It was my turn to drive and Kian would just sit and talk. We picked up the photo booth and put it on the bed of the truck. It was starting to get dark. Kian fell asleep in a ball on the passenger seat. I turned up the radio to Thomas Rhett singing, Make me wanna. I knew if Kian woke up and heard country music on the radio he'd never let it go.
I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel. Then before I knew it I was singing and Kian woke up.
"Hey I like this song!" He started singing too.
sI laughed.
We sang together until the camp aWandawega in 2 miles sign came up.
"So 4 more days, and then you're leaving"
"Oh crap!" I totally forgot I don't have a ride home because Bradley left that crackhead and my moms car is recked.
"Whats wrong?"
"I--" I coughed "don't have a ride home. I was supposed to go with Bradley but turns out she's a crack head so I can't and my moms car was hit a couple days ago"
"How do you know?"
"There was survive at that small town"
"YOU HAVE A PHONE?!"
"Ya"
"Take a picture with me!"
"We have a photo booth in the back of this truck and you want to take one with my phone"
"Ya"
"Well I'm driving"
"Pull over" he grabbed the steering wheel and pulled over.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" I yelled slapping his arms.
"What?"
"You can't do that!" I threw my phone at him.
"Sorry" he whispered opening my phone.
"Instagram? Tumblr? Snapchat?"
I shook my head.
"So why do you have it"
"To call and text"
"Well then use a flip phone"
"Why do you care?!" I laughed.
"It just seems..."
"Seems what not normal! Weird! Like I'm a freak I know I'm told everyday during school!" I got out of the car. The cold shock of air felt good on my pounding headache.
"Hey!" He yelled getting out of the truck. Suddenly a boom of thunder clapped. I looked up and saw rain clouds forming.
"I can't do this right now Kian"
"Can't do what?"
"Us!" I yelled not thinking.
"Us?"
I didn't say anything.
"Some one can only have their heart broken so many times lex, I've fixed it twice now and third strikes and I'm out"
"That's not what I mean!" I walked across the street and sat on a rock.
"Then what did you mean!"
"I can't do this witty dangerous love thing, I want something where I can hold your hand in public and kiss you in front of people so they can know I love you! So they know that we were meant to be, I want to be able to sit on your lap and mess with your hair while other people look at us and envy us. I don't want to hide us"
"Well...neither do I but just because people don't know about us doesn't mean there's not an us officially" he sat on my lap and started playing with my hair. We watched the sun set.
"We should probably go" he whispered with his head on my shoulder.
"I'm too tired" I whined.
"I'll carry you" he stood up and carried me in his arms. I nestled up into his chest. He opened the car door and set me down on the passenger seat. I leaned against the door and closed my eyes.
"I'll give you a ride" he kissed my forehead.
"What?"
"You said you needed a ride home I can give you a ride"
"Okay thanks" I yawned and closed my eyes. Next thing I know I woke up at camp still in the car as Kian was just pulling up.
"Wake up sweetums"
"Try again" I stretched.
We got out and girls were staring at the truck.
"KIAN!" Willow ran out
"Mom are you okay!"
"Yes thank you but it's Jc. Have you seen him?"
"No we've been out all day"
"He ran off during craft room"
"Maybe he forgot the macaroni?"
"Kian this isn't funny! He's basically your brother and he's run away"
"I'll look for him it's going to be okay he probably just needed to clear his head" I reassured her.
"I hope your right" she went back inside.
"Let's go look for him" Kian grabbed my hand.
"I'll go, I know where he is"
"Well let me go with you"
"This is something I need to do on my own it's alright" I kissed his cheek and the girls gasped.
Kian nodded and went inside with his mom. I didn't know where JC was but I had an idea.
I walked to the swings behind the camp and there was JC sitting on his skateboard.
"Hey! We've been looking for you" I said as nicely as I could.
"Where's Kian?"
"With Willow, and that doesn't matter JC, you...you can't put me in that position it's not fair, I didn't know you liked me and if I did that wouldn't have changed my feelings about you or Kian"
"I know it's just--"
"It's just reality"
"Reality kinda sucks"
"Tell me about it" I held my hand out, "let's go back now"
He grabbed it and we walked back to willows cabin.
"Wait here" I stopped him.i went inside and explained JC was just a little sad about something and needed time to think. Willow said its okay and JC came inside. She hugged him and explained how worried she was. Then she punched JCs arm,
"Don't you ever run away again! You're like a son to me"
"Sorry" he whispered.
He and Kian exchanged a quick awkward glance.
"I'm going to bed goodnight" I slipped out and made my way to the cabin, I changed into leggings and a sweater to fall asleep in when Kian barged in with a black eye.
"KIAN! What happened!"
"When we got outside JC fucking swung at me saying if I hurt you Id have a lot more than a black eye"
"Oh baby" I touched his eye but he whined.
"Okay you need ice" I went outside and snuck into the mess hall. I slipped into the kitchen and put ice in a bowl. I ran back to the cabin where Kian was sitting on Bradley's old bed looking at something.
"What are you looking at?" I smiled walking towards him.
"Nothing" he put it in his pocket.
I sat on his lap and put ice on his eye.
"You can't let him get under your skin baby"
"I love it when you call me baby" he nestled on my chest. I kissed the top of his head.
"You still need a name" he whispered.
"No I don't Kiki!" I laughed.
"Lexi Hun yes you do"
"I like that!" I smiled.
"Lexi?"
"Lexi Hun" he whispered smiling.
"We should get some shut eye, I'm not in the mood for dinner"
"Okay let's go back to my place" he took the eye off his eye.
"Poor baby" I kissed his eye.
"I think your magical kiss healed it"
I laughed and got up. He got up and grabbed my hand and led me back to his treehouse.
I fell on the bed and closed my eyes. I felt his body fall next to mine, and his arms wrapped around my body. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.