Summer's Point of View
I heard loud noises from downstairs. Aunt Sonia would go home after one month of their stay at the resort where they can go to the beach. Yola just sent me a message yesterday saying those things.
So I was confused about who's downstairs. I checked on it and it was Jake, Kyle and Fiona having fun. Jake saw me and decided to invite me to their gathering. I just shook my head and headed out to our backyard.
I am going to garden the plants of Aunt Sonia, so she won't get mad when she gets home and see her plants casually dying. I saw Jake also heading out to where I was standing.
"We get you guys vegetable soup, good for the morning so you should eat first before doing the chores" He said. When I looked at him, I already noticed some changes. Not because of his bruises and cuts but he looks extra attractive on his hair.
"Did you cut your hair?" I asked him. He looks away shyly and fixes his hair. He looks cute doing that.
"Yes, you noticed the details. I'm so glad, "he said. I just smiled at him and continued doing my things.
He went closer as he stretched his arm and it looked like he was warming up and getting ready to jog. He smiled and winked at me when he caught me staring at him.
He has biceps and muscles that look like it is good to knock people out just by headlocking them. He looks good in his sleeveless black shirt and grey pants. He also looks like a person who goes to the gym everyday.
"You look good today" I said my thoughts out loud. It might boost his ego.
"Thank you" He said and kissed his biceps so I rolled my eyes, annoyed. It was really a man thing to get their ego high when someone complimented them.
"It was just a joke" I said, removing what I just said. He looked at me and pouted his lips. He looks like a child not getting what he wants so I laughed at the sight.
"Oh, you know how to laugh. That looks good on you, "he said. It sounds so genuine so I blushed. That compliment sent something at me but I need to remind myself that I should get away and avoid these people as they might harm me and my relatives.
"I'm done, you should be done cringing me hard" I said and went inside. I just saw Kyle playing on his phone. When he saw me, he immediately stopped playing and put his phone at his pocket.
"Where's Fiona?" I asked Kyle. He gestured to me to sit as there it is, the vegetable soup that they brought. I sat down and stared at Kyle, waiting for his answer.
"She's in her room as she makes an excuse to me that she loathes the sight of you" He said and even bowed his head to me.
"It was okay for me, don't worry" I said. I was getting better by her hurtful words. I just accept the fact that we can't reconcile and be with each other just like before. I already accept that fact before but it still stings in my heart.
"Eat your food now as it is getting colder, it isn't delicious if the food is cold as stated by our mom" Jake said and sat next to Kyle. I ate the food and had a conversation with them.
They told me that their mom made it because she also knows about Fiona and that Fiona seems like a child to her too. I must say that this taste was Fiona's taste when it comes to soup. She wants to have too salty soup rather than too bland soup.
"You know what Jake was really curious about you. He seems too interested in knowing you so don't get fooled by him" Kyle said when Jake went to the bathroom. He seems so serious at few seconds but then smiles afterwards.
"I'm just kidding. I was relieved that Jake finally got his interest in girls because I was contemplating whether he's gay or guy" He added. That made me burst out laughing. I saw how he was shocked by that.
What's shocking about my laugh? Do I really have that serious and harsh face that everyone thinks I don't have humour?
"That looks good —" Kyle didn't get a chance to end his sentence when Jake seriously dragged him. He looks angrily. What makes him look like that?
"Goodbye, Summer" His cold sentence made me shiver. What has gotten on that boy?
I went to the sofa to clean the plates that we've eaten but I was confused as to why Fiona was already cleaning it up? I even follow her to the kitchen to confront and check on her.
"Why do you always have to wash the dishes? Is this the order of Aunt Sonia?" I asked.
"No, I was the one who insisted on this task. You should better be going on with your life" She responds so coldly. If she says so, but I didn't have the chance to go away when I felt so dizzy. I felt like i was going unconscious in a few seconds.
And I did, the minute I woke up I was in my bedroom with Kyle on my little study table dozing off. I checked at my window and it's already late so I was confused. How many hours do I stay unconscious?
"Hey, you're finally awake. How are you feeling right now?" He said as he woke up from dozing off.
"I'm fine. I think it's just my anaemia that makes me pale and unconscious" I said and he nodded. I gaslighted myself into thinking it was nothing but anaemia.
"I'm going to rest here for a while because Fiona seems so scared by the fact that you got unconscious by her sight" He explains. I get it, I truly get it. She was so scared because it still traumatise her by what happened to our parents.
"I'm fine now, i will just drink my medicine and I'm going to be fine. It seems so wrong to get a boy in my room" I also explained my side. I haven't been able to let people explore and see my room so it was still weird for me.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I would just be downstairs and just call me if you need something" Kyle said and headed out. I looked at my room and got shy when i see my bra and panty still hanging outside of my closet.
Just by thinking on what his reaction plainly killed me. God, just let me have a good day in this world. Just one day without one embarrassing moment that I've done within that day.
This was cruel for me. I heard that the door opens so i immediately checked downstair if Kyle already went out but i was shock when my gaze met Jake's.
He immediately went straight to me and checked me from head to toe. He was so worried for me that he even hugged me tightly. Uh, okay that was awkward.
"Are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital to get checked up by professionals? Do you need something or anything? I would cook for you" He said so fast that I somehow still understood but I laughed at how he really seems worried for me but it also reminded me of someone, dad.
For the first time since I was thirteen someone genuinely checked up on me and asked me. It was just my dad who goes into me like that. My dad would always say something fast when he was worried but what he says is still reasonable.
I hugged him and sobbed. Oh, how I wish I got treatment like this for the past five years. Oh, how I wish to God for this kind of person everyday. I would want to break the walls and let him just enter on it.
"Thank you, I genuinely do, I genuinely mean it. And I would always do" I said and looked at him with purity. I feel so alive now. I felt so safe and secure with him at this moment. So I genuinely appreciate his existence with me.