Summer Rain

Dedicated to jordynbarr for being first one to comment last chapter! :)

Picture of Kaden on the right >>>>>>>
Sorry about it not being in colour, but that's the picture of the actor that matched my visualization of him the best.

Anyway, on with it....

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It's a mad, mad world,

Gotta make it okay.

It's the perfect world,

When you go all the way.

Hit the lights,

Let the music move you.

 

~Hit the Lights- Selena Gomez

 

      Brett just looked at me with that expression. You know the one that clearly says you're-acting-like-a-brainless-moron. In my defense, it was because he said something that was incredibly hard to believe. Kaden? Liking me? I think he's insane. I think everyone's going insane now...

      "Wait, you're not joking?" I asked stupidly. Brett laughed and shook his head before grinning cheekily.

      "Nope. Not joking," he replied. Before he could continue, a whistle blew. The same whistle that started the game signified that someone had won. Brett jumped and looked around, as if suddenly remembering that we were in the middle of a game and he was supposed to be guard. Now, it was my turn to smile.

      "You know, you're a really bad guard," I told him as we started walking back to the pool. He shrugged.

      "You don't know who won the game," Was all he said. Though, he did have a point there. Not to sound egoistical like Kaden, but I suspected it was my team. Unless Clark or Kaden had played border control, Annabelle would've crossed. I guess they might've won by stealing the flag first, but Kallie, unlike her boyfriend, was pretty darn good at defense.

      As we approached the pool, I squinted and tried to see who had the flags, but the sun was in my eyes. "Who won?" I called out to Clark, who was standing closest to us. When we got closer, I saw he was frowning. Yay! I think that means we won.

      "You guys did," he admitted. I looked at Brett and poked my tongue out at him. He just rolled his eyes as a response.

      Kaden walked up to us, with Annabelle and Kallie talking about something and trailing behind him. "You," he said, clapping a hand on Brett's shoulder. "Are a horrible guard. Annabelle said she just ran over, looked for it, and ran back."

      "Yeah, well, you guys are horrible at hiding the flag," Brett said trying to defend himself. I stifled a giggle and shook my head. Immediately, Kaden's eyes snapped to me, but I looked away before he could say anything. A silence fell over us. Well, this is slightly awkward...

      "And a unicorn is born," I muttered under my breath. It was actually a different saying, but I liked this one better. The other one was just... Kind of mean.

      "There's no such thing as unicorns," Clark replied with a dismissive wave of his hand. Kallie and Annabelle had joined us now and were looking between us, amused. Why does everyone find my conversations amusing? Seriously, it's getting annoying.

      I glared at him and pouted, "That's what you think. They'll take over the world one day, and I'll be able to say I told you so."

      Clark opened his mouth to respond, but Annabelle shook her head. "Why don't we just head to Wal-Mart already?" She suggested.

      "Who are today's partners?" Brett asked, looking around the circle.

      "You and I," Kallie responded, motioning to herself and Brett. I tuned out of the conversations for a bit and looked around the backyard. As I was observing the overall perfect-ness of it, my thoughts suddenly drifted to Kaden and our talk last night.

      What had he meant by 'I wish I knew?' What did he want to know? And sorry just didn't cut it. Maybe I had been a little harsh, but it had hurt so much. I was so insecure after. I barely talked