Abby’s Point of View
Everyone was sitting around the fire; Oli and I were sitting close to each other. Everyone had those camping chair things...or lawn chairs, whatever you call them. Matty was sitting across the fire from us and glaring at us most of the time. He didn’t say a word, but his expressions said it all. “Who wants s’mores?” Catie, Corey’s girlfriend, called out to all of us and everyone began to get excited. What’s a fire without s’mores? We all cleaned off some sticks and then placed a marshmallow on the end of them. I stuck mine into the fire and waited for it to catch. I lifted it out of the fire and watched the flames on my marshmallow burn out on their own, it was cool to watch. I looked over and Oli was smiling at me and laughing to himself. He made his gold and brown and then stood up, “Shall we make them?” he asked and I smiled and got up with him. We went over to the picnic table and began to make our s’mores. “What’s wrong with you? It doesn’t go ‘graham cracker, chocolate, marshmallow, graham cracker’ it goes ‘graham cracker, marshmallow, chocolate, graham cracker’.” Oli said jokingly to me and I just stuck my tongue out at him. He is too cute. I kissed his cheek then walked away with my s’more. I sat in my chair and saw Matt get up and walk over to Oli. Shit. Shit. Shit.
Oliver’s Point of View
Abby kissed my cheek then walked back to her chair, she’s too cute. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned around and groaned when I saw who it was. “What?” I asked and shook his hand off of my shoulder. “Come talk, Oli.” He said and I sighed and followed him out to in front of the cabin. “What do you want?” I asked and faced him; he just rolled his eyes at me. “What the hell were you thinking, sneaking around with my little sister?” he said in a hushed tone. “What I was thinking was that I like her, whether she’s your little sister or not.” I said and I thought he was going to explode. “What do you mean?” he said quietly, I wasn’t expecting calm from him. “I mean that I don’t care if she’s your sister or not; I love her, Matt. I love Abby.” I said and his eyes widened and he began pacing back and forth. “How can you love her? You’ve only been together for like what, a week?” he spat and his pacing began to annoy me. “No actually, we’ve been together for almost two months now. Now go ahead and throw a fit about that too, I don’t care.” I said and he stopped to face me. “What the hell Oli? You date my sister for two months and you dint tell any of us? You crossed a line when you snuck around with her.” he began to yell, dammit Matt can’t you just stay quiet ever? “No I didn’t because I knew you’d react exactly like this! You’re being an over dramatic baby, it’s not your decision. We’re old enough to make our own damn decisions!” I snapped at him and he looked pissed. “No you can’t, she’s my little sister and I don’t want her dating you!” he said and I rolled my eyes, did he really think I was going to listen to him? “Actually, I was, I can, and I will; Matt you don’t know what’s good for her. And it’s not you, you’re never there for her and you’re never home anyways!” I said and thought of all of her scars. “I’m always there for Abby!” he shouted and I just laughed. “Oh yeah, did you know your sister was depressed? Did you know your sister was suicidal? Did you know your sister didn’t eat for a while?” I asked and he just stared at me, “Didn’t think so.” I said and turned around and headed back to the fire.
Abby looked at me concerned and I just smiled weakly at her. “What’s wrong, Babe?” she asked and stood up to follow me. I was walking towards the tents because I didn’t want to sit at the fire with them. “Oli…” she said and grabbed my hand, causing me to stop walking, “Babe, what happened?” she asked and I sighed and sat on the ground and she sat with me. “Matt tried to talk to me about us; he’s being a total douche about it, it’s not his decision to make. Abby, please don’t leave me because of him.” I whispered the last part. She pulled me into an awkward side hug. “Oli, I’d never leave you because someone doesn’t think we should be together. Matt’s opinion or anyone else’s opinions don’t matter to me. I’m happy with you, they’ll just have to deal with it; I’m not losing my Oli.” She said and kissed the tip of my nose. I smiled at her and kissed her lightly. “And I’m not losing my Abby.” I mumbled against her lips. She closed the small gap and began to kiss me. After a few seconds she pulled away and her eyes were pleading. “Wait until people start to leave the fire.” I whispered and she groaned. “Can we go sit in the tent until then?” she asked and I nodded.
We walked back to the tent hand in hand. I unzipped it and she jumped it, I got in after her and zipped it back up. We sat down and she turned on the little battery powered lantern. “So, Babe what do you want to talk about?” she asked and I just shrugged. “It’s up to you.” I said and she nodded slowly. “Wait, I have a question… if you want to answer it.” I said and she looked up at me, “Why did you use to cut yourself?” I asked and she sighed. “A lot of stuff; first off I never really got along with my parents, we were constantly bickering and never agreed on anything. People at school were assholes; I always got picked on for liking different music, being the ugly outcast, and being a ‘nerd’. The fact that I had no friends because all of my friends turned on me when they heard some bullshit rumor that wasn’t even close to being true. My best friend’s name was Jenny, someone told her that I fucked her boyfriend and she believed it; they all believed it. The funny part was, I was a virgin, and they all knew that!” she said and single tear slid down her cheek. I reached over and wiped it off of her face and she smiled at me. “I’m so sorry baby.” I whispered and she reached up and held my hand to her cheek, I smiled and so did she. God I love that smile. “It’s okay Babe, it’s in the past. I told you my reasoning; now you tell me yours.” She said and let my hand go; I scratched the back of my neck and let out a small sigh. “I was bullied, like a lot, for anything and everything. If I looked at someone the wrong way I got the shit beaten out of my, I got called names and physically abused. And then I lost my best friend- when he moved, and then when he just died… I know they’re terrible reasons and I was just being immature.” I said and she slid closer to me. “There’s never a stupid reason, just as long as you promise never to do it again, you really scared me Oli. I didn’t want to lose you; if you had killed yourself in high school than I would’ve never gotten the chance to date the guy of my dreams.” She said and kissed my lips softly and sweetly. The kiss grew more passionate, she climber on top of me and the kiss deepened. She tangled her fingers in my hair and slowly pushed me until I was on my back. “I love you.” She said and smiled. “I love you too.” I smiled back at her, and then pulled her back into the kiss. “Can I be granted my wish?” she said with a wink and I smirked at her and pulled her back down to my lips.
