Cassidy Conklin has been going to Cousins beach ever since she could remember, with her little sister Belly, her twin brother Steven, and her mom. They stay at Susannah's beach house every summer with her boys, Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. Here's ano...
I hear Belly come home later from her date with Cam. I was at the skatepark when she left and when I got home the boys and the moms were getting ready to go to a book thingy, but I was too tired to go so I just went to bed.
I headed downstairs to greet her and see how it went. I always let Belly come to me when she has something new going on with a boy. But it's always been Conrad for her, she's always been in love with Conrad. Same with Jeremiah for me, but that's changed. I'm not waiting for Jeremiah any longer.
"Why don't you go stare at yourself in the mirror a little longer?" I hear Conrad say, that was a low fucking blow. What the hell?
Belly runs upstairs and sees me peeking out of my room, she runs to me crying and hugs me so hard I might actually pass out.
Shit. Older sister time I guess, how do I do this again? I brought Belly into my room, "What happened?"
"They crashed my date." Belly's voice is really quiet.
Bullshit, "What?"
"Yeah, Cam was about to kiss me too..." She's really sad. And she should be! That was her first date and the boys decided to crash it for fun.
"Oh, Bells, I'm so sorry. They shouldn't have done that," That's pretty much all I can say, and I don't want to bring Conrad up, so I just hug her for as long as it takes her to fall asleep.
Soon I fall asleep too.
The next day is Belly's birthday, she woke up pretty late, and I don't judge her, falling asleep crying is really tiring for some reason. We head downstairs and I smell the classic pancakes mom always makes for Belly's birthday.
"Happy birthday Belly!"
"Happy birthday sweetheart."
"Happy birthday my gorgeous girl."
"Happy birthday cheese stick." Are all responses I hear when Belly walks into the kitchen, but one voice is missing, that voice is Conrad's.
"Let's do gifts!" Susannah says to lighten the mood after Belly tells mom she isn't hungry for her pancakes.
Mom gets her a book, Susannah gets her a beautiful pearl necklace, Jeremiah gets her a charm for her bracelet, and Steven got her a Princeton sweatshirt.
When it's Conrad's turn, he makes a lame excuse, "I forgot, sorry." and stands up to go help the weird boat author guy. But when he's walking, I see something in his pocket. It's Belly's present. He didn't forget. "Happy birthday Belly." Conrad says before walking out. Oh, so there it is.
Belly and Jere go to get Taylor from the bus stop, and I decide to text the new group chat me, Mark, and Willow made.
'Hi guys! :)'
'Heyyy! You up for the skatepark today?' Willow answers
'It's my sister's birthday, not sure I'll be able to make time, but I'll try! :>' I answer back.
'You better make time for us >:(' Mark finally makes his appearance and I blush at his text. He wants to see me? Oh, get over yourself Cass. You guys are friends, there's not some sEcReT meaning to his text.
'I'll seriously try.' You say before putting your phone away.
A few minutes later Belly, Taylor, and Jere walk in, "Cassie!!!!" Taylor runs to me and tackles me with a hug that almost makes us topple over.
"Hey Taylor," I smile at her, sometimes you miss a person and don't even realize it.
"We have some serious things to talk about young lady," she says in a joking voice.
I chuckle and agree to whatever she wants to talk about, "In the meantime let's go swimming!"
I get changed into a random black two-piece swimsuit that Taylor forced me to wear, and head to the pool.
When I get outside, Jeremiah gives me a look, but my eyes are just playing tricks on me.
"Let's play chicken!" Taylor excitedly suggests, we all agree but someone would have to sit out, I volunteer.
"No." Taylor says very menacingly, "I will!" her voice changes to cheery.
"I call Cass!" Jere yells, great being that close to him will only make my crush that I'm trying to get rid of come right back.
"Hey, she's, my twin!" Steven argues but let's Belly get on his shoulders.
As we play Taylor cheers for the birthday girl but me and Jere eventually win. "Yes!" I exclaim and high five Jere from his shoulders. He sets me down just as Conrad and a girl I don't immediately recognize walk in, and then it hits me, it's Red Sox girl. As she and Belly talk, I learn that her name is Nicole and she's Belly's older deb sister. Hey, I'm not jealous, you are!
I go inside to try and make time for the skatepark. I get changed really quickly and text the group chat.
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'Hey! I have time, I'm heading over there now :)'
'Yesssss, me and Mark are already here waiting for you <3' Willow is seriously one of the sweetest people in this world.
"Hi!" I say to Mark and Willow.
"Hey!" Mark answers for the both of them, they just have that kind of dynamic.
We get to skating and teaching each other some stuff we've learned over the years and practicing new tricks we want to get the hang of. I let Willow try out my skateboard at some point, but she decides that it isn't her thing and goes back to rollerblading around the park.
"Hey so, my family and close family friends throw this party thing for the 4th, do you and Willow wanna come?" I ask Mark after I didn't land another kickflip.
"I'll see if we can," Mark says with a smile, "It sounds fun."
I land a kickflip after he says that. Mark and I cheer and hug. Landing a trick on a skateboard for the 5th time doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but kickflips are hard. Mark's hugs are really nice, I'd like to get some more of them.
Belly invited Cam for her special birthday dinner, and Jere took it upon himself to interrogate him. I have to keep kicking him under the table to stop asking such uncomfortable questions. After one of his questions leads Cam to kiss Belly, Jeremiah decides to stop. That boy...
Mwahahahahaha i hate myself :D jk, I'm having a lot of fun writing this story, so I hope you guys are enjoying reading it just as much! :))
