Emma and Jake have been best friends since before they could walk. They have gone through it all thogether. Now they have graduated from 8th grade and Emma can't wait for them to go to high school together. That is until Jake tells Emma he is going to a different high school than Emma. So Emma decides this summer has to be perfect. In a Summer of Love, trajedy, and laughter, Emma realizes that Jake is all she needs.

Emma looked out the window of her best friend, Jake’s room. The birds were happily chirping, the flowers had bloomed, and summer had finally arrived. Emma has been best friends with Jake since they were babies, they went to nursery school together, Elementary and middle school together, and soon high school together. But Jake and Emma were more than friends. Emma knew Jake more than anyone in his life and Jake knew Emma so well he could practically read her mind. They had done everything together. Year after year; summer after summer, they were there for each other. In the Sixth grade Jake’s mother had died of cancer and that same year Emma’s father left. That is when they became everything to each other. Sometimes Emma wished she lived with Jake. Often, people mistook them for a couple, but when that happened, the two simply laughed.

Suddenly Jake came in bursting through the door in his boxers with his shirt and shorts in his hands. Emma didn’t even think it was weird anymore. Jake had seen Emma many times. And Emma had seen almost too much of Jake to talk about.

“I’ve gotta baby-sit stupid sister today” Jake screamed slamming the door

“Slow down Mr. Cranky pants what’s wrong?”

“My dad has to work so we are stuck with her”

“Wait a second, We?” Emma pretended to be annoyed “ I have major summer plans I mean I’ve got that party and then—“

“Please, I already told my dad we could”

“No problem I’ll just cancel all plans” Emma rolled her eyes sarcastically

“Ya cause you have so much planned”

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“Emma I have to tell you something” Jake said sitting down after they put his sister down for a nap

“Okay shoot” Emma sat down next to him

“Well I’m kinda not going to Eastern Prep” He looked down at his nike shoes

“What why?”

“We are moving” He answered not even looking up “In august, my dad thinks I need to re-adjust”

“Meaning?”

“He wants me to get away from you. He said I am falling in love with you”

“Well are you?” Emma asked looking into his eyes

“I don’t know”

Emma woke up to the smell of chocolate chip pancakes filling her house. She stretched her tanned arms and hopped out of bed not even bothering to get dressed. Then, to her surprise, Jake was already downstairs in the kitchen eating the pancakes. Suddenly, he looked up at her with a strange look. Emma glanced down at her pjs and realized that since it was so hot she had taken them off and was only wearing her Victoria Secret bra and Hanes underwear. She then threw her arms over her chest and ran upstairs horrified. She quickly got dressed and went back downstairs, still embarrassed. Why did she all of the sudden have these feelings? Why was she so embarrassed when he saw her? It wouldn’t be the first time.

“Thanks for telling me Jake came over Mom” Emma whisper hissed grabbing a sausage link.

“So Emma tells me you are going to Western” Emma’s Mother said flipping her pancake ignoring the comment

“Ya my dad he uh wanted me to. So I kinda had to,” He replied with his eyes twinkling

“That is too bad; Emma is going to miss you”

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Emma sat up on her white lounge chair and flipped the page of her teen vogue magazine. Of course what is” in” this summer, is a summer love. Suddenly Emma looked up and saw Jake standing in front of her smiling as always.

“What?” She asked confused

“Noting its just that I realized that my dad was right. You do have cute eyes” Emma’s heart skipped a beat. “Oh shut up”

“No really. Listen I know that I have been acting weird, but its just because my dad has been on my back about everything and I haven’t had time to really think anything through. You know?”

“Ya I know, I have been weird too but when you told me that you weren’t going to Eastern I just realized that this summer is all we have left. I just really want this summer to be perfect”

“It will be. I promise” He said looking at her

“ I just don’t want us to stop being friends because you are going to a different high school” She looked down at her feet trying not to cry.

“Listen, I could never ever do that to you and I know you wouldn’t do that to me either”

“Promise?”

“Promise. Meet me at the beach at eight okay? We can talk about …. stuff”

“Okay” She said grabbing her stuff to go

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Emma dug her feet in the sand and adjusted her strapless white cover-up. Even though it was late, she threw on her bathing suite, just in case. She twirled her damp blonde wavy hair and released in making it turn in to a spiral curl. She looked up and saw Jake walking up to her. Even though she very well knew he hadn’t showered, or even changed his clothes, he still looked amazing.

“Hey” he finally said standing over her, as he got up from the warm sand.

“Hey” she mimicked as if she had never spoken to him before.

“This is stupid, us acting like we don’t know each other,” he said, reading her mind. “Let’s just act like all of the weirdness never happened” He suggested

“Okay. So then, why didn’t you think you had to shower?” She question jokingly

“Well I didn’t want to seem like I tried to hard” He laughed

They spent the rest of the night talking, mostly having fun, and swimming in the water. They finally decided they got to cold and laid on sand looking at the stars.

“Are you to cold?” He asked shifting towards her. “I have a sweatshirt”

“Oh thanks” she said putting it on, smelling his cologne. It felt weird, of all the years, they were friends he never offered her clothes. Even once when she forgot to bring a change of clothes, after they had spent the day swimming.

“The stars sure are beautiful. Just like you” he whispered looking in her eyes.

She then turned her head to his, and slide next to him carefully resting her head on his shoulder. She looked up at him and realized the reason why she suddenly was nervous. She loved him. He then leaned into her and she knew what was happening, she closed her eyes and let her heart to the rest. She let her lips fall into his and and slide her hands on his cheekbones. She led her tongue in his mouth as her played with her hair. She moved her body even closer to his, and then found herself on top of him. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and smiled. She was in love with Jake.

They spent the rest of the night cuddling,and making out. Emma was still on top of Jake and she was resting her head on his chest. She then turned around to look at the clock on the lifeguard stand. It was three in the morning. Usually, Emma would hurry to go and sneak back in the house, but today everything was too perfect. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.