𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑫// 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑹𝑨𝑫 𝑭𝑰𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑹¹

𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯

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"Do we really have to physically sit for our portraits? can't she just, like, look at a picture on her phone or something?" Jeremiah complains while he cooks eggs "Okay, get out." He says trying to Steven away from him "What? why," Steven protests

"She needs to see you in the flesh in order to capture your essence. While you're still young and full of hope," Laurel says causing the boys to laugh "Her words,"

"Well, Conrad does not have hope, actually. He's hopeless," Jeremiah says causing me to laugh and he turns around "But, my hangover smoothie? It cures all," He says pointing to the blender

"Can you please hurry up?" Conrad says annoyed from the couch he is lying on "Tate, go put your whiny Boyfriend back to bed," Jere says while pointing at me

"Wait you guys are back together, that's great," Laurel says before I can protest "No, we are not," I say rolling my eyes at Jeremiah and I hear Conrad groan

"All right, seriously, Steven, get out." Jeremiah says even more annoyed at Steven "Oh, come on," Steven says at the same time "This is a delicate science, and your heavy breathing is going to break the yolk," Jeremiah says looking at him

"Okay. Okay, okay," Steven says walking away "She hasn't painted you since you were little. I think it'd be nice to have these portraits for when you're older," Laurel says completely ignoring the boys' banter

"Old, no." Steven says "When I'm older, I'm sure there'll be, like, like, holograms or something I can watch of myself, you know?" He says before Jeremiah starts the blender "Just sit for your portraits, I don't see Conrad complaining," Laurel says after Jeremiah turns off the blender

"Bring this to him," Jere says handing me a cup full of his 'hangover smoothie'. I walk over toward Conrad and hand it to him "Thank you," He says while sitting up

"He'll complain when he's conscious," Jere says while I was handing Conrad the smoothie "I'll be back," I say feeling my phone vibrate in my pocket and I step out the door into the kitchen that leads to the pool and pulling out my phone to see Taylor face timing me

"Hello, wonderful sister," I say sitting down on the lawn chair "Hello, how is everything going?" She says smirking

"Great, why?" I ask "Well a little birdie told me you and Mr. Conrad Fisher were cuddling," She says teasing me

"We were not, the only thing Belly saw was Conrad drunk and his head lying in my lap in the car," I say immediately knowing Belly told Taylor about yesterday "Are you sure? Do you owe me 20 dollars yet?" she says laughing

"No, you perv," I say rolling my eyes and laughing "Oh, come on. Just do it and you'll be so much better after," She says "No." I say in a stern tone

"I know you'll never admit this but, you are still in love with Conrad and the more you try and push that away, the more you are going to hurt yourself, so for the sake of me getting money and you being happy just tell him how you feel because I'm sure he feels the same," Taylor says while say lays on her bed "I am not still in love with Conrad," I say laughing trying to convince myself more than her

"But you admit you used to be in love with him?" She says raising her eyebrow "Well, yes. He was my first love and you know first other things but that's all," I say letting out a light laugh "Now let's just make him your last everything," Taylor says

"Make who your last everything?" I hear a voice say from beside me, I look over and see Conrad standing there, I hadn't even noticed him come out "Uhh," I say looking at Taylor with wide eyes

"Yo-," She starts to say before I hang up on her "She was telling me about this, um, this book she read," I say looking anywhere but at him

"I thought Taylor didn't like to read books?" He said confused while taking off his shirt "Uh, yea I meant to say she was talking about a book she heard about," I say letting out a nervous laugh

"Hmm, okay. Well anyway, did you hear that Belly is going to be a debutante?" he asks while standing in front of me "She accepted the invite?" I ask "Yup, my mom's freaking out," He says laughing

"They're going shopping soon," He says still standing there "Are you gonna go?" he asks "No probably not," I say looking down

"Oh, well do you maybe, uh, wanna go swimming with me?" He asks while scratching the back of his hand nervously "Yeah, let me just go get my suit in," I say standing up