You were driving your car to the beach house at Cousins… You had been going there every summer ever since you were little. It felt like your second home. Everyone there — Jeremiah, Conrad, Steven, and Belly — were your best friends, and now your little sister Belly had grown up enough to really be part of it all too.

As you pulled into the familiar driveway, you spotted them — Jeremiah, Conrad, Steven, and Belly — all hanging out in front of the house, laughing and messing around like always.

Jeremiah’s face lit up the moment he saw your car.

Jeremiah “There they are!! Hi [Your Name]!!”

He jogged toward you, arms wide, that huge, goofy smile on his face.

Conrad stayed back, leaning against the porch railing, arms crossed, watching you quietly with that unreadable look he always had around you. His eyes followed you in that way they always did — like he was trying not to care but completely failing.

Belly practically squealed when she hugged you.

Belly “Omg big sis hiiiii!! It’s been ages!!”

But as you pulled away, you caught it — the way Jeremiah’s eyes lingered on Belly just a little too long, a shy kind of admiration flashing across his face. And Conrad, who had been so quiet at first, now couldn’t stop sneaking glances at her either, like he was trying not to care but failing miserably.

Yeah… it wasn’t just you they were excited to see anymore. Belly had changed — and clearly, both Conrad and Jeremiah had noticed.