Chapter 2
Belly POV
An hour after Jeremiah left my dad came and picked me up before dropping me off at my mum's house. It was only when I saw my parents that I realised how much I missed them. When I hugged my mum it felt like all wanting of the past year came crashing into me all at once. Once the all the hugs and teary eyes were gone and I finished unpacking, my mum and I spent the next couple of days catching up on what went on in each other's lives. She told me about the new promotion she got last month while I told her about college and how my and Jeremiah's relationship was going. Mum even had some news from Steven. Apparently, he had gotten an internship at a law firm near his college and would be spending the summer there.
Monday morning (4 days after school broke up), just before heading to Cousins, I said goodbye to my mum and she said she would come up to visit sometime near the end of summer. The drive to Cousins was as invigorating as ever. Warm rays of the sun shining on my face, the cool, salty ocean breeze blowing through my hair and caressing my face as it blew through the open window. It felt like I was back at the place where I belong as I drove, past all the places me and the boys have been to since we were kids, towards the beach house. At the sight of the soft white sand and the calm blue sea -twinkling as the sun shone it- I felt an overwhelming sense of joy at seeing the place I have spent nearly every summer of my life.
Just as I was about to pull into the driveway of the beach house I noticed a car there. My thought was that Jeremiah had gotten there early and that he was probably waiting inside for me. I felt my heart skip a beat at the thought. However, when I looked again I realised it wasn't Jeremiah's car that was in the drive way.
Being so focused on the car in the drive way meant that I didn't notice the figure sitting on porch. I almost didn't recognise him in his loose fitting jeans and hoodie with a baseball on his head covering his face. But when he looked up, at the sound of my car parking in the driveway, I saw his bright blue eyes and I recognised him immediately.
Conrad.
This couldn't be good.
