𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 || jeremiah fisher

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I was unpacking the rest of my clothes when suddenly I hear a knock on my door.

"Come in," I said and a familiar face plopped down on my bed. "Seriously?" I said narrowing my eyes at Jeremiah, who was currently messing up the bed I had just made. When I turned around to finish unpacking, I felt a pillow hit the back of my head.

I whipped my head around and sat there with my mouth hanging open before I jumped onto Jere, hitting him with the pillow he threw at me.

"Oh it's so on!" He said pushing me over so he was now on top of me, using his hands to pin my wrists over my head. My heart was beating at the speed of light and his chest was rising and falling rapidly. There was a moment where I looked back and forth from his eyes to his soft lips and I could've sworn we were both leaning in closer.

I playfully push him off, and hit him once more with the pillow. "Uhm, anyways," I say, gulping hard and pushing my hair behind my ear. I looked over to Jere who's face was bright red.

"Yea uhm, anyways," he started. "I actually came in here to ask if you wanted to head down to the beach. I've been wanting to go alllll day but i've been waiting for you to get here." he says, giving me puppy eyes.

How could anyone say no to that face? I sure couldn't. "Yea sure, I'll be right down. Just let me change into my bathing suit first." He gives me a quick smile before getting off the bed and heading out.

I run my hands through my hair, confused. 𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝐽𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠..? I shake my head and put on a basic black one piece. I throw my hair into a messy bun and head outside.

"What took you so long, Lana?"Jere asked, throwing a beach towel over his shoulder. "Nothing," I say, looking away. Jere looks at me for a second before he picks me up and throws me over his shoulder.

He starts running down to the water with me in his grasp. I shrieked and slap his back with my palms, laughing. "Put me down!" I yell. When we reach the beach he flops down into the water, still holding me to make sure I went down with him.

I broke free from his grasp underwater and when i resurfaced I splashed water in his face. We pushed, splashed, and messed around in the water until Susannah came outside and told us to come inside for dinner.

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We were all sitting around the table passing food and drinks around when Susannah clears her throat. "So.." Susannah starts. "Girls, I have a little surprise for you," She says before pulling out two white envelopes. She hands one to me and one to belly. I look over at my mom who's shaking her head in disappointment.

"Oh come on, Susannah. I thought we talked about this? You know this isn't Lana's or Belly's thing." I furrow my brows and open up the envelope. Belly and I exchange looks. "A debutante ball? Uhm, I don't know.." I say.

"The whole deb scene is bullshit. It's for sheep." Conrad says, poking at the food on his plate. Susannah frowns at him and turns back to us. "Belly?" she says. "What about you?" Belly doesn't look up from her plate.

It was obvious that now that she had heard Conrads point of view on debs, she wasn't going to do it. It was no secret that Belly had a thing for Conrad so obviously his opinion meant a lot to her.

"What even is that?" Steven speaks up to break the awkward silence. "It's like a coming out for young women. It's basically saying they've reached maturity." Susannah explains. Steven nearly chokes on his water.

"Belly? Mature?" he laughs. "I remember when you hosted a funeral for the cat," he points at belly, "and you made us wear all black."Chris buds in, pointing at me. "Shut up, Steven!" Belly shouts across the table. "Don't act like i didn't find you crying in your room." She narrows her eyes at him.

"Dang, Lana. Mochi died? I'm sorry." Jere says and gives me a quick squeeze on my knee, giving me instant butterfly's. "Thank you," I say, breathless.

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Later that night im laying in my bed when suddenly I hear three quick knocks on my wall.

'𝐻𝑒𝑦，𝐼 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠，𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑢𝑝？' I text Jere.

Then I heard three quick knocks on my door. Jere came in and sat at the edge of the bed. "What's up?" I say sitting up. "Soo.." He starts. "I know parties aren't really your thing but-" I cut him off. "Jere.." He shushes me.

"Cmonnn Lana , I swear it's not even really a party. It's the first bonfire of the summer. And I would be so much better if you were there." He says, once again giving me those puppy eyes.

"I don't even know anyone, Jere." I say even though, secretly I kind of wanted to hang out with him. "Belly, Conrad, and steven will be there. And I'll be there, you know you can't say no to me." He says pouting. He was right, I can't say no to him.

"Alright," I sigh. "Yes! Ok, just text me when you're ready and I'll drive." He says and I shoot him a smile. I guess i'm going to the bonfire then.

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