THEY KNEW they were going to loose the house, there was no changing that. However, they could change their attitudes on the situation. The group all wanted their last memories of the house to be magical, just like Susannah had always made it. And following in Susannah's footsteps, they were going to throw a party.

The group had parted, all seperate lyk getting ready for the party except Via and Conrad, who were sat downstairs in the kitchen.

He blurted out, "Do you remember the times we used to help mom cook? She'd make it look so easy but, when we tried, it went to shit."

"Are we reminiscing on the time when you burnt the whole fucking pizza?" Via chuckled slightly, "Because I remember that so clearly. You started crying-"

"I did not cry." Conrad chuckled, before pausing, "Maybe I did cry, but it was a few tears and I was, like, ten."

"And hungry." Via added, smiling.

Conrad sighed, before asking, "I, uh, I wanted to talk to you about yesterday." He paused, almost as though he was thinking what to say or how to say it. He breathed, "In the, uh, screening room-"

Via interrupted quickly, "I, uh... Aren't we going to the store to get alcohol? We should get going. I'll ask Jere if he's coming with us."

"Yeah, uh, okay." Conrad replied uncertainly, frowning at the girl in concern as she quickly walked out of the kitchen.

Via breathed in for five seconds, then exhaled for five seconds, before sliding the back doors open to meet with Jeremiah... and Belly. They were splashing around in the pool, not noticing her entrance at all. They were attempting to dunk each other into the water, climbing onto each other playfully. Via just watched for a moment.

Unable to stand the sight for any longer, the girl decided to walk back inside- but she seemed to be uncontrollably storming her way through the kitchen.

Conrad watched her re-enter the kitchen, as he questioned curiously, a hint of sarcasm in his voice, "Did you ask him?"

Via was still processing what she had just seen, as she continued walking out of the kitchen, "Yeah." She replied, yet she didn't even comprehend what Conrad had asked her.

Conrad rolled his eyes, yet he was concerned for his sister, "You didn't ask him, did you?"

"I'm not going to the store anymore, Connie." Via explained as she walked up the stairs, raising her voice so Conrad could hear her from the kitchen, "I need to get ready."

'Get ready' was code to tell Evie what she had seen and by, the look on Evie's face when Via opened her bedroom door, the girl already knew. Via walked into the sight of Evie peering out the window, looking down at the pool and pulling judgmental faces at Belly and Jere's shouts.

Evie turned around as Via closed the door behind her, "Ollie, look out of the fucking window-"

"I know." Via sighed, as she perched on the edge of her bed. She stressed, brushing her hand through her blonde hair, "I don't know what to do."

Evie paced up and down the length of Via's room, "I know I said there's nothing going on but that. I just fucking witnessed flirting. I thought Belly was... Ollie?"

Evie stopped pacing when she saw Via plant her head in her hands in defeat. The girl saw Via's shoulders shaking as she silently cried into her hands, causing Evie to sit down next to her immediately.

"Hey." Evie hugged her tightly, kissing the top of her head, and removing Via's hands away from her wet face. Evie spoke softly, "I'm gonna be honest with you, okay?"

Via sniffed, "Okay."

"I know it looks like flirting, but it doesn't mean that it is." Evie reassured, but Via wasn't following. She explained, "Just hear me out... Belly's a flirty person, right? And so is Jere."

"Right?" Via frowned, "I don't get how this is correlating to anything-"

"Because they might just be hanging out by the pool." Evie exclaimed, "They had something a few months ago, so there's bound to be a connection. The thing is... is that you and Belly's connection is way stronger. You're girlfriends for fuck sake! Jeremiah is nothing compared to you."

She nodded, watching as Evie wiped away Via's tears with her jumper sleeve.

***

After a few more hours of preparing for the party, Evie and Via were finally ready to come downstairs. The house was already packed with teenagers, who were all drinking and dressed up. Blue party lights shone in every room, as Cam and Skye controlled the music.

The house felt alive again.

