I’m belly and Steven Conklin older sister our mom Laurel Conklin is best friends with Susannah fisher who has two sons Jeremiah and Conrad fisher. Every summer we go to Susannahs beach house in cousins. I’ve always had a crush on Conrad but never did anything cause I know belly also has a crush on him but last summer when Conrad confessed that he feels the same way I couldn’t say no. We kept it a secret the whole summer rushed kisses when they turned their backs sneaking off at parties going into his room when everyone’s asleep but eventually everyone found out and belly was devastated. Everyone got really mad at us for hurting belly it became a massive drama and while Conrad stayed calm I couldn’t I ended up saying some things I regretted but I couldn’t take them back. While this was going on we also found out Susannahs sick again. After summer me and Conrad went to college and everyone stopped texting me no matter how much I texted them but they stayed in touch with Conrad it hurt more than I let show but Conrad knows. Susannah died a few months ago me and Conrad were devastated we went back for the funeral first time seeing everyone in a while we tried to keep it civil but belly made a scene which made everything worse. I haven’t heard from them in a while but Jeremiah stays in touch with Conrad. Conrads also thinking about transferring to Stanford medical school but he needs to take his finals I decided I would go with him there’s a good school over there that has already accepted me. One night after me and Conrad have a long “study session” he gets a call that his aunt Julia is selling the summer house. He immediately goes to cousins and I come with him to help. When Jeremiah doesn’t hear from Conrad he gets panicked him and belly go to brown to look for him but that’s when they find out he’s gone to cousins. They go to cousin to find him. When they’re there Jeremiah immediately shouts at him belly standing awkwardly at the side Conrad shouts back letting it slip that aunt Julia is selling the house. When I hear the commotion I come downstairs in one of Conrad’s shirts and some shorts my hair damp from having a shirt. Jeremiah and belly are already angry and upset but seeing me walk into the living room just makes it worse.

Published 1 year ago