Mine (Unedited) (Discontinued?)

Chapter 15

Jeff fucked up. They'd been walking for three hours before he realized he had no idea where they were. Kendra had been distracting him by simply being there and he couldn’t get his mind off of the kiss that morning. He looked around for a familiar landmark but found none, which aggravated him.

“Jeff, it’s almost noon, are we almost there?” Kendra asked, making Jeff stop to look at her. Shit, what was he going to tell her? That he had gotten them lost and it was very unlikely he’d be able to get them back on track until half the month was over?

“Jeff?” Kendra was now in front of him, frowning in concern at her friend’s silence. Was something wrong?

“Hey, are you okay? You’re not giving me the silent treatment are you?” she asked, crossing her arms and shifting her weight from foot to foot restlessly.

“Oh uh, no sorry. I was just realizing that I have no idea where we are.”

“...what?”

Jeff gave her a sheepish smile, seeing her irritation rise with every second that passed by.

“Are you telling me we’re lost?” she asked, her voice unusually calm. It set Jeff’s nerves on edge but he nodded, figuring silence would only piss her off more.

“Unbelievable,” she grumbled, all traces of her past concern now replaced with an aggravated glare, “I can’t believe you got us lost. I thought you knew the way to town!”

“I did! I just...got distracted and forgot to pay attention.”

“Oh, you can’t be serious. We’d been walking in silence for hours, what could have possibly distracted you?” she snapped, her mean look starting to get more malicious the longer they talked.

“Um…”

“Actually, don’t answer that. I don’t want to know.” She walked off, sitting under a tree with a huff and making it obvious that Jeff would not enjoy bothering her.

He sighed, deciding to go look for a source of fresh water since they were going to be here for a while. The walk gave him time to think, though this time he was sure to pay attention to his surroundings. He thought about how badly he screwed up not once, but twice in the same day. Would he never learn how social cues worked?

Kendra pulled her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around them as she glared at the sky. Lost. The word rang through her head, and she was glad Jeff left to do who knows what so she wouldn’t scream and throw the largest rock she could find at his head. How could he have been so stupid? He kissed her this morning and put her emotions in a storm, and then he gets her lost?! She almost did scream out her frustration, but she didn’t want Jeff to come back thinking she had been hurt, she wasn’t ready to see him again.

Her feet ached, so she slid her shoes off and began to rub them in hopes it would ease the pain. She started to think about all of the plans she had made for when they got to town, bitter that now it would take much longer for her to enjoy herself. Kendra had planned to go shopping, to visit one of her favorite cafes (they had killer lemon bars) and just do whatever suited her over the course of the month, but now she was stuck in the forest with Jeff; who had made it quite obvious that he couldn’t control himself around her.

Eventually she slipped her shoes back on and Jeff returned, glancing around as if he were trying to memorize the area.

“I found a small lake with fresh water, there’s plenty of edible plants there too so we’re gonna set up camp there and tomorrow I’m going to start looking for the way to town again. Come on,” he explained, waiting for Kendra to get up and follow him.

Kendra followed him wordlessly, her arms crossed as she walked. She wasn’t going to talk to him for quite some time so she could calm down and get over his stupid mistake. She was one who believed in forgive and forget, but it always took her a while before she got there. It wasn’t long before they got to the place Jeff had picked out and Kendra immediately set to work setting up the tent while Jeff started to build a fire pit.

As soon as Kendra was done, she crawled into the tent and zipped up the door. Jeff sighed, knowing it would be awhile before she would talk to him again. He began to build a fire, glad he had packed up camping supplies in case Kendra had decided to just camp in the woods. He pulled out some fire starter and a lighter, setting the wood he had gathered over the starter in a way to make sure it would light. As soon as the fire was a decent size, he sat on the ground and leaned back on his hands. He could only hope Kendra would forgive him soon, he couldn’t stand the silent treatment she was giving him. Hell, he would much rather bicker with her the way they would when she first showed up almost a year ago.

He smiled at the memories, snickering when he remembered her fear of LJ. The guy didn’t even look that much like a clown and yet she was terrified of him. Shaking his head, Jeff laid back on the grass and stared up at the sky to watch the shifting colors as the sun set. The beautiful reds and pinks reminded him of Kendra’s rose colored hair and her adorable blush. He sighed, thinking that maybe he was getting too attached to his friend.