summer.
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"Hey guys." Summer said to the boys.
"Are you lost?" Freddy asked.
"What? Scared of girls?" Summer asked defiantly. When the rest of the guys laughed at her witty remark he rolled his eyes and busied himself with some cheese and crackers.
"So 'Tinks, what did you get me?" Zack asked teasingly.
"Hmm…what makes you think I'm going to tell you?" Summer asked, laughing.
"Ish pwobly nosh ash good ash the giff I gof him." Freddy interrupted, while sticking numerous amounts of food in his mouth.
"You're nauseating." Katie said as she walked over to the group.
"You know you love it." Freddy said as she swallowed some pop and smiled cheekily at her. She blushed and ignored him.
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"Okay people! Time for truth or dare!" Michelle said. After everybody was finishing up their pizza and pop. Not long after, everybody was in a big circle and was anxiously twitching or whispering to the person next to them.
"Okay, Mooneyham here gets to go first since it's his birthday. So… Zack Attack, truth or dare?" Freddy asked.
"Truth." Zack asked without hesitation. It was to be expected from a shy kid like him anyways though.
"Have you ever kissed a girl?" Freddy asked. He couldn't wait for everybody to hear this one, especially because he knew it would make Summer jealous.
"Yes." Zack answered quietly. Avoiding Summer's hurt eyes.
"Who?" Freddy pushed.
"Michelle." Zack answered, ashamed. Everybody started cracking up.
"Okay, okay…who's next?" Marta asked.
"Summer!" Freddy yelled. Summer rolled her eyes.
"Truth or Dare, Summer?" Marta asked.
"Truth." Summer asked, thinking that she couldn't possibly dig herself in another hole like her last truth or dare experience had.
"What's the deepest secret you know about any of us?" Marta asked.
"Uhh…ummm…" Summer stuttered.
"She probably doesn't even have one." Michelle said, rolling her eyes.
"I DO TOO!" Summer shouted.
"What is it?" Michelle prompted, lifting her eyebrow.
"I can't say." "Exactly, because you don't have one." "YES I DO! In fact I know that the night Katie went to Freddy's house to kiss him when we played truth or dare he tried to french kiss her but he bit his own tongue!" Summer blurted out. She covered her mouth with her hands, as if somehow it would stop the words from flowing out of her mouth but the damage had already been done.
"That was why you kissed me?" Freddy asked Katie. "Because it was a stupid truth or dare game?" Summer saw a bit of hurt in his eyes.
"Summer I can't believe you! Why did you have to do that?!" Katie asked as she run up the stairs into the bathroom. Freddy followed her. Michelle snickered. She hadn't told anybody but she heard what Katie had said to Summer, Eleni and Tomika that night when they spent the night at Alicia's.
Summer didn't want anybody to see her cry so she ran upstairs and outside. She saw a porch-swing on The Mooneyham's porch so she plopped herself on it and started crying to herself. She didn't even realize how long she was out there until she saw that the sky was starting to turn dark.
"I must have been out here for a half hour at least." Summer said to herself. She saw the door open and Zack walk out. He sat down next to her on the porch swing and handed her a sweatshirt which she took gratefully and put on then she sat back down and they started swinging, neither of them talking.
"Why did you buy me that record?" Zack asked suddenly, still swinging and not looking at her.
"Oh you opened gifts already. I don't know, I thought you would like it. If you don't then I can return it." Summer said.
"No!" Zack near yelled. "Are you kidding me? That's one of the best gifts I've ever gotten." he said, a smile forming on his face.
"Really?" Summer asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah…really…where did you find something like that?" Zack asked.
"Some record store in the mall." Summer said, trying to sound nonchalant.
"So. Why did you blab that secret about Freddy and Katie?" Zack asked, with that emotional tone back in his voice. Summer put her hands on her face and groaned.
"I don't know. I guess I was so sick of Michelle thinking that I don't have any friends or that I don't know anything, so I just gave up and blabbed." Summer said in a defeated tone. Then she continued. "You know it wasn't really a problem when I didn't have any friends. I went to school, came home, eat, slept, and did it over again. I had a routine, and after Dewey came to Horace Green that routine got ripped. Kind of like Miss. Dunham's stars poster." Summer said, smiling at the analogy.
"Well it wasn't like I was Mr. Popularity either." Zack said. "Before Dewey came I was kind of a loner. You know this is the first birthday party I've ever had?" Zack asked, a bit embarrassed.
"Are you kidding? Wow you're parent's are a bit high strung, no offense." Summer said.
"Yeah I get what you mean. I mean you don't have any other impression of them except for them hating rock and roll and the guitar. They're pretty nice most of the time." Zack said, smiling.
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"Wow, we've been talking for a long time." Summer said, yawning and looking at her watch.
"Yeah we better get up and join the rest of the party." Zack said, as he stood up and reached out a hand towards Summer to help her up.
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a/n: okay ya'll this was part ONE! OH AND THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO KITTYGAL-MEOW. She gave me the idea for the truth or dare thing so…THANKS A LOT YOU'RE A GROOVY CHICK! Read/review. Ya'll and tell me if you liked the Summer/Zack thing. I didn't want to make it too romantic but I wanted a little bit of fluff. Okay well…see yah in the next chapter! Stay Gnarley! P.s. for all you Degrassi fans: did you know that the deluxe dvd set is coming out in like September 2nd? AWESOME!