~ The Summer Of Changes ~ Part 71

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I wasn't really worrying about the size, I just didn't realize how long it was.. But it's your problem, not mine, since you're the readers, not me... xD

Dad warmed the sauna also in this evening. I had to admit I had missed its soft steams. At home our sauna was so small that there couldn’t get proper steams. The sauna at the cottage was much better as it was bigger as well. I loved to take a sauna, I could think there alone and relax in peace. Except this evening. When I was already sitting there I heard sounds outside and soon mom appeared there. I had told her clear enough and many times that she didn’t need to disturb me but she didn’t listen to me. Mom thought that sauna was the best place to talk about all important things.
- You know Eveliina that you don’t need to sleep in the tent, right? You can come to sleep inside, mom started a conversation sounding serious.
- I know, but I want to sleep there, I said while throwing more water on the oven hoping at the same time mom would shut up.
She waited most of the steams were disappeared and continued after that.
- I hope you haven’t needed to do anything…what you haven’t wanted.
- No, I haven’t. And that was perhaps the worst start of that kind of conversation. Vili and I are friends, nothing more. Vili knows that and he’s polite. And Vili don’t tend to flirt around every girl, I said little annoyed.
- EVELIINA! mom yelled shocked.
- Well that was the thing you wanted to talk about obviously. And besides you ruined my moment in the sauna by coming here at the same time. I don’t want to hear any more words about this subject, I said angrily and marched out.
Mom was the biggest reason for my raised blood pressure right now. I felt like kicking or hitting something OR someone… That kind of effect my mom had on me.

I left with Timo and Vili some time around ten in the evening to fishing when everybody had enjoyed the sauna. I was still mad at mom and I didn’t hesitate to show it to others. I would have wanted to throw things, yell so much as I could and hammer my point of view to mom’s head so that it would never disappear. I tried to hold my temper because of Vili, if he hadn’t been there I would have told very clearly why I was angry and at whom. At least I got rid of mom when we went fishing so that my angriness settled little. Timo managed to get a pike which was big enough to be taken with us. And of course I had to take it off from the lure. It was so typical, first Timo praised how good fishing man he was but when there were sharp teeth and slimy fishes in the scene, he appeared to be a coward. I drove straight to our dock after Timo had got his fish, even he didn’t want to leave yet. I wasn’t really in the mood of taking off every slimy creature which Timo managed to get. I had to gut the fish still. That moment I decided Timo could take care of his own fishes totally on his own. I took the guts out of the pike and took it in the cellar with some ice. Dad could do something for it tomorrow. Vili had already gone to the tent while I was playing with the fish.
- Smell, I asked Vili when I crawled into the tent and stretched my fingers near to his face.
- YUCK! If you smell like that you’ll get the honour to sleep outside, Vili grimaced and backed down.
- I’ll go to the sauna still and I’ll try to get this smell off. I’ll change my clothes at the same time, I said and took a bunch of clothes with me.

Luckily there was left warm water at the sauna, we got only cold lake water from the tap so we had to warm it. When I got back to the tent, my fingers glowing red but clean, I thought Vili was sleeping already. He was laying his back towards me and I saw his ribs were moving smoothly. I began to sleep too, fresh air had tiring effect on me.
- What your mom said to you in the sauna? Vili asked suddenly and turned to lay on his back.
- How come? I asked back.
- You were so angry when you came from there. I just thought she had to say something knowing your good terms, Vili answered.
- You don’t want to know… I sighed and rubbed my eyes.
I had been almost sleeping when Vili began to speak.
- So it had something to do with me?
- Well, yes… I muttered.
- How?
- Mom thinks that you only want to sleep with me… Like I already was afraid of this, I answered finally.
- This can’t be true, Vili groaned.
- Oh, yes it can. The best thing that can happen is that she’ll give some preventative edification to you or then she’ll put you to sleep inside, I said.
- But didn’t you say that it isn’t true?
- Of course I said! It wasn’t the first time when mom didn’t believe something I said.
- Well shouldn’t…
- Ssh! Listen! I stopped Vili.
He shut up and looked at me weirdly. Then it heard again. Whispers, steps, creaking of the front door.
- What the heck? Vili whispered.
Soon we heard the whispers loudly.
- Aila, this isn’t wise at all. Couldn’t we go back to sleep? I heard dad saying.
- No, not in any circumstances! I want to know what they’re doing there every night, I heard mom answering.
I couldn’t believe this. Mom wanted to know if we were really sleeping or doing something else.
- I guess we have to give something to her so it would have been worth coming here or what? I whispered my mouth next to Vili’s ear.
- It depends on what do you mean? Vili answered back.
- We only need to lie in each other’s arms, I winked my eye.
- It’s a deal! Vili grinned.

