THE FORTH of July hadn't no special place in Olivia or Jessie's heart. What was to point of celebrating independence when the land was stolen in the first place? To pop fireworks and eat hotdogs apparently.

But it was the Forth of July and the Fisher family normally held a big party to celebrate... celebrate the Forth of July.

Olivia had been dressed in brown corduroy shorts and a plain white t-shirt. Her hair put into two braids that laid on her back.

She'd been at the Fisher's with her mother for about thirty minutes. Everyone had been there it seemed.

She was introduced to Adam Fisher for the first time (more on that later) and met Belly and Steven's father and potential stepmother.

She had her feet dipped into the pool as Jeremiah held a conversation with Victoria (the potential stepmother) about their music taste.

Olivia kicked her feet back and forth in the water as Conrad swan towards her.

"Nicole's gonna get lonely over there." Olivia smiled, "I'm sure she's ready to have pool sex with you by now."

"Well... she's gonna have to wait."

"You seem oddly happy." Olivia said, "What's up with you?"

"Surprised Jere didn't tell you. Our dad isn't coming."

Olivia furrowed her brows. She knew that Conrad had some sort of vendetta against his father but Jeremiah adored him. It seemed that Susannah didn't have much taste for he either these days.

Olivia gently kicked her foot towards Conrad, splashing him with water, "You know it's okay so some people to like their dad. Just let him be sad. You don't need to go around all cheery because he's not here."

"But I do." He smiled, swimming away from her, "But I really do."

His joy didn't last long as his father had arrived mid margarita making from Belly, Jeremiah, and Conrad.

"Liv!" Jeremiah called.

She turned and was handed a pomegranate margarita.

"This is my dad." He smiled, "Dad, this is my girlfriend Olivia."

Olivia wiped her hand on her shorts before shaking his hand.

"The boys have told me so much about you." He smiled.

"All good things I hope."

"The same girl who can tackle Conrad in five minutes right?" Adam Fisher laughed, "I promise it was all good things."

Jeremiah hugged her side and waved his dad goodbye as they went to join the others on the beach.

They had been joined by Cam on their way and after finding out that he didn't drink it became a "who could get wasted first" sort of game.

As the girls were dancing and the boys were playing a bean bag toss, Conrad and Olivia had been sipping their margaritas and twirling each other around, small giggles leaving Olivia.

"Are they always close like that?" Steven asked, throwing the beanbag into the hole.

"No." Jeremiah sighed, "Well... yeah sometimes they are. They've gotten closer recently. I don't know."

"That doesn't scare you?" Cam asked.

"Why would it?" Jeremiah questioned, "I know Olivia and I know Conrad."

Olivia wouldn't leave Jeremiah for Conrad, at least that's what Jeremiah chose to believe.

Jeremiah and Olivia had always been close and he knew that if she couldn't come to him that she'd go to Conrad instead, but he did have his moments of suspicions. Of course Olivia wouldn't cheat. Why would she cheat and she'd been cheated on time and time again? It wasn't Olivia he was worried about. It was his brother.

Even in his drunken state, Jeremiah was a huge flirt, but he'd known now and then that he could take it overboard. He'd known that Olivia hadn't been her usual bubbly self ever since Conrad came back and said Olivia was feeling good so the brownies were a no go. The same day he'd called Belly hot.

But he thought nothing of it. He knew that Olivia wouldn't mind. He's done this same thing a thousand times over and over. Why would it be any different when he flirted with Belly. He knew Olivia didn't care.

Meanwhile, after the beach, the girls excluding Olivia had been sitting at the dock.

Nicole explaining how Conrad had slept over countless times but "didn't want to fuck".

"You think he likes me?" Nicole asked Belly.

"Yeah... Yeah, of course." Belly smiled, sipping her fourth or fifth margarita.

"It's just..." Nicole trialed off.

Her eyes glanced over at Olivia and Conrad who'd been catching a football back and forth with Jeremiah.

Belly glanced over, watching the trio laugh as they played.

"They're just friends." Belly smiled, "You know? It's like... Olivia's been through some shit." She laughed.

Belly, just like Olivia, had been a confessional drunk. She wouldn't admit that, but she was.

"What do you mean?" Nicole asked.

"Like... she's been cheated on, like, twice and stuff like that. She just hasn't had the best relationships ever and Conrad just understands her." Belly smiled, "I mean, that's what Jeremiah told me."

Never in her life would Olivia want people to know that she'd been cheated on let alone twice. She has no idea that Jeremiah told Belly and she wouldn't know that Belly told others.

That's when Belly began spilling about of other shit that she probably shouldn't have said.

She told Shayla that Steven had basically cheated on her with Taylor and that caused the three girls plus Cameron to leave.

There was no point of trying to have a decent conversation with the girl when she was this drunk and couldn't understand the awkwardness she'd created.

But, before the girls left; Olivia, Jeremiah, and Conrad and been tossing a football back and forth.

That was, until Adam came into the picture and the boys basically left Olivia alone.

Conrad wanted nothing to do with his father in that moment. It didn't matter the circumstances. Conrad seemed to hate his father.

Nothing seemed to be the same. Belly was too drunk, Olivia had been drunk, but fine, and because Belly had been so drunk, she tripped down the stairs knocking over Olivia and Susannah who was carrying a cake on a glass platter.

Olivia had fucked up her knee pretty bad, she's scrapped small spots of her skin.

She would be fine, no real damage done.

That was until nightfall came and fireworks began going off.

The Fisher father had left early which upset Jeremiah and he wanted someone to talk to, someone he could be vulnerable with.

He gripped the small fireworks in his hands as he watched Conrad and Olivia talk at the docks.

"Do you know why everyone left?" Olivia asked.

"No clue." He smiled, "Maybe drunk Belly was too much for people."

"Please." Olivia laughed, "I like drunk Belly she's cool."

Olivia rested her arms against the railing, the purple firework lighting the sky.

"Do you remember anything from Nicole's party?" He asked suddenly.

"Yeah. Fuck Jeremiah and fuck you instead." She smiled, "Why'd you say that?"

Conrad held a small smile, "You have this affect on people."

"What affect?" She scoffed, "The cheating thing? Yeah, I totally got that affect."

It was clearly that even after she'd fallen, that Olivia had been drunk. She'd didn't have as much as Belly, but she was drunk nonetheless.

She wouldn't really joke about being cheated on when sober and she only did it when Conrad it seemed.

"You know what I mean."

Olivia smiled up at Conrad.

Even though Jeremiah couldn't hear what the two were talking about. It made him think about his very brief conversation with Cameron and Steven.

No, it didn't scare him that Conrad and Olivia were close. That was a good thing for him. His girlfriend and his brother getting along was good.

But... maybe it was too good of a thing.

He lit the firework and it shot out towards Olivia and Conrad.

Jeremiah Fisher should've known damn well that Olivia wouldn't cheat and he should've known that he could've talk to her about anything.

Jeremiah knew damn well.

- lucy has something to say !!

wait belly's a dumbass and so is the fisher father both dumbass bitches

love using "it seemed/seems" apparently

anyways laurel fanfics when and where? i said this before i saw the scene of laurel fucking in the car also found out that the actress for laurel is 60 she looks too good 😭

anyways i should've finished the show before making this because conrad has me kicking my feet and shit 🤭

so... conrad or jeremiah 🫣

also i made olivia fuck up her knee because i fell off my brothers scooter and it left this ugly ass scar

spoiler wanting for the 3rd book in the series below

LIKE 😭😭

bye :))))