Come a Little Closer ((Completed))

Chapter 24

We have been here for 6 hours now, I've been stuck in this tent with Tinsley snuggled up next to me sleeping, and Kennedy snoring. I just need a break. The rain has finally stopped and I can sneak out. Thankfully.

Before I can get up I need to push Tinsley over and onto her own bed.

As I set her down, she makes a grunting noise...

"Shh" I say...after I know she is sleeping I walk out of the tent and walk past the boys tent.

"How is my baby?" Max asks and walked over to me.

I didn't know if I should talk to him or not. Usually he makes a mean statement and I end up sad. So I just say..."Fine." And walk past him.

"Rory, can you please stop acting like you hate me."

I tried not yelling back at him, but I couldn't.

"What?!" I asked.

"You always do that." He said.

I scoffed. "Do what?"

"You always get mad at me, and act like a victim."

"Are you freaking kidding me?" I asked.

"No." He says to me and stops me from walking.

"Max you are the biggest ass face in the history of assfaces. You slept with me."

"You slept with me too."

"Yeah, but I didn't say hurtful things to you." I tell him.

He just rolls his eyes and walks closer to me.

"Aurora...I don't think this is a conversation that will end very well."

I scoff and walk away into the woods.

"Where are you going?" Max asks.

"Leave me alone please." I call back to him.

"I will not let you walk in the woods at 12:00 am, by yourself. That would be ridiculas."

I inhale and exhale deeply before turning around. "Max, you are literally pissing me off. I am going to find something, and I don"t want you there to ruin it all."

"How would I ruin it?" He asked. "What even is it?"

"It is this little clearing I found with my dad."

"Okay?"

"I have memories there with my dad, I don't want you to spoil that special place." I tell him before walking again.

"Spoil?"

"Yes, Max." I say and walk faster trying to lose him.

But I can still hear him walking behind me. At this point it is clear he won't leave me alone, so I just accept the fact and keep walking. He'll turn back eventually.

The further we walk into the woods the more helpless I begin to feel. I can't seem to find the clearing at all, and every two seconds I get bit by a mosquito, and Max laughs from behind me. I'm getting extremely dizzy, my vision is blurry and my legs feel weak. Walking up this steep hill isn't helping. As I start to see the top of the hill, I start to walk faster.

I can feel my body wanting to stop moving, but I keep ignoring the feeling. I need to find that old spot I found so many years ago. I know I'm getting close and I won't let a little body ache keep me from finding it. There is just something about that clearing that gives me a calming feeling. Since the day my dad and I found it, I've always thought so. The only problem is that I haven't found it years. After a year we stopped searching. There is a reason for everything kiddo.His words play through my head like a movie. Maybe we just weren't meant to find it again. Maybe one day, but for today that isn't meant to happen, one day though kiddo. You'll find it again and it'll be amazing.