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"Say cheese." Megan says

"Cheese!"

"Love it. Okay. Here, you want to see?"

"Yeah. Yeah."

"Oh, oh, no."

"Oh, that's so cute!"

"Okay." Steven says as they walk off of the dock. Conrad and Dakota linger behind.

"Hey, thank you for being here, man. Seriously, it means a lot."

"Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I was pretty clutch." Dakota jokes

"You were pretty clutch, man." Conrad chuckles

"Yeah." Dakota laughs. He watches as Conrad stares at Liz who's running away from Steven and Jeremiah, "You gonna tell her?"

Conrad snaps out of it and looks over at him, "I mean, I want to. I just... don't know if I should."

"Look, a couple days ago, I would've begged you to stay away from her, all right? And I would've probably threatened physical violence if you ever hurt her again." Conrad smiles as Dakota laughs, "That doesn't mean I'd actually do it... I just want to put the thought out there."

"No, no. I'd deserve it."

"Yeah, no shit. But today..." He pauses. His smile widens, "I just can't wait to go and see River again. That's all to say that people change. If you love her, man... tell her how you feel." He nods at him as he walks away.

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Liz walked towards Megan's car with her bag on her shoulder. Megan and Laurel stop her before she makes it, "Thought you guys could use some caffeine for your drive to Brown." Megan smiles as Belly walks up next to her.

"Are you serious?" Belly gasps as she looks to Laurel

"You should finish what you started. That doesn't mean you're off the hook for lying to me repeatedly. There will still be consequences." She says, "But I'm proud of you."

"We know Beck would be, too." Megan says as she looks between the girls

"Thanks, Mom." Belly smiles as she hugs Laurel. Liz takes the coffees as she hugs Megan.

"Jere, Conrad, We're coming with you!" Belly screams as she runs towards their car. Liz laughs as she follows her.

"Yeah!"

"I call shotgun." Belly yells. Liz groans. They all gather around Megan and Laurel's cars.

"Well? How soon can we get back here?" Jeremiah says

"I'm free any time, bro." Steven says

"I'm not. Got a road trip ahead of me." Dakota says as they laugh

"Yeah, uh, and volleyball camp's not happening, so I'm... I'm good, too." Belly says

"I have to go to Stanford for orientation, but I could probably get back here for, like, the Fourth maybe?" Conrad nods

"The Fourth? Cool." Jeremiah says

"I might be going in school next year, so I'll have to see." Liz says

"Yeah."

"Alright."

Dakota looks at Conrad with raised brows. Jeremiah nodding towards Belly as he looks at Steven.

"No, no, no!" Belly says as the boys laugh, "We don't have time, no, no."

"Can we? Please?"

"Come on, for old times' sake." Steven says

"Fine." Belly sighs

"Yeah!" The boys says as they throw their bags down. Steven and Jeremiah pick up Belly by her arms and legs. Dakota takes Liz's bag causing the girl to frown. 

"What? Since when am I apart of Belly flop?"

"Since now." He says as Conrad picks her up by her torso. Dakota grabbing her legs.

"Belly flop! Belly flop!" They chant as they walk to the pool

"Come on, come on."

"All right, here we go." Dakota says as they start to swing the two girls.

"Two... three!" Liz and Belly scream as they let them go. Both girls landing in the pool as the boys laugh.

As they come up, Dakota jumps in. Jeremiah next as he lands by Belly.

"After you!" Conrad says as Steven cannonballs in front of Belly. Conrad scoots back before he runs and jumps in by Steven. He comes up with his arms around Steven as they float around. Both girls laughing as they all splash each other.

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"Bye!" Belly says

"Bye, you guys!" Steven says as they pull out of the drive way

"I love you guys!" Jeremiah says. Dakota leans over Megan and blows kisses.

"Drive safe!" Conrad says

"Text me when you get home." Belly yells to Laurel and Steven

"Good luck, Connie!"

"Thanks!"

Conrad puts a towel down on the back seat before he sits down. Liz sitting behind Belly. Belly plops down as she closes the door.

"You're not gonna put down...?" Conrad waves her off, "Whatever."

"You have to live with the consequences of your actions."

"I'm just saying a towel wouldn't kill you." He mumbles as he buckles his seatbelt. Liz laughs as she buckles hers.

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Liz shudders as she rubs her hands together and puts them between her thighs to warm up. Apparently, Belly was too.

"You cold?" Jeremiah asks Belly

"No. I'm okay. I like it chilly."

Conrad grabs his Brown sweater and passes it to Liz, "Oh, thank you." She says quietly. She quickly puts it on.

"All right. I'm gonna play something to bring up the mood." Belly says. She looks to Jeremiah as Free Fallin starts to play. Liz laughs as Jeremiah smiles.

"I'm trying to study." Conrad says matter-of-factly. He gets no where as they ignore him and start to sing. Liz scoots up to Belly as they sing together. Conrad watches her with a smile on his face. Liz turns back with a big smile as he joins in.

They all laugh as Conrad holds a high note.

"Fucking idiots." He smiles. Liz laughs harder as she leans on Belly's seat.

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"You got this, bro." Jeremiah says as Conrad gets out at Brown.

"Yeah, it's cool if you don't, but I think you do." Liz says as she leans forward on the center console.

"Thanks, you guys. I'll see you after." Conrad says before he walks off

"Yeah." Jeremiah nods

"So, what do you want to do?" Belly says

"I can show you around Finch. It's, like, 15 minutes away from here. Didn't your guidance counselor say it was a possibility for you?" Jeremiah says as Liz scoots back

"Yeah, yeah. I... can't believe you remembered." Belly smiles

"Onward." Jeremiah says as he drives off.

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The next couple of hours was spent with Jeremiah showing them around Finch campus. Mostly Liz third-wheeling, but she still enjoyed seeing it nonetheless. Now, they sat outside of Conrad's car waiting for him to come out. Liz could sense some kind of tension with Jeremiah and Belly, so she stayed in the backseat as they sat on the front of the car.

She looked up from her phone and her eyes widen as she sees them in a very intense make out session. She cringes as she quickly looks away. She smiles and sighs in relief as she sees Conrad. He stops and his face drops when he sees Belly and Jeremiah. They quickly step away from each other as he looks at them. Liz frowns as she gets out. Conrad looks over as he hears the door close.

Liz furrows her brows as she looks around confused.

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