A Summer to Remember

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    “What do you mean, you guess? We’ve only known each other a few weeks and he’s already asking me to move in with him!” I expected a bigger reaction out of her, but she was being nonchalant. This wasn’t helping at all!
    “Yeah.” She took off her sheer cover up to reveal the red and white bikini underneath and laid back down on her chair. “But girls are getting married and pregnant after only knowing someone a few weeks these days.”
    “Don’t try and put me in that category!” I was a little offended. I took off my cover up and laid back on my chair.
    “I’m not, I’m just saying it could be worse. Wait. What would happen when he moves to Florida?” She looked over at me.
    “He’s still going and I’m not, if that’s what you’re asking.” We’d talked about this a hundred times. You’d think she’d get how serious I was about staying here.
    “Well, that’s more of a reason to try it out, then. You’re supposedly only spending this last summer with him before he leaves.”
    “What do you mean, supposedly?” I was starting to get a little irritated with her.
    “You really think you’re going to be able to spend all summer with him then fall hits and you’re just going to be like ‘okay bye, have a nice life.’” She laughed a little. “You know that’s not going to happen and you’re just being silly if you think it is.”
    “I know it’s not going to be like that, but something is going to have to change because I’m not going with him. It makes me sick just thinking about it.” I could feel my stomach turn. If I wanted to leave this town I would’ve applied for schools out of state. The thought of leaving never even crossed my mind because I knew I would miss my friends and family too much.
    “And how does it make you feel knowing that he’ll be leaving in just a few short months?” I couldn’t answer her because I knew if I did the tears I was holding back wouldn’t stay back. “That’s what I thought.”
    A few hours later we packed up our stuff and walked back out to the car in the summer heat. I had a lot to think about this week and I was glad I had Lily to talk to about it. I didn’t necessarily agree with what she had to say but it was still nice to get someone else’s opinion. We tossed our bags in the backseat. I climbed into the passenger seat and turned to put my seatbelt on.
    “Oh! I almost forgot, since you distracted me with the whole moving in thing. You slept with him, didn’t you?” It wasn’t something I wanted to discuss right now after everything else we talked about today, so I just looked out the side window. “I knew it.” She also knew I wasn’t ready to talk about it, so she didn’t push it. I felt sick to my stomach and emotionally exhausted from thinking about the whole thing.

    After Lily dropped me off, I went straight to the kitchen and made myself a turkey and cheese sandwich. I was as confused as ever. I had no idea what I was going to do. Deciding whether or not to move in with him and him moving away, I just felt so overwhelmed. I was just going to have to figure this out for myself and I couldn’t let Lily or anyone else’s opinions waiver my decision. After I finished eating I went up to the bathroom and jumped in the shower. Once I got dressed and got comfortable in bed, I heard a knock on the door.
    “Come in.” The door opened and my mom stepped inside.
    “Hey. I was just checking to see how your day was.” She came over and sat down on the bed beside me.
    “It was good, Lily and I just went to the pool for a bit.” I used my towel to help dry my hair.
    “That sounds like fun. How are things going with Adrian? I’m guessing since you spent the weekend there, the dinner you made went well?”
    “Yeah, he really loved it. His parents don’t really cook, so he hasn’t had a homemade meal in a while.”
    “Well, maybe you should have him come over here one night this week. We’d like to get to know him since it seems like you guys will be spending a lot of time together.”
    “Okay, I’ll ask him. He’s usually really tired after he gets off work, so I’m not sure if he’ll be up for it. If not, maybe we can do something on the weekend?”
    “Yeah, just let us know.” She patted me on the leg before she stood up and walked to the door. “I’m going to start dinner.”
    “All right, I’ll be down in a bit.” She walked out the door and closed it behind her.
    I’ve always been