Summer Love That Blossomed into True Love (Book 1) (Edited and Completed)

New Year, Eric's 22nd Birthday (Edited)

"Your girlfriend did it to us. We are just repaying the favor" Arthur said smiling at his cousin. "Happy birthday coz" He said going over and hugging Eric

"Thanks Arthur. And thank you Carley for the coffee. I truly needed it" He said grabbing his coffee and started to drink it. "Oh yeah. That hits the spot" He said with a smile

Ellie looks at us then does a shock face. "You didn't!" She said

"We did" i said smiling at her and reached for Eric's hand. He got the hint and took my hand in his.

"Wait what?" Arthur asked confused

"They're talking in girl language don't even try to understand it" Eric said with a laugh

"Ok. I'm stealing your girlfriend Eric" Ellie said and dragged me into the living room. Once we were there we sat on the couch. "Alright spill" She said

"You already know what happened. Do you really need the deets too?" I asked with a laugh

"Yes because my best friend lost her v-card! It's a big deal!" She said excitedly

"All you get to know is that he was very considerate and sweet with everything" I said with a smile

"I would hope so. Or I would kick him in the balls" She said

"Well he did. So you don't have to kick him" I said with a laugh

"Good" She said

We ended up talking about other stuff. But I was missing Eric. Like I said I want to be close to him.

(Eric's POV)

After Ellie rudely took my girlfriend away Arthur looked at me.

"What was that about?" He asked with a laugh

"Carley and I um.....made love" I said as I took another sip of my coffee.

"Wait.....really?" He asked looking at me

"Yeah. Like New Years Eve party when we said we were tired. I was gonna go to sleep but we ended up doing it that night" I said shrugging

"Nice" He said high fiving me

I laugh and high five him back.

"But what is your mom gonna say?" He asked

"My mom knows I'm not a virgin man" I said. "For the amount of times Ava and I got caught making out. I'm pretty sure my mom knows we did the deed together" I said drinking my coffee.

"Well how did she react? When she found out?"He asked

"About the Ava thing?" I asked

"Yeah" He said

"She asked if I loved Ava and at the time I thought I did. But with Carley......dude I wish I would have waited for her honestly. I mean with Carley it felt right" I said

"Alright man, now you're sounding like a girl" He said with a chuckle

"Shut up coz" I said hitting his shoulder

We ended up fighting. I had him in a headlock when the girls came back

"Oh.....hi" I said softly

"What happened?" Ellie asked

"Nothing just cousins having a play fight" I said

"Aren't you guys too old to do that stuff?" Carley asked with her arm crossed

"No?" Arthur and I said but were unsure so that sounded more like a question

"Alright Eric we got to go somewhere" Carley said