When Summer Ends (33 page)

“It was good actually; I got pretty wasted and spent most of
yesterday in bed,” I replied, trying not to give away any signs of lying to
him. In fact it wasn’t a total lie, if you took out all of the bad things that
happened, that was actually my Saturday night to a tee!

He frowned, but his expression quickly cleared. “That’s
good. How was spending time with the ex’s brother?” he asked. His tone was a
little too controlled. That wasn’t exactly what he was asking me, but I think
it was his way of getting me to talk about Sam.

I shrugged. “Good, he’s a great guy.” I didn’t bother to elaborate;
he still hadn’t apologised so I didn’t owe him anything.

“Right, great guy, awesome,” he muttered sarcastically under
his breath.

“Well if there’s nothing else then I think we’re done
talking. I need to speak to Amy before class starts…” I trailed off, gazing
longingly up the hallway to where Amy and Nick were laughing together.

He didn’t say anything so I turned to walk away; before I
got more than two steps though he grabbed my hand making me stop. “Wait, we’re
not done talking,” he insisted. I sighed and looked back at him, he looked
uncomfortable and awkward, and I would imagine that I looked exactly the same. “Look,
I’m sorry about telling you that you couldn’t go to the party. As soon as I got
to the car I knew I shouldn’t have done it. I ran back to the school, but I
couldn’t find you. I shouldn’t have tried to order you around like that, and I
need to learn to trust you. It’s just hard for me, I-” He frowned, looking a
little pained.

I felt my heart sink. Olly the nice guy was back and he’d
apologised, which I wasn’t expecting, so did that mean that we could just start
over? Could I start over with him after that almost kiss with Will? Did I need
to admit that to him, or just forget it because technically nothing happened?

He smiled and looked at me sadly. “It’s hard for me to trust
a girl after Christina. She basically ruined everything and made me into that
possessive guy from Friday. I’m really sorry.” He squeezed my hand lightly as
he looked into my eyes apologetically.

Christina? What did she do to make him like that?
“Christina?” I asked a little confused. She was his last girlfriend that he’d
broken up with about four or five months ago. She went to a different school,
but apparently they were together for about a year.

He nodded and stepped closer to me. “She cheated on me,” he
admitted. “And since then I just find it hard getting close to a girl because I
keep thinking about them doing the same thing to me.” He was looking at me like
I was the big bad wolf about to eat his grandma or something.

My stomach started to ache with guilt. Here he was, pouring
his heart out about his ex and telling me why he had trust issues, and I’d had
that little indiscretion with Will yesterday. I knew I definitely couldn’t tell
Olly now, I’d probably confirm everything bad that he thought about women. He would
probably never trust a girl again!

“Oh, I didn’t realise,” I muttered, chewing on my lip and
wishing the ground would just open up and swallow me to take me away from this
painful conversation.

“Yeah I didn’t tell anyone. I just wanted you to know why I
was like that with you; it wasn’t just that I was being an ass I promise.” He
stroked the side of my face with the back of one finger and I felt a smile
tugging at the corner of my mouth. It kind of made sense and explained why he
would freak out, but that still didn’t excuse it and he still needed to know I
wouldn’t put up with it from him again.

“I get it, Olly; she hurt you so you think that every girl
will do the same thing. But I’m not like that, I promise. I don’t cheat.” I
said the words, but my mind flicked to Will’s full lips inching closer to mine,
and how the cold of the fridge had made me breakout goosebumps - or maybe the
goosebumps were caused by the anticipation of the kiss, I wasn’t sure. I knew
one thing for certain though; I sure as heck would have cheated yesterday if
Amy hadn’t walked in.

He nodded and cupped my cheek with his hand. “I know and I’m
sorry. Forgive me?” he asked, giving me the puppy dog face. He looked so cute
when he did that, all big blue eyes and sad mouth.

I swallowed loudly. “Yeah okay, but you won’t do that again,
right? I won’t put up with it so you need to take that on board pretty
quickly.”

He smiled happily and nodded. “Absolutely, lesson learned I
promise.”

I rolled my eyes playfully and nodded. “So how was your
family dinner?” I asked, wanting to change the subject because the guilt of the
almost kiss was making me feel terrible.

