"It comes and goes in waves
It always does, always does
We watch as our young hearts fade
Into the flood, into the flood"
• Season 1-?
• Based on the show 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'
• Conrad Fisher x Fem oc
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When Belly came up to the surface, she smiled and said. "You guys are ten-year-olds."
"For life." Liam said smugly. His smug expression made her want to splash and soak him.
"I think I twisted my ankle." Belly said, pretending to struggle as she swam over to them.
Sarah walked over to the edge of the pool with a smirk. "I'm pretty sure you'll survive, Bells."
"At least help me out." Belly insisted.
Sarah squatted down and extended her hand to Belly, who grabbed it tightly and pulled with all her might. Sarah let out a yelp as she stumbled, fell forward, and landed in the pool with an even bigger splash than Belly's.
As Sarah's head popped up, she quickly burst into laughter. "I hate you so much, Belly."
"Revenge is sweet." Belly replied gleefully.
Jeremiah, Steven, Liam, and Conrad all chuckled at the girls before they made their way back to the Summer House.
Belly and Sarah rolled their eyes as they swam to the edge of the pool and pulled themselves out before heading into the house.
They left a trail of water behind them as they walked up to the kitchen island where Susannah was cutting up fruit, with Jackie and Laurel standing around in the room.
"Hi." Belly and Sarah greeted in unison as they sat down at the island.
"You're both dripping water all over the place." Laurel scolded the teenagers before leaving the room to get two towels.
"Laur, Jack. They're gorgeous." Susannah whispered, pointing at Belly and Sarah.
"I know." Laurel whispered back.
"They grow up too quickly." Jackie added.
Susannah walked around the island and held the teenagers hand, looking at them from arm's length. "You two have always been lovely, but, look at you."
Belly smiled self-consciously. "I think I look pretty much the same."
"You do not look the same at all." Susannah said, shaking her head before sweeping Belly in for a hug, the close kind that's long enough to make you wonder how long it's going to last, who'll pull away first. She then turned to Sarah, looking at her in awe. "You're so pretty, Angel. You're both growing up. You're in bloom. You're going to have an amazing, amazing summer. one you'll never forget."
Sarah looked over her shoulder at her mother with a worried expression, causing Jackie to shrug.
Susannah always spoke in absolutes like that- and when she did, it sounded like a proclamation, as if it would come true just because she said so.
The thing is, Susannah was right. It was a summer Sarah would never, ever forget. It was the summer everything began. It was the summer she turned pretty. Because for the first time, she felt it. Pretty. Every summer up to this one, she believed it'd be different. Life would be different. And that summer, it finally was. She was.
