Them and Us

8 - (Ambrose's POV)

Drew, Tom and I sit at the back of the bus. Two seats left for some hotties.

And I swear I was the luckiest guy on earth when the empty seat next to me was taken by Ruby Hicking.

'Crawford,' she nods her head
'Rah?' Spas says. A look of distress on her face.
'Yeah Bubbles,'
'Where do I sit?'
'Ummm... I'm sure Jamie would like your company! Wouldn't you Jamie?'
She gives the guy in the seat in front of her this look that says 'make her upset I upset you'
'Girl, my name isn't even Jamie,' he says staring at Ruby 'Well today it is. And Poppy will sit next to you, Jamie,'

She looks at him. He nods and spas starts talking.
'I know what your thinking,' Ruby says as the bus lurches forward

What? How hot you are?

'And what is that Hicking?'
'You think I'm a snob, but I had to do that. Otherwise Bubbles would be sad. And I hate it when she's sad. I'm the peacemaker of our wonderful trio.
I mean, I watched Twilight to make Ker happy.
On a normal day I would be smashing the T.V if I saw Edward Cullen on the screen,'

I look at her. 'Wow, how kind of you,'
She smirks and then looks out the window 'So, your ex- of 2 months is coming to camp,'
Her shoulders hunch and she lets her head fall against the window. 'Don't worry Hicking. Me and the boys we sleep at the front of the cabin,'

She smirks again then says in a deep voice. 'Wow, how kind of you,'.
I laugh because it was genuinely funny, the way her sunnies fell down her nose and head fell forward so she makes her voice deep. Her brown eyes boring into me.

I swear I fell in love with her there and then. Again.
And I might be dreaming but I thought I saw something that looked a little like love, if not something that said 'I care about you'. But it was only a flash. Only a flash.

*

We arrive at the campsite at 12:45 pm.
Ms Kenny called out our names and the cabins we were to stay in 'Ashley, Alex, Ben and Troy you're in cabin 5,' .
That cabin only had four beds were mine had 6. We were also the only cabin that was boy-girl cabin.
'Ambrose, Poppy, Ruby, Drew, Tomas and Kerrie are in cabin 6,'

Ruby groans. 'We're next to Ashley,'
'Oh gosh,' Kerrie says
'Kerrie?'
'Yes Ambrose,'
'Have you ever sworn in your life?'

She looks at me, bewildered. 'No!'
I laugh and Ruby glares 'Is there a problem with that, Crawford?'
'No. No problem at all, Hicking,' I smile.

'Come on you lot! We're cabin buddies! We can't be mad at each other!' Spas squeals and then skips into the cabin 'Ooo! Bunk beds!'

Drew stops and whispers to me 'I'm not sharing a bed with her,'
'No one said you had to Drew,' I smile. He glares 'You know what I mean,' and he storms in.

'I dibs a top bunk!' Ruby yells throwing her blue suitcase up on her bed.
'That's not cool!' I say
'It isn't?' she smiles. I roll my eyes.
'Well, Ambrose. You said that you and the boys would sleep at the front of the cabin. And since our beds are joint it looks like Ashley will have to go through the people on the bottom bunks, sorry. This was Crawford's decision. Not mine,'

Poppy squeals and throws her pink suitcase on her bed and Kerrie looks at little stunned but puts her black suitcase on the last top bunk.

Drew glares at me and Tomas sighs. I'm in for a beating.

*