He smiled and shook his head dismissively. “We can talk
later,” he whispered as he pressed his lips against mine. I whimpered, a little
shocked that he was actually kissing me in the middle of the hallway with
everyone standing around us. He didn’t pull back either, it wasn’t just a peck;
it was a proper, full-on kiss. I kissed him back, but I could feel the heat
flooding my face at the thought of the people watching this. I hated it when
people made out in the hallway, Amy and I usually made jokes about it - and now
here I was doing it.

He sucked on my bottom lip asking for entrance so I pushed
him away, slightly breathless. There was no way I was full on making out in the
hallway, not a chance in hell of that happening. He was grinning happily as his
other arm snaked around my waist, pulling my body to his as he pressed his lips
back to mine again softly. One of his hands trailed down my back towards my ass
making me squirm and lean away so that the kiss broke.
Looks like we need to
talk about the rules of ‘taking it slow’ again.
 

Someone cleared their throat right next to us making me jump
a mile. Olly pulled back a little reluctantly, and we both turned, expecting it
to be Amy or someone playing around. It wasn’t Amy though. Instead, Will stood
there with a face like thunder. My heart seemed to stop beating as my blood ran
cold. His jaw was tight, his eyes hard and furious as he looked at Olly. I
silently thanked my lucky stars that I wasn’t getting that death glare because he
actually looked scary when he was angry. I blushed like crazy and stepped away
from Olly quickly. I literally felt sick that the one teacher who had to walk
round the corner was my ex.
I guess this is karma’s payback for me lying to
Olly about the party. Suck it up, Chloe, because karma can be a bitch!

“I’ve spoken to you about this before, Mr Hawk. It’s against
school rules for this sort of thing to be happening on school property, and you
know it. Therefore you’ll both get detentions for the rest of the week.
Lunchtime. My room,” Will spat venomously.

My mouth dropped open in shock.
A week of detentions for
a kiss? Is he crazy?
I couldn’t help the glare that I shot him. I knew he
was a hero and that I was supposed to be grateful, but I hated this part of his
personality with a passion. “What for?” I challenged.
People do an awful lot
more than that in the hallway and get away with nothing more than a telling off,
and we get a whole week of detentions? What an asshole!
He looked at me as
if I had said something stupid as he crossed his arms over his chest
arrogantly. I could have slapped myself for noticing how his white button down
shirt had three buttons undone so it exposed the very top of his chest. I
shouldn’t notice things like that when I was angry with him, actually, scratch
that, I shouldn’t notice things like that about him at all.

“Public display of affection, Miss Henderson,” he replied
smartly, smirking at me.
Is he enjoying this? Does he get off on making me
angry or something?

“It was a kiss!” I cried, throwing my hands up in
exasperation.

“Which isn’t allowed in the school hallway,” he countered,
looking just as angry with me as I was with him.

“This is stupid; no one else gives a week of detentions for
a freaking kiss. Check with them, ask around, the most they would give would be
one,” I retorted, frowning. I could feel the anger boiling up inside me. I
wanted to punch something just so I could let it out.
Hmm, maybe I should
punch him in his handsome face and actually earn the detentions!

“I don’t care what the other teachers would do, it’s not
their decision, it’s mine. A week, starting today.” He turned to walk off, but
Olly stepped forward quickly.

“I can’t do this week, Mr Morris, I have swim meets all week
ready for time trials, at lunchtimes
and
after school,” he explained, looking
at him pleadingly.

A smile twitched at the corner of Will’s mouth. “Fine, next
week then.” He turned to look at me and I noticed that his smile turned into a
stupid smirk which made my insides flutter a little. “Miss Henderson, you can
still do yours this week.” He turned and walked off, and I wanted to slap
myself for watching his butt in his jeans.

Olly looked at me apologetically. “I’m sorry, that was
totally my fault.”

I closed my eyes and groaned in frustration. I didn’t want
to spend the week trapped in a classroom with Will. Why did this happen to me?
What did I do to deserve this, this was more than karma, this was more like
payback for something I’d done in a previous life or something, some kind of
sick redemption.

