the summer we fell || jeremiah fisher

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As we pulled up to the fishers summer house, I felt a lot of different emotions, I felt so excited but also uneasy. I realized that some things never change. The warmth of family, the joy of being together, and the promise of new memories.

The house was quaint and charming, with a wraparound porch and a garden full of flowers. My mom, honked the car horn and unlocked the car doors, Her, steven and Belly had jumped out of the car so quickly they were so excited. Well me i sat in the car for a few more seconds contemplating weather I should get out or not.

I do this every summer when we arrive i always over think everything questions start to build up in my head. Do they even want us here? What if the boys have grown up and realised us spending summer together is lame? what if they had girlfriends now and didn't want us around? It was all the "what if's" my anxiety was building up my head filled with so many thoughts.

I look up and see all the boys and susannah greet my mom and siblings, my heart literally awed when i seen the way conrad had smiled when he walked out the house and seen Belly, and the way they ran into each others arms.

My thoughts were interrupted when someone knocks on the window on the side i was sitting on i look up and see jeremiah fisher, i opened the car door and flung into his arms, he held me by the waist while my arms wrapped around his neck. Before i knew it he had lifted me off the floor and was spinning me around.

"i missed you so fucking much lex" he says with a wide smile on his face

"i missed you too jere" i say laughing

Jeremiah and I had been best friends for years, I don't if it was cause we were the closest in age but i went to him about everything, i would tell him about all my problems small or big. Every summer we spent every moment together, exploring the beach and chasing adventure. We would laugh until our sides hurt, and we talked about everything under the sun. He knew everything about me, and I knew everything about him.

He put me down and messes with my hair, he stops and just stands there looking at me.

"um why u staring at me" i say letting out a shy laugh

"nothing" jere says

"shut up tell me" i say laughing

"well you've come back all grown up, your braces are gone, your glasses have been replaced with contacts, and u don't wear your hair in braids anymore" he says shyly

Does he really notices me that much i think to myself

"well that's what i wanted it like i looked like such a freak last summer i was 16 with glasses, braids and braces" i say chuckling

Jeremiah just stares at me with a look in his eyes then he lets out a sigh "you look so beautiful lexi" he said smiling at me

I don't reply i just stand there thinking to myself NO FRICKING WAY JEREMIAH FISHER JUST CALLED ME BEAUTIFUL. I was literally melting on the inside i was really hoping my cheeks weren't flared up. I've never felt this way before I never really seen him as anything but a best friend.

"um thank you" i said with the biggest smile on my face.

Before me and jeremiah could say anything else to each other we hear conrad and my brother steven shout "I THINK ITS TIME FOR A BELLY FLOP" jeremiah runs over to the boys to help chase after belly.

The boys end up catching her and she starts screaming "lex please help me"

I giggle replying with "sorry bells but i can't"

"I HATE U" she screams rolling her eyes playfully

The boys swing her and chuck her in the pool with her clothes on. It's a tradition the boys do every year with belly the first day of every summer when we arrive they will pick her up and chuck her in the pool with her clothes on. I know she hated it but it was funny and it was her way of bonding with the boys.

I heard belly scream "ow! you hurt my ankle"

I turn to look at her "omg are you okay bells"

She turns and winks at me, conrad had pulled out an arm to help her out and before i knew it belly had pulled him into the pool too with his clothes on. Me and the boys laugh at him and i say "good one bells."

After laughing with the boys i tell them i'm off inside to unpack. The house was filled with sunlight and the sounds of the ocean, and I felt like I was in paradise.