always been you. | jeremiah fisher

TWENTY-ONE!

jeremiah's pov:
i finally lay down in my bed after a long car ride. i sink into the mattress and shut my eyes. i grab my phone from my pocket and open my camera roll to look at all the videos and photos from this summer.

i press the select button and drag my finger over all of the 537 videos and photos, and add them to an album. i title the album 'summer 22'

i see a notification pop up on the screen from evie

evie <3
hii

me
hi evieee

evie <3
i'm so sad
i miss cousins

me
dude same
i hate this
we should all get together for winter break

evie <3
YES.
let me text the gc

me
haha okay

mom= susannah
laur= laurel
stevie= steven
evie <3 = evie
comrade= conrad
bellybutton= belly

fish-lin fam 🗣

evie <3
GUYS

comrade
hi evie

stevie
what do u want
it hasn't even been 12 hours since we left

laur
Steven be nice!
What is it honey?

evie <3
i reallyyyyy think we should go somewhere
for winter break

me
YES

bellybutton
DEFFFF

mom
That sounds fun!

suddenly i get a facetime call from evie and i answer it.

"HI" she says excitedly causing me to laugh

"hi evie" i chuckle

"im so dedicated to this winter trip that im already looking at possible places for us to go. WE SHOULD GO ON A CRUISE OMG"

"evie it's not even the end of august yet we have time" i laugh

"i know but i really want to go somewhere"

"i know you do but we have plenty of time"

"ugh whatever you're no fun" she says rolling her eyes

...

after talking on the phone for a bit we both decided to go to bed. but what i didn't realize was that being away from her would make me feel this upset.

i turn over in the bed and just can't get comfortable. whenever i cant sleep i go for a walk outside.

i disarm the alarm and put on my shoes and quietly open the front door. i put my hands in my pockets and walk down past the neighborhood park.

i feel my phone buzz in my pocket.

tyler
yoo you're back in town right?

me
yeah i got back like a few hours ago

tyler
dude we should hang out
also i'm throwing a party next weekend for the start of school

me
oh sick i'll be there fs
but yeah we should definitely hang out
before school starts next week

tyler
bet, wyd tmrw?

me
nothing, wanna come over?

tyler
actually i think the friend group should hang out
it's been awhile

we make plans as a group to hang out at tyler's house tomorrow. i decide to walk back home and i eventually fall asleep.

...

i wake up at around 11 and jump in the shower. we're all meeting at tyler's house at 11:45 so i need to leave around 11:30.

after my shower, i grab a quick snack and jump in the car and head for tyler's house. i open the front door and hear voices in the kitchen.

"heyy guys" i say

"hey!!" they all say pulling me into a hug

the friend group has been a thing since 8th grade, and we've only ever added one person since then and that was this girl named stella.

stella moved here from canada freshman year, and we added her to the friend group. the friend group consists of: tyler (my best friend since the 3rd grade), brady, lily, stella, me, and poppy.

i greet everyone and we all start talking about what we did over the summer. eventually i get asked about any summer flings, and my mind races

should i tell them about gigi?

do i just tell them about evie?

do i even tell them i'm doing long distance?

"me and evie are actually dating" i say softly

i hear a mix of "WHAT?" and "AYY"

i look over at lily. lily has been into me since middle school, but i never saw her that way. lily puts on a fake smile and congratulates me.

not gonna lie, me and lily have hooked up in the past. last year at a party we both got drunk at made out, but other than that nothing has ever happened between us. i get questions asked about how we started dating, and i can tell lily really doesn't care. i don't understand why lily is into me, she loves to flirt (or get "comfortable") as much i do, so i don't get why she wastes her time being stuck on me.

i promised i would change my old habits for evie and so i will. going to tyler's party next week is going to help me test myself.

i have a good feeling about us being long distance.