Happy August the Fifth

The next morning over breakfast Sam tried to bring the topic up, but thought it would be best to first ask Carly about her month, then when Carly asked about hers, she would explain about her and Freddie.

"So Carls, anything good happen up in Yakima?"

"Um, well, it was fun yeah. My grandpa has this little store you know, so I worked there-"

"Ouch-"

"No, trust me there was nothing better to do with the day. Especially because this cute boy works there too."

"Tell me about him."

"Okay, well his name is Adam. He's tall-"

"How tall?"

"six-two,"

"Perfect tall,"

"I know. He has dark hair and dark skin. He's on the basketball team up there. He's sixteen, like me. I don't know, he was just really sweet. Like when a customer would be rude to me, he would do something nice like charge them extra."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he would tell them there was a new tax on paper items or staple items, and those old people would believe then curse the government. It was so funny, I wish you were there. Anyway, I eventually met his girlfriend. She looked like a supermodel."

"Awe, I'm sorry."

"I'm not." Carly shrugged with a smirk.

"What'djya do?"

"I did nothing." she said looking upwards. "I just happened to be there when he discovered her cheating on him."

"Awe,"

"I know, I got to comfort him…we had a few dates after that, but it was just a summer romance. He was so nice." Carly said holding her heart with a big smile. "We're going to stay friends."

"Your lucky your grandpa has a good taste in boys."

"I know," Carly said, then laughed when she realized what she had agreed to. "So, tell me how your summer was."

"Oh, you know I was just hanging out with ma and Freddork. You know something strange happened though-"

"CARLY! CARLY! Carly!" Spencer shouted.

"We're in here!" she called. A very frantic Spencer rushed in the room.

"What day is it?"

"August 5th, why?"

"Okay, cool." he relaxed considerably at this. "You know what August 5th is, right?"

"Oh Sam, I forgot. Today's the tenth anniversary of the greatest day of Spencer's life."

"It is." he said proudly.

"What happened on August 5th, 2000?"

"You don't know!" he said while rushing over to her. "Okay, this was when Dad still lived her. It was the last day of summer, and it was a crappy summer, I broke my leg in June and had to have it in a cast for two months. August 5th started off with Waffles, bacon, and eggs for breakfast, followed by a successful cast removal procedure-"

"Sawed it off?"

"Yep. Then Socko and I went to the park and saw a kite contest, entered, won a couple of concert tickets for that night. After flying the kites we went to thrift shop, found a book about Harry Joiner-"

"Who?"

"Who! The greatest sculptor in the world."

"Remember, you met him."

"Weird guy with the clown in a bra?"

"Yeah,"

"Okay, continue,"

"Okay, after I discovered my idol, we went to go eat Seattle Pizzeria, they had a pizza eating contest, Socko won and scored us two more tickets to the concert. Turns out the hot waitresses were dying to go, so we took them since we already had two other tickets. I swear that night I fell in love with that waitress, but just for that night, the next morning she was kind of bland. Then halfway through the show they had fans play one of their songs, I got to sing and jump into the crowd."

"Wow, that's one hell of a day."

"Yes, best day ever. A day that was a gift from the gods for giving me one crappy summer to precede it. I celebrate every August 5th now."

"Great, how do you celebrate it?"

"Well, first we eat Belgium waffles, bacon and eggs, then we go to the park and fly kites, stop in at the thrift shop and buy an art book, eat at Seattle pizza, hit on a waitress and try to find some concert to go to. Now, Carly, here's the thing, Socko can't make it."

"Why?"

"He broke his leg."

"Ironic." Sam commented.

"Yes," Spencer said enthusiastically. "Yes, it is, now Carly I need you to celebrate with me."

"Okay, great. I want strawberry waffles." she laughed and before Sam realized it Carly and Spencer were in their own little world and now was not a good time to break the news. She was relieved, she had one more whole day to think it over. Since Carly and Spencer were off for the day, she took a shower and headed over to Freddie's.