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I quickly blow dry my hair as Belly is sitting on my bed playing with Charlie. "Your dog is so cute," she says. "I know I love her so much, although she can be a pain in the butt," I say laughing. "I don't know how she's literally an angel," she responds. "She peed on my bed once, right beside me, while I was sleeping," I tell her. "Oh my god," Belly says laughing. I walk to my closet to pick out an outfit. I decide on a pink crochet crop top and a pair of blue ripped jean shorts. I throw on a tiny bit of makeup and then slide on my Birkenstocks. My favorite shoes in the summer. "Let's go," I say excitedly. Nobody's ever asked me to go to a party with them.
Me and Belly walk all the way to the bonfire, but it isn't that bad. We talked a lot on the way there and got to know each other a little more. I found out about her name being Belly. It's a nickname. Her real name's Isabel. But everybody calls her Belly. It's like a family thing I guess. When we get there Belly and Steven immediately start arguing. I walk away because I don't know either of them well enough to get stuck in the middle of it. Nor want to get stuck in the middle of it. I hate arguing.
I walk over the cooler and pull out the only seltzer I can find. A raspberry white claw. I've never had a white claw but it's pretty good. Beer is so gross to me. I don't know how people enjoy it. "Have I seen you before?" I hear a voice come from behind me. I turn around and there's a guy I haven't seen before. He's tall, has dark hair, and I can't really see his face but I can tell he has a chiseled jaw and a prominent nose. "No I don't think so," I respond. "You from around here?" he asks. I nod my head. "What about you?" I ask. "Just here for the summer," he tells me. I nod my head in response, not really interested in talking to him. "Are you here by yourself?" he asks. "No, I'm with a few friends," I tell him. "What about you?" I ask him. "Those are my buddies over there," he says as he points to a group of guys.
"After this is over you should come with me, me and my friends are having a little afterparty and I'd love it if you came," he says. "Uhm," is all I can get out before someone responds for me. "I think she's okay," they say. I look up and it's Jeremiah. Thank god. My lord and savior. "Who are you?" he asks. "Her boyfriend," Jeremiah says as he wraps his arm around my shoulders. I look up at him and give him wide eyes as I feel my cheeks turn a strawberry red. He smiles down at me. "Whatever dude," he says as he walks away. "Thank you," I say as he unwraps his arm from me. I wish he would've kept it there because I'm freezing.
"It's no problem. I was not gonna let you go home with creepy Jackson," he laughs. "Creepy Jackson?" I ask. "Yeah. He's 20 and likes to go after all the high school girls. Everybody calls him creepy Jackson," he says. "He told me he was just here for the summer," I tell him shocked. "Definitely not. He's lived here for like forever," he tells me. "Well thank you again. I do not know how I would've gotten myself out of that situation," I try to laugh it off.
We hear arguing so we both turn our heads. It's Conrad and some dude. "Oh shit," Jeremiah says before running over. I follow him. "That's my beer," I all I can make out from the arguing. There's so much happening and I'm behind a crowd of people so I can't see that well. Shoving starts happening and Belly walks up behind them just to get elbowed in the face by the random guy. Jeremiah grabs Conrad and pulls him backward. I run over the Belly to help her up. "Oh my god are you okay?" I ask her. "Yeah, I'm fine." she says.
"COPS!" someone yells as I see blue and red flashing lights. Everyone starts running and I just follow Jeremiah. "I'll drive you home," he tells me. I sit in the back and Jeremiah has to help a very drunk Conrad get in his car too. "Belly c'mon," he says. He starts to slightly make fun of the boy Belly is with and argue with Belly. The boy's name is Cam. Belly finally gets in. "Where's Steven?" Belly asks.
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"Thank you for driving me," I say as I get out of Jeremiah's jeep. "Yeah no problem," he responds. "And thank you for saving my ass from Creepy Jackson, I don't know what I would have done without you," I giggle. "Creepy Jackson tried talking to you?" Belly asks. "Yeah it's quite a story, I'll tell you later," I say and give her a smile. We all say goodnight to each other and I walk inside my house. Surprisingly my mom is still awake. "Who was that?" she asked. "Jeremiah, he drove everyone home," I tell her. "Was he sober?" she asks. "Didn't have a single drink," I tell her. "Okay. Do you like him?" she asks. "What? How do you even think I like him?" I ask. "You blush when you talk about him," she smiles. "No I don't. And I'm going to bed," I say as I start to walk up the stairs. I go up to my room and get around for bed. Do I blush when I talk about him?
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we just got in so much trouble 😭 did you??
no not at all actually my mom doesn't really care as long as i'm safe
lucky bro read 11:34 p.m.
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I get into bed and put on a random Netflix show to fall asleep too. Charlie jumps on my bed and snuggles up beside me. After a few minutes I fall asleep.
