Part 52

                                    

                                          


In less than a week I'm going home for the summer, which is such a relief, I can't wait to see Steven and my Mom and Dad, and cousins, mostly cousins. Last summer we didn't manage to go there once, and I felt hollow, so I can not wait to go this summer, it's my mission to go, even if it's alone.
Currently, I am carrying my high heels as I walk to this frat party, but have to take a minute to sit on a bench, since it's hot, I'm tired, my feet hurt and this walk is long. I'm walking because I want to drink, of course.
Suddenly, a shadow is cast over me and I look up, finding Jere grinning at me.
"Jere!" I hug him.
"I knew you were walking so I came to walk with you," He tells me. "You look really hot."
I blush, "thanks."
I'm wearing an off white, short, ruffled dress with little blue flowers on.
"You're dress reminds me of 'the sound of music', but in a good way."
"Thanks." I say again, less sincerely.
That doesn't sound like a good thing, do I look like Fraulien Maria?
Some guys I don't know walk past, and say hi to Jere quickly, I stay sitting to rest my feet.
"Ready?" He asks when they're gone.
"My feet hurt."
"Get on, girly." He says.
I giggle and hop onto his back.
It's funny when he calls me 'girly', I can't help it!
He carries me all the way to the party.
When we arrive, I quickly put my heels back on and we make our way inside, as the last slithers of sun disappear.
Everyone is already on the dance floor, many people already looking drunk.
I see Belly and Taylor across the room, and run to them, Jere following behind me.
"Hey guys!" I hug them.
"Hey, you're late." Belly scolds me.
"Sorry, I was really slow walking."
"Very, really slow." Jere coughs.
I hit him on the shoulder and laugh.
"I'm gonna go find my friends, I'll see you later baby." He kisses me on the cheek and leaves.
Conrad.
That name enters my mind.
Why?
I block it out and carry on talking with the girls.
A little while later, I go upstairs to look for Jere, and find him talking to the Lacie Barone, the leader of the girls sorority that partners Jere's. She is a 5'3, straight-haired blonde wearing a red tank top and a tiny black denim skirt, she is the definition of hot, but I know I don't have to worry, Jeremiah is my boy and I'm his girly. I walk over to join the conversation, even though I've never actually spoken to her before.
"Hey, y/n." She says, almost smugly.
"Hey Lacie, hi Jere." I lean to kiss him but he looks up at Lacie, not realising.
"What are you gonna be up to this summer guys?" She asks.
"I think we're gonna go see our own families first, then i'm gonna go to our vacation home, we'll his house."
"Sounds fun." She smiles.
"It will be." He tells her.
"Okay, lovebirds, I'm gonna go get a drink. Bye y/n, bye Jeremy."