Real life

Chapter 12

Brooklyn's POV

I wake up laying next to Tanner. I look out the window to see that it is almost dark outside and soon the fireworks will start. I glance at my phone on the nightstand it was 7:00 gosh I must have been really tired.

"Tanner" I say, shaking him to wake up. "Five more minutes," he says grumbling. "It's seven o'clock for dinner." "Did we really sleep until seven?" he says looking at me questioning if i'm telling the truth or not.

"Look outside and see for yourself," I say he turns around towards the window and looks out to see the almost dark night sky. "Oh yeah you are right, oops".

"You must have been really tired," he says looking at me. The look gives me the knots and butterflies in my stomach again. But wait. No. No Brooklyn. Tanner does not feel the same way yall are just really good friends stop getting ahead of yourself.

"Yeah I guess you wore me out" I say. Thinking back I probably could have worded that differently but no turning back now.

I stood up from the bed and walked over to my suitcase grabbing a sweatshirt. I headed into the bathroom to change. It usually gets chilling at night time here since we're by the water. I looked at myself in the mirror.

My hair is still in the same braid I had put it in earlier. But more frizzy now and mascara smudges under my eyes. Of coarse Tanner had to have seen me like this. I washed my face and didn't even worry about reapplying my makeup because I probably would be going to bed in a little bit anyway.

I unbraided my hair and brushed through it, putting in a low bun. I walked back out into my room. Tanner was still laying in the bed, his hair frilled from sleeping but his face still handsome as always.

"Come on get up" I say walking over to him and grabbing his hands pulling him up off of the bed. Our hands stayed holding and we walked out of the room. "Here" I said, running my hand through his hair to fix it. "There" I said when I was done fixing what could be fixed with just using my hand.

"Thanks, Sweetheart" He said but in a sarcastic tone this time. But even then something about this man got to me. Every word that he said made every nerve in my body twist up, making me the most fragile and most gullible person ever.

But again I shouldn't even be having these thoughts.

We grabbed our shoes and went to the mess hall to grab some snacks before heading out into the field to watch the fireworks.

We sat down in an empty spot close to the campers but kept our distance. "Look at the bright stars," I said, looking up at the stars. I always loved the look of stars shining in the moonlight.

"They are very bright tonight" he said, smiling at us both looking up. "I love stars," I tell him. "I know," he said, adjusting his gaze back on me. "What do you know". "Brooklyn you've always liked stars".

"You know too much about me," I said to him. "Is that such a bad thing?" he said.

Yes it was a bad thing of course It was a bad thing I don't even know what I was thinking when I thought that he was just my best friend. He's more and I know that. And I hope he knew that too.

"Wow," He said looking back up at the sky, the fireworks started and they were so pretty. They lit up the whole sky.

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I walked back to the cabin with Hannah and our cabin had already gone inside. "So what did you do today?" I asked her. I hadn't seen her but only once today briefly. I feel kind of bad for leaving her but it was a free day.

"I hung out with some of the other counselors and I went swimming with the girls," she said. "That sounds fun" what did you do?".

"Oh, Me and Tanner hug out" I say walking into the door of the cabin. Which I realized was probably not the best idea to say that in there. "So I was right you two are together" Leighton said, sneaking up out of nowhere.

"What, no we are not together, together we are just friends" I told her. "Uh,huh 'just friends' " she said with a sassy tone in her voice holding up air quotes.

"Yes," I assured her, "just friends." When I said that it felt like a punch to the stomach like I was putting aside my feelings. But what did that matter? They are just feelings.

"I am sweeped," Hannah said, walking over to get in the bed. "Who was here?" she asked me. "What do you mean no one was her" I said trying to convince her.

"Then why is there a men's hoodie that says NC State on it" she said. "Busted," she said under her breath. "Shit, Tanner must have left it" I said, which I didn't mean to say outland.

"Oh so Tanner was here" "Hannah don't play dumb you just found his sweatshirt, ok I admit it he was in here."I say. "Why was tanner in our room?" she asked. "We took a nap"I say.

"A Nap!" she said. "Yes we took a nap and that's it. We were really tired, and I still am, so can I please go to bed" I said as I walked over to the bathroom to change into my pj's and get ready for bed.

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I woke up and got ready. I put on Tanner's sweatshirt over my tank top so I could give it back to him later in the day. It was a few sizes too big but also the perfect oversized fit. It smelled like Tanner.

Hannah woke up too and I headed out to make myself a cup of coffee. "Nice sweatshirt" Leighton said coming out of her room still in her pj's. I looked down at my watch-7:45. "Shouldn't you have been up and ready by now" I asked her. "Probably but I wanted to sleep in,"she said.

"Where are the other girls at?" Hannah asked joining us. "They already left," Leighton said. "Oh I guess we just got a late start today then" I said. "Go get dressed Leighton" I said motioning to the bedroom and she turned around and got dressed.

After Leighton left and I finished my coffee I decided to go out for the day. I was not that hungry so I decided not to go for breakfast plus it would have meant having to rush and not take my time getting ready.

I saw Tanner sitting by the basketball court with his cabin so I thought I would go over and talk to him.

"Hey" I said, nudging him on the shoulder to get his attention. "Oh hey" he looked down at my sweatshirt or should I say his sweatshirt.

"Where did you get that?" he asked, pointing at it. "You left it in my room yesterday afternoon, here" I said, taking it off. "Keep it" "really thanks"

We talked for a little while and then went our separate ways. Matter of fact we didn't talk for the rest of the day.

I thought about that while laying in bed. Maybe he doesn't want to be friends anymore and decides he doesn't like me. I know that I don't want to be friends with him. Just friends. I know that it's stupid and he would never go for me but something about him just made me feel so good. 

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This one is a little bit longer and will probably be the last one for today but expect more tomorrow morning and night. 

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