Jeremiah grabbed my wrist gently and he run to the way where he had parked his car earlier. I followed him. We also found Conrad and Belly. Belly was with another boy. Jeremiah put Conrad into the car and I sat in the back seats next to him. I didn't want to sit next to Jeremiah after what happened to the bonfire. Belly was talking with the boy she was with and Jeremiah was trying to convince her to get in the car. I didn't pay attention to their conversation because I was kinda drunk?! I felt my eyes getting heavy so I put my head on Conrad's shoulder and fell asleep.
The next thing I know is that I woke up in my bed the next morning. I realised that I was wearing the same clothes. I changed into some new comfy clothes and I brushed my teeth. Then I went downstairs. I grabbed a bowl and put into it some cereal and milk.
" Where's Belly?" I asked. I haven't seen my sister since last night.
" She was going to meet a boy," Jeremiah said. " At least that's what she told me," he continued.
I continued eating my breakfast and of course, Jeremiah drank the milk that had left. Susannah came to the kitchen with a huge smile.
" Belly is going to be a debutante," she said with excitement. I wouldn't do it. However, seeing her that happy changed my mind in seconds.
" I will do it too. I just need to sign the invitation," I told her with a small smile.
" That's great! I thought you wouldn't do it" she gave me a tight hug. " We have a lot of things to do like going shopping."
And then she named every single thing that is included in the whole debutante thing. Like the tea, the dance and stuff. Belly came into the kitchen some minutes later and she had a bruise. When did this happen? Probably last night when I was trying to get drunk. I put my bowl into the sink and I went upstairs to change so we can go shopping.
After a thousand years of shopping for clothes for the rehearsals and the tea, we went into a store for white dresses. There were so many dresses and I'm sure mom and Susannah will make us try on all of them. I hope that it will be better than the last store went for the fascinators. I felt like we spent most of our time there.
I had tried about 3 dresses so far but no one fitted me good. I wore the 4th dress and it was the one that I liked better so far. When mothers saw the dress I had just worn they said this was the one. Although I found my dress we stayed at the shop because she hadn't found a dress yet. However, Belly seemed to like a dress she had already worn but she didn't choose it because Susannah said that this wasn't the one and Belly didn't want to upset her so she just tried more dresses on. Now, she's wearing a dress that I could tell she wasn't comfortable in it. And our mom could tell too. Susannah thought that this is the one. I don't blame her tho that she doesn't understand that Belly isn't comfortable in this dress at all. We bought the dresses and we were finally done shopping. Don't blame me. I love shopping but when you must try like a thousand different clothes it isn't so interesting and fun.
When we arrived home Belly and I got ready because Susannah had told us that today we had to go to the country club for tea. Our mom drove us there and she started talking as if we were in danger.
" Mom! We'll be fine. I swear," Belly just nodded. We both waved at our mother and started walking towards the building. I spotted Jeremiah walking with a bunch of towels. I greeted him but he seemed like he didn't recognise us. I yelled his name again and this time he saw us.
" Wow, girls. I didn't even recognise you" Jeremiah said and Belly must have felt bad about this comment because she asked him if we were looking like fools. Of course, he said that we don't but I don't know if he's lying or not. He came with us into the room and he introduced us. First, he greeted some lady named Paige and then he introduced us to her.
" So Paige these are the young ladies my mother has told you about. Y/n and Belly Conklin." He paused because he realized that he had introduced Belly with her nickname. " I mean Y/n and Isabel Conklin. My future wives," he winked.
" Nice to meet you girls but you're late," Paige said to us.
" We're sorry about that," I said with an apologetic look.
" It's okay! But don't let this happen again," she said with a serious but not too serious look. If you know what I mean. " You're both at table 2."
We made our way to the table and Belly seemed kinda uncomfortable.
" What's wrong with you?"
She looked at me confused. " What do you mean? Nothing's wrong."
" Come on Belly. I know something bothers you."
" See that girl with the pink dress and the pearl necklace? I saw her and Conrad kissing last night on the bonfire. And that blonde girl next to her is one of the girls that Jeremiah was with last night."
" And why should I care with who Jeremiah was last night?" Of course, I cared. But I can't let her know. She probably going to do something stupid if I tell her. But also Jeremiah doesn't feel the same about me so I don't want to humiliate myself in front of him.
" Oh! I must have misunderstood. I thought you still liked him." She hesitated for a little. " I'm so stupid. If you still liked him you would have told me," I didn't disagree with her but also I didn't agree either.
We finally reached the table and there were two empty seats next to each other. I was relieved that I got to sit next to Belly. I sat next to Belly and another girl named Shayla and I was happy about it because Shayla seemed a nice person. On the other hand, Belly was annoyed because she sat next to the girl that was hooking up with Conrad last night. I gave her an apologetic look even tho I didn't do it on purpose.
" So how is it to live with Conrad and Jeremiah?" Nicole, the girl that was with Conrad, asked me and Belly.
" Cool, I guess. Most of the time we aren't included in their activities." I just nodded. I knew they weren't interested to get to know us better but they were interested in the boys.
" So..... Does any of you have a thing with Jeremiah?" Gigi asked both of us but she was mostly looking at me.
" No! They don't! They are all family friends. Their mothers s are best friends. At least that's what Conrad told me" Maybe Belly is right and she is annoying.
We talked a little bit more and Belly was zoned out for a while. I passed to her the bottle with alcohol but she refused. She excused herself and went outside the room. I saw her talking with a boy. They both couldn't stop smiling. And then it hit me. That was the boy she was talking to last night. I couldn't help but smile. She seemed happy. She came in even happier. How can this boy make her even happier? They just met yesterday. But I didn't care. I mean I was worried that maybe he could hurt her but he seemed nice and as happy as Belly when they talked.
She whispered in my ear " Guess who is going to have their first date?!" The question was rhetorical because with her actions we both knew that she was.
The tea was finally over and our mom came to pick us up. We went upstairs to change. I took a shower first and then I went downstairs to help the mothers prepare the dinner.
A/N: Sorry that I haven't been active, I just tried to enjoy my summer and I still do. Also, I hadn't the motivation to continue this chapter but I will try to be more active these days because I'm sick and bored to do literally everything. Let me know if you like this story so far because I think it's cringe and I want your opinion. Wish you the best and stay safe<3
