𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 ∞

𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦

My mom had always told me the tales of when she was in college. Hanging out with her bestest friends in the whole world. Their laughter and time spent together had always been her favorite memories to think back on. I was five the first time we went to this beach called Cousins. We only stayed there for the weekend. Just visiting. Just passing through. We stayed at a rather elegant beach house.

And we hung out with her two best friends. And their children.

Laurel had two kids, a son and a daughter. While Susannah had two boys. As kids we all played together. Running around on the beach. It wasn't until I was ten did my mother decide to have our vacation extend a whole month. And by the time I was 13 it was two months. I hadn't hung around Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher for as long as Belly had. And I certainly didn't know her or her brother as well as the Fisher boys knew them. But they still took me in as their own and made me feel welcome every single summer I spent in their beach house.

Even when I didn't think I deserved it.

It had always just been me and my mom. My mom never knew who my father was. Wasn't even interested in finding out who he was. So I went my whole life without truly knowing who I was in the world. Luckily enough, the Fishers and the Conklin's accepted me and my mother as their own. I found friendship in their family. I felt home.

But there's something so special about this coming summer. I can feel it. I was going to be a junior in the fall. College and the future was looming around the corner which was terrifying for Belly, Jeremiah and I. We were the closest in age. All being born the same year. Our older siblings, and my friends, Steven and Conrad were dealing with growing up in their own self torturous ways.

But I didnt want to be like them. I wanted to be carefree and easy going. Have a great summer.

No actually, I wanted the perfect summer. And i wasn't going to waste all my time on moping about growing up. Yeah its scary, but its life. And growth and change is beautiful. Sexy even.

Sexy is a mindset. I'm gonna be sexy forever!