Hey, Thank you for the Review indigofrisbee. Here is chapter two of Summer of love.
Toms POV.
"And I thought coach was the worst way to travel." I muttered, shifting to try and get the feeling back into my legs. Lucy gave me an apologetic look, knowing that she was the main source of my discomfort. We were currently sitting in my family car, going into what would be the third hour of driving.
Because this was the Pearson family car there was only room for the Pearson's. But of course I had to be a gentleman (And there's no way I was going to a boring old lake house with no one but my family for a week) so I offered to let Lucy sit on my lap. What I didn't know is that we would be squashed between my sisters.
"Hannah, next time why don't you ride the hump?" Hannah looked at me like I was an idiot. "Can you switch with Lucy so my legs can take less weight?" I asked. Lucy looked a little hurt at that.
"I'm not that heavy am I." I quickly shook my head, trying vainly not to hurt her feelings.
"No, it's just that after three hours, your weight starts to feel a little heavier." she raised her eyebrows. "Not that there's much there it's just…" I trailed off, not knowing how to finish.
Luckily I was saved by Hannah. "I barf in the middle, remember." she said simply before putting her headphones back on. Lucy was still staring at me, making me smaller then a little kid who gets an easy question wrong in front of his whole class. The seatbelt wasn't helping our situation that much either. It was forcing Lucy so tightly against me that I'm surprised she wasn't suffocated against my shoulders when she fell asleep.
I'm glad she fell asleep though, she didn't get much the night before. Only I know what causes Lucy's on and off insomnia. She hates being alone, mainly because her parents were always away on business and she felt like they didn't want her in their family. She hated it so much that when she was she would have what I called: a Lucy episode. She would completely shut down. She wouldn't eat, sleep or talk until someone she trusted snapped her out of it. That someone was normally me. She must have had one last night, with all the tossing and turning I heard her doing in her sleeping bag.
Normally I would have invited her into my bed with me. It's not weird anymore, not when it's happened seven other times, but it felt like it would have been too much after what almost happened last night. I can't believe I almost kissed my best friend. I don't even know what happened. One minute we were messing around on my bed, having fun, the next I was leaning down, looking into her beautiful blue eyes. So I settled for listening to her for long into the night before I managed to fall into a guilty sleep.
I shook my head, trying not to get sucked back into the moment, the once in a life time moment. I tried to focus on the farm report my parents were listening to.
"In other news it will appear that there will be more then fireworks in the sky tonight as an unexpected meteor shower adds a little excitement to the holidays…" as the reporter babbled on I tuned him and my parents out, choosing instead to pretend to look out the window when I was really looking at Lucy.
I'll admit that she's beautiful and fun to be around, but I think that's normal thoughts for a best friend to have about a best friend. Sure I have often thought about what it would be like to hold her, kiss her, but again, completely normal. I hope so…
A beeping from Bethany's phone interrupted my jumbled thoughts. I snatched it out of her hands and laughed at the image. Lucy twisted around in my lap and looked too, smirking at the image of a shirtless Rickey holding a bouquet of pink flowers.
"Wow. Your boy toy's a complete idiot." I chuckled as she grabbed her phone back.
"Rickey is not a boy toy. We're in a mature loving relationship." she defended, looking back at her phone with a love sick smile. I heard Lucy scoff as she turned her head to look at Bethany.
"Please. Like I said last night, Rickey is about as mature as an over sized Ken doll that got taken off the shelf for being a defective modal." I smiled, Lucy always knew the best way to get on someone's nerves. Another reason why I'm happy she's my gir-best friend is that she uses that talent as a good defence for her and me.
Bethany glared at her and a bad feeling dropped right into my stomach.
"Why don't you and I talk in a few years when you have a clue what dating is all about."
"Like Rickey has a clue?" Lucy snapped back, ever the one to have the last word. Bethany's eyes narrowed.
"I don't expect a neurotic, anxious freak like you, who can't stand being without human contact for more then five minutes, to understand what dating is about considering that any boyfriend you could get was probably suffocated into breaking up with you during the first date. I'm surprised Tom has lasted this long without running for the hills yet." she said slowly, eyes narrowed as a sick smirk grew with each word.
Lucy seemed to stop breathing, her face going white. I would be surprised if she could come up with an argument to that. I on the other hand was furious. How dare she talk to my Lucy like that!
"Bethany that was too far!" I growled lowly as Lucy's bottom lip started to shake. I knew her loneliness issues were hard for her but I didn't mind them. It gave me an excuse to be close to her when she needed me. Gently I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer to me, guiding her face to my shoulders so, if she did cry, Bethany wouldn't get the satisfactory feeling she was looking for of seeing her tears.
After a few minutes of silent crying I realised that Lucy had fallen asleep again. I stroked her hair gently as she slept, dried tear tracks on her cheeks. I still thought she looked cute as I brushed them away. 'Yep completely normal feelings…'
As soon as we pulled up to the lake house, Bethany was out and headed to the pool. Good riddance to her. I was still angry with her for what she said to Lucy. Hannah was the next one out, running off to find something to do while yelling excitedly about seeing uncle Nate. I gently shook Lucy, trying to wake her. She groaned before she lifted her head from my shoulder. I smiled warmly at her confused look.
"We stopped?" she asked, trying to see out the back windows of the car, unaware that the door was open.
"We're here." I said simply. "And I think my legs are going to fall off if I don't get some circulation back." I joked. Lucy blushed as she climbed off my lap and out of the car.
