SZNS SERIES 1: Summer by Maria Writes (books for men to read txt) 📗

"Okay, I'll text you were. See you there." she saw a bar across the street and went in there. She quickly texted Caroline the address and waited for her there.

While waiting, she ordered a cosmo from the cute bartender and took a sip from it. The bar is so loud tonight. People are coming in and out of the place. While drinking her cosmo, she can't help but think of the last time she drank at a bar.

It was with Jesse, on Barry's Halloween party. She hates herself. She really wanted to see Jesse but when he's finally near, her defenses are getting weak and all she just wanted to do is run. She still can't do it. But when thinking about it, it felt like she finally had all the strength to talk to him again.

It's very frustrating. 

Chloe felt someone sat beside her and when she looked at her side, she saw Caroline. She looks fine to her. It doesn't seem like she didn't have a banter with her family. She looks normal.

"Are you okay? I thought there was a problem with you and you parents? Aren't you supposed to be crying because they're mad that Nate knocked you up before graduation?" she grabbed her glass of cosmo and drink it.

"Yes, we did have some misunderstanding earlier but I'll talk to them again about that. That is why Jesse drove me here, I want to ask you for advice, you seemed all hyped about being a mom so I know you'll know what my next steps will be." Caroline asked the bartender for a glass of water.

"Wait, what?" she asked. She cannot believe what she just heard. She's dead.

"What do you mean what? You're not listening to me? I said I need advice when I talk to my parents again, you know, about the baby and all that ---" Chloe put her hand in front of Caroline's face to shut her up.

"No, that is not what I was talking about. What do you mean Jesse drove you here? He's here?"

"Yeah, he's outside, looking for a place to park his car."

What is destiny playing here? She's not yet ready to see Jesse now. Maybe not here in Paris. Can't destiny wait for her to come home to L.A? Why does all this happen now? If Jesse is just outside the bar, there is a possibility that he'll go inside the bar because there is no way that he'll let her pregnant sister alone inside a bar, even if she's with her.

Well, there's no other way to escape Jesse than to lock herself in the restroom again and run when he got in. Just like what she did earlier. She doesn’t care if she'll leave Caroline alone at the bar. Jesse's here, she'll be safe.

"I'll just go to the restroom. I'll be right back." she took her purse and stood up but Caroline stopped her.

"You're not planning to run away, are you? Like what you did earlier, you just vanished when Jesse arrive. You know what, I'm sorry. My parents aren't really mad about my situation, actually they were happy for me and Nate. The only told you that they are mad at me is because I am looking for a chance that you and Jesse could talk. I know it was a very lame alibi but I want you to be happy too, like me. I can see that you are not yet ready so I'll tell Jesse and you're not here anymore and we'll just leave, okay. You don't need to run."

Caroline hugged her before exiting the bar. Now she messed up, totally messed up. How could she let her best friend be in the middle of this? She deserves better. She doesn't need to fix whatever's happening between her and Jesse but here she is, playing the superhero role just like what she used to do every time.

She was left in the bar still drinking, but now it's vodka not cosmo. She's being a chicken again, a coward. Why can't she just set her fears on the side and face him once and for all? Surely it will not hurt that bad. She knows in her heart that she already forgave him. That it was not his fault because it was the slut bunny who kissed him and not the other way around.

But Jesse is not making a move. That is just what she's waiting for. For him to make a move. She wants Jesse to talk to her first because she knows that she won't say anything pleasant to the ears if she's the first one to make the move.

And now she's having second thoughts. What if Jesse leaves her for good because she kept on running. Well, if that happens, there's no one to blame but her. It will be her fault now if Jesse leaves her. She swears when she got back to L.A she will talk to Jesse. But while she is here in Paris, she will gather all her thoughts so when the two of them finally face again, she knows what she'll say.

Chloe stayed a while at the bar, thinking of the smartest way to do when she saw Jesse again. But she got none. She just got bored to she heads back to the hotel. When she walked out of the bar, she walked on the quiet street of Paris, Chloe decided to walk to the hotel since it was not that far. They just used the car earlier because they were already late.

There was a presence behind her, she can feel it. Chloe picked up her pace and crossed the street. And yet the presence behind her was still there. There were a few people walking along the street as well that made her have a breath of relief. If that someone behind her tried something funny, the people will