𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 - 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙧𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧

[ seven ]

"Can you stop treating me like a kid?" Belly shouted.

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

"Then maybe you guys should, too." Conrad spat back sarcastically. From beside him he could feel Violet tense. Conrad knew he probably shouldn't have said anything but he couldn't help it.

"What does that mean?" She asked but only received a small scoff in response. "I hope you realize this night could have ended a lot differently if your family wasn't your family."

"We're sorry, Laur." Jeremiah sincerely apologized.

"Just... go to bed, guys." The older woman sighed. She watched as all of the teenagers walked up the steps. Laurel couldn't help but stop Conrad as he went to walk past her. "I don't understand what is going on with you."

"Nothing." He shook his head. His eyes following Violet as she disappeared down the hallway that led to his bedroom. "Nothing's going on."

"Connie..." Laurel mumbled as he hastily walked away from her.

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Violet was changing into a pair of spandex shorts when Conrad entered the room. She could tell from the look on his face that he was upset with whatever had just happened with Laurel.

"You wanna talk about it?" The girl questioned pulling one of Conrad's T-shirts over her head.

"Not really." The boy sighed climbing into his bed.

Conrad's eyes followed Violet as she walked around his room. He couldn't help but be captivated by her even when she was doing the smallest of things like taking off her makeup.

"You know we're going to have to talk about what happened tonight. Right?" Violet wondered as she slipped into bed next to him.

"It was nothing Vi."

"I know there's something going on with you. There has been for months." She sighed. "That wasn't you tonight Connie. You literally fought someone over a beer."

"The guy was a dick." Conrad scoffed defending himself. "You saw him flirting with Belly. There's no way he couldn't tell that she was a minor."

"That's not a reason for you to fight him. You have a lot more to lose than some loser that still hangs out with teenagers." Violet replied turning onto her back. "Besides, Steven was handling it. He wouldn't have let anything happen to his sister."

"Yeah." The Fisher boy nodded staring at the side of his girlfriend's face. "He was still a creep though."

The Montgomery girl didn't respond. She instead turned her back towards Conrad and attempted to fall asleep.

Violet knew he was just trying to look out for Belly. The Conklin girl was practically family to him. But there was still something telling Violet to keep an eye on Belly and Conrad.

In all of the years that she's known Conrad she'd never think he would cheat on her. Violet still had faith that he wouldn't. But she didn't know Belly. How could Violet know if Belly was one of those girls that made moves on a guy even while knowing he's taken.