As I got out I couldn't help but sneer at the lake house. It looked like it should belong on an episode of an antiques documentary. In other words: it sucked. Lucy on the other hand was staring at it with wonder in her eyes.
"It's just a house Luce." I said with a smirk. She shrugged.
"It's a place waiting to be explored." she said before grabbing her bag and walking inside. I shrugged and grabbed mine, ready to follow. I saw my parents already getting theirs. I knew I shouldn't, but my dad was still pissing me off about my grades.
"I hope there was a discount for booking us in the most boring spot in the whole country." I said with a bored expression. My dad looked a little hurt but he masked it quickly.
"Come on. We're only half a mile away from half the states top notch fishing lakes." he said, trying to coax me in. I raised an eyebrow.
"Are we near a time machine so I can go back to when I thought fishing was cool?" I could see that one really hurt but I didn't care.
"I bought us all side stop reels with anti-reverse technology." he tried again, clicking one of them as if it would change my mind.
"Lame." I said before grabbing my bag and heading towards the house. As I stepped in I could see Lucy walking around, looking at everything.
I let out a disgusted sound as I stared up at a fish mounted on the wall. "So lame." I muttered. Lucy came to a stop beside me.
"I think it's cool." she said with a shrug.
"You would." I replied with a smile. She smiled back before grabbing my wrist and leading me upstairs.
"I've checked out all the rooms and I've got two choices for us." she said as we climbed the stairs. "There is a room with two beds and a view of the lake. Or there is a room with a great double bed and an amazing view of the sun." she said, leading me towards one of the rooms.
It was the on with the double bed and I had to say it looked nice. Lucy flopped down onto it and I knew she wanted to sleep in this room. I smiled and dropped my bag on the floor. I knew she would only sleep in here if I was there too. I looked around the room and spotted a bench by the window that was covered in a long cushion. I sat on it and found it quite comfortable. Lucy looked up at me and I smiled. She looked a little unsure, standing up from the bed. She opened her mouth to speak but I held up my hand.
"You have been sleeping on my floor for the past two weeks, you deserve a nice bed." I said, not letting her argue with me. She smiled before she leapt over to me, wrapping her arms around my neck.
"Thank you Tom." she murmured. I smiled and hugged back. Unfortunately, due to my sitting position on the bench, the hug caused Lucy to-not so elegantly-fall onto my lap. She laughed as she pulled back but stopped when her face was in front of mine. Thoughts that replicated the ones I was thinking from last night popped into my head and I started to lean in. Just when I thought it was going to happen, the sound of a car screeching to a halt made us jump apart.
"What was that?" Lucy asked, leaping up and looking out the window. I turned to see my uncle Nate and his son Jake as they tortured my dad. I sighed and stood up, not amused by their childish actions. The ultimate mood killers.
"Who's the blonde?" I heard Lucy ask as I opened my bag. I just grunted.
"That's my cousin Jake and his dad Nate." Lucy raised her eyebrows.
"That fat guy is his dad?" she asked. I looked at her and nodded. She shrugged. "I guess he got most of his looks from his mom." she mused. Something about what she said made my stomach churn.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, looking at her. She shrugged again.
"He's hot." she walked away from the window, missing my look of absolute fury before I masked it. "And I think he's coming up." as if on cue Jake walked through the door with the twins following him.
"Twins. In here." he demanded. I noticed that the twins, Art and Lee, were weighed down by like six bags. "Put my bags on the bed." he demanded, still treating them as his personal slaves.
"Sir yes sir." one of them answered, Lee I think-it's hard to tell. Jake glared at him.
"You trying to be a wise guy?" he asked, taking a step towards them. I knew Jake would never hurt the twins, they were his younger brothers so I just stood and watched. Art still stepped forwards, coming between Jake and Lee.
"No. No he's not." he said quickly, being the peacemaker. "Don't provoke him." he whispered to his brother.
I smiled at Art, always trying to keep the peace in his family, especially since what happened between his parents. I looked over at Lucy, who was eyeing Jake. I felt my mood darken and a glare replaced my smile. Jake wasn't looking at either of us, his eyes were drawn to the objects of the room.
"Set my bags down in here guys." he said, pointing at the bed.
"Hey wait why should you get the best room? We were here first." I demanded. Jake raised his eyebrows, finally noticing Lucy.
"You two are sharing a room?" he asked before glancing back at the bed then at Lucy. The look in his eyes disgusted me, I knew exactly what he was thinking and I would never do that to Lucy. 'Unless she wanted me too.' I added to myself.
"Do you think she'd like to share with me?" he asked with a humorous smirk. Lucy backed up a few paces, coming to stand behind me. I glared at Jake.
"No, because we are staying in here. We were here first." I said firmly, stepping closer to him.
"Well I'm here now." he said smirking.
"I'm older." I argued.
"I'm bigger." he said as he looked down at me. I finally registered that I was looking at his neck and lifted my head to look at him.
"Did you grow since Christmas?" I asked. He smirked.
"Two inches cous. I can tag a stop sign without even having to jump." he laughed, walking over to the bed. Just as I was getting ready to fight for the room, Lucy put her hand on my chest, leading me away.
"Come on Tom." she whispered quietly. "The other room has two beds and a better view anyway." I grumbled as I grabbed our bags, following her out of the room.
"Close my door on the way out." Jake shouted behind us. I growled as I slammed it behind me.
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