ᴇɴᴄʜᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ | ᴄᴏɴʀᴀᴅ ғɪsʜᴇʀ [1]

Lᴏᴠᴇ Gᴀᴍᴇ (2)

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The teens all look around as they walk in the park. "See, aren't you glad we came ?" Liz says as she looks up at Conrad

"How is this any less hot than it would be inside ?"

"Because you have the magical sea breeze to cool you down."

"Cool breeze, my ass." River scoffs, "I need some ice cream. Now."

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The teens walked up the steps of the boardwalk, ice cream in hand.

"You know, I'm kind of a natural introvert, so I can't tell if this place is horrifying or if it's just, like, my lizard brain in action." Skye says

"It's fun, I promise." Belly says

"Fun ? Because I seem to remember the last time we were here, Liz was crying." Jeremiah says. "She was 14 and Conrad beat her at Shoot Your Shot. And her penalty was to ride the Tower of Terror."

"Yep." Conrad says

"Liz, you were so scared, you threw up."

"I was sick." She tries

"Sick with fear." Dakota says with a mouth full of ice cream. "Mom had to throw out your clothes and carry you home in a caftan."

Liz laughs as Jeremiah nods.

"Susannah used to force my mom to come here when they were kids. My mom always hated it, but Susannah loved it so much, so..." Skye says

"You know what else my mom loved ?" Conrad says, "The beach house."

Skye sighs, "My mom's not evil, Conrad." The teens lean against the railing on the boardwalk. "And your mom wasn't a saint."

"What did you just say ?" Liz frowns. River frowns as she sits up, but Dakota grabs her arm before she could move.

"Skye, have you ever played Shoot Your Shot ?" Belly says changing the subject.

"No, and I'm-I'm fine keeping it that way."

"Well, do you want to watch Liz beat Conrad's ass ?"

"She could not do that." He shakes his head as he looks down at his ice cream. Steven and Dakota chuckle.

"I wouldn't hate watching that." Skye tries to smile at Liz. The girl ignores her.

"You think you still got it, Conrad ?" Dakota says

"Okay, no, please, not another Great Boardwalk Showdown." Steven says

"Why not ? Why not ?" Belly smiles

"No. What are you doing ?"

"So, they used to do this big tournament on the boardwalk every year when they were kids. I would get a, um, a riveting play-by-play as soon as Belly got home." Taylor says