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"Belly!" Somebody was yelling for me.
"Belly, wake up! Belly!" I fluttered my eyes open and stared at a blurry face. It was Jeremiah and the edges of his head were blurred. I didn't have my contacts on. I threw off the covers and sat up.
He sat on my bed, clean and smelling sweet. A fitted blue shirt hugged him and he had jeans on.
Yesterday, after our reunion and Taylor's wonderful news, my Mom suggested we go out for a movie to lighten things up. We ended up watching some lame movie that was "thought-provoking" and ate at a local diner. Conrad didn't talk or look my way, but Jere kept chattering and developed a happy atmosphere.
"Belly?" he snapped, waking me out of my thoughts. "Get up."
"What, why?" I glanced at the alarm clock. It said '7:05.' I looked back at him and raised an eyebrow.
"What are you doing up so early?" He shrugged.
"We're going to the boardwalk. They have a carnival going on there. Come on…" He pulled me out of bed and I reluctantly dressed. Conrad was asleep and I glanced at his door before being pulled downstairs by Jeremiah. He had a grin on his face as he handed me a bright pink Yankees hat that was too big.
I slid my pony tail out of the opening and let it fall behind my back. Jeremiah caught my eye and smiled at me.
"You look hot, Bells." I laughed and climbed into the car. When we started to drive, I yawned loudly and rested my head against the glass. He had woke me up so early, and sleep hung heavily on my eye lids.
Even though Jeremiah produced a care-free air, I still couldn't put down the nervous tingling in my chest. In two weeks, I would be back at school and then Spain. Honestly, escaping this drama—even if going out of the country—sounded good to me.
The car jerked to a stop and Jeremiah got out and opened my door for me. He smiled again, and held out his hand. I took it suspiciously.
"Jere, what are you trying to do? It's so early. Did we really need to come here?"
"Hey, you're leaving in two weeks. Just trying to take my girlfriend out on an exciting and fun date." When he said 'girlfriend,' my breath caught and I had an urge to say 'I'm not your girlfriend.' But, wasn't I? There was no label for me and Conrad's relationship—it was a mess. But Jeremiah and I were supposed to get married… could we really just go back to being boyfriend and girlfriend?
I laughed shakily and grabbed him to go inside. We paid for our tickets and stopped to get some coffee to wake us up. I'd skipped breakfast.
"So what ride do you want to do first?" he asked. I looked around and spied a Tilt-a-Whirl. When we were kids, I'd always been scared to ride that one. But now, it seemed daring. I pointed to it.
"Haha! You want to go on the Tilt-a-Whirl? You're going to puke!" he said jokingly. I stuck my tongue out at him and jogged to the ride, swiftly passing the 'you must be 48 in. to board this ride' sign. I turned around to see Jeremiah running after me and smiled excitedly at him.
I hopped on to a blue cart and waited for him to jump in too. He stepped in and looked at me like I-am-so-ready. The ride started and he was semi-right, I did want to puke. I stumbled off and steadied myself with his arm.
My head was spinning. He laughed and slid and arm around my waist. It was a tender gesture that I couldn't ignore, so I rested my head in his shoulder. It was strong, muscled.
We rode a few more rides and ended up at the photo booth. The day had been so fun, something that was so different for me. I shuffled into the wooden seat and clicked the button.
First, we made funny faces and I stuck my tongue out while doing bunny ears on Jere. Next, we made kissy faces into the camera and I ended up cracking up and having to hold my stomach.
"Belly," Jeremiah said. I looked up with tears in my eyes to find him staring at me with so much intensity in his clear eyes that it took my breath away. Blood rushed to my cheeks and I realized that the darn machine had snapped the picture.
The last one was just us awkwardly smiling.
I was the first to stumble out of the photo booth. His gesture was such a Conrad thing, I was sure I was hallucinating. But I knew Jere wouldn't do that if he didn't mean it.
He was really, absolutely in love with me. Even thinking it made heat rush to my cheeks. If he noticed our moment, he didn't say anything about it. He just took my hand and dragged me to the carnival games.
As he tried to win a bear for me, I had a sense of déjà vu. Junior Mint was at the summer house, waiting for me. I frowned, suddenly feeling guilty that Jere was trying to win another bear for me when I had him packed with a load of memories from the very carnival. I remembered the girl with the yellow shorts and anxiously tugged at Jere to go get me some juice.
By time we had finished all the rides and games, it was four o clock. The carnival had opened at 8 and closed at 8, but we didn't have anything else left to do. We ended up going for some ice cream and back to the house.
I was laughing as I went through the door and immediately stopped when I felt the air. I spied a pair of shoes I didn't recognize and knew that somebody was here.
"Hello?" I called out tensely. I let go of Jere's hand and walked into the living room. I nearly choked when I saw who was sitting on the couch.
My family was surrounding the couch which had only one single person on it, even though it could most likely fit three or four. Conrad glanced at me swiftly and looked away when he saw Jeremiah walk up behind me.
"Hey who's—"He started and then stopped. He too was aghast at the sight unfolded there.
Lacie sat on the couch, with her arms folded. Lacie, the girl Jeremiah had cheated on me with. And from her posture and nervous smile, I could tell she had some news.
Told you there was more drama coming up! If you don't like drama, don't read lol. Keep readin' and please, please plllllllllllleeeeassssse review! And happy summer ;P