The Summers After

Chapter Three

Belly's POV

Mom, Susannah and I always watch a movie on the first night. But, now that I am with Conrad, I wanted to go to the bonfire with him.

I walked into the kitchen

"Mom and Susannah, I..."

"Let me guess you want to go out with the boys tonight?" Mom asks

"Yes, could I skip the movie tonight? I just haven't seen Con in so long and I want to spend time with him." I whine

"Alright, be safe" Susannah says

"Thank you so much" I hug them both

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We all sit down at the table for dinner

Conrad holds my hand under the table, I smile at him

"Are you free tonight?" he whispers

I nod

"Do you want to come the bonfire with us" he asks

"Yes, I would love to, what time do I have to be ready?"

"Maybe 8:00" he replies

"Ok" I say

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After dinner I go up to my room and get ready

I curl my hair, do my makeup (just mascara, concealer, blush, and my favorite strawberry lip gloss), and pick out an outfit.

I chose a simple short skin-tight black dress and I snuck into Conrad's room and stole his red zip-up Harvard hoodie. I paired it with white sneakers.

"Bells, are you ready" Conrads asks from downstairs

"Hurry up" Steven whines

I grab my phone and walk down the stairs

"Shut up Steven" I snap at him

"Wow.... you look" Con begins

"Oh, stop it" I tease

"Hot" he finishes

"You don't look to bad yourself" I tease

"I may or may not have gone into your room and stole one of your hoodies" I smile

Con looks great in anything he wears, he can pull off something so simple. Tonight he is wearing a white shirt, gray jacket, and blue jeans.

He gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and we walk out to the car.

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We get out of the car and walk towards the noise on the beach.

Teenagers sitting on the sand, coolers with drinks, bonfire, the waves crashing calmly against the shore.

I tell Con I am going to go get a drink for him.

Who knows where Jere and Steven went.

I walk up to one of the coolers and tables with drinks and I grab a beer.

I see one of the girls from the deb ball last summer and start walking over to her when someone grabs my arm

"Hey hottie"

"Let go of me"

"Oh come on, I just want to have some fun" holding my arm tighter and taking a swig of his beer

"Your drunk, get away from me, I don't even know you"

"Let's get to know each other, come back to my car with me" he says trying to pull me

"Leave me alone you creep" I yell

People start looking

Conrad rushes over, to my relief

"What the hell man, she said to leave her alone"

"Who are you"

"Her boyfriend"

The guy punches Conrad and then tries to grab my arm and pull me away

Conrad pushes him hard to the ground, they are fighting when Steven and Jere come over

All three of them start fighting the guy, almost everyone at the bonfire is in a circle around them

I start crying "Stop, please, lets go guys"

Jeremiah gets up and pulls Steven and Conrad away

"Are you okay Bells" Con asks

"I'm fine, are you okay" I asks as I rub some blood off of his face

"That guy wouldn't leave you alone, I got so pissed." he scoffed, "Thanks Jere and Steven for helping me"

"No problem" they say

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On our way home I was thinking about what Con said during the fight, he said he was my boyfriend! We never really had talked about labels yet.

Steven and Jeremiah were talking in the front, so I decided to talk to Conrad.

"Con"

"Yea"

"You said you were my boyfriend to that guy back there"

"Yes I did"

"So.."

"Belly, I know this is cheesy, but do you want to be my girlf....."

"Yes" I say loudly

He chuckles "Well okay then"

He tucks a strand of hair behind my ear and gently points my chin up and then kisses me

How did I become so lucky, I have the most romantic, nice, loving, and protective boyfriend in the world