Strawberry Kiss | OBX

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Lizzy

Midsummers. A day in the middle of summer where all the rich people come to talk about their riches and lower class kooks try to sell to the higher class kooks for bragging rights; it's all just a scam. I absolutely hated it, you had to dress up all fancy and wear makeup and the only fun thing about it was dancing. The last time I went to midsummers I was 13 and mom would hang out with Sarah and me as we danced all night. I miss those little moments I had with mom.

It's been a week since I last hung out with the pogues because of my shoulder. I was put on bed rest by the doctor and Rafe made sure that I didn't sneak out of my room; I got caught twice. Which totally sucked because all of us pogues were going to come up with an elaborate plan to get all of the gold before midsummers or at least try to get it all. I haven't seen JJ either. The night of the kiss, Rafe dropped him off at John B's and that was it. We hadn't made anything official to our friends but as long as JJ and I knew where we stood that's all that matters. Rafe's been gone for a few days I just hope he hasn't gotten himself into trouble.

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Sarah was helping me get ready. While she did my makeup she mentioned how she broke up with Topper and is now going out with John B. I kinda figured they were gonna end up together by the way John B always seemed to bring Sarah up in every conversation between us. Once she was done with my hair and makeup she helped zip up the sparkly emerald green dress. It was an off the shoulder dress that shined when the light hit it just right. My sister bought it for me when she was out with Vlad aka John B... I loved how that very night when she came back from her little adventure she rushed into my room and told me everything about how perfect that day was. Personally, the kiss in the rain sounds super romantic and I'm literally so jealous that she had a movie moment, but it's nice seeing her happier than when she was with Topper. After she was done fixing me up, she put her favorite star necklace on me and I smiled.

"You're letting me wear it?" I looked at her.

"Yeah, it suits the dress." She giggled and put on her flower crown and stood in the mirror, "We look so hot ."

I looked at myself and looked at her, "I look bloated" I turned to the side and held my stomach as if I were pregnant

"Omg, Lizzy stop it, You look gorgeous. don't deny it."

"JJ's policy is always deny, deny, deny" I laughed and was met with her serious face, "Fine, I was just being funny."

"You know who's gonna have his eyes on you the entire night... JJ." Sarah smirked and giggled.

"Is he even gonna be there?"

"John B said that they're gonna be party crashers."

"I hope they do, I can't stand being there all night pretending to be proper and elegant" I shrugged a bit, my nerves started building up as it came time to leave

"You're gonna be okay, Liz" Sarah was sitting on the bed and looked up at me as I was staring at myself in the mirror, "Are you nervous because it's your first midsummers without mom?"

I inhaled sharply, and squeezed my eyes shut trying to push back my tears, but I soon felt them warm and slowly slipping down my cheeks.

"I'm scared, Sarah." I looked over at her, "What if people talk about the fact that I came back, and start talking shit about how I don't deserve to be back here. I'm not gonna know what to do or say, and it's different now that mom isn't here to comfort me or dance with us like she did because I never felt comfortable being around all the rich men who would just stare."