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Liz sat in the backseat with what seemed like a permanent frown on her face. She was now more than annoyed and wanted to go home. Not to mention she had to sit in the middle seat. Again.

Jeremiah opened the door and helped Conrad in, "Come on. Get in the car. Watch your head. Legs, legs."

"Yes. I know how to get into a car." Conrad sighs as Jeremiah closes the door before getting in the drivers seat. Conrad looks over at Liz who looks down at her hands.

"Belly. Let's go. Get in." Jeremiah says

"Cam can give me a ride home. Right, Cam?" She says as she and a boy stood outside of the door.

"Yes. That's no problem." Cam says quickly

"No, you're not gonna get in a car with a guy you just met."

"I'm Cam. Cameron." He says as he holds his hand out for Jeremiah to shake

"Your name is Cam Cameron?" Jeremiah squints

"No, it's ju-just Cam." He chuckles awkwardly, "But we actually, we know each other. Seventh grade. Latin convention. So, like, we're not total strangers."

"Okay. No offense, but no. Belly, get in the car."

"Please just get in the car, Bells." Liz sighs heavily

Just as she says this, Dakota opens the door on her right to get in. He looks over at Liz whos head was tilted back against the headrest with her eyes closed.

"Bye." They hear Cam say as Belly gets in the car. Jeremiah starts the car and pulls off before slamming on the brakes. Liz and Dakota's heads jerk forward.

"Dude." She says

"We fucking forgot Steven." Dakota sighs. He says before opening his door

"Shit." Jeremiah says as he puts the car in park and takes his seatbelt off, "Watch Conrad. We'll be right back." He says to both girls before getting out of the car.

Liz frowns as she sits up, "Where the hell is he supposed to sit?"

Belly looks at her through the mirror. They jump as someone knocks on the window. They look to see a cop standing outside of the car.

"Have you kids been drinkin ?" She asks. Liz sighs as she hits her head back against the head rest

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"Officers, thank you. It won't happen again, I can promise you that much." Laurel says as the kids sit in the hallway

"Tell Mr. Fisher the chief wants to set up a tea time when he gets back in town." The officer says

"Absolutely. Sorry again for all the trouble. Have a good night, Officers." She says as she leads them out the door. She turns to the kids, "How could you guys be so irresponsible?"

"Mom, it wasn't a big deal. All right? Seriously." Steven says as he walks up to her, "The cops were just looking to break up the bonfire."

"Not a big deal?"

"Yes."

"I would say getting picked up by the cops for underage drinking is a pretty big deal, Steven." She scolds

He starts sniffing before he scoffs. Laurel looks confused, "Were you guys smoking tonight?"

"What?" She exclaims, "Keep your voice down. Susannah's asleep on the couch."

"Wha- I wasn't yelling. You were." He stutters

"Just so you know, Laurel," Jeremiah steps up as Steven moves to stand behind Belly, "I-I didn't drink tonight. I was the DD, I swear."

She then turns to Conrad, "You're the oldest. What the hell's gotten into you?" He stays silent as she turns to Belly. "And when did you leave the house without telling anybody? And what in the world are you wearing?"

"It's Taylor's." She replies as she covers up, "And why am I the only one who's not allowed to go out?"

"It's not that you're not allowed, it's that you should have told us you were going." She sighs, "How did you even get there?"

"I walked." She mutters

"Jesus. You know better than to walk that far down the beach alone late at night."

"Can you stop treating me like a kid?"

"If you want to be treated like an adult, you need to act like one."

"Then maybe you guys should, too." Conrad shrugs

"What does that mean?" She says as Conrad looks away, "I hope you realize this night could have ended a lot differently if your family wasn't your family."

"We're sorry, Laur." Dakota mumbles

"Just," She shakes her head, "go to bed, guys."

The kids all turn to leave as Laurel follows behind them. She steps in front of Conrad, "I don't understand what is going on with you."

Liz stops as she hears Laurel.

"Nothing. Nothing's going on." He slips by her as she calls after him. Liz hears his footsteps and continues walking to her room.

Unaware of the eyes spotting her.

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Liz hadn't slept at all that night. She couldn't. The entire night was on repeat. It should've been a happy memory she was replaying, but only two things when through her mind. Seeing Conrad kissing another girl and being elbowed in her face. She sighed as she sat up in her bed. She got up, put her shoes on, and made her way downstairs.

She made the walk to the beach in an attempt to calm her mind down. She noticed a figure sitting by the shore and immediately recognized them.

"Hey." She said as she approached them

Conrad turned to look at her as a very small smile appears on his face. She sat next to him as he watched her.

"Last night was," She starts

"A shit show." "A complete disaster."

He looked over at her as she looked out at the ocean, "You know you're gonna have a black eye tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, probably." She sighs, "But it's already tomorrow so."

He looked back out at the ocean as she thought over her next words, "Hey, do you-" She hesitates as she looks at him, "Do you remember anything that happened last night? I mean, you were pretty wasted."

He turns and makes eye contact, "I always remember everything when I drink." She nods as she turns back to the ocean

He again stares at her before she pulls out a joint. She turns as she hears his lighter. She smiles, "Let me have a puff."

"No." He mumbles

"Yeah." She says as she scrunches her nose

"No. No."

"Yes." She giggled

"No." He turned to her with a small smile, "Megan would actually kill me."

"Okay, fine. Then if I can't smoke," She points to him, "then you can't smoke."

He stops as he holds the joint in between his teeth. He pulls it out as he smiles, "Same old Liz." He puts the joint back behind his ear as he looked back at the ocean. Her smile faltered as she looked down at the sand. She sighed softly to herself.

"Hey, let's go pick up some of the good muffins before everybody else gets up." He says

She turns to him to see him already looking at her. She smiles as she starts to stand up, "As long as we don't get blueberry."

"Whoa, what? Blueberry is the best." He says as he stands up

"Absolutely not."

"They absolutely are." He smiled

She chuckled as they made their way back toward the house.

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