𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 // 𝙟𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧

[ 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 ]

it's not like jeremiah and stella weren't best friends too.

i mean, yeah, conrad had her pretty locked into their best friendship but that doesn't mean that stella didn't like to break away and have some fun with jeremiah. they were really good friends actually. they were both each other's first kiss during the summer when they were 13. they both went to parties together. there were even times when they pretended to be dating because they didn't want certain people to ask them out.

which is exactly why she had agreed to go swimming with jeremiah.

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stella dropped her bags next to her bed and admired the bedroom in front of her. she had her own room at the house in cousins beach. her room was located in a loft type of room. there was a staircase that led straight to her room. it was littered with posters, lights, and miscellaneous instruments that she played. she was pretty good at guitar and even piano, but recently she had been trying to learn the drums. 

she only had a moment of peace before footsteps were heard running up the stairs. "knock! knock!" the voice sang. stella knew who it was.

"what do you want, j?" she laughed with her back to the staircase. she brushed her fingers across her electric guitar. it was white and had stickers covering some of the blank space.

jeremiah threw himself onto her bed. he laid on his stomach and faced stella with his hands under his chin. "i want to hang out with you. maybe go swimming...?"

stella turned around and sat on the floor in front of jeremiah. "fine," she said with a small smile on her face. "only because i have a new swimsuit to try out."

she reached her hand out to mess up his hair then picked herself back up to get ready. "okay, i have to change, j."

"nah, i think i'm gonna stay here," he joked, rolling over so that he could sit against the head board of stella's bed.

stella marched over to the bed and grabbed jeremiah's hands. "come on!" she dragged each word out. "get up!"

jeremiah laughed while she attempted to pull him up. "you can't move me. i've been working out." he showed his muscles, making stella playfully push his head aside.

"the longer you keep wasting time, the less time we'll have to swim," stella reminded him. 

that made him get up really fast and storm down the stairs. "five minutes, stel!" he called on the way down.

"fine!" stella answered. it was probably going to take longer than five minutes for her to change and get ready but whatever.

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"what took you so long?" jeremiah pretended to be grumpy.

stella was still adjusting the straps of her new black bikini. it was a simple bikini. it wasn't too fancy or special. "i took five minutes, j. just like you asked."

"there's a bonfie tonight," jeremiah mentioned, yet again.

stella laughed under her breath. "so i've heard."

"and you're going right? we're gonna go?" he checked, yet again.

"yes, we're gonna go," she replied, smiling.

jeremiah smiled even bigger. "good, 'cause we can't miss it. it's the first one of the season."

"some guy invited me earlier too." stella decided to bring up the guy from the store.

jeremiah looked down at stella while they were walking towards the beach. "really? not that i don't believe you-"

stella laughed out loud. "oh, am i that scary to look at, j-"

jeremiah started laughing even harder now. "no! not at all! i didn't mean-"

"i'm joking," she stated. 

they both stared at the beach in front of them. it was one of their favorite places to go together.

"wanna race?" jeremiah suggested.

stella pretended to be uninterested. "no, no. i don't stand a chance with you and your new muscles since you've been hitting the gym," she said in a fake deep voice, trying to copy jeremiah.

"well, i have been hitting the gym- HEY!"

stella was already sprinting down the beach, trying to kick off her sandals and throw her stuff on the ground. jeremiah was catching up, trying to do the same.

"you cheater!" he laughed, almost out of breath. "get back here!"

he grabbed her waist from the back and spun her around so he could pick her up in one motion. he continued running towards the water while she held onto him. "i didn't cheat. you were just too slow."

jeremiah let her down carefully into the water before drenching her with water. they took turns splashing each other while laughing together.

stella noticed that jeremiah actually did have abs now and some muscles. jeremiah noticed that her new bikini looked really good, but neither of them mentioned those things to each other. they just kept splashing around, trying to push each other into the water.

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author's note

i didn't know if i should continue the chapter or just start a new one and i feel like it would make more sense if i just started a new one so yeah :)

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