camp // muke

4

"i want to show you something." luke heard, interrupting his sleep.

"michael?" luke whispered, and turned over, becoming face to face with the older boy that was kneeled next to his bed.

"it's michael. i want to show you something. come on." he said, shaking luke's bed a little bit.

luke sat up, and slipped on his converse. he grabbed a face wipe, and ran it over his face, waking him up a little bit.

"what time is it?" luke asked, and slid his glasses onto his face.

"um. 6:30." michael said, pulling luke up, and dragging him out of the tent.

luke followed michael down through the trees until they were at the bank of the river.

"follow me. be careful." michael said and began climbing up to the small cliff they were jumping from the other day.

luke hesitantly climbed up, and sat down beside michael.

he smiled when he saw the sun coming up from behind the trees.

"it's beautiful." luke said softly, and michael smiled a little too.

"i come up here every day. i've never shown anybody." michael said, and luke looked over at him.

"why did you show me?" luke asked him.

"no reason really." michael said, his nerves building a little bit.

luke shrugged and looked back at the lake.

"you're just really cool. ashton and calum are my best friends, but i just feel like they wouldn't appreciate the view like you would. sometimes i feel like a third wheel with them. i'm really glad you're here this summer." michael continued, making luke smile even brighter.

"i'm happy that my mom forced me to come here. i've never had friends before." luke said, scooting up so he could dangle his legs over the edge.

"i'm sure you've had a friend before." he said, scooting over to where luke was, noticing how the blonde boy shook his head.

"no. i just kinda get made fun of at school. nobody talks to me, but they rip up my books and call me stuff when i walk in the hallway. it sucks, but at least it's summer now. i have like... 3 months of freedom." luke said, weakly laughing.

"well, it might not mean much, but you've got a friend in me." michael said, playfully wrapping his arm around luke's shoulders.

"i love toy story."