Camp Closeted
Chapter 62: Love
"Are you gonna eat that?" Romeo glared at me as I waved my head 'no' for the remains of my waffles. "Your loss." He murmured, rapidly snatching the waffles off my plate.
Ashton sipped out of his 3rd coffee refill as he kept staring at me. "I think I've seen you somewhere before." He coughed as I anxiously looked at him. "You know Cadence?"
I tiredly nodded. "I'm friend's with his boyfriend, Sascha."
"Oh right, you were at the library!" Ashton smirked. "Small world ain't it so?" He half-laughed.
Our attentions quickly turned towards a familiar woman with her usually bright sun dresses. "Hey folks, how's everything doing so far?" She cheered.
"I want more waffles." Romeo grimly croaked.
"Some more coffee, thanks." Ashton smirked.
"Just water, please." I blurted out.
"Alrighty then, y'all sit tight!" She cheered. "I'll be back in a jiffy!" She proceeded to walk away, her bright yellow sundress beautifully flourishing underneath the diner's glittering neon lights.
I glanced out the window to see how Jesse was doing but it was genuinely too dark to even see anything outside. "You're crazy, I'm not gonna let you do it in here!" Ashton anxiously laughed. "Romeo stop." He shuffled as Romeo tried to get something from him.
"Just fucking give it, I'm gonna go outside!" Romeo sharply spoke through his mouth as I was too tired to even have a reaction.
Ashton deeply sighed. "Here." He gave whatever the thing was underneath the table. "Have fun using it without a lighter." Ashton chuckled, Romeo making his head fall back in annoyance.
"You're not funny." Romeo sharply spoke again, his hand rapidly snatching it off of Ashton's. "Get up." He deeply demanded.
Ashton sighed again as he slid up off the booth so Romeo can go outside and smoke. I watched Romeo walk out and leave without looking back, the waffles being brought to our table by the lady.
"Thanks." Ashton nodded at the lady, his blue green eyes then meeting mine. "He isn't here to eat it, so shall we?" He smirked, grabbing his fork.
"M-might as well, I guess." I shrugged, my voice audibly dry.
Both of us began eating from the plate, my eyes glancing at him as we began to speak. "So how do you and Romeo know each other? Because I know he wouldn't just scream at you lads just because he was drunk off his mind back there."
I took a moment to speak. "It's complicated. I-I honestly don't even know why he was so angry at us." I bit. "Thank you, though."
"For what?" He chewed, a strand of black hair perfectly falling onto the side of his face.
"For driving us back, it means a lot." I sniffed.
"Of course mate." Ashton winked. "Cheers." Taking a sip off his coffee.
"Cheers." I quietly let out, sipping out of my water.
Romeo stood against his car, a large cloud of smoke leaving his mouth as Ashton and I walked towards him. "Fuck you Romeo, I had to pay for all of that."
Romeo and Ashton proceeded to smoke as I got back inside the car with Jesse, who was, with no surprise, still asleep.
I waited for Ashton to begin driving again as my surroundings began to smell like weed and I genuinely just wanted to go home. I glanced down at my phone to read the time, 5:08 a.m it read.
"You're 19 mate, you don't have to go back to your dad tomorrow if he's that much of a twat." Ashton began, clouds coming out of his mouth. "Why don't you just act straight for a day yea, grab all your shit, then drive off and never look back."
"It's not that easy." Romeo's voice was hoarse and low. "Where the fuck would I go? You already know I don't have family."
"You can come settle at my place until you get your own?" Ashton asked.
Romeo snorted, snatching the blunt from Ashton to hit it again. "Yea, let me just magically get money out of nowhere, and then just fly 5,000 fucking miles to live in your 1 bedroom apartment." Romeo's audibly sarcastic tone didn't fail to make Ashton chuckle. "Sounds about right."
"I'm just trying to help mate." Ashton continued his faint chuckle, patting Romeo's shoulder before heading back inside the car to begin driving again.
"I'm driving." Romeo blurted out as he cut in front of Ashton to drive.
Ashton and Romeo both held onto the car door as I didn't quite know what to do other than remain quiet. "Are you mad? You're drunk and about to be very high, let me drive."
Romeo just ignored him, forcefully shoving him away as he got in the car to start the engine. "The hell you looking at?" He glanced out the car window to see Ashton's anxious facial expression. "Get in before I leave you." Romeo faintly chuckled.
Ashton surrendered his hands into the air. "You better drive well, I very much love my life right now."
"Yea, yea." Romeo waved off. "Just get in the car, faggot."
"It takes one to know one!" Ashton quickly ran to the passenger seat as Romeo tried to hold in his smile.
I tiredly laid my head back against the car seat as everyone finally got back inside the car.
All of a sudden, Romeo turned on the music in full volume. It made everyone in the car flinch in shock as to how loud it was. "Let's fucking go bitches!" Romeo hoarsely exclaimed as he started to drive, Jesse beginning to wake up beside me.
"That's so loud." Jesse's hand went over his face as he leaned his head against my shoulder, stretching.
"Sex, by The 1975." I whispered to myself as I saw the title on the small screen, Romeo rocking his head to the song. "Hm." I genuinely was so confused as to how Romeo managed to be so energetic right now.
The song continued to play as Ashton seemed to know it also, proceeding to childishly sing it with Romeo.
Rapidly, it's like time was cut in half as everything seemed to stop around me, my eyes stabbing back into Romeo's bright hazel ones on the rear view mirror. "And I'm not trying to stop you, love." He looked away as he continued to sing to the song. "If we're gonna do anything we might as well just fuck! She's got a boyfriend anyway!" He sang.
