Truth~ Jyatt, Fack, Nillie

~7

Finn

We all sit around the camp fire. Jack's head is rested on my shoulder with my arm wrapped around him. Millie is asleep on Noah. Jaeden and Wyatt are holding hands. Chosen and Gaten are still keeping to themselves and Sophia took Caleb's guitar and is trying to play music but it failing.

"Let's tell stories but not the scary kind. The kind that makes you happy." Noah recommends. Other than Jaeden calling him a pussy, everyone seemed to agree. I volunteered to go first.

"Well, when I was younger, maybe ten, I went to Jack's house. And Jack's siblings were there too but not his parents and since his siblings were older they decided to throw a party.

"The only reason Jack wouldn't tell was that if we could join. So we did. These kids taught us new words and all the older girls were so obsessed with us. They thought we were so adorable and all that. So Jack decides that he wants to make a move on one of them.

"So he puckers his lips and leans forward. But this girl thinks he's adorable so she kisses him! But it turns out that girl was Jack's older brother's girlfriend. And in front of the whole party, Jack's brother yelled at Jack until he cried and the whole school hated Jack's brother afterwords." I look to see if anyone was laughing but it was just me. I coughed awkwardly. "You're turn, Jack."

"I don't know, I do a lot of dumb shit." My hand strokes up and down on his arm. I stare into the fire and listen to his soothing voice.

"One time, I was at a public pool with my family on vacation and I went down a water slide. I don't like water slides but I told myself I had to man up. Let's just say I had swim trunks on before I went down the slide but not after." Now they're laughing hard. Even Millie woke up. I couldn't help but laugh as well.

More and more stories went on until they just got weirder. It was Gaten's turn.

"One time, Chosen here decided it'd be a swell idea to get high before meeting my family for the first time. Not only did he get the munchies and eat almost everything, but he then proceeded to throw it up. He also kept calling my mom sexy. Yeah, he wasn't allowed over whenever my mom was." We all laughed and Chosen turned a light shade of red.

These guys weren't too bad after all.

Everyone called a quits and decided that tomorrow they'd be up for a late night. So we all went into our tents. I shared a tent with Jack.

It was a small tent, a two person tent but was still snug. We were both facing each other. We had a tiny lamp on and I couldn't help but smile and the sight of Jack. He was wearing one of my hoodies because he insisted that mine were warmer. He was wearing one of his beanies and his sleeping bag was pulled up to his chin. He looked so perfect.

I knew I had feelings for him, I was never sure if he felt the same way. With the fire crackling in the background and he cricket chirping, I couldn't help but think now was the time to tell him.

"Hey, Jack," I whisper.

"Yeah," He whispers back.

"Do you remember that night we ran to the quarry to see the sunset and we just sat there next to each other as we watched the sky change color?" He nods his head. "Well, that was a special day for me." There's a pause. What am I doing? I can't do this. He's going to say he doesn't like me and then we'll never be friends again. But I can't live like this anymore. I can't look at him, knowing he's not mine.

"That day, the sun was shining so perfectly on you. You're face glowed and you're eyes lit up and it made me realize something," this is is. "It made me realize how much I actually like you-"

"Finn,"

"No. I know what you're going to say. I know you don't feel the same way but I needed to get it off my chest. You're so amazing, Jack. When you smile, my stomach turns. And your laugh, damn, it's the cutest thing I've ever heard. And I can't live with myself if I never told you how I feel and I jus-"

He kissed me.

"I like you too, stupid." I have to be the darkest shade of red. My heart is beating so incredibly fast. This can't be real. I'm dreaming.

"You-you do?" I'm dumbfounded. I've spent so long contemplating whether I should tell him how I felt because I thought he wouldn't feel the same way only to find out he does feel the same way.

"Yes. What, you think I always cling to you because you're a good friend? And what about when I always choose you out of everyone. And how I always find a way to touch you. It was all because I liked you." I reach out my hand and he meets me halfway.

"Well this is-"

"Ah!" The two of us jump. We sprint out of the tent as fast as we can to see everyone is surrounded by Sophia.

"There's something in the woods." She trembles, clinging to Caleb.

"No shit, Sophia. It's the fucking woods." Jaeden grabs Wyatt and forces him back into their tent.

"No, it's a human." Our eyes all widen and I grab Jack's hand without realizing it.

Noah and Caleb step forward, taking a flashlight to interrogate. But when they scream we all go running.

They come back with a boy covered in mud and bleeding.

"Help me,"