Ch. 1: A New Summer Start
Ginger looked up at the clock, two minutes before the school year would be over. She was excited. This summer however would be different. She wasn't going to camp caprice, neither was Dodie or Macie, Instead they decided to spend their summer at home but they decided that they might go for the second half of camp caprice but they probably weren't going to. Since they were going to be freshmen the upcoming year, they wanted this summer to be speacial. They planned to hang out everyday of the summer. Laticia Bowers, the former new girl, was also a friend of theirs now and they got along great with her. She was another reason this summer would be speacial.
The Bell Rings
Dodie: YES ITS OFFICIALLY SUMMER!
Ginger: YES!
Macie: Don't forget we have to read two books off the summer reading list
Dodie: Oh Macie, we'll get to that but for now all I want to do is have fun! So lets get out of here!
Ginger: Ok, hold on first though, I have to go get stuff out of my locker
Dodie: Ok, Macie and I will go meet up with Laticia outside, we'll wait for you there.
Ginger: ok
As Ginger walks through the halls to get to her locker, she hears loud music, she goes to the nearest window and sees a bright red convertible and Courtney Gripling screaming exciteldly. "must be hers", thought Ginger remembering that Courteny had gotten her permit over spring break. As she continued to walk, she saw out another window what seemed to be..."no", she thought, it couldn't be, but indeed it was. It was Sasha.
Ginger to herself: I wonder why hes here.
Ginger finally got to her locker and grabbed her things and shoved them in her locker and hurridely jogged out to meet up with her friends.
Dodie: wow, you took a long time
Ginger: yea, uh, got caught up in the memories or junior high I guess
Laticia: ha, I only have about half a years memories in this place, laughs
Macie: ha, thats true, laughs
Ginger: so how about we go get some pizza!
Dodie: yea! We could bring it back to your house, if you dont mind moms have a cleaning day
Ginger: Sounds good to me, lets go there now, I want to drop off my backpack
Laticia: I'll have to call my dad when we get there, just to let him know
Ginger: Ok, sounds good
Macie: wait, I need to get my inhaler at home
The girls head first to Macies, then to Gingers and then they order a pizza. While eating Ginger couldn't help but wonder why Sasha was here, the last time she saw him was at his High school, a tear rolled down her cheek as she remembered, why though? She was over him. She had dated Darren, but they broke up a month before school ended deciding just to be friends, and she didn't like anyone, so why did a sharp pain come in her chest and a tear roll down her cheek? She wiped her face casually as if she had something on it, then bit into her slice.
Macie: Lets play a game!
Laticia: Yea! Lets play truth or dare!
Dodie: Yea, a quick one though because mom said I have to be back at 8 rolls eyes
Ginger: nah, Im not really up for it
Laticia: Ah, come on, it'll be fun
Dodie: Ya
Macie: please
Ginger: Ok, I guess
Dodie: ok, good, you go first then Ginger
Ginger: ok, I pick...truth
Dodie: oo, good one, hmm, ok, If you could be anywhere with anyone, right now, where would it be?
Ginger thought, she didn't know what to say, she sort of did, but she didn't want to.
Ginger: um, Im getting tired and its 7:55, dont you have to go Dodie?
Dodie: uh, yea, I guess, well I'll talk to you later then
Laticia: Guess we better go too, Im tired as well
Macie: im not a bit tired
Laticia nuded Macie
Macie: I mean, yea, im pooped, talk to you later Ging
Ginger walked her friends out and waved goodbye. She was exhasted from all the excitement today. She went up to her room and layed down on her bed, and thought. She thought about seeing Sasha today and if she was really over him. "I should be!" she said out loud, after all, he did hurt her. Carl peeked his head in the doorway.
Carl: You should be what?
Ginger: nothing, Just thinking outloud
Carl: uh...right, anyways have you seen a hard boiled egg lying around anywhere?
Ginger: no...why?
Carl: oh...nothing
Another experiment, she thought. Ginger layed back down and slowing drifted off into sleep. She woke up about an hour later, the clock read 9:00 sharp. She decided to go on the computer for a bit and signed on aim. She hadn't been on for at least a month or so it seemed like it when she saw Sasha screenname in bold meaning he was signed on, she had never deleted it off her list. He obvisoulsy had not delted her either because he Imed her.
sashathegreat09: Hey Ginger, long time no chat
Ginger22: Yup, so I saw you today, what are you doing here?
sashathegreat09: Im visiting my aunt for the summer, she lives over by the old movie theatre
Ginger22: oh, when did you get here?
sashathegreat09: last night, I was just walking around, bored I guess, my school got out last week
Ginger22: oh
sashathegrea09: hey, sorry about, what happened in the past
Ginger22: uh, its ok, im over it
She obviously wasn't but she couldn't let him know. She didn't like him, that was for sure, but she wasn't over the way he had hurt her.
sashathegreat09: well, anytime you want to hang out, just let me know, my cell is 503-0901
Ginger22: uh, yea sure, that sound good
sashathegreat09: well, uh, talk to you later
Ginger22: ok, bye
sashathegreat09 has signed off
The conversation they had was no doubt akward, but Ginger felt comfortable, just talking, she wanted to hang out with him of course, but just as friends, or was she thinking of more? She still had Sashas profile open, and never looked at it, it read:
Hey this is Sashas profile, yea I know pretty lame, but who cares, anyways yea, thats it
Then she scrolled down farther and at the bottom saw:
Im crushin on someone with 4 letters and then ER at the end, cuz she has been there for me
Her eyes widened. Could she have really read what she thought she had? She re-read it about five times realizing it was really there. Was Sasha really crushing on her? She wanted so badly to four-way with Dodie, Macie, and Laticia, but she realized it was 9:30 now. She'd talk to them tomorrow. This summer, definatley was going to be exciting. This summer, She thought, Yes, this would be a exciting summer.