Mine (Unedited) (Discontinued?)

Chapter 17

They were back on speaking terms it seemed. Jeff grinned as Kendra rolled her eyes at one of his stupid jokes, and he couldn’t resist laughing when she punched his shoulder. They were out looking for the campsite, hoping to find it so Kendra could get something to eat.

“Oh my God, Jeff, stop or I’ll hit you again,” she said, crossing her arms.

“Nah, I know you’re all bark and no bite,” he teased, grinning.

“When will you leaf me alone?” she retaliated, making Jeff laugh triumphantly.

“When you branch out your humor, then I’ll think about it.”

Kendra groaned, hitting her palm to her forehead before laughing reluctantly.

“That was terrible.”

“You’re just jealous you didn’t come up with it.”

“You’re terrible.”

“I know.”

Kendra rolled her eyes, a smile on her face as they walked. They fell into a comfortable silence, Kendra enjoying the sounds of nature in the quiet between them. She was trying to recognize the surroundings, but she had been so scared last night and it was so dark that she didn’t recognize anything. She was mostly keeping an eye out for the flashlight she had dropped when she pivoted around a tree.

She sighed, starting to twirl her fingers in her hair as she did when she was thinking before she noticed how sticky and crusty it felt, as if she had dipped it in syrup. Stopping she picked up the lock and examined it in confusion. She clearly didn’t have syrup recently, so why was it so sticky?

“Kendra?” Jeff asked, stopping a couple feet in front of her and looking back at her in concern. Then he noticed what she was looking at and he had to look away to avoid letting her see is red face. He hadn’t been as careful as he thought last night apparently. He waited for her to ask the question, or worse figure it out on her own. She was smart enough, he didn’t doubt that she would.

“Jeff did I eat anything sticky recently?” she asked, and Jeff nearly balked. No, but he would be lying if he said he didn’t wish she had. He needed to calm himself down before the fantasy of her mouth wrapped around him got out of control.

“Jeff? Hello, Earth to Jeff? Dude what’s wrong with you?” Kendra asked, poking Jeff in the shoulder to get his attention.

“Uh, sorry. No I don’t think you did? Maybe you got some berry juice in your hair the other day?” he offered the solution to her, hoping she would believe him and drop it.

“Huh, yeah maybe,” she said, dropping the question much to his relief. They continued walking, Jeff struggling to keep control of himself. God, why the hell did he lose his cool around her? It was like she had some type of spell over him that made him stumble over himself just to worship the ground she walked on.

“Found it!” Kendra shouted gleefully, making Jeff lose his train of thought.

“The campsite?” he asked, frowning in confusion.

“No! The flashlight, we should be close to the campsite now!” she said, her excitement making Jeff smile. She was so cute when she was excited.

He watched as she bounded through the forest in the direction she thought the campsite was. Jeff followed after her, lost in thought. He was beginning to think that maybe simple friendship wasn’t what he wanted from her. He frowned, not used to the feelings she gave him. He knew it wasn’t love, he couldn’t feel that as far as he knew, but his feelings were far from platonic. He’d have to talk to someone about it, probably Slender or EJ since they were the only two he really trusted not to tell everyone about this.

Kendra stopped suddenly, looking in a different direction of the forest. She could have sworn she saw something. With a frown, she changed direction and started looking for what she had seen. It had looked like someone had been following, and she shuddered to think it had been the thing from last night.

Jeff stopped when he realized Kendra was no longer in front of him and he cursed. Looking around around he spotted her walking in a different direction of the woods. He followed her, relieved she hadn’t gotten hurt. When he caught up, he realized she seemed to be concentrating on looking for something, which confused him.

“Hey, what are you looking for?” he asked, holding back a smile when she jumped.

“Oh! Um… nothing. I just thought I saw something is all,” she answered with sheepish laugh before glancing back to where she had been staring.

Jeff nodded, not liking the look on her face or the sudden chill he got so he gently grabbed her arm and brought her back to the path they had been on. He wasn’t about to let her out of his sight, not when he felt eyes on him, and especially not after last night.