Back To Where We Started

A/n This Chapter will be in Belly's POV and it will be sort of a slow burn when they end up getting together or I might make it a bit complicated something like that I'm trying to think of the idea for it after 

I did delete the Chucky Season 4 simply because I kind of lost ideas and didn't feel like working on it anymore so yeah it's deleted for that reason 

I've already made covers for Rafia Fanfic and Oneshots for it all I need to do is publish the chapter at least 

This chapter will be longer than the other 3 chapters 

Belly's POV 

I couldn't get Conrad's words out of my head

I had barely processed the shock of him quitting football when everything else started to hit me

 He quit football? 

The same sport he'd practically lived and breathed for years

 The same sport that had always been a way for him and his dad to bond, a way for Adam Fisher to be proud of his son

And now... nothing

Conrad, the boy I used to know, the one who was full of dreams and goals, seemed like a stranger to me now

 I watched him walk off the porch, his back stiff, shoulders heavy with something that looked more like burden than freedom

 Something had broken inside of him and I could feel it

But what?

My heart pounded as I glanced over at Steven, who was still standing frozen, eyes wide in confusion

 Sunnah, too, looked lost, her hands clutching the edge of the railing like she wanted to say something but didn't know how

"Belly, what do you think?" Steven's voice pulled me out of my thoughts

I swallowed hard, the weight of it all pressing on me I shook my head "I don't know what to think anymore."

The way Conrad had looked at his dad, the coldness, the way he refused to explain anything to him 

 It felt like there was so much unsaid between them

 I was trying to figure out when it all changed

I hadn't seen Conrad in a year, and the difference was... undeniable

The way he carried himself was different

 He wasn't the same carefree guy I remembered

 Not by a long shot

"Do you think something's wrong with him?" Steven asked quietly, his eyes still on the path where Conrad had disappeared down

"I don't know," I admitted, my voice low

 I felt a sinking feeling in my stomach, like I was missing something important

 Like I should've seen the signs earlier

Sunnah spoke up then, her voice soft but full of concern "He's changed, Belly and it's not just about football, is it?"

I shook my head, looking down at my hands, trying to make sense of it all

Conrad had always been unpredictable in some ways but this was different

He wasn't the same person I used to know

I wanted to reach out, to ask him what was going on, but it was like there was a wall between us now