I would have wanted to see mom’s face but I had to keep my eyes closed. In fact I guess I fell asleep before dad and mom even managed to get in the cottage.

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I know it's a long time since I last posted anything and I'm sorry for that. But now that my exams are over, I have to concentrate on entrance tests for universities.. So I haven't had much time to write and actually I lost some interest to write this also... But don't worry, I have plenty parts still left

What a nice mom she have

Haha, yes indeed.
Reminds my mom somehow..or what kind of she used to be.

Thank god i don't have that kind of mom

Thank God my mum acts normal xD

Great part, I loved the last bit
Thanks Heli (:

Define the word normal first, since we all have different thoughts about it.

Thanks, and well.. you're very welcome. xD Hah.

That's a good one haha She has crazy things, but I have them as well.. A lot. Ahem. At least she doesn't act as Eve's mum xD

Well, that's positive! I realized I made Eve's mom acting really bitchy sometimes.. But that's only good for the future happenings. xD

Now you made me curious about what will happen on future

Ha, maybe it was my intention...I like to tease people! xD
But it's so far in the future that I haven't even written that much. So you have to wait a bit..or a little longer...

Yeah maybe i can wait Well I have to...

You did Heli xD Eve's mum is just one hell of a pain in the ass

I can wait, I guess

25

I didn’t pay any attention to my mom during the rest of our holiday there. I was still mad at her but I didn’t want to spoil my holiday arguing with her. And she didn’t mention at all what she had seen at the tent that night. It was better that way.

Everything nice ends some day, so did the holiday. Soon it was time to pack all our stuff into our car and come back home. We had to return to everyday life. We came back home a few days before the school would start so somehow I managed to get used to the idea.

The first school day was mainly getting to know the building better and we got our timetables and other information how to work there. Lessons would start on the following day. I was in the same class as Vili, Paula and Liisa. Of course there were others who I knew somehow but I saw some totally unknown people there too. I decided I wouldn’t continue the scout thing anymore, some way I had fed up with it. People there weren’t so serious with the trips and hiking. And besides our floorball team was trying to rise to the league so we would have more practices. I had thought about starting a self defence sport…maybe.

I had been at school for a while when I accidentally bumped into Pete in the city. I had thought he had already gone but obviously he was still here.
- Listen, I’m leaving in couple of weeks to do my military service and I thought about keeping a farewell party next week. I hope you’re coming? Pete stopped me and asked.
- It depends on what day exactly the party are… I mumbled.
Pete’s tone of voice made me to suspect if it was wise to go there.
- In Friday. And you know very well how good food I’ll have there, Pete was attracting me.
- Let’s see… I have a practice then so I can’t promise anything yet, I answered.
- A practice? Who has a practice on Friday evening? Pete said without believing his ears.
- I have. Floorball practice, I told.
- Well, as you wish, Pete shook his head. – Come if you can.
I promised to appear there if I had time, at least for the food.

When I went later that day to home I met Vili in the home street. He was going to his football trainings.
- Hey, listen, there’s the new action movie coming out next week on Friday. I have two free tickets, so would you like to come with me there? Vili suggested after stopping me.
- I’ll have my floorball practice then…I explained once again.
- But the movie is in the evening, until nine o’clock. You’ll manage by that. Please Eve? It would be some kind of thanks for that I could spend time at your cottage, Vili answered.
- Well, alright. I’ll come! I agreed finally.
- Great! Vili grinned and continued his way.
Why everything was supposed to be on the same evening? But I didn’t need to go to Pete’s house… On the other hand, if I went to Pete’s straight from the trainings and I would eat there and I would go to movies from there. It would be a busy schedule but I wouldn’t need to refuse any invitation impolitely.

