Twisted Summer | OBX | tsitp

Chapter 3

"So...we are actually going to the party?" asked Belly, confused.

"Yes, we are going, so look for an outfit." says Devon with determination.

Belly looks at her and shyly asks, "Can you help me choose?" asks Belly.

Devon softly smiles and nods her head, she walks towards her drawer to look for something. "Put on this dress" she hands it to Belly.

Belly takes it unsure. "But if I wear this, my mom is going to ask where are we going..."

¨ That's why we will put these on top.¨Devon said, taking the two sweatshirts that were on her bed with a mischievous smile.

Belly stared at the sweatshirts as if she recognized them, but wasn't sure where.

Devon set her plan in motion: before getting ready, Belly and Devon went downstairs to let the moms know that they were tired and actually thanked them that they didn't go to the party because they got to sleep more. Then they locked themselves in Devon's room, Belly straightened her hair while Devon waved hers, both did natural make up, Devon just added a small wing with eyeliner, so her eyes looked sharper, and put lip gloss on her lips as well as Belly.

Belly had on the pink dress Devon lent her and white sneakers, while Devon had a no-sleeved white shirt and a matching mini skirt and decided to wear white sneakers too. After getting ready, both of the girls dropped the hoodies that fitted them like dresses and sneak out of the house.

Devon and Belly arrived at the beach on Devon's bicycle, and when they saw a lot of people, they got excited.

Steven, who was watching Conrad drink half of his beer in one swallow, saw out of the corner of his eye that someone had arrived. He turned to look, seeing that he knew very well those two girls approaching the party, it was his little sister and the girl that he was surprised when he saw his sister and the impossible love of his life and nudged Conrad to turn to look.

Conrad saw his sister and Belly dressed in the sweatshirts he had given to his sister since they didn't fit her, when he looked at them again, this time he looked at Belly longer, making her blush, and looked away. Devon giggles as she notices the small interaction, and Conrad realizes that he had to look away, even though it was someone he could trust.

"What the hell do you think you are doing here?" asked Conrad, looking at Devon.

"Having fun" answered Devon taking off his brother's sweatshirt and walking towards the bonfire where there was a cooler with drinks, leaving Belly behind with them. Steven looks to his left and sees Conrad, he turns to his right and sees Devon walking and decides to follow her.

¨Yeah, what Devon said.¨ Belly says as she takes off Conrad's sweatshirt. She turns to look at the boy she has loved for as long as she can remember and sees that he has a glass in his hand, she takes it out and drinks it. Immediately regret it, and you can see it in the face of disgust she made.

Conrad chuckles and as he does, their eyes connect, Conrad is thinking about what to say to Belly, but they are interrupted by Jeremiah putting his arm around Belly's shoulder.

"Bells!!!, good to see you here, you look beautiful." Jeremiah says to Belly drunkenly, and she smiles looking at her feet.

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On the other side of the beach, we have Steven chasing Devon to get her attention, but she keeps ignoring him. While taking a soda from the cooler, Devon's attention was on JJ since she caught his gaze on Willow even though he tried to hide it, which gave Devon a bit of amusement. Because even being at the other corner from where he was it was so obvious, and her sister wouldn't even notice anything as she was busy chatting with Sarah and Kiara, while next to them were JJ, JB, and Pope.

As she watched the scene she took several sips of her drink which she held in her right hand, when suddenly she feels someone slip an arm around her shoulders to pull her towards him. It was Steven trying to get the boys to stop looking at Devon.

¨What are you doing?" Devon asked with a confused tone combined with anger, so she pushed him away from her.

But before the naïve Steven could answer, everyone's attention was stolen by the loud engine of approaching motorcycles. There were three guys, all of whom parked next to Jeremiah's red Jeep. The first to get off was a tall guy with blond hair, but not like Jeremiahs, it was more of a honey one. He looked cocky, but Devon couldn't seem to look away. But when Devon saw who was standing next to him, she rolled her eyes at the sight of Topper, his sister's ex-boyfriend. This is not going to end well...

Steven chuckled,  "He definitely looks like a dough bag, I really thought Willow would have better taste. Come on, he looks like a Ken with bad taste.¨ That made Devon cackle for some reason and caught the attention of the honey blonde boy. Their gazes connected for a few seconds, and he pulled away first, making Devon blush a little, but she looked down at her feet before Steven noticed.

Willow turned away from the girls to go get a beer, as she takes the beer from the cooler, Willow sees out of the corner of her eye some tennis shoes that she knows unfortunately very well. Then she feels a hand on her shoulder, she tries to pull her hand away, but Topper grabs her wrists, and pulls her towards him harshly so she wouldn't go away.

Conrad sees the scene and gets up to defend his sister, but first, he tells Belly to take care of Jeremiah because he was very drunk.

" Listen to me, please, I just want to talk to you, Willow." Speaks a crestfallen Topper, but an annoyed, tipsy Conrad separates them by pushing Topper aside to let go of his sister and answers before Willow can do.

"Let her go already, Topper" Conrad's.

"I just want to talk to her." Topper repeats while deeply breathes in, trying to control himself.

Conrad shakes his head. "I think she's already made it clear that she doesn't want to talk to you" replied Conrad.

¨Go away Topper.¨ Willow speaks for the first time tiredly as she turns to leave, but Topper insists and tries to get past Conrad, but he puts his hand on Topper's chest pushing him backward, more harshly than the first time. Both of their patience is gone.

Willow kept walking when she saw all the pogues with not very pleased faces, watching everything. Sarah saw her and opened her arms for Willow to go with her, she smiled and went to Sarah and hugged her. Kiara gave her hand to Willow and squeezed her, JB and Pope gave her a nod of ¨are you okay?¨ to which she nodded back. And JJ, well, he was giving Topper a dead stare.

Topper yells, "Stay out of this!" Punching Conrad right in the face.

And a brawl begins.