Take Me Home

Chapter 24 He Will Come

Kirstie's POV

My phone rang and when I looked at the caller ID it was Jeremy.
"It's him" I said to Violet before answering it and leaving the main room.
"Where the fuck are you? We are all worried sick about you. What the hell are you doing?" I yelled into the phone.
"Kirstin, please, just listen to me" he said softly
"I'm listening"
"I didn't mean to scare you like that. It's just, Jessie,"
"What about her?"
Silence
"Jeremy, please tell me"
More silence
"I'll love you no matter what. I love you"
"I love you to,"
"Can you tell me now?"
"She's..."
"How about you tell me where you are and I'll come meet you"
"I'm by the big tree by the dining hall"
I approached the tree and he was  sitting against the tree with his head in his hands.
"Hi" I said softly when I approached him
"Hi," he said as he looked up at me.
I sat next to him.
"Can you please tell me what's wrong"
"Ok, so Jessie, from bunk 9, she's had a crush on my since the beginning of camp"
"Well who wouldn't"
"Thanks, anyway she had no idea we were together, or as she said 'I thought you were friends or family or something' so she approached me at canteen, when you were sick, and decided to make the first move. So she came over to me and started making out with me, but I resisted, I promise"
"I believe you"
"I finally was able to get away from her, telling her that I was with you"
"Wow,"
"I'm really sorry, but I couldn't bear to hide it from you any longer"
"Wow, um, I'm gonna need some time to digest this"
"You can have all the time you need"
"Thanks, I just want you to know that I'm not mad that it happened. You couldn't really do anything about that, it's the keeping a secret from me that I'm mad about"
"I totally get that"
"I'm going to go back to rehearsal, you can come, if you feel like it"

Mitch's POV

Kirstie stormed into the bunk and started sobbing as soon as she got to her bed. I shifted and sat next to her on her bed rubbing her back as she cried. After a few minutes she looked up at me and gave me a big hug.
"Thanks, it means the world to me" she said
"Do you want to tell me what's wrong?" I asked
"Yeah, can we go out to the porch?"
"Of course" I grabbed my crutches and we went out and sat on the porch.
"Now tell me what's wrong"
"Okay, so Jessie, had a crush on him, and when I was sick, and wasn't at canteen, she decided to make her move and walked up to him and started making out with him. He resisted, but he just told me, just in theater. He wasn't there because he couldn't bear to see me knowing he was hiding something so huge from me" she started to cry again, but this time onto my shoulder.
"I told him I needed time to digest, but I don't know what I want to do. Should I breakup with him?"
"Do you love him?"
"Yes"
"And he loves you right?"
"Yeah but-"
"No buts, Kirst he loves you and he didn't tell you because he didn't want to hurt the relationship, don't breakup with him, it'll just hurt you"
"Thanks, I really needed that, should I call him?"
"No, talk to him in person. Canteen tonight"
"Thanks Mitch!! Can you come with me to canteen tonight?"
"Of course! I won't leave your side"
"Thank you so much!! I know how hard and annoying canteen is for you and I hope you know that this means everything to me" she hugged me and ran inside, but then realized I might need help and came back out help me inside the bunk.

Scott's POV

"Can you please come to canteen with me" Mitch whined
"Mitch, canteen just isn't really my thing"
"I know, it's not my scene either, but I promised Kirstie that I'd be there to support her with the whole Jeremy thing, and I bet 15-20 minutes in she'll ditch me to be with him and I'll be stranded, please don't leave me stranded"
"You're really lucky I love you"
"Thank you!!"
The smile on his face was beautiful. It's definitely something I missed.
"Scott, can I talk to you?" Mitch questioned
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Last night"
"What about it?"
"When I was in bed with you, there was a safety, a feeling I've never experienced before and I, for the first time since the accident, didn't have one of my nightmares about Travis. It was amazing. Thank you"
"Hey, do you want to do it again tonight?"
"Are you willing to do it for the rest of the summer?"
"Only if you are. Are you?"
"I definitely am"