Summary: Juniper is a 16 year old, typical teenager, when she and her older brother Chris, hit the lake for the summer, her life becomes somewhat of a spiral when a chance encounter interrupts her, can these feelings diminish through time? Or should she follow them and make something out of it?
Categories: In Progress Het Stories Characters: Chris Kirkpatrick
Awards: None
Genres: Alternate Universe
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Completed: No
Word count: 1266 Read: 216
Published: Jul 17, 2016 Updated: Jul 27, 2016
1. Chapter 1 by theusagirl
2. Chapter 2 by theusagirl
“Juniper, get the chips from the car please? The hot dogs are almost done,” Chris called out to her one and only younger sister, she was a mere sixteen years old, just starting out on life, her tall model-like body could've easily placed her on the spot for modeling agencies all around the world, but her big brother Chris, refused not to, the two of them, were enjoying the summer afternoon on the lake, with their mom Bev, and dog Rufus.
“Coming Chris!” Juniper headed to the family's station wagon and got out two giant bags of Doritos and Lays, plus the refreshments, it was the year 1995, the air smelled sweet, boomboxes were playing some good tunes, birds were chirping, life was going great for the typical teenager.
“These BBQ hotdogs are gonna taste SO amazing seriously.” Chris told her when she came back with the snacks.
“Yeah even the crows loved them.” Juniper laughed, thinking that the last time they were at the lake, Chris left the grill unattended and a group of crows decided to take a lunch break.
“Don't bring that up sis! At least I can cook, and I don't burn anything, unlike you” Chris sneered.
“I can cook!” Juniper shouted back in defense.
Yeah right, boil an egg probably.”
Juniper scowled and through a tiny beach ball on Chris's back.
“Hey!” He shouted.
“Are you two bickering again?” Bev chuckled to herself as she placed the paper plates and plastic cups on the picnic table.
“No” Both of them said in unison.
Chris stuck his tongue at Juniper, and Juniper made a face back at him, even if Chris was twenty-four years old, he was still a kid at heart, always the big brother mode, and always watched Juniper's back.
Chris then got all the buns and the hot dogs and they each helped themselves, made light conversations, and shared a few jokes, just then a flying football came out of nowhere and almost landed on the table of where they were eating.
Luckily, nothing spilled.
“Hey! Watch it dude!” Chris shouted.
“Sorry about that, my aim is not that great, I do apologize, did I hit anyone?”
“No, but you almost did, next time, play somewhere else alright, away from the picnic table.” Chris snapped.
“I'm so sorry, and I will.” Said the tall young guy.
Juniper looked at the guy, he seemed about her age, tall, thin, short wavy hair, blue eyes, and he was shirtless with some black swim trunks.
He then took the football, said his apologies and ran off.
“Jerk.” Chris said bitterly.
“He said he was sorry Chris” Bev told him.
“I know, I just hate when people play ball near food areas, its really annoying,”
Juniper remained quiet and had a somewhat lost expression on her face.”
“Hey Earth to Juniper, didn't you hear what I said?” Chris snapped her fingers in her front of her, “was the guy a jerk or what?”
“Oh! Yeah, he was a jerk.”
Chris studied her face for a moment: “What's up with you?”
“Nothing.” Juniper tried to hide her rosy blush that appeared on her cheeks.
With that she got up from the table and went to the grill.
“Where you going?”
“I'm getting another hot dog.”
“But you didn't finish your hot dog yet.” Chris said staring at the half eaten hot dog on her paper plate.
“I know, I just want to have another one in case I get hungry?” Juniper forced a smile at her older brother, Chris just shrugged and continued eating.
Juniper couldn't get the tall handsome football guy out of her mind, she had to find him, was it teenage love? No, it couldn't be, that was impossible, or was it just a summer crush? Whatever it was, it was making Juniper feel all these feelings that she didn't felt before, and they weren't stopping anytime soon.
End Notes:
Ooh! :D Gotta love the summer days when random crushes appear out of NOWHERE.
Hopefully, I was thinking of either continuing this story, or completing it as a one-shot, but I may have some more ideas about this story, so I'll see how it goes, the name "Juniper" was a street sign that I saw a few days ago, while going the lake...so that name is based on that...LOL
Anyways, enjoy the story, hope you like it! :)
It was now late afternoon, the sun was beating down on JC moist skin, he was sunbathing on the far side of the lake, just taking it all in, it was seriously just perfect, he was there with his older sister Heather and both of his parents, Tyler, the youngest, was making a sandcastle; JC was thinking about the tall girl that he saw earlier, he didn't really look at her well, but a quick glance, it was all too soon for it be anything serious, he was about to say something when he heard laughter from somewhere, he looked up from where he was sitting, and saw the young girl, talking to her brother, the two of them were skipping rocks near the lake, also enjoying the warm late afternoon sun, he wanted to give them both a formal apology of the football incident that happened earlier.
Both Chris and Juniper continued their skipping rock ordeal when they saw the young guy walk up to them,
“Is this the jerk from earlier? What does he want? Why do we always bump into this guy?” Chris rambled.
Juniper's heart skipped a beat, something on how he emerged from the water and the sun gleaming down his skin made Juniper get those warm and fuzzy feelings, “Juniper, get a hold of yourself!”
“What do you want??” Chris snapped.
“Look I think we got off on the wrong foot, I would like to properly introduce myself.” JC told him.
“I'm listening..” Chris said, crossing his arms.
“I'm Josh, but my friends call me JC, sorry what happened earlier.”
“Nice to meet you Josh!” Juniper said happily, reached out her hand and shook his nervously.
Chris just gave her a look, but also introduced himself: “I'm Chris, just Chris, her big brother.” Chris told him proudly.
“Oh, and your name is?” JC told Juniper.
In all the excitement, Juniper forgot to mention her own name, “Oh, my name is Juniper, I'm 16.”
“Oh me too!” JC told her, “Juniper is a nice name by the way.”
“Thank you.” Juniper blushed.
Chris interrupted the little love fest, “Ok, not that isn't fun, but we have to head back now, thank you JC for your polite introduction, but we must go now, maybe we'll see eachother some other time?” Chris was dragging his sister by the arm signaling her to leave.
“Yeah maybe, I'm not sure.”
“Later.” And with that, Chris and Juniper took off, leaving JC standing alone in the sun.
While running through the trail Chris told Juniper.
“You like him!”
Juniper was taken aback by the sudden response: “I do not!'
I saw the way you were looking at him, you so like him.” Chris taunted her.
“Chris! I don't even know the guy!” Juniper hissed.
“Doesn't matter, but you can't be interested in him, cause he's all wrong for you, I still think he's a jerk.”
“But he was nice.” Juniper said in a tiny voice.
“Sure he was.”
“Chris what are the odds of him seeing him again?”
“I don't know, we live in a small world, anything can happen.”
“But I don't like him.”
“Yeah, sure whatever you say baby sibling.” Chris taunted her again.
“Don't call me that!”
Chris then kept on taunting and laughing all the way back to the picnic area, with Juniper running behind him.
“Chris stop it!” Juniper called out, there were times that Juniper hated her big brother, hated him, and this was one of those times.
End Notes:
hThis is a short chapter, but Hope you guys like this one! :)
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