- Hey, are we going together to the movies tonight? Vili asked next week.
- It’s not possible I’m afraid, I answered to him. – I’ll go from school straight away to sports arena, I’ll have my practice there and then I’ll go to Pete’s house and then I’m coming to the cinema, I explained my plans.
- What are you doing at Pete’s? Vili asked doubting.
- He has some kind of party because he’s going to the army so he asked to stop by there, I answered.
- Alright… I just don’t get why you’re going there even you don’t really like Pete, Vili said at last.
- You know very well that our moms are friends so we have had a habit of going each other’s parties. And besides there’s good food so I don’t need to go home to eat, I told to Vili.
He looked at me still doubting.
- You don’t need to believe me! I gave up finally. – But you don’t have to tell me your own thoughts about why I’m going there. You can keep them yourself, I said.
- I didn’t mean that! Vili hurried to explain. – I just think it’s weird that you are voluntarily meeting Pete even a while ago you were still saying how annoying person he is.
- Well, he still is, but Pete’s mom would take my absence as a personal offence and it would cause a lecture from my mom. So I’m only protecting my own skin, I answered.
- Okay, okay, I’ll believe you! See you then tonight! Vili said while leaving to his own class.
- Yes, see you, I said when I walked to my own classroom.
The last lesson on Friday was maths… Even I couldn’t concentrate properly.

Friday with Pete and then with Vili

Hmm.. I sense something will happen at Pete's place

That's kinda obvious, isn't it?

You don't have to be a detective to get the clue, no

26

After the torturing class I left to cycle towards the gym. I was there until my floorball practice started at the other side of the building. I was little amazed that so many had come even it was Friday. After the training I took a long and refreshing shower, changed my clothes and dried my hair and did little make up. I had eaten a proper meal at school though I had had some snacks with me which I had eaten after the gym. So I was starving.

I cycled carefully with my huge equipment bag and my stick towards Pete’s house. I didn’t want to enter sweating and puffing so I didn’t hurry. Though I guessed it wouldn’t disturb anyone since I didn’t believe I would know anyone there. I phoned to my dad when I was at Pete’s front yard and asked him to pick me and my stuff up at 20.30. I didn’t want to take the heavy bag and the stick with me in the movies. I could hear the bass sound coming out of the house so I didn’t bother to ring the doorbell. I left my shoes to the hall and hang my jacket into the coat rack. I put my equipment little aside so that nobody would take them. There were already many people hanging around there. The living room was full of young people dancing along the music. I tried to seek Pete so that he would know I was here. I couldn’t find him so I headed towards the kitchen. There was waiting a table full of different kinds of eatable things. I decided to start with sandwich cake so I took a big slice of it. I was hungry as a hell.
- I just thought I saw you here, Pete said behind me. – I didn’t hear the doorbell ringing.
- Maybe it’s because I didn’t ring it, I said and took the first mouthful of the cake. – This is good! I mumbled to Pete.
- Didn’t your mom teach any eating manners? You shouldn’t speak while eating and so on, Pete teased.
- Of course she did but she’s not here at the moment. And you don’t really care about my manners. You’re acting much worse yourself, I said.
- Oh well. I can see that you don’t have any sense of humour. Take something to drink and relax! Pete told.
I looked all drinks there was on offer.
- Your drinks are pretty much some kind of alcohol… I answered.
- But you won’t be drunk if you drink one beer, Pete understated.
- No I won’t but I don’t like beer. You should have something non-alcohol right? I asked.
Pete opened the door of the fridge and examined the content. – Milk? he asked then.
- It’s fine with me, I said and took another plate of food.
Pete shook his head while seeing my plate. – You must eat more than a boy at your age and in addition you’re drinking milk, Pete groaned.
- I like to be different, I grinned and took a long sip from my glass.
- Obviously… Pete muttered.

