Sienna POV

I keep staring at my phone, hoping for a call back from Logan so I can at least explain. I've been sitting on the curb for a while now, hoping Logan would call me back and we can just talk. I feel so bad about tonight.

It has been twenty minutes and still nothing.

I feel a body present next to me making me turn stiff. I sit up and not look in his direction.

I hug my arms around my body for warmth and remain silent. "Cold?" I hear Harry ask.

"What do you want?" I dismiss. I am over tonight and I am over any attitude.

"I don't know," He says with a sigh. 

"You don't know?" I question. My eyes look in his direction and he is staring off. His legs are fully extended and he looks to be confused on maybe what he wants to say.

"I came out here to talk. But I don't think I want to." He says honestly, making my eyes roll.

"Then go back inside to go back to Ben and tell him more shit to embarrass me with." I grumble back. My eyes look forward to the traffic passing by us. The night is silent and the wind is mild. All you can really hear is the music from the house and some crickets.

"Why are you mad at me for what Ben said? I wasn't the one who was asking the questions." Harry responds with, slightly raising his voice back at me.

"Obviously you told him something, no?" I ask. "How else would he be asking only me these questions?" 

"From my records, it wasn't like we were hiding that we were seeing each other," Harry mutters to me with anger. "At the end of the day it isn't my fault you didn't tell your boyfriend anything and now he's mad at you."

"What is there to tell?" I ask, facing Harry who seems to be tense. "You were the one who stopped things and never told me why. And after that night you haven't spoke to me, or gave me a hint to what I did to make you hate me."

"I'm not getting into this." Harry dismisses while looking forward now.

"Then what was the point in coming outside? You wanted to talk but not actually get to the root of any issue?" I ask with squinted eyebrows.

"Like what you said. What is there to tell?" He mimics.

"So, what? You're gonna still be passive aggressive to me this whole summer for what reason? This shit could've easily been hashed if you told me what I did." My anxiety raises as the suspense raises between us. 

"I don't want to talk about it." His voice goes lower which makes my eyebrow raise at the nerve I just hit.

"Then how can you be mad at me when I don't know anything?" I ask, pushing for him to just answer.

"Anna--Sienna can you just leave it?" Harry pops. His eyes are wide and his voice fully raises now. I can't read his emotion like I used to, so I just bite my lip and turn away.

I stand up from the curb, wipe down my pants, and begin to walk in the direction to lead me home. My arms are hugging my elbows as I walk down the dark street alone. 

I need to clear my head and be alone. I know my parents are going to ask me where did Logan go, and why didn't he come inside to say bye, and I guess I'll come up with a cover story in the mean time.

I check my phone occasionally, hoping for a text, but nothing. All I see is the time, and it is ten o'clock now. I sigh to myself and try to remember anything that happened with Harry to make him dislike me now.

Sienna POV (past)

It is the summer going into junior year, and my family and I are on our way to the the family lake house.

I am excited to go this year and see all my friends and my Mom's best friends family who lives next door.

"Anna, tonight I am having dinner with the Aunt Anne at a restaurant in town," My Mom says while breaking the silence. I look to her in the mirror and see her eyes look in my direction here and there. 

My brother is sound asleep, holding my hand in the back seat as our Mom whispers to talk. "Okay." I respond with.

"Would you mind watching Ezra?" 

My Dad won't be at the lake house until next week. I suppose it is the same with Aunt Anne's husband too.

"Okay." I say again.

I didn't have any plans tonight aways. I look at the time on the GPS, and we still have forty minutes.

Wonderful.

~

My Mom just left for her dinner, and now I am all alone with Ezra who is sound asleep in his room. I wish I had his sleeping habits and was 3 years old again and didn't have any responsibilities.   

Before my Mom left, she went food shopping to stock up the fridge, freezer, and pantry so I wouldn't complain how she left me starving, which is usually the case when we get to the lake house. My Mom gets so excited to see her friend that she forgets she has kids to feed. Well, she feeds Ezra, just kinda forgets I exist. 

I told her to leave me out chicken to cook, as I'll make myself a romantic dinner for one later. One of the things I do enjoy doing, is cooking and baking. As the pro babysitter I am, I learned how to make my brother and I meals and desserts during the time both my parents were out of the house.

I get taken out of my thoughts when I hear a knock on the door. 

I get up from the couch in the living room and see who it is. 

