𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 // 𝙟𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧

[ 𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 ]

back at the summer house, stella was sitting on the edge of the pool in her black bikini, talking to taylor and isabel. jeremiah, steven, and andy weren't that far away, talking about their own stuff.

taylor laughed and leaned in closer to the other girls. "conrad is going to lose his mind when he sees you in this bikini."

isabel's eyes flickered between taylor and stella. "taylor..."

stella shook her head and let out a quiet chuckle. "belly, i know about your little thing for connie. don't worry."

"oh," she replied simply. her eyes wandered around before saying, "wait, is it that obvious?"

"i don't think so," stella said, leaning back on her hands. "but that might just be because connie's kind of dumb-"

taylor was still on the topic of isabel's bikini. "but seriously, you look good, belly."

isabel's cheeks flushed a light shade of red. "no- no, i doubt it. i honestly think he couldn't care less."

"come on, belly." taylor rolled her eyes.

"no, seriously," isabel protested. "he didn't even get me a present this year."

stella sat up and put her hands on the edge of the pool. "wait what?"

she recalled the conversation that she had with conrad about the gift. she told him to give it to isabel. and he hadn't.

"yeah, he claimed he forgot," isabel explained then tilted her head at stella. "stel, you were there. why do you sound so surprised?"

"oh, uh, i just forgot or something," she lied terribly, pointing to her head.

"ugh, what a little bitch," taylor sneered, referring to conrad.

stella furrowed her eyebrows and agreed. "yeah."

not very far from the girls, the boys were not talking very subtly. the girls could hear their conversation from where they were sitting.

"i can't believe you went against my very sound advice and went and got booed up anyway," jeremiah said.

both of the girls rolled their eyes with a giggle, but stella kept her eyes on him. she was laughing with the girls, of course, but she was also interested on jeremiah's "sound advice".

"i guess," steven stammered, looking away from the other boys. "i mean, she's like the hottest girl i've ever met."

andy chuckled and put a hand on steven's shoulder. "dude, you just threw your summer away."

taylor played with her pony tail and smirked. "we know you're gossiping about us over there."

"yeah, you wish!" steven shouted back.

the two other boys started laughing to themselves but jeremiah didn't look away from stella, who was attempting to fill up a cup of water in her hands and drop it on isabel's head.

taylor gasped, making everybody look in her direction. "let's play chicken."

"no! not chicken!" isabel protested against the idea.

on the other hand, stella was all for the idea. "yes! oh my god, we have to."

she was already in the pool by now, getting herself warmed up. jeremiah was already subconsciously floating closer to her.

"oh, come on, it'll be hilarious." taylor stepped closer to the boys.

jeremiah pushed the other two boys away from the wall of the pool and splashed them. "hey, i'm down. come on, guys."