Summer Lovin |Jeremiah Fisher

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As night fell on Cousins beach, the Collins clan made their way over to the Fisher-Conklin house.

Delilah carried a fresh dish of cinnamon rolls she had baked when she got back from the beach which she made Liam help her do, even though he secretly enjoyed it, and Peter carried a pot of his famous tomato soup.

The families exchanged greetings as everyone took their seats at the table as the food was distributed.

Peter sat beside Laurel by the corner of the table, Delilah was seated beside Jeremiah at the corner too so Conrad was beside her and Belly was across from her with Liam in between Susannah and steven.

Conrad and Delilah were caught up in their mindless chatter about school as Liam Steven and Jeremiah laughed about whatever was playing on Stevens's phone.

"Steven I swear to god if you look at that phone one more time I'm putting it in the screen basket." Laurel sighed.

"It's just we wanna see your beautiful faces" Susannah smiled.

"Can dinner be a screen-free zone? Like the olden days," Peter added.

Steven was still scrolling on his phone.

"Steven ." Jeremiah reprimanded before he snatched the phone out of Steven's hands and threw it into the basket, it landed perfectly and the table let out impressed expressions.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Liam said as he gave Jeremiah a high five over Stevens' head.

"Boom! Nailed it!" Jeremiah whooped as he held his hand out to Delilah for a high-five, the girl just rolled her eyes but slapped it nonetheless.

"Ok ok we get it you've been working out." Steven retorted, Belly just smirked.

"You're just jealous because Jeremiah has a better body than you." Belly teased,

"Uh no, it's all about the lean look now. Otherwise you cant wear tailored suits." Steven said with an ignorant smirk.

Delilah and Conrad exchanged amused glances as they laughed.

"Tailored suits" the both of them mocked as Jeremiah watched them with a tight smile.

"When are you leaving for training camp?" Liam then asked as he faced Conrad. Conrad's smile slowly dropped as Jeremiah spoke up hastily.

"He uh- he quit football." Delilah's eyes widened as she almost dropped her spoon.

"Wait what? You what? I'm sorry you- you quit football?" Delilah asked incredulously as she faced Conrad, the boy looking anywhere but at her.

"Conrad you quit football?" Peter asked with a frown, Laurel and he exchanged worried glances as they looked at Susannah who avoided their stares too.

Conrad just nodded mutely as Steven scoffed, "are you kidding me, man?"

"Dude I would kill to play college ball" Liam added with a frown.

"He can always change his mind" Susannah tried but Conrad shut her down immediately.

'I'm not gonna change my mind" he responded sharply as he stared at his mom.

Delilah didn't like how Conrad was acting, the way he was moodier than usual. How his responses were sharper and not as lighthearted as before.

Sure Conrad always was more down to earth but the whole day she had barely seen him smile.

Delilah bounced her leg nervously under the table as she watched Conrad and his mother stare at each other as Laurel asked what he was gonna do all summer.