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six

every birthday me and belly have had, since we share one has been at cousins.
always the same.
mickey mouse pancakes,
then presents.

me and belly woke up around the same time, so we both got ready.
she put on a floral dress while i put on a baby blue dress. simple.

we went down, excited.
"good morning everyone!" belly said, with me standing by her.
everyone put their attention to belly.

susannah hugged belly, then me.
"happy birthday girls!"
jeremiah came over to me, and hugged me by the waist.
"happy birthday my girl, i love you so much." he mumbles in my neck.
jeremiah then hugged belly,
"happy sweet 16 bells!"
"belly button and y/n's getting old finally, happy birthday!"

"happy birthday girls." mom says, hugging both me and belly at the same time.
"your mickey mouse pancakes are ready." she says. "oh- uh i'm not really hungry."
"me neither." i say.

susannah notices this, so she interrupts by saying, "shall we open gifts?"
"yes! you both will love mine" jeremiah says
conrad is just eating cereal, not saying a single word.

we go to the living room to open gifts.
our mom got us a book of poems, but there was a bookmarked page.
"turn to the bookmarked page! it's one of your favorite poems." she says to susannah.
"oh yeah, i remember this." i say.
"for whatever we lose,"
"like a you or a me; it's always ourselves we find in the sea."
we all said in unison.

"thank you!" we said.
"okay, open mine." susannah said, giving me and belly our gift.
i got a pearl bracelet, while belly got a pearl necklace.
"oh.. wow these are gorgeous, thank you susannah.."
"this is beautiful susannah, thank you." i said.

"my mom got me these set of pearls when i turned 16." she said while putting the pearl necklace on belly.
i put on the bracelet.
"they look great on you girls." mom said.

"oh, i'm next." jeremiah says while giving his gift to belly.
she opened it.
"it's a good luck charm. to help you pass your driving test." he says smiling. "perfect! thank you!" belly said.
he gives me mine.
i opened it, it was a heart necklace.
i looked at him. "thank you jere, this is beautiful."
he walked over to me to get the necklace on.

"think fast!" is all steven says before throwing the gifts at us.
"what-" belly says, catching it.
"steven!"
we both got princeton shirts, they looked pretty cool. "steven! i can't believe you actually spent money on us." belly joked.
"relax. i just didn't want you to steal mine next year when i get in." he says.
"i didn't know you were still considering princeton."

"okay, uh conrad do you wanna give belly and y/n your present?" susannah asks.
"sorry i forgot." is all he says.
ouch, that hurt. i'm sure it hurt belly more.
"uh- that's- that's cool! um i wasn't really expecting anything anyway so" belly says.

"hey! why don't we pick up my car to practice driving. before we pick up taylor from the bus station." jeremiah says to belly.
"you can come too." jeremiah says to me.
"sure!"
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belly and jeremiah were talking, but i was quite tired so i didn't catch much. then we suddenly swerve.
"bells.. we're gonna need a part two to this driving lesson.." agreed..
"and part 3 and part 4.." belly says.
we laugh, then jeremiah looks at me from the rear view mirror.

we arrive at the bus stop
"20 bucks she calls you jeremy again." i say.
"uh- no i think she learned from last time." he jokes.
"you think? that's how she flirts with you." belly says, laughing.
"well she can't flirt with me." he says, grabbing my waist. "here she comes!" jeremiah laughs.
taylor dramatically gasps.

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taylor hugs belly and me, "happy birthday!" she says. "belly and y/n, you little tarts!"
"you finally took my advice, you guys outfits are snatched." she said.
"don't they both look like a snack?" taylor asks.
"y/n? always. belly? of course." he jokes.
"oh- uh here let me get your bag." he lets go of my waist to get the bags.

"thank you! such a gentlemen jeremy."
jeremiah laughs.
"it's jeremiah, not jeremy." belly says.
"well i like jeremy better."
"should we um, head home?" jeremiah asks.

"actually, we have to make a stop first."
"mhm."

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we all shared a banana split.
"ok. open your gifts." taylor says, giving us our gifts.
i got a blue bikini, while belly got a purple bikini. "i think it'll look so hot on you guys." taylor proudly says.
"okay, y/n would never wear that." jeremiah protectively states.
"i would wear it." i say smirking, then he puts his hand on my thigh.

we all talk about what we're doing for me and belly's birthday, with taylor complaining how "we should be spending time with people our own age."
"okay, i'm melting out here." taylor says, fanning herself.
"i wanna change in my bikini and jump in the pool." she says smirking, looking at jeremiah.
i get annoyed by that, but then realize jeremiah notices once he squeezes my thigh.

we get up to leave, but taylor says "i call shotgun."
oh she's trying to piss me off.
jeremiah wraps his arms around my waist,
"seats already taken." he says.
taylor rolls her eyes and sits in the backseat.

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us 3 girls get in our own spot and gossip, with steven and jeremiah doing the same thing.
"conrad's going to lose his mind when he sees you in this bikini." taylor says to belly,
"no i doubt it. i don't think he would care honestly." belly says unsure.
"belly you look so fucking hot, who cares about conrad. you just look amazing and beautiful and that's all that matters." i say, reassuring her.

"ok, let's play chicken!!" taylor says with excitement.
"god, no i was ten last time i played." i said.
"okay, there's five of us, but it's okay i won't play." i say.
"uh- no you know i didn't wanna play actually." belly says, winking at me.

"dibs on jeremy!" taylor says.
at this point, i'm fucking pissed of which was her goal, but i just don't let it bother.
"ay- uhm no because my girls going to play with me." jeremiah says protectively.
"great, now i have to go with steven." taylor says, rolling her eyes defeated.

i get onto jeremiah's shoulders, with both of his hands on my thighs. "let's beat them y/n." jeremiah says.
we play chicken and i manage to get taylor to fall, which means me and jere won
taylor and steven argues why they didn't win, while nicole walks by the pool.
"hey nicole!" belly calls out.
"hey, uh- are you guys playing chicken? happy birthday to you guys by the way."
"taylor's idea." i say.
"hi, i'm taylor." taylor says, introducing herself.

"do you guys wanna play a real game." i say.
"yep." jeremiah says, dunking me in the water.

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we were at dinner, cam kissed belly which was kind of awkward instead of romantic.

we decided to go to the party, so i drive with jeremiah.
we get there and it was pretty fun, we all hung out with the debs.
then i look for jeremiah, but i see him and luke on the couch making out.
"what the fuck." i mumble to myself.
i quickly walked away, knowing tears could spill at anytime.
so i looked for the next best person, belly.
i go upstairs to look for belly, to find out she's looking for taylor.

we look for taylor, we open a bedroom door.
we see. a flower crown on the bed, then taylor and steven making out.
"what the fuck." belly says, traumatized.
they quickly pull away,
"oh my god- uh-" steven manages to get out while running out of embarrassment.

"you hooked up with our brother.." i said.
"i-i swear it just happened." she said, tears flooding her eyes.
"no-no he actually is dating you know, someone he actually likes." belly defends herself. " "you've made today all about you but it's our fucking birthday, taylor." i say.
"okay, y/n fuck off and your saying he couldn't like someone like me?"

"i can't fucking deal with this." i say, running out.
i felt so dizzy and nauseous.
jeremiah was making out with luke and steven and taylor hooked up.
i couldn't handle this.
not at the moment.
i had blurry eyesight until i see some of jeremiah.
after that, i couldn't remember much. i guess i passed out.