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013 from the perspective of jeremiah fisher
Jeremiah was, confused. He had been so adamant that he knew where his feelings lied. That Belly was the one he'd been looking at for as long as he could remember. But, he was starting to realize a couple things.
One, Belly always looked for anyone else in a room first before him. It didn't matter who he walked in with, her eye went to them and only after she was done being excited to see that person would her gaze shift to Jeremiah. And two, Caroline looked really good in a white dress.
Like, not a best friend complimenting type of way, but a way where he felt like everyone around him could hear the beating of his heart in his chest. Jeremiah was also starting to notice how his skin lit on fire whenever her hand would graze his or they'd bump into each other.
It felt addictive and Jeremiah didn't know what to do with that newfound information. He had made such a big deal that it was Belly and had always been Belly... but what if it wasn't and had never been.
He watched Caroline in silence as she had fallen asleep and just seemed so, calm. It unnerved him how someone could be doing something as simple as sleeping and he'd be such a mess about it.
Soon enough, figuring if anyone came out he'd look insanely creepy, Jeremiah laid back down and continued his thoughts back in the position of his head facing Caroline's.
He wondered why his mind was suddenly hyper focused on Caroline. Like, why hadn't he noticed all the things he was now noticing earlier. It sure would have saved him some energy if he would have looked away from Belly sooner, even for a moment.
Of course he always knew she was beautiful, anyone who looked at the girl could see it. But she was so much more than that too. She was fun, kind, caring, witty, sarcastic, and protective as all hell. These were things Jeremiah had known about Caroline his whole life, and yet, they were suddenly taking on a new meaning for him.
When he'd told her he was seeing now how much she'd truly grown up for the first time, he knows he felt it there too. But, he was able to chock it up to just seeing her as older and wiser. Until this very moment he had never thought the change he was noticing was less from her... and more for him.
He didn't like this sudden shift. He hated how his best friend was starting to look like an option for more, and he hated how unfair it was to her most of all.
Because how much of a 180 move is it to go from being interested in someone Caroline saw as a sister to Caroline? How could she ever trust him?
And, on the other side... how did he know he wasn't just making this up? All these thoughts were so new that even Jeremiah himself couldn't fully trust them. He figured he would just need to test the waters a bit, see if what he thought he was beginning to feel was real or not.