Behind the door I am greeted with Harry. He's wearing grey sweatpants, and a white teeshirt. His curls are brushed back with his fingers as a small grin escapes on his lips. "Oh look who it is." I say jokingly.

"I know, you're blessed with my presences." Harry responds back with making me laugh. I open the door wider for him to fit and he steps into my house. 

His arms wrap around my body, giving me a secure hug. It was a brief embrace, but enough to make my heart race.

"How are you?" I ask my childhood long friend. 

"I'm doing good, how about you?" Harry asks.

"I suppose well. It is just your luck, I was going to make a romantic dinner for one, but if you're free for a while it can be a dinner for two." I say while heading to my kitchen. Harry follows behind me then soon sits at the island.

"I guess I'll stay and see what the master chef is cooking tonight." Harry says with a childish grin making me chuckle.

"No plans tonight?" I ask curiously.

"Not for a while," He says with a sigh. "I thought I would stay in and see what you were up to." 

"I am so flattered that you sacrificed a night out to eat with me." I say, making a smile escape onto his face. His deep dimples appear, causing me to grin as well.

We text here and there when we both are home. It is hard to keep in contact when I still live in New York and he lives in Pennsylvania. I wish we did live closer so that we could be friends the whole year and hangout. It is hard to feel connected only over FaceTime and text. 

We are both really active in school as well so the time we do talk is very limited. But, whenever the summer rolls around, our friendship never feels any different, which makes everything seem okay to me.

I start seasoning the chicken and preparing dinner as we make small talk. Harry is filling me in on his school life, work life, and home life.

We never do talk about our love lives though. It is just a thing neither of us bring up unless we are seen with someone at a party or social event in town. 

Last summer, Harper thrown an end of summer pool party at her house to which I was leaving town afterwards. The next day my Mom had her first day of school, so I had to leave the party by eight so we could leave by eight thirty. Before I left, Harry kissed me.

It wasn't like a friendly cheek kiss either, it was a full on kiss goodbye, and after we haven't talked about it since.

I feel a hand go on my lower back as I started cooking. "Can I help you with anything?" Harry asks next to me.

Those random butterflies float around in me as I feel his presence close to me. "No um,"I pause, trying to find words to say. "Did you want to get plates?" I ask while looking in his direction.

Harry's features are soft looking, and his green eyes are staring at me which makes my palms turn sweaty. He nods in agreement and goes into the cabinet and gets the island set up for us.

I made seared chicken with a garlic butter herb sauce. I saw the recipe earlier on instagram, and thought to try it. It does look good if I do say so myself.

"You know where we should go for dessert?" I ask Harry mid way through dinner. I suddenly remember this place and feel nostalgia rush through me. 

"Where?" He ask, chuckling by my sudden excitement. 

"Ben and Jerry's." I say. I always forget until we are here that there is an ice cream shop of the famous ice cream brand right in our area. They literally have all of the flavors and you can mix and match the combos of your favorite flavors. As kids our parents would take us there all the time instead of buying the pints to try at a local store.

"I forgot about that," Harry says, laughing. "But I promised Michelle I would be at her house at like ten."

Michelle is a co-worker at the cafe we work at. She works the night shift so I hardly ever see her at work, only at like parties and what not.

"Oh," I say, trying to hide my disappointment. "No biggie. I shouldn't wake Ezra anyways and feed him sugar." I say trying to not show my disappointment.

"Are you sure? I can try and see her another time." He offers.

"No, go. I don't wanna be a cock block." I find myself saying.

I see his face heat by my words and he just laughs it off. 

I wanted to ask about that kiss tonight, and what it meant to him. My guess was obviously nothing.

"When did you guys start seeing each other?" I ask curiously.

"Um," He pauses. "Well my school lets out earlier than yours so we were at the house like two weeks prior to you. So I started working nights with her then and yeah we started hanging out." Harry briefly explains.

"Well, I don't want to hold you up." I say while looking at the time. It is 9:45 now. 

We make brief eye contact before he gets up from the table. "I will see you tomorrow though." Harry says, pulling off a smile.

"Yeah." I agree, pulling off a fake smile.

I walk him to the door and he hugs me briefly before leaving.

I close the door behind his body and sigh.

I've had my fair share of summer flings, and I didn't want this year to be that because I wanted to feel something for someone instead of just saying I am with someone for shock value.

I walk back into the kitchen and start cleaning up. My mind though is on anything but that.

A://N

hello!

how is everyone?

thoughts on the book so far?

~Lauren