chapter one - football player puke

Sometimes I seriously regret not taking up Aunt Cassandra's offer to move in with her when I was 12. At the time, the thought of living away from my parents and twin brother broke my heart. Ha! If only I could go back and tell myself that this is where I was gonna be 6 years later. Trapped in my room on Football night.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Summer Preston. Daughter of Adam and Taylor Preston. The two nut jobs who decided to have 9 kids. Yeah, you heard me. Nine children. I mean, technically it's not their fault. I doubt they knew they were going to have 2 sets of twins and one set of triplets. Eric, Me, Matthew, May, Sage, Kevin, Devin, Marc & Sky. Oldest's are 18 and the youngest is 3 months old.

Being in a big family has its perks though. Like, we aren't super sheltered and we have a lot of freedoms. Like Saturday nights for example. We have a "party" every weekend. Technically its only 4 friends coming over but it's still a big thing. Eric has his 2 best friends over (including Matt but he lives here.) And I have Marilyn and Kali over, but recently I've been ignoring her.

Bang, Bang, Bang

"S-Summer! K-Kevin hit me!" Marc, my 9-year-old brother yelled through my locked door.

"Are you bleeding?" I wondered.

"N-No." Marc said.

"Then go tell Eric." I sighed.

"Eric!" I heard Marc yelling.

"Yes!" I heard the series of screams coming from outside my door.

Teenage boys, I rolled my eyes.

"Touchdown!" I heard the deeper voice of my dad.

And dad, I laughed silently.

As you can tell, football is very important in my house. My brother Eric is captain of the high school football team (a spot once held by my father.) My other brother Matthew joined the team last year when he was a Freshman. Then my brothers 2 best friends, Anthony and Tanner are on the team as well. Anthony is the quarterback.

Mom wanted me to be on the cheerleading squad but that's just not my scene. Which is funny since I look like your stereotypical cheerleader. Blonde hair, blue eyes, etc.

"Hello, best friend" Marilyn bursts through my bathroom.

"You were in Eric's room?" I ask.

Marilyn Gomez. My best friend since we could talk and even when we couldn't talk- we would eat sand in the sandbox together. Theatre geek, beautiful, hot-headed and I am 99% sure she has a huge crush on my brother.

"Well your door was locked and I'm pretty sure you did not want to see him.." She glared at my bedroom door.

Him.... aka Tanner Griffin. The guy I had a major crush on for 5 years... The guy I secretly dated for 7 months and the guy who slept with my best friend. Not Marilyn, Kali. Of course, she didn't know she was sleeping with my boyfriend but she did know I liked him. And of course, Tanner knew he was my boyfriend.

"You should just tell Eric. He will beat the-"

"No! If Eric found out he would NEVER trust me again. And he would never bring his friends over" I hushed her.

"And that's a problem why? You hate Tanner and Anthony does nothing but bug you" Marilyn raised her perfectly plucked eyebrow.

"Shut up and help me" I rolled my eyes and started climbing out my bedroom window.

~~

"Jackpot" I whispered as I grabbed a bunch of snacks from the delivery my mom had gotten for her shop.

"Why are you stealing from your mother?"

Ugh.

"I'm not stealing, Anthony. Now go away" I roll my eyes.

"I don't think so Sunshine" He leaned against the pile of boxes.

"Don't call me that" I growled.

"Hey- how did you get out here anyway? I didn't see you leave your room" Anthony furrowed his black eyebrows.

"Maybe you just didn't notice me"

"Oh, Sunshine- I could never miss you" Anthony smirked. "And I was sitting directly in front of your door."

I roll my eyes and start grabbing some drinks from the fridge we keep in the backyard.

"Are you and Eric fighting or something? You've missed the last 2 football nights" Anthony followed me.

"Maybe I just don't want to watch football with a group of jerks"

"You slept with one of us" He grabbed my arm.

"I did not!" I gasp. It was true, Tanner & I never had sex.

"So you like one of us" Anthony smiled- showing off his white teeth.

"No-"

"Sunshine- you should have told me your crush never went away"

"I don't like you Anthony" I groan.

"Are you sure? Because the love note you wrote me seems to say otherwise"

"The love note I wrote in SIXTH grade" I huff.

"Need help?" He followed me, picking up everything I was dropping.

"No"

"I think the stuff on the floor says you need help"

"You love to annoy me" I glare.

"Sure do, Sunshine" He winked.

I roll my eyes and walk over to my bedroom window.

"You climbed out of your window" Anthony stared at me blankly.

"Shut up and help me in"

~~

"This is dinner?" Marilyn asked while staring at the pile of junk food.

"Mhm"

"Why can't I just go out there and get some pizza from the boys?" She crossed her arms.

"Because Anthony is trying his best to annoy me today so he will probably follow you back" I pop a chip into my mouth.

"Anthony basically lives in your brother's room- I think he would know how to get in here without my help" Marilyn rolled her eyes.

"Shut up and eat your cheese doodles" I growl.

"Fine but you're buying me breakfast in the morning" She frowned and sat on the floor next to me.

~~

"Summer what do we do?" Marilyn whispered.

"I-I don't know" I stare wide-eyed at my bed.

Marilyn was right about the snacks not being enough. I woke up starving and left my room for 5 minutes to get something to eat. When I got back- my bed wasn't empty.

Anthony Walton was sleeping drunk, and half-naked on my bed.

"We need to get him out of here before someone wakes up and gets the wrong picture" Marilyn whispered.

"I'll just wake Eric up" I shrug.

"But Tanner's in there" She whisper-yelled at me.

"And if I'm quiet- he won't wake up" I whispered walking through Eric and I's Jack & Jill bathroom.

I slowly open the door and step over Matt's sleeping body.

"Ew-Ew-Ew" I whisper.

I stepped in a pile of someone's puke.

"Summer- why are you in here- I just fell asleep" Eric groans.

"You owe me new slippers" I growl.

"Why did you need to tell me this at 2 AM"

"That isn't why I'm here" I hit his arm.

"Then why are you here"

"Your quarterback is in my bed" I whisper.

"WHO'S IN YOUR BED" Eric's voice booms and his sudden change of volume and the way he jumped up caused me to slip and fall in the puddle of vomit.

"What happened?" Tanner's voice made me freeze.

And suddenly I'm laying in a pile of puke- with 3 confused and angry football players staring down at me.