five

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january 18, 2020
kinsley james







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"GATOR!"

Gordy's voice was heard throughout the cabin. Instead of checking on his younger cousin, Ryland tiredly turned to the sleeping girl next to him, pulling her closer. The two had only been asleep for a couple hours, having stayed up with Gil and Rocky the night before. Kinsley nuzzled her head into Ryland, neither one wanting to get out of bed.

In the main living area of the cabin, Gus, Gator and Gil were filming a wet Gordy as he tried to dry himself off. The youngest of the brothers had dumped a bucket of water on him to wake him up, and had planned on doing it to one of his cousins too. As the boys were filling up another bucket, Rydel and Capron walked into the kitchen, Kyla following shortly behind them. Everyone was awake except for Ryland and Kinsley, and Rocky; Gator had yet to decide which cousin he was waking up.

"What are you guys doing?" Rydel asked with a laugh. Her and Capron joined the De St Jeor boys by the sink, wanting to know what was going on.

"Gator woke Gordy up with cold water." Gus explained. "Now we're filling up another bucket."

"For who?" Capron asked.

"Probably Ryland." Gator laughed, turning off the water.

"Don't do that to Ryland!" Rydel yelled with a smile. "He'll kill you."

"Ryland would think it's funny!" Gordy chimed in, walking in with dry clothes on.

"Not when there's a girl in his bed!" Rydel said to her cousins. Although it would be funny, she didn't want the poor girl to be woken up by one of Gator's pranks.

Not listening to his older cousin, Gator grabbed the bucket full of cold water, and padded towards Ryland's room. Rydel, Capron and his brothers followed behind him. Gator opened the door to the dark bedroom, tip-toeing towards Ryland's bed.

"Gator Storm. I swear to god if you dump that on me, I will murder you." Ryland's voice was heard in the darkness. The little bit of light from the door showed Ryland and Kinsley laying in the bed, the girl peacefully sleeping as she was curled into the boy's side. Ryland had his left arm underneath the girl, his right hand rubbing his eyes as he looked at his cousins and sister. Vader was sound asleep with them, the dog cuddled up inbetween them as best as he could.

"How did you know?" The younger boy asked, the smile evident in his voice.

"I heard you wake up Gordy. And Kinsley's sleeping, please don't wake her up." Ryland said, sitting up slowly so he didn't wake the girl. Getting out of bed, Ryland grabbed a beanie and a hoodie.

He motioned for everyone to leave the room, wanting them to leave Kinsley to sleep. Everyone followed, leaving Rydel in the room with her youngest brother.

"You really like her, huh?" Rydel asked, looking at the boy as he pulled the blanket back over the girl he had grown so fond of.

"Yeah. It's kinda like what you said you felt with Capron. I just knew it was her. I want to spend the rest of my life with her, and I've only known her for two weeks." Ryland spoke softly, as the siblings walked out of the room.

The two joined everyone else in the main area of the cabin, where the rest of their siblings and their cousins were scattered around. Iron Man 3 was playing in the background as Riker, Vanni, Ross and Gordy played a card game, and Gator, Gil, Gus and Kyla were making breakfast.

Not feeling a body next to her anymore, Kinsley rubbed her eyes as she sat up, careful not to spook Vader. The dog lifted his head up, looking at the girl, then set it back down, closing his eyes again. Kinsley got out of bed, stealing a hoodie from Ryland's suitcase, and putting on sweatpants over her spandex. She stuffed her phone in her pocket, and scooped Vader up in her arms before making her way to the living room. Sleepily, she padded into the living room with Vader, spotting Ryland as he sat on one of the chairs. With a content sigh, Kinsley walked over to the boy, her socked feet sliding on the hardwood floor.

"Good morning." Ryland spoke softly, uncrossing his legs. Kinsley hummed in response, settling into Rylands lap. She curled her legs up, resting her head on his shoulder. Ryland wrapped his arms around the girl, pulling her closer to him to keep her from falling. Vader settled into Kinsley's lap, the Frenchie falling asleep once more.

"You sleep okay?" Ryland whispered to her.

"Yeah." Kinsley muttered, closing her eyes. "I stole your hoodie."

"I can see that." Ryland laughed, moving his head to look at her.

The two grew quiet; Kinsley petting Vader and enjoying Rylands body heat, and Ryland watching the movie as he traced random patterns on Kinsleys back underneath the hoodie. They were content. They were happy.

Rydel glanced over at her younger brother, smiling at the sight. She could see how much Ryland and Kinsley meant to each other, and they had only known each other a few weeks. The older female nudged Capron, motioning for her boyfriend to look at the two cuddled up across the room. Sneakily, Rydel took a photo of the two, posting it to her private snapchat story. She smiled, liking the fact that all her brothers were happy.

If there was one thing Rydel knew, it was that Ryland was in love. Even if he didn't know it yet.



























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bit of a small one, but fluff chapter!



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