the summer we fell || jeremiah fisher

P A R T 7

I wake up with a pounding headache, feeling like I got hit by a truck. I wasn't even drinking last night, I can hear my siblings, Belly and Steven, chatting in the other room. Jeremiah is nowhere to be seen, but I can hear the sound of the shower running. I try to get up, but the room starts spinning, and I have to sit back down.

I'm finally able to get out of bed, and I head downstairs. Steven offers to make me breakfast, but I'm not in the mood to eat. I feel terrible, and I don't know what's wrong with me. Jeremiah comes downstairs but he looks at me and doesn't even say a word to me. I give him a smile but i get nothing back, NOTHING.

I start to feel even more sick, I feel a wave of nausea wash over me, and I know that I'm about to be sick. I rush to the bathroom, my stomach churning. I barely make it to the toilet before I start to vomit. My whole body convulses as I retch, my stomach emptying itself. I feel weak and shaky, and I can't stop shivering. Conrad and steven are banging on the door, asking if I'm okay.

Belly comes into the bathroom, looking worried. She brings me water and a cool cloth for my forehead. I feel terrible, and I can't stop throwing up. After a few minutes, the worst of it is over, and I manage to rinse my mouth out with water. I crawl into bed, feeling exhausted.
Belly sits with me, holding my hand and making sure I'm okay. Conrad and Steven left to get me some medicine and a ginger ale.

looking worried belly asks me "what's wrong lex?, u've never been this sick was u drinking yesterday"

"no i didn't drink, i just don't feel good" i say quietly

I change the subject saying to belly "soo who was that boy i seen you sitting with yesterday, when i left?"

She looks at me, a mischievous glint in her eye. "Oh, just a friend," she says with a sly smile.

I roll my eyes. I know that Belly always has a secret or two up her sleeve. "Come on, Belly, you can tell me," I say, trying to sound casual.

"do u like him!?" i blurt out

Belly shrugs "Maybe," she says, still grinning.

"come on bells i'm the only girl your age in this house u need to tell me everything!!" i say shaking her

"lex chill i'm just playing, well his name is cam, and he's so sweet, i met him after i seen conrad and that girl kissing, i had walked off and sat by myself and he came and sat by me" she says with a cheesy smile

"awe he seems so sweet, so when do i meet him?" i say laughing

"chill lex it's been a day, but he did give me his hoodie because i had gotten cold" she says grinning

"ooo" i say teasing her then i start singing a cheesy nursery rhyme to wind her up "belly and cam sitting in the tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g first comes love, second comes marriage, then comes the baby in a carriage" i laugh so hard because i knew it would wind her up

"shut the fuck up lex" she says laughing and hitting me on the arm.

I stopped laughing and remembered "wait have u thought about the debutante thing, are you going to do it" i ask belly

"i'm not sure it's just not me, what are you thinking" she says

i reply to belly nervously "i think i'm going to it'll make susannah happy, did u not see how happy she was when she handed us the invitations?"

"fine if u do it i'll do it" belly adds

"okay well i guess we're going to be debutants" i say putting on a sarcastic excited voice

Me and Belly check off our debutant invitations and slide them under Susannah's door and knock. We run down the stairs and sit on the kitchen island pretending we were doing something. Belly starts to giggle as the boys look at us raising their eyebrows asking what the fuck was we doing. "Are we actually being serious about this now" she asks, grinning. I laugh and nod.

A few minutes later Susannah comes running down the stairs waving the invitations in the air screaming, like she had just won't the lottery or something.

"Mom u look like a child who just got their mom to say yes to a toy" conrad says looking confused

"lexi and belly are gonna be debs!!" she screams with excitement

Me and Belly decided to act like we were excited to be debs as susannah seemed so happy about it. Susannah smiles and tells me how wonderful it is.

I then turn to Jeremiah, who still hasn't spoke to me since we had nearly kissed last night. "What do you guys think?" I ask.

Jeremiah just shrugs and walks away, still not talking to me.

Conrad looks up from his phone and says, "what's up with him? why's he being so funny with you?"

"honestly i don't know myself." i say sounding sad

I did know but i didn't know, i knew it was because of our almost kiss, but i just didn't know why he was ignoring me because of it.