"what am i supposed to do, if there's no you?"
chapter ten .. soon you'll get better
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"HEY! YOU'RE HERE!" shayla said brightly, walking up to belly and kaia. "i saved you guys a spot"
kaia smiled and shayla led the two of them over to two open desks, right next to nicole
it was pretty awkward, they hadn't talked since nicole left the two girls at the dock completely stranded and naked. kaia didn't know what to say, and judging by belly's stiff posture, she didn't either
"nicole, i- im really sorry" belly said suddenly
kaia kept her head down, her gaze locked on the desk in front of her. she didn't want to get involved. she figured it was better that way. nicole wasn't mad at her, this was all about conrad and the text
"about what? conrad?" nicole replied, her voice flat "i'm over it, i'm here with somebody else"
kaia looked up and met nicoles eyes, then immediately looked away, she didn't wanna be a part of this conversation
"can i just explain what happened?" belly asked
nicole sighed and shifted her body to face belly
"i've had a crush on conrad, for, like, my whole life and he's always just seen me as his little sister" belly said, she paused before continuing "and then i thought that this summer maybe he could like me back" she paused again. "but the thing is, what he liked was that i liked him, you know, he never actually liked me"
kaia frowned to herself. that wasn't true. she had seen the way conrad looked at belly. she knew he felt something real. it pained her to see that belly didn't realize it
"and i'm sorry, i was stupid enough to think he ever could" belly added
nicole sighed, "it's not your fault conrads a fuckboy"
kaia's eyes widened at nicole's bluntness. she glanced at kaia, who quickly looked away, then back to belly. "but you're kinda a fuckgirl too"
kaia laughed quietly to herself at nicoles comment, she wasnt lying
"cam, conrad, now jeremiah. you're playing with a lot of hearts belly, two of those hearts including your best friends brothers"
kaia turned to belly, she spoke again "okay, im sorry, maybe i was being a little fuckgirl-ish, but i swear to you nicole, i am completely over conrad, like so, so over him"
nicole lowered her eyebrows as if she didn't believe belly, "no one ever really gets over their first love"
kaia smiled to herself, nicole was right. she had never gotten over steven, even if she tried. she knew belly would never fully get over conrad either. that's how first loves work. they never really leave you
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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 looked especially forward to seeing laurel's son, steven conklin, who she's been in love with sinc...
