Another Summer | C.F

Chapter twenty three

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ CONRAD ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

After a few minutes of Steven leaving the room, I opened my mouth and asked, "What the hell have you done to me?"

"What? What do you mean?" she replied.

"I've never been this open about my feelings before. Normally, I kept everything to myself, and nobody would know. But with you? I love saying how much I love you, and I didn't even think about the things I said to your brother. I mean them, and I would never say those things out loud to anyone but you."

"It's because I am amazing, and you love me, obviously," she said, smiling.

"Nah... I don't think so," I teased her.

"I hate you," she said, trying to sound serious, but a stupid smile came up. God, I'm lost. I love this girl so much.

I leaned in to kiss that smile, and after a few seconds, she kissed me back. Wrapping her arms around my neck, I wrapped mine around her waist and pulled her closer to me. Since the first time we kissed, all I could think about was doing it again. Feeling her close to me, so close that our clothes were the only things keeping us away, felt unreal. I've always thought the worst is going to happen.

And when I found out about Mom's sickness, I knew that I wasn't allowed to be happy until she got better. But I think I was wrong. Right now, I feel happy. I'm not the happiest because Mom still needs me, but this is the happiest I've been for so long that it doesn't feel real.

"Well... I love you."

"I still hate you, though."

"Yeah, whatever," I replied.

Now she was the one who got closer to give me a quick kiss. Before I could even respond, she got apart from me and started walking to the door.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"To my room."

"Why?"

"To get changed. I'm hanging out with Nicole and the deb girls."

She opened the door and left the room.

Nicole... shit. I've hooked up with her sometimes before, and she misunderstood everything. She is constantly texting me to hang out and all that shit.

I've avoided her since Addie came to town, but every time it has become way harder. She is texting me and telling me that we should talk, that things ended up badly between us.

I remember the last thing I told her was that I wasn't good in a relationship, that I didn't want a girlfriend. And I thought it was true until Addie.

I should talk to Nicole; I know that. But I just can't find a good moment, or maybe that isn't my priority right now.

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Addison ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

I've been walking with Tay and Belly for the last twenty minutes until we found Nicole, Gigi, and the other debutante girls sitting on the edge of the lake.

We sit and start talking for about an hour until Gigi said, "Let's play Never Have I Ever." We all agreed to that. "Never have I ever had sex," obviously that was the first question. I could see how everyone put a finger down except for Belly. So, she's been dating Jere for the past weeks, and they haven't...?