Our Beloved Summer | A TSITP Story

Chapter 7

The drive-in movie theater was notorious for being a make out spot. But, here I was, awkwardly waiting for Cam to make some sort of move. I had watched him out of the corner of my eye for the first half of the movie. He barely even spared me a glance.

I could appreciate how slow tonight was going, but I'd never been with someone like this. It was always rushed kisses and groping hands, whether it was at a stupid party or one of my few boyfriends. But Cam...?

He didn't seem to be in any big hurry and that just made me want to kiss him more. He was so different from all the boys before, it made me antsy. I couldn't stand it any longer.

"Can I hold your hand?" I asked louder than intended. Cam looked shocked.

"Uh, yeah." He moved his hand from his side and I intertwined my fingers with his. He had a warm and delicate touch that made me smile.

We went back to our silence but now we both had small smiles on our faces. Then we were glancing at each other more, and smiling more, and giggling more. I could feel the tension in my shoulders begin to loosen as the minutes went by.

It took one final glance for Cam to shift in his seat to face me more. He looked unsure as he leaned closer to me. He hesitated, waiting to see if I would accept him.

I was more than accepting, so I began to lean in as well. My ears began to buzz as I anticipated my first kiss with Cameron. I watch his lips as we got closer together, seeing them open and close, unsure of where to go. Everything was falling into place, until...

"Is that..." Cameron asked, causing me to break my intense gaze. I looked up to his eyes looking behind me. I turned around to find the most revolting sight: my twin brother and Jeremiah Fisher making kissy faces in the window.

"Could you get me a coke or something, whatever they have?" I said slowly, not breaking eye contact from Steven, who was now laughing with Jeremiah. I didn't want Cam to have to see me rip my brother's head off.

"Yeah, sure." Cam got out of the car, and I ripped the passenger door open. Steven already had his driver's side window down as I reached through and yanked on his shirt.

"What the fuck?" I snarled through my teeth, pushing and pulling on Steven. I could shake him unconscious.

"Jesus, Dani! Stop!" Steven yelled, only making Jeremiah laugh harder. I stopped shaking him but I didn't let go.

"What are you doing here?" I asked desperately. My embarrassment was growing bigger than my anger, my throat was starting to tighten.

"Uh, just catching the end of our favorite movie." Steven was so nonchalant it made me want to barf. He could be the meanest person on the planet sometimes.

"You have to leave, right now." I stayed strong. I could feel the heat rising in my throat. I wanted to cry but I wouldn't. It would just make things worse.

"Oh, Dani, relax. We-we were just joking around." Jere said, his smile from before was slowly  dropping. He could see how much this was hurting me. He was always in on pranks, but he was the first to be sorry.

"Steven, if you don't drive away right now, I swear to God I will send everyone your Dramione fanfic." I threatened.

"You wouldn't." Jeremiah laughed once again, but there was another laugh. I looked behind Stevens' seat to see Conrad. He was looking at me with the stupidest smile on his face. I should've known he'd be a part of this.

"He spent an entire chapter talking about Draco's wand." I looked back into Stevens' eyes. If embarrassment was the goal, he'd get it. "Leave or I'll send it."