Hush

16

"Oh Veronica! Camille!" Esme exclaimed greeting us both with hugs. I smiled and stood next to Veronica. I looked over to the stairs as Finn and Sweet Pea came down. Sweet Pea looked so handsome in his suit.

"Sweet Pea you are just so handsome." I said while fixing his collar. He smiled in response.

"Well you're so beautiful. Wow." He complimented me. My cheeks turned red.

"Camille! Finn! My favorite twins. How have you been?" Nick St. Clair asked. I grabbed Sweet Pea's hand and stood close.

"We've been good. Just getting through the school year. Wrapping up soccer." Finn answered. Nick turned to me.

"Oh. Yeah. I've been good. Just living the life." I answered with a fake smile. "But how are you Nick? It's been a while." I asked.

"Good. Good. I've been getting ready for Ivy week. And-" Nick said before he was interrupted by Scarlett who came running for him.

"Hi Nicky!" She giggled. Nick hugged her tight. Scarlett loves Nick, I think she has a crush on him even though she refuses to admit it. They always have had a close relationship. Even though he's the absolute worst.

"Hello Scarlett. Oh how I've missed you. You are so pretty. And you are so tall now, what are you like 19?" He asked chuckling.

"No Nick, I'm 10. I turn 11 soon though." She corrected him. He smiled and nodded. Mother then called for Scarlett so she quickly ran away.

"Oh Scarlett. Now, this must be your boyfriend Camille?" Nick asked. I nodded.

"Yes, this is Sweet Pea. My boyfriend." I said introducing him. The both shook hands.

"Archie Kins!" Veronica cried as Archie appeared in the door way. Oh thank goodness. Someone to take the attention off me. Nick went over to go talk with Archie and Veronica. But Charlie soon joined us.

"Hi Sweet Pea." She said. He nodded. "What are you doing here?" She asked him quietly. He furrowed his eyebrows and looked to me.

"Oh, sorry. Um he's my boyfriend." I informed her. Her eyes went wide and nodded. Mother then called for all of us to join her in the dining room. Once everyone had gathered she banged on a glass with a spoon. She was always so dramatic.

"My dearest friends and family. I have invited you all here tonight to meet my boyfriend, Michael Donahue. And his children Jordan, Bailey, Charlie, and Bentley." Mom said while motioning towards Michael and his children, who were all perfected lined up next to him. Everyone awkwardly clapped. "Now, we all may sit for dinner. The children are to be seated in the other room" Mom announced.

Finn and I lead everyone to the other dining room. I sat down in between Sweet Pea and Scarlett. Thankfully with Veronica across from me.

"So Jughead and Betty are coming over to my house for a little get together this week, if you guys want to come." Archie said. 

"Of course. That sounds perfect. I'll definitely need it after the week I've had." I said. We all chuckled quietly. 

"Finn, you and Sawyer are invited too of course." Veronica said while putting his hand on his arm, as he was sitting next to her. He smiled and his cheeks were pink. "But Milly. You and me need to get together soon. A girls day. Go shopping, get our nails done, or something. I miss you." Veronica said.

"Definitely! It's hard with my father's schedule. But next weekend he's gone for business, so we can do it then." I told Veronica. She squealed quietly. Carla and a few of the other cooks came out with her and brought the food out.

"Thank you Carla." I said before she left the room. I started helping Scarlett with her food, but Nick stopped me.

"Here, I'll do it. Someone needs to show Scarlett what it's like to be a gentleman." Nick said while plating her food. She just smiled and oogled at him. "Cami, do you remember that time when we were dating and-" Nick said before Sweet Pea interrupted him.

"Oh you guys dated?" Sweet Pea asked. My cheeks got red.

"Yeah. Only for a short time though. But we can talk about it later Sweets." I said trying to blow it off. 

"Oh. Okay." He said quietly. The rest of dinner was mostly just Nick talking and flattering himself. After dinner the kids went and sat in the living room entertaining themselves, while our parents just drank.

"Jordan, that is just such a lovely dress you're wearing." Nick said sitting down next to her and put his arm behind her.

"Thanks, but I have a boyfriend." She scoffed moving away from him rolling her eyes.

"I'm sorry about him. He is kind of the worst." I said to Jordan. She looked up at me from her phone with a small smile.

"It's fine. You kind of get used to creeps like him in the city." She said. We both chuckled. "So Sweet Pea's your boyfriend?" She asked.

"Yeah. He is." I said looking over to him talking with Finn and Archie. "He's the best." I continued.

"I'm glad. We go way back. Our mother, um, was good friends with his parents." Jordan said. 

"Sweet Pea told me about it a little. And I'm one too." I said quietly leaning towards her. Her eyes went wide.

"Shut up. How'd he know who we. Oh, you know Charlie from Toni?" She said figuring it out. I nodded along.

"Milly! I'm back from the ladies room." Veronica announced to me as she sat down next to me. "So you're Jordan? Correct?" She asked.

"Yes. It's so nice to meet you Veronica. I've heard so many good things about you." Jordan said with a smile.

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Friday evening after dinner with Dad, Sweet Pea came and picked me up to go over to his trailer. It was chilly out, so thankfully it was a quick ride on his motorcycle. As we walked into his trailer I could feel his eyes glued to me.

"What are you staring at?" I asked. He smirked.

"You should wear those pants more often." He said. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "They make your ass look perfect." He commented. My eyes went wide.

"Oh my god Sweet Pea." I said. He chuckled as we got inside. We barely made it inside before he picked me up and smashed our lips together.

It was fireworks. Amazing. Just like the first time we kissed. He was perfect in everything he did. The way his hands held my face and my body. He sat down on the couch and pulled away.

"Is everything okay Sweets?" I asked while moving a piece of hair out of his face. He sat there with his arms around my waist while I straddled him.

"Um. I wanted to ask you about Nick." He said. I took a deep breath.

"Okay. What do you want to know?" I asked while moving off his lap.

"How long did you guys date?" He asked.

"I think like 9 months. But I was here and he's in the city so we didn't see each other that often." I explained. He nodded.

"Okay. Why'd you guys break up?" He asked.

"I think distance was the biggest piece and we were pretty young, like from eighth grade to freshman year it lasted. So it wasn't super serious." I explained. He nodded some more. "Do you have any other questions, or can we get back to the fun stuff?" I asked.

He held my head with his hands and our lips met again.

"Does that answer your question?" He asked. I giggled and smiled.

"Yes. it does." I said before straddling his lap again and kissing him. My hand playing with his hair while his hands slowly went down my back.