Just Keep Driving - Jeremiah Fisher

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"I love these flower crowns! They are too stinkin cute!" I said with a mouth full of food. We were finally sitting down for Belly's birthday dinner, and there was a little awkwardness.

"Ew Ray gross, chew your food" Taylor said with the same amount of food in her mouth which made us both laugh. "But yeah I really think these are super cool"

Nobody seemed to even pay attention to our little banter which was weird. Usually someone would join in on it. I know for sure it was Camerons presence that made things weird. The boys acted like they had a stick up their butt as soon as he arrived.

"So Cam. Mind if I call you Cam Cameron?" Jere said a little aggressively towards Cam. I nudged him under the table to stop whatever he had brewing in his head.

"Mhm-hmm. Yeah, man. Feel free. That's funny." Cameron said politely back.

"I'm glad you're here, Cameron. I know your mom, Denise, from the club. I have heard a lot about you." Susannah said brightly, she for one loved how much Cam suited Belly.

"Thank you so much for having me, Susannah. My mom says hi!"

Laurel then brought out dinner, and explained how it was a Korean birthday tradition. She also made it clear that Belly told her he was vegetarian so she made it meat free. This seemed to bother Jere even more.

"Why don't you eat meat, Cam Cameron?" Jeremiah said equally aggressively as the first time he spoke to the boy.

Again the boy politely answered Jeremiah's aggressive questioning. Taylor even joked around with him to lighten the mood that Jeremiah seemed to try and dampen.

"You know, uh, actually Belly eats meat. So, you let her kiss you with those lips?"

"Jere, really" I said nudging him again

"No, I don't judge people for eating meat. It's just, like, a personal choice. I don't care." Cameron explained

"So you don't mind if, uh, her lips touch a dead animal, and then those dead animal lips touch your lips, right?" Jeremiah said rudely. That's when I smacked him because the boy was being so hostile. Everyone at the table was also giving him a look like they wanted to do the same thing.

"I don't mind at all. Um, in fact ..." Cameron then surprised us all by kissing Belly. It was actually quite sweet but then the boys started making fake gagging noises.

After that the dinner ran smoothly. I mean there was some bickering between the siblings, but that's normal. Even Taylor joined in on the fun, and took the attention away from Belly and Cameron. It was nice having everyone together.

"I was thinking maybe we should go to Nichole's party." Belly then said, speaking her thoughts out loud.

"Yes" Taylor answered excitedly

So it seems Nichole's party was our next adventure of the night ... This should be interesting.

***

"UGH ... I don't know what Belly sees in that vegetarian freak" Jeremiah said falling back on my bed. He decided to come with me to keep me company while I got ready since he was already dressed and ready to go.

"Jeremiah you barely gave the kid a chance! He's a total sweetheart, and you can tell he cares for Belly!" I said, turning around looking at him from my makeup bench.

"I don't know" he said, fully laying down defeated. His behavior since Cam came over tonight has been different. It was the same behavior from the beach the night Belly met Cameron. The night I decided he was jealous over the whole scenario.