Summer. I always fall in love in the summer, and this summer was no different. Alex, the boy that I'd had my very first kiss with, was back in my life just a year later. Yes we were young, just 18, but that didn't matter to us. We met through friends, and were completely head over heels, falling fast. He was just a single year above me at school, and we spent every waking moment together. This summer would be different; I would keep Alex for the whole summer, not just a part. Although we were young and stupid and we didn't know what love was, we were both pretty sure that what we could feel was love, not just a deep infatuation.
During the afternoons, we would often go around to Alex's house and help his mother cook, watch a movie or just hang out. But Alex was dead convinced that today we were going to go down the park! It was a glorious sunny afternoon and we decided to make the most of it by dipping our feet into the lake. After an intense splash fight (which I clearly won) we decided to dry off and take a hike up into the forest behind the castle. It was a gruelling hill but we hardly noticed it whilst we were walking and laughing. We didn't even notice that the sun wasn't shining as brightly as before until large drops of warm rain started to fall in the gaps between the trees. Alex grabbed my hand and pulled me hastily into the nearby cover of the thick trees. It didn't seem enough as the rain started to fall heavier.
"Alex, I'm getting soaked!" I protested as my white blouse started to turn see through in patches.
"This way." he said confidently, pulling me deeper into the forest. Eventually we stopped feeling the droplets on our heads and as we looked back, we couldn't even see the trail, we could just hear the rain hitting the leaves above us. This sound felt so homely to me, as I practically grew up in a caravan in the West of Wales. I'd wake up listening to the soft patter of the drops landing on the awning and instantly feel calm and serene.
I looked down at myself to see if the tree's had dirtied my clothes and realised, although we were fast getting under cover, it was too late for my blouse, it had gone completely see through. I looked up to see if Alex had noticed and realised he was staring at me so curiously. I folded my arms quickly across my chest. Even though I was young, my breasts were still developing at a rapid rate for my small frame! Alex snapped out of his daze as I moved my arms.
"Well it looks like we're stuck here until this rain subsides." he said very matter of fact-ly.
"Well, of course we are, Captain Obvious." I retorted quite unnecessarily.
My wet shirt was making goose bumps on my fair skin and I was wishing that I'd picked up my cardigan before setting off this morning. Alex realised that I was shivering and opened his arms to welcome me. I rushed into them, eager for the warmth of his chest to surround me and rid these little bumps ruing my tender skin.