Caught~In~Between

Chapter 2: September 29

           The feeling of droplets of water landing on the back of my neck, and on my arms was cold but refreshing at the same time. I'm waiting for Camden, we agreed we would meet up at the water fountain at Berczy Park at 1:00 pm. My backpacks hanging on one arm and my phone in the hand of the other arm. [Camden and I have gotten closer in the last three weeks, we ride the shuttle bus together, walk to class together on the days' Cam doesn't have football practice, and we've been hanging out lately on the days we're both free. I've also learned a lot about Cam, he's slightly cocky at some times, but he can also be extremely thoughtful and it's never boring when I hang out with him.] I feel a tingle in my hand, the vibration of my phone. Looking at the screen I notice that it's a text from the devil himself;

(Camden) "El, walk around the water fountain ;)"

(Me) "Um, why lol" I reply

(Camden) "Just do it "

          I click the power button, and slide the phone into the back pocket of my jeans, then walk around the water fountain but there's no one there. I stand there in confusion, and I'm about to grab my phone to call Cam when someone grabs me from behind. My heart starts beating faster, a lump grows in my throat and my hands are shaking. I can feel my heart jump out of my body, and I'm too frightened to turn around, but I can't just stand there, so I take a couple of slow breaths, close my eyes and I slowly did a full 180. I then open my eyes extremely slowly, and I see a smiling Camden, as usual, with both of his hands on my shoulders, squeezing them just like he did in the shuttle bus around three weeks ago.

          "Did I scare you?" he chuckles with a cocky grin on his face. Playfully punching his shoulder, I roll my eyes and say

          "Of course you scared me, you literally grabbed me!" I say while walking to the nearest empty bench.

         "Aye, slow down cheetah," he says jogging to catch up with me.

        "I thought you were the athlete Hendrixson" I sarcastically replied. I then take a seat on one of the black metal benches, and Cam follows my lead. We sit inches away from each other and I can smell his citrusy sandalwood cologne, I feel the butterflies in my stomach fluttering around, even though we're sitting and talking. Talking like we have all the time in the world, like we're the only people here.

It's around 1:45 pm, and it feels like we've only been together for 5 minutes. Camden then suggests we go to a nearby gelato store called "The Gelato Shop by Coco Express", according to him they serve the best gelato in Toronto. We're walking there together, and we need to cross the street to get there, so we wait at the pedestrian crossing and when the little white stick man shows up, I grab Camden's hand and I start running, afraid that the timer is going to stop before we get there, even though it obviously won't. I didn't even notice I was doing it, but when I did, my heart was racing with adrenaline but it wasn't because I was racing across a busy street in Downtown Toronto. We're standing in front of the tiny gelato store, hand in hand, I look over at him, and he's staring at me with his big brown eyes that always drive me crazy, he then looks down at our hands, my left hand was perpendicular with his palm and his fingers were wrapped around the back of my hand.

"Ah, I'm so sorry" I stammer, I instantly pull back embarrassed, and I stare right at the ground not wanting to face him.

"Don't worry" he replies, he then uses his index finger to move my chin up, so I'm looking right into his eyes.

"It was cute" he smirks and walks to the counter leaving me standing there in shock. My knees have become weak, my palms are sweaty, and my heart races. I just stare at him, not knowing what to do, my brain is telling me to follow him, but my legs aren't interpreting this.