Today is the day! I get to go out with Anthony. The plan is that we will walk around the park then eventually I'll offer to share my funnel cake with him. Then at some point, we will reach for it at the same time and our hands will touch and he will fall in love with me.
Yup, this will totally work.
I heard the doorbell all of a sudden and my heart jumped. He is here!
I opened the door and there he was.
"Hey Summer, cute dress," he said and gave me a lopsided grin.
"Thanks," I giggled nervously.
"Shall we go?" he asked.
"Not so fast!" I heard my dad say. Ugh! Not now dad!
"Hello, you must be Mr. Philips, I'm Anthony Turner," Anthony said politely.
"It's Jacob," dad said and looked at him intently. "Before you leave, what are your intentions of my daughter?"
"DAD!" I gave him a warning look.
Anthony chuckled. "It's okay Summer. It's a fair question." he turned to my father. "We are good friends Jacob. Don't worry, I'll take good care of her."
"Oh leave these kids alone, Jacob!" my mom said and walked over to us. Thank God, mom always has my back. "You kids have fun," she smiled at Anthony.
"It was nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips," Anthony said before leading me to his car.
"Sorry about that," I said.
"I don't mind, your dad seems protective," Anthony chuckled.
"Yeah, apparently he used to be a jerk so now he thinks all guys are like that," I rolled my eyes.
"Well thank you for inviting me. We always wanted to go to the fall festival?" he said.
"We?" I looked at him questioningly.
"Oh, my sister is coming with us. She is waiting in the car. I hope that's okay?" Anthony said.
I was not okay with that at all. I was gravely disappointed. I thought this was a date but I couldn't show him I wasn't happy. Might be a turn off for him.
"That's perfectly fine!" I said.
"Great! Let's get going then," Anthony said.
"This is my sister Jessica. She is in middle school," Anthony introduced us.
"Nice to meet you," I said and smiled.
"Hmph.." was her response. Huh? What kind of response was that? Does she not like me for some reason? I decided to ignore it for now.
We finally arrived at the festival. It was a nice sunny day so the festival was crowded. The air smelled like popcorn and cotton candies. My mouth started to water.
"Let's go look at that stall first!" Jessica pointed at a stall that has wooden crafts.
The rest of the day we walked around and looked at different stalls. It was nothing like how I imagined. We didn't get to share any funnel cake or touched hands. Jessica clung to him the entire time and glared at me. I wondered what her problem was.
"Phew! I am beat. We should go home Anthony," Jessica said after a while.
"Yeah, you are right. Are you just about ready to go, Summer?" he looked at me.
"Yeah sure. Let me go to the restroom first," I said.
"Me too," Jessica said.
Good. Now is my chance to ask her why she is being a brat. I caught her before she left the bathroom and cornered her.
"Okay, what's your deal?" I asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Jessica acted obliviously.
"Why have you been giving me cold shoulder all day?" I asked.
"Oh that. Because I don't like you," she said.
"WHAT? But why?" I was shocked.
"Because I know your type. My brother dated someone just like you before and was heartbroken then stopped dating altogether," she declared.
Oh..I see. Now I know why I've never seen him with a girl.
"I am not like that. You shouldn't judge me based on my looks," I said.
"We'll see about that," she frowned and headed toward the exit.
I wonder who was the girl that broke Anthony's heart.
"Jessica and I had a lot of fun. Thank you," Anthony said."Me too," I said. It was a half-truth as I didn't get to spend alone time with him and Jessica glared at me the entire time."Well, I guess I'll see you at school. We should hang out again sometimes," Anthony said.
I saw Tony during lunchtime sitting on the bench with some brunette practically sitting on his lap. Here's my chance to mess with him."Tony! I see you already found another one," I grinned."Players gonna play," he said.
Saturday came and I picked out a cute yet sexy outfit. I knew this time Jessica won't be the third wheel because no-one in their right mind would invite a middle schooler to a high school party. Especially a one that is going to be hosted by a senior.He finally arrived so I went downstairs excitedly.
"Ouch... Summer!" Anthony groaned and held his nose."Oh my God! I'm sooo sorry!" I cried and looked at him with a terrified expression. "I can't believe I just did that." I wanted to cry."Oh shit, she socked you hard," Tony commented. "You alright man?" he looked concerned.
But I was wrong.It turns out, thingscanget more embarrassing. And it did.As I was puking my guts out, I heard someone come into the bathroom. Tony was busy holding me up so I don't fall into the toilet so he didn't pay attention to the door.
"Ow! You are too rough, my head hurts!" I whined."Just sit still, I'm almost done," Tony said irritably and continued to dry my hair with a towel. But he was more gentle this time."Thank you for your help. You are alright, Anthony Dean," I said.
The sunlight fell on my face and woke me up. At first, I was confused as the bedroom didn't feel familiar then I remembered where I was.I sat up and looked at Tony who was sleeping on his stomach on the other side of my wall of pillows."Tony! Wake up!" I nudged him. He groaned and fidgeted a l
"I love your mom, she is so sweet," I said to Tony."Yes, she will make an excellent grandma when you have my babies," Tony said casually."Tony! Stop messing around!" I smacked him on the back of his head.