tidal wave

• chapter fifteen •

Bre had somehow woken up in her bed with Bellt sleeping soundly next to her and Taylor on the floor. She looked around and remembered she had no recollection of Bwllt and Taylor sleeping in here or getting ready for bed.

She reached over to her phone to text Finn about coming over to the house today as Steven and Tayloe were here and knew he'd like that.

"Bre you awake?" Belly whispered.

"Yeah," Bre replied.

"I'm scared, what if we can't save the house and we lose Susannah's memory for good" She whispered and Bre could tell she was crying.

"Bells, sit up" Bre said sitting up herself to be met with a very teary Belly.

Bre looked at Belly and realised they needed to grieve together not separately and that was the issue nobody felt like they could grieve.

"Even if we lose the house, we won't lose her memory because it's all up here" Bre said tapping on Belly's head.

"We have memories, like when you were learning to ride your bike and were set on riding it to the boardwalk and when you fell off she rode it the whole way home even if she looked stupid," Bre said smiling, it was memories like those that they had all forgotten after her passing.

"If you ever miss her just think of that or when she and Mom got high last summer" Bre laughed, there were so many memories that they would never let her legacy die or be forgotten.

What Bre didn't know was Conrad hearing this conversation from his room as the walls weren't very thick. He'd missed thinking of all the good things his Mom had done, as his reaction to her passing was just anger. He hadn't taken a second actually to remember her.

"Okay now Susannah wouldn't want you getting upset, so I'm gonna go get changed and then we can go for a swim" Bre said hoping over to her pile of clothes in the corner of her room. 

The two had gone to their rooms to get changed before they both smelt the same thing. 

Muffins! 

Bre reacted the same way as Belly and left their room at the same time and headed downstairs. 

"No way the boys went and got muffins" Belly said smiling. 

"I'll be surprised if any of them are up" Bre said laughing. They were both giggling until they noticed that Skye and Aunt Julia were standing at the Island in the Kitchen. 

"Oh..." Belly whispered stopping abruptly. 

"Morning Skye" Bre smiled, it was very awkward the moment the two girls entered the kitchen. 

"Hi Bre and Belly" They said smiling taking her attention away from their Mom.

"Sorry we smelled muffins" Belly awkwardly giggled. 

"You can have one if you'd like?" Skye offered, Belly smiled before taking one. 

"Thank you, are you in High School or College?" Bre asked trying to make conversation and a part of her cared for Skye, it must be difficult for her too. 

"Those are for the open house" Julia said rolling her eyes at Skye being nice. 

"Oh sorry," Belly said, there was something about the way Julia acted towards the Conklins that made Bre annoyed. 

"Did someone get Muff...Oh Hi, Morning" Jeremiah said coming in from the beach. He was in his surf shorts with a towel over his shoulder. Shortly after he came in he was followed by Conrad. He had his towel over his shoulder and his hair was still dripping from the ocean. After swimming Conrad always looked like he was in his natural habitat. There was something about his being in the sun or in the summer weather that suited Conrad.