Please Don't Bite

Twenty-Five

Camden's POV
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It felt weird to be back on campus knowing that not all of us were there. It was a weird and empty feeling, like something wasn't complete.

It didn't help that I had never felt this homesick before. Now that River had gone back home it was really hitting me. I tried to ignore all these feelings, watching Angie unpack and biting my lip to keep quiet.

"Jorgeous said Orion gets her stitches out tomorrow." Angie said as she laid out all the new fabric she had brought back with her. "The ribs are gonna have to heal on their own, but at least she can come back without those ugly stitches."

I nodded a little, leaning down against my pillow. "That's good."

"It's great." Angie turned around, tilting her head. "You alright, sugar? You still sleepy?"

I shook my head, looking away from her. There were too many things running through my head now. Missing home, still not having caught up on sleep, the newly discovered fear of Angie being taken away at any second-

"Camden? Sugarcube?" I was snapped out of my thoughts by Angie's hand under my chin. "What's going on in that head of yours?"

I looked up to meet her eyes. I let out a shaky breath, holding my arms out to her. "I'm just...I'm scared. I'm scared and more homesick than ever and I just want to sleep until all these feelings go away..."

Angie frowned and I felt myself being scooped up into her arms. She carried me over to her bed instead, sitting down with me in her lap. "There's nothing to be scared of, darling. The scary part is over, Orion's gonna be okay."

I shook my head, leaning back against her shoulder. "I know she's going to be okay, and I'm really happy about that. But...we almost lost her. We almost lost her so quickly and I can't help but worry about something like that happening again..."

Angie sighed softly, rubbing her fingers in circular motions over my shoulder blades. I felt my muscles relax under her touch as she rested her head on top of mine.

"Sugar, my sweet angel." I felt her press a kiss to the top of my head. "We're all gonna make sure nothing like that ever happens again to any of us. Alright?"

I wasn't super convinced. Especially since it's not like we could've controlled the person who hit Orion, but I nodded anyways. I turned to snuggle against her chest, watching her reach for my phone.

"Here, how 'bout you text River and update her about Orion?" She suggested. "I'm sure she'd like to know."

I smiled a little and took my phone, letting her set me down on the bed so she could get up and finish unpacking. I texted River, glancing up when there was a knock on the doorway.

Alyssa looked inside, leaning against the wall. "Hey, I'm gonna be switching rooms with Jorgeous so she's able to be closer to Orion when they get here, and we wanted to make the room look nice for them. You wanna help?"

"I didn't know we were allowed to do that." Angie said as she sat the last piece of fabric in its place. "But of course we'll help."

"We probably aren't allowed to do that. But their happiness and Orion's safety is more important." Alyssa smiled, handing me a pair of scissors. "June brought a really cute vase for them. Orion's favorite flowers in the campus garden are the white roses. Just don't get caught taking any."

I nodded and took the scissors from her, pulling myself up from Angie's bed. "Alright. Do you need us to do anything else?"

"Just that for now. Deja is having Daya help move Jorgeous's things into the room and Maddy and Willow are putting together a new cat tree for Jazzy. We thought Orion would like that." Alyssa rubbed her arm and looked down. I could tell she was still nervous for her friend.

"She'll love that. She needs all the love right now." Angie smiled and grabbed my hand, kissing my cheek softly. "Ready to go?"

"Y-Yeah..." I stuttered, leaning against her shoulder and pocketing the scissors. "I'm ready."

Jasmine's POV:
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I folded up one of Orion's blankets and set it on the end of her bed, watching as Bosco set Jeffrey down against the pillows. I raised a brow. "You're parting with one of your childhood stuffed animals?"

"Orion needs Jeffrey's magical healing powers more than I do." She said, and I couldn't tell if she was being serious or not. "Besides, I have you to cuddle with and we'd just squish poor Jeffrey between us."

I smiled a little, raising my arms a little when she wrapped hers around my waist. She rested her head over my shoulder and I sighed in content, resting mine against hers.

Bosco pressed a small kiss to my neck. "I still feel...strange."

I laid my hands on hers, squeezing them gently. "Scared for Orion?"

Bosco nodded a little, her hold on me tightening. "Yeah, a little. Even though we know she's okay. I'm also just...scared of losing you like that one day. Seeing how scared Jorgeous was made me feel awful. I know we were hurting too but I can't even imagine the fear she was dealing with..."

She trailed off and I turned around to face her, leaning forward to rest my forehead against hers. "Baby it's alright, nothing like this is ever going to happen again. I promise."

Bosco sighed, pulling herself closer and raising a leg over my hip shyly. I took the hint and picked her up, covering her face in kisses and trying to get some sort of smile out of her.

"Damn. Way to rub it in." Maddy mumbled softly, looking up from where she was setting up the cat tree.

Willow giggled and hid her face with the instruction pamphlet. "Poor Maddy's jealous of everyone else's relationships."

I had almost forgotten they were in there. I was at least glad that we were all able to joke around together again. I went to put Bosco down but she stiffened up and a look of panic shot across her face. I immediately pulled her up again and snuggled her to my chest, kissing the top of her head. "Let's go to our room, yeah?"

Bosco nodded and hid her face against my neck. I sighed softly and carried her down the hall to our room, feeling her legs tighten around my waist and her grip on my shoulders get stronger.

I loved Bosco so, so much and I would hold onto her forever if I could. But I had a feeling her attachment issues were about to get a whole lot worse after all this.

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Filler chapter I'm sorryyy hope you liked it anyways