"These people have the lamest taste in music." Jesse spoke into my neck so I could hear.
For some reason, watching Ashton and Romeo look absolutely euphoric couldn't help but make me smirk. Their uniquely colored eyes tinted red, their tongues going over their drying mouths, their sleek hair fluffing up and down as they rocked it.
"I think the music is fine." I whispered back to Jesse, knowing for a fact that this extremely loud song didn't fail to echo through the deep forests that surrounded us.
"I don't wanna drop them off yet." Romeo yelled out towards Ashton.
Ashton clucked his mouth as he rolled his eyes. "The other guy is already asleep mate we have to."
Romeo tried to hold in a chuckle as he glanced at me through the rear view mirror. "I'm driving, I make the choices here." He winked, my cheeks burning red.
of driving down the same road Romeo all of sudden brought the car down
"Mate your not telling me-" Ashton worriedly
which made the car aggressively trudge against the
huskily let out, his voice slightly cracking as his hand rubbed his face.
music. "Romeo where are we going!?" I raised,
like a paved dirt, branches hanging down almost against the car making it hard to
let out without cracking a single smile or even bother looking at us.
down to his light almond eyes that were glued
eyes looked at me as his lips
him being so close against my ear I immediately moved away
car roughly stopped out of nowhere making me slightly choke. When it did it was at a view. Anymore step to the
what the hell I was thinking trusting you
opened the windows as he quickly hopped out the car. "Spark the fuck up." He let out making Ashton
watched Jesse look absolutely confused, both of us stuck
he sighed, taking a hit. "It's a nice alternative from the
blunt and inhaled. "Anywhere else than home is a nice
bad when are we gonna go home?" Jesse blurted out, his eyes wider now.
from here if you can't wait." Romeo threw us a devilish smile. "How far are we again from the camps ash?" He inhaled again, his eyes staying on mine instead of
still a couple miles." Ashton let out,
laid his head back. "How are you quiet about all of this, don't you wanna get home?"
other choice do we have Jesse." My eye's not breaking off of Romeo's
Jesse yawned as his head fell back, laying down to the
queried suggesting me to take a hit.
good." I nodded.
with a huge smile catching me off guard. It was almost dazzling that it made me want to smile too. "Unless your lame as fuck like your boyfriend." He let out, cutting me out of my momentary
smile, Ashton beating me
got out, his hand pulling out a steel knife. "Now to celebrate
it at me I will personally have to punch you."
I was hoping it would
like some crazy person, my
laughed towards me as
guys-" My voice cracked as I quickly
blood sacrifice and offer you and your boyfriend to our Lord Baphomet fuck Micah you are so lame, stop questioning everything and come over here." Romeo turned back
cold. It felt far from it. His eyes were so warm I just knew it was probably able to compete with the
squinted at me. "Romeo told
to quicken as I walked closer to him, taking the knife and glancing at all the other initials on the huge
his body not even bothering to give
that probably stood for Logan. "Romeo knows that any friend of his is mine so now we're
Logan would feel about my initials
of teasing laughs to emit behind me. "Here." Romeo simpered as his hand went over mine, making my
throwing myself off of the cliff behind us doesn't sound so
and caramel and it all couldn't help enter my senses
strokes it was done and I
Romeo examined. "You have a V as a last
I let out, tilting my head at the initials to see it as a whole with all
my smile as I
roughly pat my back which actually hurt but I was too happy to react. "Well we're gonna need to hurry
to have banged the door on Jesse's side causing him to thrash up awake. "My bad I accidentally woke you up your highness."
Jesse's hair was adorably messy. His
last look at the tree before running
day I'm going back to that.
One day.
the car finally stopped and parked. The car sat in
wasn't going to say anything so he just decided to break the ice. "Well lads, home sweet home!" Ashton glanced back at
ride." I weakly murmured, quickly following Jesse out of the car.
shouldn't be bothering me but it
mind as the car started, my body frozen
felt like my mouth was almost shivering out
was too
taking all the chances of me saying goodbye
in complete darkness, the car was gone,
and I'm not sure if it bothers me or not. I hope all goes well for him and he
Jesse yawned behind me as I quickly regained my consciousness and began to walk back with
Goodbye Romeo..
Jesse's shoulder as I smiled at an extremely excited Andrew on the other side of our table. "Now I know you guys must feel down that you guys are gonna have to part ways soon
saw what Andrew pulled put, I felt like my heart was just gonna burst out of
me the finally finished camp year book. "Wow!" Jesse's eyes were
bit his lip
yours." I laughed as he sharply breathed probably from a sudden rush
He quickly grabbed the yearbook from me as his cheeks visibly flushed. "I don't wanna see a collage of myself with you, that would
grab the book from
Jesse teased, extending his arm
you are getting copies." Andrew announced as he watched
copy from Andrew. "Thank you!" I smiled, quickly looking
on my page. "You look so good." He turned towards
in awe as I finally came across Jesse's page, my eyes feeling almost as if it began to melt from how good he looked in
of us awkwardly just staring at each other's pages we began to flip through the book. "Benny would've loved this."
more than enough." He half-laughed. "He's gotten one
quietly smiled to
themselves as I quietly continued skimming
as usual, I'm surprised Rama and Cadence even agreed to do it, Benny and Keanu's was perfect, and even though I didn't know some of the boys in
rapidly tensed up the second my fingers flipped on to the next page, Romeo's page. I immediately closed the book before Jesse
do especially when today is my last day in this
only because I really wanna take this photography
"You definitely should keep doing what your doing."