the new girl

Chapter 26

We drive down the road and shortly stop the car as we see the park. Getting out, we all take off running, "I call middle swing!!" I yell as I playfully nudge Hoseok out of the way, "Hey! Hey! That's cheating!!" He yells as I plop down on the middle swing.

Hoseok sits on the swing to my right, as jungkook sits on the swing to my left, Jimin and Kiley are sliding down the slides, laughing childishly, and yoongi is lazily lying on the merry-go-round. Jungkook and Hoseok start swinging as high as they can, making it a challenge as to 'who can swing the highest'.

I gently swing back and forth, hoping that Taehyung will start to push my swing, as if jungkook could read my mind, he shouts, "If you want him to push you, just ask!" I blush as I sigh.

I hear a cute giggle behind me, before my swing starts being pushed. Knowing Taehyung was the one pushing, I quietly thank him. "I have no problem pushing my girlfriend's swing for her!"I smile and laugh a little, noticing he's pushing my swing higher.

"We should have cute couple nicknames for each other Taylor." Taehyung states as he stops my swing completely.  "That's really cheesy." I say, completely unamused, he pulls me off of the swing and into a hug as he says, "Hmm.. Maybe cupcake?" "No." "Darling?" "No." "Beautiful?" "No." "Hunny bunny boo boo kins?"

I look at him with a straight face saying, "What? No.." he groans as he says, "Then I'm calling you cutie. It's adorable and you can't change my mind!" I cringe at the name 'cutie' but agree. "Great! You can call me tae. All of my close friends call me that!" I nod and smile hugging him a bit tighter.

"Guys!" Jungkook starts, "You've been hugging long enough! Taylor! Stop hogging Taehyung!" Taehyung laughs and pulls away from the hug, putting his arm around my shoulder. Hoseok stops his swing saying, "Let's go get the pizza. It should be done by now!"

Pulling into the parking lot, Taehyung volunteers to get the pizza. As he gets out, we all sit in silence, starving, and hoping he hurries up. "So..." I start awkwardly, "On my first day at school, tae mentioned that you guys were in a group and would soon be debuting..?"

Jungkook looks at me teasingly saying, "Tae? When did you start calling him tae? You two love birds.. What are we going to do with you two?" He was smacked by Yoongi, who then replied, "Yeah... We're debuting in like five months, I think."

I was going to speak, but was interupted by the driver's door slamming open and an excited Taehyung, holding pizza boxes in his arms saying, "Here! Someone hold the pizza and let's head back to the cabin."

I grab the pizza boxes and set them on my lap as V got in and buckled up, "OFF WE GO!" Hoseok yelled as Taehyung started the van, "Stop yelling." Stated an annoyed Yoongi.

Jimin, Jungkook, and Hoseok carry the pizzas to the kitchen as we all plop down at the dining table, "We can go hiking tomorrow right?" Jungkook asks as he grabs seven plates for the pizzas. V looks at him and says, "Yeah. But I want to go early in the morning. We could all watch the sun rise together!"

Hoseok smiles as he says, "Awe.. Tae.. You're so romantic.. Of course I'll watch the sun rise with you.." V looks at him and says, "..All of us are going. Not just you and I." Hoseok pouts saying, "Taylor, you stole my man. Just kidding! I can't wait to watch it though!"

Jimin hands us all of our pizzas and we all dig in until Yoongi asks, "How early are you wanting us to leave..?" V ponders for a moment before saying, "It's a two hour walk to the top of the mountain were hiking at, and the sun rises at four and it's an hour long drive to actually get to the mountain. I want to leave at 12 A.M, so we can reach the mountain by three. We can just talk or do whatever, untill the sun rises at four."

I look at him and ask, "Are you actually going to wake up every one at 12 A.M.?" "Yes, I am!" He responds cheerfully, then continues, "We all have to go to sleep early tonight, if we want to wake up easily at 12."

I nod and agree with him as everyone finishes their pizzas, Kiley stands up and says, "Alright well...I guess I'm going to sleep." Jimin stops her by saying, "It's only 7. I'm pretty sure Tae didn't mean 7 O'clock when he said 'go to bed early'."

Kiley looks at him and says, "I could sleep for 14 hours and still wake up tired." I loudly say, "She's kind of grumpy when she's woken up, let her sleep." Everyone wishes her Good night as she walks towards her and Yoongi's room.

I grab her empty plate and take it to the sink, washing it along with every one else's dishes, as I'm finishing the last dish, I feel a pair of arms wrap around my waist from behind. "This is such a cliché thing to do." I say, knowing it was Taehyung.

He lays his head on my shoulder and says, "It is...But it's also really cute." I laugh as I put the dishes up. Pulling out of the hug, I turn around and notice that Taehyung and I were the only one's in the kitchen. "Where is everyone?" I ask, looking up at Taehyung.

"Yoongi went to bed, jungkook went to bed as well, but we all know he's on his phone right now, Jimin is playing video games in the living room, and Hoseok is outside because he wants to spiritually connect with nature for our hike tomorrow." I nod and say, "If he isn't back inside by the time we wake up, let's go look for him.."

Jimin shouts from the living room, "No need! He came back in 5 minutes ago, when he seen a raccoon sitting on a fallen tree trunk." V laughs and says, "Alright..So let's sleep, cutie." I groan at the nickname, again, but walk towards the room.

"Good night!" Jimin yells from the couch as we close the door.