in which two best friends experience what it feels like to be in love
OR
in which carmen hart turned the towns biggest player into the towns most hopeless romantic.
carmen hart sat bored on her best friend gwens bed listening to her drone on and on about the load of summer reading their history teacher, mrs. moskowitz had assigned them.
"gwen, its time to start accepting that the work we get assigned over break is only to prepare us for whats coming next," the girl said, placing a comforting hand on gwens shoulder knowing good & well shes not doing it either.
"yeah whatever," said the curly haired girl, throwing the book under her bed.
well thats lost for good now.
"wanna go to the lake? its been a while, and plus its like 1,000 degrees outside." gwen inquired with begging eyes. carmen has always loved the water. or really just nature in general. her mom was very big on being one with the world, and always encouraged her to build connections with the earth.
thats what led to carmens famous habits, which include laying out in the grass, going on walks barefoot, sitting outside on the days it rained, and a bunch of other stuff.
so why would she turn down an invitation to the lake?
"uh, duh!" she exclaimed, hopping off the bed in excitement.
"okay, go call jay and ozzie while i get changed." gwen adds, dismissing carmen out the room. the two girls had no issue with changing in front of each other, but she had to go tell nate and nikki anyways.
as she made her way down the hallways, she eventually approached nates room, knocking forcefully with her eyes shut tight in fear of seeing anything she really didnt want too. "is it safe to come in?" she yelled slightly
"yes!" nate yelled back. she opened the door very slowly, not fully trusting if she was really in the clear. "uncover your eyes, carr." she heard nikki deadpan. slowly putting her hand down, she peaked her head through the door before asking, "you guys wanna come to the lake with me and gwen? ozzie and j-"
"will jay be there too?" nate cut her off. "well, if youd let me finish i would've told you if he was coming or not, NATE." the girl snapped back. "im about to ask, i just stopped here to see if you guys wanted to come too."
"im game," nikki said, leaving nate no choice but to agree. carmen made her way down the steps of the runck household and into the kitchen, picking up the phone and dialing the first number.
the phone rang for a couple of seconds before a high-pitched voice was heard through the line. "yes?" ozzie said in an annoyed tone.
"rude." carmen started with a scoff. "i was going to ask you if you wanted to come to the lake with me, gwen, nik and nate. im about to ask jay after."
"sure whatever ill be there. okay bye i have etienne on the other line, i have to go," and with that, he hung up with the simple click of his finger. making the last call, the phone rang 3 times before it was answered.
"hello?" jay spoke.
"jay, its me, carmen. do you wanna come to the lake? everybody's going."
"sure, what time?" he asked, now sounding like he has a mouth full of food. "were heading over their now so i can stop by and change, so about ten to fifteen minutes." he simply hummed in agreement before carmen hung the phone back on the wall, just in time for the arrival of gwen, nik, and nate all in their bathing suits at the bottom of the stairs.
the 4 of them head out the house and made the short trip to the hart residence. jay was already their on her front porch when they arrived, hence them being neighbors. carmen, nik, and gwen all ran upstairs bidding a quick hello to carmens mom as they passed her in the living room.
CARMENS POV
"what should i wear?" i asked, standing in front of the open drawer in front of me filled to the brim with unworn bikinis. i mean, the summer did just start, but her mom may have also gone a little overboard with the shopping before school ended.
"why dont you wear this one?" nikki asked, holding up a bathing suit almost identically to the one she was wearing. "no, too skanky." gwen cut in, causing nikki to drop the bathing suit and run to the mirror in my room. "you look fine, nik. gwens just being mean." i assured her. gwens never really liked nikki, but they never had any actual problems. she just didnt like how her brother was always drooling over her, which really isnt her fault. nate just needs to grow a pair and act like he has some sort of self control and respect.
"here, wear this one," gwen said, handing me a blue bikini set with matching woven shorts. i took the bathing suit and ran to the bathroom on the opposite side of my room, not wanting to keep nate and jay waiting too long. i quickly got changed, grabbed my sandals and lake bag, and rushed down the steps. "ill see you tomorrow mom! ill be out late," i said quickly, earning a simple thumbs up as nikki and gwen trailed behind me. "i wish my mom was like that," i heard gwen mutter.
as we made our way out the front door, we realized that ozzie had arrived. "finally. why did that have to take so long?" jay complained as he stood up from the lounging chairs on my front porch. "you wouldnt get it," i said simply, passing him the bag as i didnt want to hold it. "you're not a lady."
he begrudgingly held the bag, swinging it over his shoulder as we began our walk to the lake.
a/n
this is carmens bathing suitttt and yeah the next chapter will be published shortly
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