- PETE! Finally I found you! I heard a high-pitched voice yelling behind me.
I turned around to see who missed Pete that much. It wasn’t anybody else than Mirkku.
- Oh, you’re here too, she continued with cold voice when she noticed me,
- Don’t let me disturb you. I can go away if you want to talk together, I answered and I was ready to leave the place.
- It’s not necessary. Actually this has something to do with you, Mirkku told.
I couldn’t understand what Mirkku wanted to say to me? If this was some kind of “stay away from my future boyfriend” fight, I would run away from the situation.
- Well, I guess I’ll stay then… I muttered and continued my eating.
- I just want to make it clear that you would better stay away from Pete, he’s mine! Mirkku started her speech.
- What I know, nobody can own anybody but I don’t have anything against that you would keep Pete. I don’t need him, I said.
- Good then, Mirkku answered and her eyes were watching me from toes all the way until my head. – You wouldn’t even get him with that kind of look or behaviour. Who young girl would drink milk on Friday evening when there’s better drinks also? Mirkku teased staring at my glass.
- A young person who doesn’t want to spend next day with hangover, I answered coolly. – And I’ll warn you, don’t piss me off anymore, my patience isn’t lasting forever either. And Pete doesn’t like fights in his house that much. The one who starts the fight will fly straight away out of the house and the one isn’t welcome anymore here, I continued. – It would be wise to keep it in mind when you’re talking like that.
- But you’re so thin that you couldn’t even hurt anyone, Mirkku was grinning.
This time it was Pete who answered. – Mirkku, if I was you I would shut my mouth right now.
- Hah, what that kind of flower stick could even do?
I stood up slowly and looked little downwards to Mirkku. I assumed she didn’t remember I was taller than her.
- Maybe it would be best that you would leave me alone now. I’m going in for self-defence sports so it’s pretty easy for me to get rid of you, I said silently and stared at Mirkku’s eyes calmly.
I saw a slight fear in her eyes before she could control herself.
- Well. As you wish, she said like the whole conversation would have been totally indifferent for her. – But Pete, I guess you’ll talk about this with me, she said before she left the kitchen.

- Since when you’ve went in for self-defence? Pete asked.
- Since this moment. I can’t stand people who compare me as a flower stick, I snorted. – I guess I can make coffee for me? I need caffeine so that I’ll stay awake in a movie.
Without waiting for the answer I turned to the coffee maker and prepared strong coffee.
- In the movie? Pete asked.
- Yes. Dad will take me here in half an hour and drops me at the cinema.
- Do you have company there?
- Yes, I have. Vili had some free tickets so I’ll go with him. If you are so interested, I answered.
- I was just curious… Pete was explaining.
- Why didn’t you shut Mirkku’s mouth earlier? I changed the subject going back to the previous conversation.
- She talked with me already today about it so she really wanted to talk with you, not with me like she said, Pete answered.
- You’re an obsession for her, I said.
- Yes, I am, and it isn’t that nice. I hope she’ll settle down when I leave to the army, Pete hoped.
- Yeah, and annoys me because you aren’t here, I sighed.
- It was you who started this, Pete grinned, you should’ve been quiet at the Midsummer so nothing like this would have happened.
- Don’t start that! I yelled. – Mirkku would annoy me even though. She has seen us together so many times that she thinks I’m a competitor for her.
- You aren’t one then? Pete asked.
- No I’m not! You’re my mom’s workmate’s annoying child and I have the strangest obligations towards you.
- You would have one obligation which you haven’t filled yet, Pete grinned.
- And what that’s supposed to mean?
- Every guest must dance one dance with me as a farewell, Pete told. – And this wish is absolute, nobody will skip it.
- But I’m not a guest, so it doesn’t have anything to do with me, I said.
- No way. I invited you so you’re a guest, Pete specified. – So, may I?
I stared at Pete’s stretched arm. How the hell I could prevent this “absolute” wish to become true? I didn’t want to dance with Pete, not at all!

I love it

You love what? The part? The situation? Pete, maybe?

The part and also maybe the situation I don't know what I would think about Pete...

Now Pete is one hell of a self-loving guy
I wish Eve had hit Mirkku She deserved it

Great part Heli, I liked it (:

Haha, yes he is! xD
And thanks Mar (:

BTW, I just realized this is gonna be the longest story I've written so far It's about 50 pages in Word now and I once checked that my longest story has been something near 60 pages... And this story isn't even near ending!

Oh, and I accidentally found some pics of Finnish actors which would suite to the persons in this story. The only problem is that I found a look for Vili and Pete but I'm still searching for the others. So, dunno if it would be wise to post them in the Stories Talk -section...

I think it is, I'm curious (: