the summer everything changed

Happy birthday

Belly pov

I've spent every birthday in cousins for as long as I can remember,  every morning, my mom makes a pancake tower for me, which Jeremiah always draws an infinite sigh with syrup on top

He started doing it a few years ago when he first found out about it and says that him and I will always be infinite after eating pancakes. Beck has as all sit in the family room where I open my gifts

I'm guessing that this year will be no different the rest.

After last night with Jeremiah, I ended up going back to my room, not knowing what time my mom or Beck would be awake today and didn't need them walking into my room, not being there only to find me in Jeremiahs bed

So I played safe and slept in my own bed , didn't need to be starting drama on today of all days

I woke up a few minutes ago it's about 7 a.m., and I've still got last night stuck on my mind, brushing my fingers over my lips , it felt like a dream but it was real

The sound of my door opening and closing  grabs my attention... I lift my head off My pillow  to see Taylor, who skips over to my bed and jumps onto me, making us both laugh. Has she does this now, straddling my waist

"Happy birthday, Bells," she says before flopping down to embrace me in a hug , Taylor had always made it her mission to be the first one to say happy birthday to me and she's succeeded for about 5 years now

"Thank you," I say with a giggle . She then rolls off me and slides under My blanket and lies on her side facing me, I roll onto mine to face her , we're both smiling wildly at each other

"Guess who's not a virgin anymore?" she lets out in a very low whisper just loud enough for me to hear her. My jaw drops, and my eyes widen at her words. "What!" I yell out, and she quickly smacks her hand over my mouth

"Ew," she says while laughing because I've licked her hand to make her move her hand . She wipes the wet palm off on Jeremiahs hoodie that I've still got on she's got one of Connie's shirts on which they are never going to get back.

She then goes on to tell me all about how it happened and what it was like and how sweet he was, making sure to give me every detail about how it hurt at first  but stopped after a while because of how sweet and gentle he was being with her

Honestly, I was really grossed out knowing that this was my best friend talking about how she had sex with my other best friend, but at the same time, I was super happy for her because its all we used to talk about and what it would be like and now it's finally happened for her

I told her about what happened with Jeremiah last night and how it looked like it was going that way, but he left me high and dry well....wet

She says it's a good thing because it's telling him that I would if  the opportunity came along  and he didn't want to force anything to he taunted me to see if I'll go back for more "Oh trust me I will" I say in a cocky way making us both laugh at my word

After about an hour of talking, we decide to get dressed and head into the kitchen , Taylor and I walk in hand in hand into the kitchen, and everyone is already in there.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" they all shout together

One by one, they all give me a hug, Beck giving me a kiss on the head, my mom doing the same thing, and then each of the boys give me a hug Jeremiahs feels the warmes and I almost don't want to let go but I muster up the strength to peel myself away from him

"Pancake cake," my mom says, and I look over to where she is in front of her is a stack of pancakes about 5 high that have chocolate chips in them and I walk over to them excitedly and hungry 

"Can't eat them without My special touch," Jeremiah says and walks over. Instead of standing next to me, he taunts me more . He comes up behind me, pressing his body against mine. Being taller, he easily draws the infinity sign on the top pancake

I smile down at it. "we'll always be infinite," he says. His voice is now right next to my ear, sending goosebumps over my skin before he innocently pecks my cheek and walks off

Once we'd finished eating, we moved to the family room where Taylor sat on the couch  with Connie, and Jeremiah ploped himself next to me

One by one, they all gave me gifts,  Beck gave me a pearl necklace that was her mom's and its always been her favourite necklace now it's mine

my mom gave me a first edition poem book that had a book mark on the page that had Becks' favourite poem that we all know off by heart

Steven gave me a Princeton jumper because he's going there next year and doesn't want me stealing his

Conrad gave me a good luck charm bracelet that had a key on it for when I  go for my driving lessons when we get back home

Taylor gave me a really pretty skin tight  dress and told me she'd give me the other half of the gift later

And then Jeremiah gave me a necklace that had the infinity sign on it, said he'd seen it a few months ago and had to give it to me

I couldn't be happier with everything I got