Best Friend

No. 19

> Camila's pov

We walk into Nash's house and it's dead silent. We quietly walk upstairs and Hayes walks me into his room. While he packs, I look around.

I smile when I see a picture of us when we were six. I pick up the picture and underneath it is a brown , polished box. I look at it closely and it's a jewelry box. It looks familiar. I pick it up, putting the picture down. There's a key hole on it and I look around for a key. I spot one under Hayes' game control and I put it in the hole. It opens a couple inches, making a soft shimmering gold noise you hear in cartoons.

I hear Hayes drop what ever was in his hands and I feel the warmth of his body standing behind me.

I open the box all the way and a picture of Hayes and I is on the lid of the box. "I thought I threw this away ." I say lower than a whisper for only my ears. I was nine when my grandfather gave me this jewelry box. I loved it but when I was twelve, I broke and I was so angry at myself because I ruined something so close to me. I ended up throwing it away.

"I found it a couple days later and fixed it." Hayes said .

"Why?" I whispered.

"I knew how much it meant to you."

I look beside me. Hayes's much taller than me so I have to look up and he has to look down at me.

I look into his beautiful blue eyes and smile. He smiles in return and it's silent, while we stare into each others eyes.

I find myself leaning in and he does too. I slowly close eyes .

Oh my god Camila! Are you going to kiss him again? This is what I want! I want his lips on mine! I'm really going to kiss Hayes! Will he mean it? But I hate him? And he hates me? I don't hate Hayes.

His lips barely brush mine and he opens his mouth to kiss me. Before his lips meet mine, Nash yells,"Let's go!"

I sigh, resting my forehead against Hayes. He swallows and cuddles my face with his. He slowly kisses my cheek, there's tingling sensation when his lips touch my skin.

After, I slowly move away from Hayes and put the box down. I walk out and meet Nash and Cameron downstairs.

"Hey, you okay?" Nash ask.

"I'm fine." I smile. We wait for Hayes to return downstairs and Nash grabs the keys and we leave.

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10:03am

When we arrive at Lake Norman, Tez meets us there. We get in the boat and Hayes drives to the middle of the lake and we stay there.

I take my sundress off and rub sunscreen on my body. "Let's jump in together." Cam tells me. I nod and we stand on the edge of the boat. "Wait!" Cam says , before we jump in. "Tez, grab my phone and record this on vine." Cam tells him. Tez grabs Cam's phone and he tells us when to go.

"One... two... Three!" On three, I jump, but Cameron doesn't.

"Came-" I yell before I'm in the water. I swim to the surface and they're all laughing. "Cameron!" I laugh. "I'm cold." I say, climbing back on the boat.

"Here, I'll help you." Nash says, extending his hand.

I shake my head. "I don't trust you."

"Come on."

I take his hand and pull him in. He resurfaces and starts laughing, running his hands thru his hair.

"Now I don't trust you." He says, pulling my leg, causing me to fall back in the water. Cam, Hayes, and Tez jump in the water and we splash each other.

"We should have told Stephan to come." Tez says.

"His mom wouldn't let him." Nash shakes his head. Mom!

I gasp , climbing on the boat. I search for my phone in my backpack and when I find it I quickly call my mom.

"Hey, hun." Mom says.

"Hi, is it okay if I go to Lake Norman with Nash and the boys?"

"Yeah, anytime."

"By the way, I'm at lake Norman with the boys."

She laughs. "So much for asking. Have fun. I love you and I have to go."

"I love you too." I say before I hang up. the boys get back on the boat and we put on our life jackets because we are going to water ski and we're tubing.

After all of us water ski, we choose partners for tubing or we can go alone.

"I pick Camila." Hayes says.

"I pick Hayes." I say. We both say it at the same time and then we look at each other and laugh.

"Okay." Nash laughs. Hayes and I get on the tube, and hold on tight. Nash starts the boat and drives it fast.

Hayes slowly starts slipping and I laugh. I take his hand and he smiles. "Sorry!" He yells.

"What?" I yell. Before I know it, I fall in the water. My life jacket helps me resurface and I spit out the water. "Hayes!" I yell. I watch Nash circle around and he helps me back on laughing.

"Jerk." I shake my head.

"You don't mean that." Hayes smiles, wrapping his arms around me neck, pulling me into a tight hug. I try to get out of his embrace.

"Yes I do." I smile, once he let's go.

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7:28 pm

"Chick-fil-A!" Cameron and I yell. We look at each other and laugh.

"Okay." Tez laughs. Nash asked us what we wanted to eat. Now, he's driving us to the nearest chick-fil-a.

When we arrive, we each order our meals and pay. We find a table and I sit in front of Hayes and Nash by my side. Next to Hayes is Cameron and Tez.

They bring us our food and we start eating. There was a group of girls sitting behind us and Cameron and Nash were checking them out. They were about eighteen or nineteen.

One of them turns around and taps Cameron's shoulder. Cameron smirks at Nash and turns around. Nash rolls his eyes.

"Hey, can-" before she can finish her sentence, Cam interrupts her.

"You want my number? Sure." Cameron says.

"No. You're foot is on my hoodie." She shyly smiles. Cam turns red and the rest of us burst into laughter.

"O-oh. S-Sorry." He says. The girl grabs her hoodie and turns back around. Nash and Tez are almost crying of laughter. I watch Hayes laugh and my heart melts.

Oh boy. His laugh is music to my ears.

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