summer of us

5

"I can't believe you made me get up even earlier." I tell Conrad as I sit on a towel on the dock by his boat.

"Hey, we're only up early because we're going to those dance lessons." He reminds me and I sigh and close my eyes.

"I want to go back to my bed. I drank too much." I tell him and he laughs. "Hey, don't be laughing mister. I remember someone getting very drunk the first night of summer! I wasn't mean to you then." I remind him as he finishes up tying things up.

"Okay, we can go now." He tells me moving off his boat to the dock. He holds his hand out for me and I take it, making sure my dress stays nice. "You look really nice." He tells me as I stand up and flatten down my dress.

"Thank you, I always feel like I'm too dressed up... but then I get there and it's obvious I'm not dressed up enough." I tell him and he shakes his head.

"You look perfect." He tells me and I smile up at him as a blush creeps up my face.

"Okay, um, let's go." I tell him and he nods and we start walking towards the cars. "Wait, I'm just going to say hi to Constance really fast!" I tell him as I see her setting up the Smoothie shack. He nods and nods towards his car and I take off towards Constance.

"Are you and Conrad together?" She asks me as I come up to the shack.

"Yeah, I didn't have time to tell you last night, but he asked to be my escort to the ball." I tell her and she shrieks and jumps up and down.

"Oh, my god. This is so good! You guys are finally going to get together!" She tells me and I shake my head.

"No, no, it's not like that. He probably just felt bad about the whole Kyle thing." I tell her and she shakes her head.

"No, I know it's more. Belly told me that she got him to admit feeling for you yesterday." She tells me and I laugh.

"Constance, Belly was drunk. I highly doubt Conrad told her he had feelings for me. She probably just read his response wrong." I tell her and she sighs.

"Ugh, when will you see that he is totally into you. And I know you like him, too."

"No, we're just best friends." I tell her and she nods sarcastically.

"Best friends that want to fuck, and are also in love with each other." She tells me and I slap her.

"I have to go, I just came by to say hi. We're headed to dance practice." I tell her and start to walk away.

"Okay, um, hey, tell Conrad you're in love with him for me, would you?" She asks and I flip her off.

"Haha, real funny." I yell back and make my way towards where Conrad parked. When I get there's he's leaning against the side of the passenger side, and he opens the door for me as I walk up. "Thanks." I tell him and get in.

He runs around the front of the car before getting in on his side. We sit silently for a minute or two before I turn to him.

"Can I choose a song?" I ask and he nods and holds out his phone for me.

"Password is 3687." He tells me and I type it in and head to his Spotify.

"Ooo, this one. This is a good one." I tell him and play a song from my favorite band.

"Are you kidding me? You listen to the backseat lovers?" He asks me with a laugh and I nod.

"Yeah, why?" I ask him with smile as Kilby Girl plays over the speakers.

"How did I not know this? I love their music." He tells me and I smile over at him.

"I only just discovered them this past year. Constance actually introduced me to their music." I tell him and he nods. "We were going to try to go to their concert, but she can't make it out to Boston in September when they're playing."