OCEAN EYES ━ steven conklin ✓

𝟬𝟳 stargazing

Solange followed after Belly making it so the two were now standing just a few feet away from the pool and food table "Isabella! why would you do that!" she called out for her friend, Belly stopped dead in her tracks, turning around to face the girl, sipping from her drink "why would I do what? tell the truth?" she responded, smiling.

"Honestly, you need to grow up, it wasn't your place to say anything Belly" Solange replied, watching the brunette step closer to her, Cam stood behind them and he tried to talk the girls down from leaving "it wasn't my place...here you are choosing Steven over me again.."

"I'm not choosing anyone over anyone, this is me coming to you as a friend and saying you're too old to act like everything is centered around you, it was cute when we were younger but you're seriously mad at me because I know how to mind my business?" the African American girl challenged how she felt, Jeremiah and Conrad both jogged towards the two "oh and who's it supposed to be about? Ms too high to put on actual clothes?" Belly insulted her.

Solange narrowed her eyes "bitch I'm not high!" she shot back, the girls stopped doing what they were doing and turned to the argument, Jeremiah stood in between the two "okay guys let's not do this" he tried to calm them down.

"My moneys on the black one" Nova said.

"Oh, I'm the bitch? you're probably in love with my brother what is Jeremiah not enough?" Isabella added, stepping closer to her, it was obvious the two girls were drunk they would never go after each other like this otherwise "you wanna talk about being in love when it's obvious you don't even like Cam Cameron."

"Guys! can we please-"

Belly came closer to her, gently pushing past her, in the blink of an eye Solange shoved Isabella into the pool but the Brunette took grasp of her hand in the process, pulling her in with her "I could be reading right now!" Laney complained, once they hit the water it started off with splashing but the two started drowning each other "do something!"

"Girls!" Mr. Conklin yelled while Mr. Fisher watched.

"What is happening!" Susannah yelled once she came from the back door, cake in hand "you're just gonna watch them kill each other?" Shayla shouted at Steven, after all, it was his fault.

"Let go of my hair!" Belly screamed.

Solange reached across the pool, smacking the girl repeatedly with a pool noodle until Conrad and Jeremiah both jumped into the pool, "let go of her foot Belly!" Connie said, trying to pull the two girls apart "get her Solange!" Nova cheered, stopping once their eyes hit her.

Jeremiah successfully held Solange at the other end of the pool, her hair being drenched from being held under the water for too long "what the hell did I just watch..." Laurel mumbled, the two teenagers gasped for breath, Steven coming towards her and Jere.

"Are you-"

"No" Solange immediately responded.

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Late nights under the stars, those were her favorite things during the summer, the girl hadn't loved the idea of the season, it didn't feel any different than the rest of the year for her but the stars, being able to sit under them while the warm breeze hits your arms, that was what she loved-Susannah obviously wasn't happy with her, Laurel was too drunk to process what happened but the blonde was highly disappointed. Belly and Solange had been friends for years, before either of them could talk they were roped together.

Solange took a deep breath, laying on the daybeds that faced Cousins beach, she'd been thinking about her father and him trying to finally reach out, maybe something happened and he did what was best, she thought to herself, pulling up the blanket that usually sat outside for her whenever she'd fall asleep, Jeremiah was the one to come up with the idea "Solange?" a deeper voice opened her eyes, Steven stood before her, fully dressed.

"Oh, hey" the girl mumbled, sitting up on the spot, she shuffled over, not staring back at him, after the fight he tried to talk to her and of course, she said that her space was 'needed' and he left her be, that was what she loved about him, he knew when to back off "uh, can we talk?" Steven asked, fiddling with his hands, Solange froze for a moment, soon after scooting over and patting the spot next to her.

The boy sat next to her, letting the silence wash over as he thought about what to say, Steven stared at her, mesmerized, Lange looked calm, focused on watching the fireworks that just started "do you have feelings for me?" he cross-examined, spitting it out, her heart dropped, she glanced at him, turning her attention back towards the beach "cause earlier my sister-"

"it doesn't matter, it would mess everything up" Solange cut him off, it would, Conrad's said it before, dating either of them would ruin everything especially if they were ever to break up, that was his reasoning for making sure things never went too far between her and Jeremiah, they all had to live together and it would make things awkward, the conklins were like family, it wouldn't be any different "yea? like what?" he asked.

"The friendship we're making" Lange answered the boy, it already had been, they weren't close friends, to begin with, it but she was jealous of his girlfriend simply because she had the title, "look at me..." Steven murmured, when she didn't budge his hands brushed against her skin, leaving goosebumps on her arms, and her heart rate fastened, feeling as if it was slamming into her chest repeatedly.

Steven's eyes moved from her eyes, down to her lips coated in raspberry chapstick, the air thickened as if the pressure was light but it was enough for her to know what he wanted. He inched closer, moving from her eyes to her lips, they connected and all the uncertainty. All the hope. It remained in this kiss, it soothed her, the way his hands cup her face, his lips fitting perfectly in hers as if they were meant to connect, be one, his hands found themselves snaking under the cover, brushing against her waist.

It was her first kiss, Steven Conklin, the boy she spent three summers mocking and picking on, would be the first ever guy she kissed, he pulled her closer and at that moment, she forgot about Shayla, about how upset Belly would be, she would never forgive her for something like this and if she found out, it would be the death of their friendship, a firework flew above their heads, breaking the two apart.

The two teens looked towards where it came from then back at each other, expressionless.

𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
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okay this is a little shorter
(a lot) but idk I kinda
like it...also the kiss?
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
also is Bellys name Isabel
or Isabella?

INTERACT!
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