Via's mission was to find Belly, as Evie had hyped her up in the many hours of them getting ready together. The duo split off, Evie meeting with Taylor as they partied in the kitchen.

Via wondered through the crowds of teenagers, saying hi and waving at anyone who greeted her. She hadn't been to a party since Belly had come out as bisexual- Via had missed the vibes of it all: the music, the lights, the drinks, the people.

Via stopped walking when she spotted the girl in the distance, skating in and out of the gatherings of people. She wore bright orange, which gained Via's attention immediately, and her smile beamed widely. Via admired her as she spoke to Jeremiah, and how effortlessly beautiful she was without even trying.

She was snapped out of her trance, when Steven had appeared behind her. He questioned sarcastically, "Are you staring at my sister?"

"N-No." Via replied defensively, "I was, uh-"

"Hey, relax, Ollie." Steven smiled, letting out a small chuckle, "I don't mind, bro. I'm rooting for you." He paused, "Just stop following her around, you make it so obvious."

Via retorted sarcastically, "Says the guy who's been following Taylor around all night."

"Well, I fully cop to that." Steven nodded, "I mean, who's she fooling, you know?"

Via questioned, "Doesn't she have a boyfriend?"

"Technically." Steven exclaimed, "But he's all wrong for her, so..."

"Alright, whatever you say." Via put her hands up in surrender, "I'm not snitching, Steven. Be careful-"

"Group shots!"

Belly exclaimed loudly, as she skated over to Steven and Via. Jeremiah, Evie, Taylor, and Conrad followed behind her, as they all took a cup off of the tray and raised them in the air.

Jere spoke, "No matter how much time passes, or how far apart we are, we're always gonna love you guys, okay?" He paused, "To the last night!"

"To the last night!" The group cheered in unison, before drinking the shots of tequila.

Via plucked up the courage to hold Belly's hand, as the group dispersed from each other again. Via lead Belly through the crowds of people, before sitting on the couch.

Belly grinned, before teasing, "The couch? How romantic."

Via smiled, their foreheads so close they were almost touching. Belly cautiously placed a hand on Via's thigh, as the girl's eyes darted around the room of people. Belly breathed nervously.

Via noticed quickly, before reassuring, "Hey, we don't have to, uh, do anything here. I understand if-"

Belly kissed her suddenly. Their lips colliding passionately for a moment before Belly pulled away. She blurted out, "I love you, Livy. Even though I may not act like I do in front of people. I just get so scared and-"

Via placed a hand on Belly's cheek, before reassuring, "It's okay, Belles. I love you."

Belly looked around at the people in the room, who hadn't noticed them kissing at all, before asking flirtatiously, "Can we go somewhere else?"

"Fight!" Someone shouted, "They're fighting!"

Belly and Via shared looks of concern, before getting up and running towards the crowd of people circling Steven and Milo in another room. Taylor was in between, almost begging them to stop because of how embarrassing it was.

Belly rolled her eyes, "Steven, come on!"

"Babe, this is for you." Milo said, before attempting to punch Steven, only for the boy to dodge every single karate move that Milo tried to do.

Conrad raised his voice, "Kick his ass, Steven."

Via added, "Punch him, Steven!"

"Stop!" Taylor stood in front of Milo, "You're embarrassing me right now. These people are my friends. Do you even know me, like, at all?"

"Of course, babe." Milo scoffed, "You're my girl."

Taylor asked, "What's my middle name?" She rolled her eyes at his silence, "I can't do this anymore. It's over."

"Taylor..." Steven watched as Taylor left the room with Belly, before turning to Milo, "It's Madison. Her middle name is Madison!"

Evie glanced at Via, "Did you sort things out?"

"Yeah." Via nodded confidently, "She, uh, she kissed me."

a/n:
I KNOW i said that i was gonna write a hunger games fanfic next but PJO (percy jackson) has just come out on disney+ sooooo...

im having writing crisis help

[sorry for the late publish, it's currently 12:00am in the uk!]