Alright guys please don't hate me I'm sorry, I kind of had extreme writers block with this chapter so then I tried to put my creativity into editing Degrassi and I kind of got sidetracked but of course I'm not giving up on this story okay?! Also, the new season of Degrassi, pretty good right guys? I really love Miles a lot ((I actually am in love with Miles' character and Eric Osborne both of them yes, once we know more about Miles and I'm finished this story, I'll probably write a fanfic for him maybe with Maya or an O/C idk)). Also, Clare's storyline is really heartbreaking but it's a good storyline to portray and I think Aislinn's doing a super good job with it! But anyways, here's the new chapter sorry it's not that long!
"Come on, Summer!"
My brother was downstairs, hastily pacing through the living room in his Halloween costume, waiting for me to come downstairs to take him trick-or-treating. We did it every year and of course he couldn't let the tradition go, which I couldn't blame him for, I'd milk getting free candy until the last day I could too. I, on the other hand, was completely over taking him out when there was no candy for me and if I dressed up, I'd get weird looks. But I tried to push my complaints to the back of my mind, for the sake of my brother and grabbed my phone, putting it in the back pocket of my jeans and my keys, holding them in my hand as I walked out of my room and down the steps.
"Alright, Mr. Impatient, let's go."
"It's not my fault that you spent all night out with your boyfriend when you knew that you had to take me trick or treating." Sam said, getting off the couch with a shrug.
"That has nothing to do with this and he is not my boyfriend." I said, opening up the door.
"Who's not your boyfriend?"
I jumped back in fear as the second I opened my door, Eli was standing there, smirking because he had clearly scared the living hell out of me. I pushed him in anger for both the fact that he scared me and the fact that he publicly displayed his pleasure in scaring me.
"Fu-" I stuttered off as I realized my brother was standing there and though I knew that he probably heard worse and maybe even once in a while said it, I couldn't say any curse words near him with dignity, "-dge, fudge you, Eli."
Both Eli and Sam laughed at me and I couldn't do anything but roll my eyes and push them both out of the doorway and close the door behind me. As Sam ran off to start trick or treating, I turned to Eli.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, and I realized how harsh it sounded after it had already flew off my lips.
"Whoa, the harshness, I really felt that in my heart and it hurt, it really hurt." Eli said, clutching his heart and leaning over for added dramatic effect, then held his head up to look at me as he continued, "But if you must know, I'm here because I have an offer for you."
"Well, we should talk about that offer as we walk before I lose my brother and following that, my life," I said, walking ahead of him, leading the way.
"Alright," he said, catching up with me and walking the same pace, "How would you like to go on a road trip?"
"Right now?" I asked, legitimately confused on where this was headed and hoping it wasn't headed in the direction of him being serious.
"No, not exactly at this moment but soon." His voice was filled with giddy excitement.
"You're being completely serious?" I asked then stopped myself, there was no way a road trip was even in question, "Wait, Eli, there's no way we can do this. You want us to put our whole lives on hold for a week to drive around, burning gas and leaving everything behind."
"Yes, and you're lying if you say a part of you doesn't want to do it too." Eli said, putting his hands on my shoulders and looking me in the eyes eagerly, "Think about it, you taking a break from everything that stresses you out and just driving around not worrying about what's going to happen next because you don't know what's going to happen next. It's a crazy concept but you've lived your whole life being stiff and only doing what you were supposed to do, don't you think you deserve to be a little bit crazy for a week?"
I opened my mouth to argue straight away with Eli, but part of me agreed with him. A road trip, to see things that I never saw and not worry about useless problems, just driving and listening to music and being a teenager. Being careless and taking a risk, I had to do it. Part of me was so against it, it was yelling at me that this was a bad idea, that I'd regret it in the long run. But I wasn't going to regret it now and now was what was on my mind. The future would hold something completely different for me and I couldn't worry about what that was.
"Fine, Eli." I said, trying to hide my smile of excitement, "But this has to happen during Winter Break because no matter how much I like this adventure thing, I'm not going to fail school for it."
"Cool with me, as long as it happens, I'm happy."
"So, is this what you came all the way to my house for?" I asked, just out of curiosity.
"Nope, I knew you'd be taking Sam trick or treating and of course I love trick or treating so I figured I'd tag along. Also, I think we should find him before you lose your life."
After about an hour of circling around my neighborhood to get all the candy Sam could possibly get, we were back at home. Eli had left and now Sam and I were just sitting on the couch, eating candy and watching Goosebumps. He didn't even bother to change out of his costume and I didn't bother to make him.
"Summer?" Sam's voice broke into the sound of the TV show.
"Hmmm?" I answered as my mouth was occupied with a Snickers bar.
"You're not going to change are you?"
My eyebrows furrowed in confusion as Sam had asked me that. The first thing that came to my mind was maybe he was a little spooked from the TV show and thought I was going to morph into a werewolf when the next new moon came but I talked about that with Sam before. Part of me knew he was talking about something more real than that, something that wasn't superficial.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean now that you and Eli are together, and don't try to convince me that you aren't, are you going to change into someone different? You know, like in movies and TV shows, when girls get boyfriends or vice versa, they start changing into someone they never wanted to become. You're not going to do that, are you? Because no matter how much I don't like you, I don't want to change."
I paused. I had to answer this honestly. I couldn't say no, I already felt myself changing, never in a million years before I met Eli would I have said yes to a road trip that my dad would know nothing about. I also wouldn't have sneaked out to go trespassing in a pool to have my first kiss. And I definitely wouldn't have taken advantage of my dad's working schedule to ship my brother off to his friend's house all the time so that I would be able to stay out with Eli. I did change, I was changing and before this moment, I couldn't tell if it was good or not. It was good that I was taking chances and being a teenager and experiencing life when I haven't all these years but it wasn't good that I was going against all my morals and life lessons to do so. And it especially felt weird that my brother was now sitting here, questioning me about if I'd stay true to myself in a relationship with Eli. I didn't even question this, I was so blinded by my love of having a life that I didn't realize I was changing myself to get it.
I sighed and tried to answer as honestly as I could, "Sam, I don't think I'm going to change but I can't be sure. As you know, I've never had a boyfriend, I don't know what it's like and how it may affect me. I've changed kind of a lot since we moved here and I know you probably see those changes too as they affect you too but I'm still me at heart, you know? I still would rather sit at home on a Friday night than go out to a lame party but now, I at least consider going out to that party which wouldn't have happened last year. I guess what I'm saying is, I don't think I'm going to change but I may, and if I do, I'll still be me at heart. And if you start seeing any bad changes in me, do anything you can to stop it, okay?"
"Alright, but, " Sam said, holding out his pinky finger, "You have to promise that you'll at least try to not change."
I put up my thumb and chained it with his pinky. That was our promise symbol, the equivalent to the pinky promise, we hadn't really used it much considering there was nothing out of the ordinary that we'd have to promise about. After we promised, I let go of his finger and hugged him tightly.
"Sam, I love you." I said, hugging me a little more tightly.
"Alright, Summer, I know I said I didn't want you to change but I didn't want this sappy stuff either, I still don't like you."
But I still smiled because that was his way of saying he loved me and the fact that he didn't push me away and try to break out of my hug proved that Sam would always be there, no matter what, at least I'd have my brother.
Alright woop woop hopefully you don't hate me and hopefully you still like me enough to review and tell me what you think. And also when you review (if you do review which hopefully you do because that would be pretty awesome) you could tell me what you think about the new episode because I wanna know what other people think and also, you could tell me if you'd be interested in me writing that Miles fanfic (of course after I finished this story and we learn a little more about Miles). Okay until next time which hopefully will be soon! :)