My Summer ☀️ - Steven Conklin 🌴

cops {4}

I sit down with Belly while we talk and I drink since Belly hadn't been drinking. Until a guy comes up to her.

"Flavia? Hi. - It's me, Sextus." He tells her, and I immediately stand up.

"Sex? I'll leave you two alone," I say walking back to Ethan. "Sorry about that," I say sitting back down.

"Good. I was waiting for you, you know." He says putting his arm around me. It felt nice but at the same time wrong.

"Mhm," I replied putting my head on his shoulder. Ethan and I talk for a while before I see Gigi get in her car with a guy. Great. Looks like I'm walking home. I hear some people arguing behind me and turn around, it's Conrad and some random dude. "I'll be right back," I tell him walking over to the bonfire.

"You're not taking my fucking beer, dude," Conrad shouts. Belly walks over and gets punched in the face. I help her up from the ground and turn around.

"Connie.." I tell him, but he ignores me and instead punches the guy in the face. They keep fighting until Jere finally separates them. Suddenly a guy screams "Cops!' and everyone runs away. We all get to Jeremiah's car and Belly keeps speaking with that guys she met from earlier.

"Come on. Get in the car." Jeremiah says helping Conrad in the backseat "Watch your head." "Legs, legs."

"Yes. I know how to get into a car." Conrad replies.

"Doesn't look like it." I reply getting in the backseat. Jeremiah walks to the other side and hops in the driver seat.

"Belly. Let's go. Get in." He tells her rolling down the window.

"Cam can give me a ride home. Right, Cam?" She replies.

"Yes." He replies "That's no problem." 

"Belly just get in the car." I say rolling my eyes as Conrad's limp body falls over onto me.

"No, you're not gonna get in a car - with a guy you just met." Jere tells her.

"I'm Cam. Cameron." He says.

"Your name is Cam Cameron?" Jere asks.

"That seems kind of sketchy." I reply.

"No, It's just Cam. But actually, we know each other. But we actually, we know each other. Seventh grade. Latin convention. So, like, we're not total strangers." Cam replies.

"Okay. No offense, but no. Belly, get in the car." Jeremiah replies.

"Just get in the car." Conrad says.

"But, um, the whaling boat that I intern on, it leaves at dawn every morning from the piers. I was wondering if you would, uh, want to come." Cameron tells Belly.

"Uh, yeah, yes, sure." She says laughing. "How else will you get your hoodie back, right?"

"That's true" He replies. They look at each other for a couple seconds and then kiss. My jaw dropped. Like literally. Conrad pushed my jaw up, closed. Belly opens the door and gets in the car.

"Bye." Jeremiah says starting the car, he drives for around 10 seconds before turning back around. "Fuck. Steven." He says unbuckling his seatbelt, "Watch Conrad. I'll be right back." He tells us. Conrad drunkenly starts grabbing Belly's hair.

"Your hair's like a little kid's, the way it's always so messy." Conrad tells Belly, grabbing pieces of her hair. "Belly-" He goes before being cut off by a police woman knocking on the car door.

"Have you kids been drinking?" She asks.

[ . . . ]

The 5 of us are in the foyer, Jeremiah and Steven standing in front of the doorway, Belly in the corner and Conrad and I sitting down on the couch. Laurel was in front of the front door talking to the police.

"It won't happen again, I can promise you that much." She tells them, about to shut the door.

"Tell Mr. Fisher the chief wants to set up a tee time when he gets back in town." The officer replies, about to leave.

"Absolutely." She responds, "Sorry again for all the trouble. Have a good night, Officers." She says shutting the door and turning back around to us, "How could you guys be so irresponsible?" She says her tone serious. Steven steps up to her.

"Mom, it wasn't a big deal. All right? Seriously. The cops were just looking to break up the bonfire." Steven tells her.

"Not a big deal?" She asks surprised. 

"Yes," He replies.

"I would say getting picked up by, the cops for underage drinking is a pretty big deal, Steven." She responds to him. Steven sniffs the air and notices something.

"Were-were you guys, you guys smoking tonight?" He asks her.

"What?" She asks. "Keep your voice down. Susannah's asleep on the couch." She shouts back, cold.

"Well, I wasn't yelling, you were." He replies before being cut off by Jeremiah.

"Just so you know, Laurel, I didn't drink tonight. - I was the DD, I swear." Jeremiah tells her trying to get her to calm down. She rolls her eyes while he speaks

"You're the oldest. What the hell's gotten into you?" Laurel says to Conrad, He's to drunk to even respond. "And when did you leave the house without telling anybody? And what in the world are you wearing?" She tells Belly.

"It's Taylor's." She mumbles "And why am I the only one who's not allowed to go out?" She says back.

"It's not that you're not allowed." Laurel starts, "It's that you should have told us you were going." "How did you even get there?" She asks.

"I left with Sophia and Gigi." Belly says quietly.

"You know better than to just leave without telling anyone." Laurel responds.

"Can you stop treating me like a kid?" Belly shouts.

"If you want to be treated like an adult, you need to act like one." Laurel tells her.

"Then maybe you guys should, too." Conrad tells her before a shove his shoulder trying to get him to shut up.

"What does that mean?" She says "I hope you realize this night could have ended a lot differently if your family wasn't your family." 

"We're sorry, Laur" Jeremiah says. I nod my head. She sighs before answering.

"Just.." "Go to bed, guys." She says as we all get up and walk upstairs. I get to my room and take off my shoes, my feet had been killing me. I grab a tank top and a pair of shorts and change. Then I go to the bathroom and brush my teeth before getting in bed and falling asleep.

{A/N}

idk about continuing this book I hate the format. I might just change the format or just stop it all together lmk.