“Don’t worry about it, Olly.” I sighed and shouldered my bag,
trying not to be annoyed with him. “I’ll see you later,” I muttered as I headed
up the hallway towards Amy who was grinning from ear to ear looking at me. I
walked up to her, looking at her curiously. Maybe she missed the whole scene that
Will had just made, or maybe she was grinning for some other reason entirely.

She grabbed my arm as soon as I got to her side. “Let’s go
to the bathroom before class!” she squealed excitedly.

I nodded and let her lead me along as I shouted a “hi” to
Nick over my shoulder. As soon as we were in the toilet she clapped her hands
and jumped up and down excitedly like a five year old that just got told they
were going to Disneyland.

“What did I miss?” I asked confused.

“Oh my days, Chloe, did you not see how freaking jealous
Will was just then?” she practically screamed.

Chapter Twenty-Two

What on earth is this girl on today? Jealous, he wasn’t
jealous he was just being an ass!
I looked at her as if she was speaking a
foreign language and she rolled her eyes at me, still jumping up and down
excitedly.

“He’s such a jerk.” I frowned angrily. What had I seen in him
anyway? Obviously his looks, but he was never this guy when we were together,
he was sweet and funny, kind and caring. So what had changed to make him start
acting like this towards me? Did he feel like he needed to make a strict name
for himself at the school so he could be taken seriously or something, and he
was using me to do it because he knew me? Was that what this was?

“Get a grip on yourself, Chloe, for goodness sake! He just
gave you a week worth of detentions for kissing in the hallway! Did you see his
face? He looked like he wanted to beat the crap out of Olly. I’m surprised he
didn’t just pee on you to mark you with his scent, it was that obvious!” she
cried, grabbing my hand and squeezing it a little too hard.

Pee on me? She really has lost the plot here; he was
doing his teacher duties and just went a little - okay, a lot - overboard with
it.
“Amy, you’re reading things into it because that’s what you want to
see!” I protested, shaking my head fiercely as I pulled my hand from her ever
tightening hold.

She growled in frustration and gripped my shoulders, even
shaking me a little. “No I’m not! I’m the only one seeing things clearly here. You’re
missing things because you’re hurt, he’s getting angry because he’s jealous of
you with Olly, and I’m the only one that can see both sides!”

She can’t be right. Why would he be jealous of Olly if he
has someone already? Oh for goodness sake, my brain hurts!
“Amy, I
appreciate the effort you’re putting into making me feel better, but seriously,
this needs to stop. It hurts to keep talking about it. There’s just over nine
months left at school and then I never want to see him again. Just nine months,
and then I can pretend like I never met him.” I said the words more for myself
than her. I wanted to try and believe that I could pretend I’d never met him,
but I knew deep down that I could never forget him. He was my first love, and
it would take me a long time to get over it, but I would get over it
eventually. At least, I hoped I would.

Amy sighed and shook her head disappointedly. “All right,
every time I see something that’s not right, I’m going to point it out to you
and then you can make your own mind up about it. Believe me if you want to,
don’t, whatever. But I’m telling you the truth, Will was jealous,” she stated, looking
at me knowingly.

I nodded and smiled, pretending that I believed her, but she
saw through it immediately and laughed. I never could lie to my best friend.
“Okay you do what you want, let’s get to class though shall we?” I looked
longingly at the door, needing to get this conversation finished.  She nodded
and linked her arm through mine as we made our way back to Nick who was waiting
for us by the lockers.

“Hey, good weekend?” he asked, smiling as he slung his arm
around my shoulder.

I opened my mouth to answer, but Amy cut me off. “Oh we had
an awesome weekend, a lot of interesting things happened.” She smirked at me so
I tried not to show any reaction as Nick looked at her curiously, obviously
wondering what that meant. He looked at me so I just shrugged and pretended to
be confused too while Amy laughed to herself knowingly.

We headed to our respective classes. Amy and I went to the
locker room and got changed into our shorts and T-shirts because we were
running today apparently. I sighed as I pulled my hair up into a messy bun.
This
has to be the worst class in the world. I just hope I can manage to run in a
straight line and not fall on my face or something.
Olly was there too. He
hung back with me and Amy, slowly jogging along instead of pushing it like some
of the other people in the class.