It's a Summer Thing ☼ Colby Brock x Reader

Chapter 1 - NEWS!

I walked downstairs groggily already done with today, only a few hours left though, it was dinner time and I had been called down for food. The two-story house looked cleaner than usual, the resident cobwebs on the ceiling of the stairs gone, the messy coat hangers with footwear, of all sorts, sprawled out in front of it now properly placed in rows and the coats put neatly upon the hooks.

All the kitchen dishes were put away except for the ones my mother was using to dish up her homemade dinner and the general clutter of the home had disappeared.

I sat down at the old mahogany (*Gasp* That is mahogany! XD Hunger games reference) dining table, as mum dished up the food to myself and my younger brother and sister.

"So when's dad coming back from his business trip?" I asked taking a sip of the water I was given.

"A couple more weeks is all" My mum answered placing my plate down before taking her own and sitting down opposite me and beside my brother.

A slight silence fell over us as we ate, my sister, aged 6, humming to a tune only she knew, beside me, whilst also taking a few bits of her food every so often.

I studied my family quietly, my mother, Samatha, had a small number of wrinkles on her (S/c) face and hands, with bright (E/c) eyes and (H/c) hair cascading down to her shoulders in a sort of beach wave.

My younger brother, Caleb, aged 12 had short brown hair with gel in, his slightly tanned skin reminiscent of my fathers and (E/c) eyes wide as he watched videos on his tablet ignoring the rest of the family, a thing he does often.

My sister, Lila, on the other hand, had almost bleached blonde hair, all natural and beautiful, with (E/c) eyes which seemed to enjoy observing everything in an excited manner, her small (S/c) hands using her fork to pick up the food.

"So I have some news" Samatha suddenly spoke up, shaking me from my daze.

"Ok..." I replied unsure of what she was going to tell us.

"Caleb" she continued sternly, eyeing him and he reluctantly took off his headphones to listen to her,

"You know my good friend Mrs Brock... well her son, Colby, is staying with us for a while" My brother spat his drink across the table sending water over my sister and I.

"WHAT THE HELL, CALEB!!" I screamed pushing my chair back and standing up my clothes soaked, I brushed the excess water off as my brother composed himself.

"Colby Brock, as in the Colby. Brock?" Caleb asked looking to my mum who was still in shock at my brother's reaction to the simple sentence. I huffed glancing down to my sister, who was near tears as her dress also had her food down it from her shocked reaction, I sighed helping her to stand and grabbing a paper towel brushing her down and cleaning the flowery ice blue dress as best I could.

"I don't think there is a different one" Samatha answered my brother unsure of why he was so excited.

Caleb jumped up and down squealing like a 5-year-old before talking in murmurs "I can't believe it! This is the best day ever -- no when I meet him it'll be the best day ever!" And carried on saying things like that while I just ignored him picking Lila up and holding her on my hip before talking to my mum,

"So when is he coming? I haven't seen him in years" I asked and Caleb vibrated quicker (That sounded bad in my head but he's just jumping around from excitement okay... okay).

"You've already met him!" he stated the look of awe and excitement still clear on his face,

I nodded "It was before Lila was born and you were very young, maybe four or five. The last time I saw him was before we moved to England from Kansas cause of dad's work" I answered simply before turning back to our mum,