"heard the risk is drowning, but i'm gonna take it"
chapter two .. risk
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kaia sat on one of the barstools at the kitchen island while susannah was mixing up the brownie mix and laurel was at the stove making the popcorn for the girl's annual movie night, each year on the first night, the moms, kaia, and belly would all watch 'it happened one night' together as tradition
belly walked in, her swimsuit was still damp and her hair was wet and tangled, she had a towel draped over her arm
"brownies are going in!" susannah mentioned to the girl
"go put the dvd in!" her mother said
kaia and belly exchanged a look, the two girls planned to sneak out to the bonfire together, they were both sick of being seen as the "annoying little girls" and they wanted to go out for once, they just couldn't mention it to either of their mothers knowing neither of them would approve of the idea
"uh, do we have to watch 'it happened one night'? can we do something different?" belly asked
"but we always watch 'it happened one night' on the first night" her mother responded
"well, we could watch 'the philadelphia story' instead" susannah suggested
both the girls fell into an almost uncomfortable silence before kaia's mother chimed in, "you girls okay?"
kaia looked up at belly before responding, "yeah! it's just uh- we're both a bit tired, do you mind if we skip the movie tonight?"
kaia hated lying to her mother, she felt a pang of guilt wash over her
"yeah, i think i'm just gonna head to bed" belly added
the moms looked at both of the girls silently for a moment before susannahs expression softened and she smiled at the girls, "okay hun yeah, sure! we can uh," she hesitated "do the brownies another night"
kaia could see how disappointed her mother was and it pained her, "im sorry mom"
susannah nodded, "it's okay sweetie, you should get some rest"
she smiled at her mother and laurel before she stood up from the chair and followed belly up the stairs
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"gosh i felt terrible lying to the moms like that, especially to my mom" kaia said while looking through her closet for an outfit for belly
belly nodded in agreement, "yeah but i'm sure it'll be okay, as long as my mom doesn't find out. at least susannah wouldn't hound us for it"
kaia tilted her head as she held up a pink dress she thought might be perfect for belly, "yeah, i guess that's true, laurel is a bit protective sometimes"
belly laughed, "you think?"
kaia turned around and grinned, holding up the dress she had picked out for her friend, "this is perfect for you!"
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close to you ☼ steven conklin
Romanceevery summer since kaia fisher was born, her mothers best friend laurel and her two kids would join them at the beach house, fortunately for kaia, she looks especially forward to seeing laurel's son, steven conklin, whos shes been in love with since...
