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You had been mentally cursing yourself for the entire past week for agreeing to go to the stupid camping trip this weekend. There wasn't a specific occasion, a few of your friends just wanted to get together and have "fun". But what was fun about watching someone who used to be your best friend and the guy you'd been in love with forever, makeout for two days?
You were told to be there before 8:00 am and it was currently 6:00 am. You had already taken a shower the night prior so you didn't bother wasting more time. You'd originally planned on waking up at 5:00 am, but that didn't happen. Luckily, you'd slowly packed what you need throughout the week, so all there was left to do was get dressed.
Since the drive to the campsite was almost four hours you chose something comfortable. You chose a pair of black spandex shorts, an oversized purple college t-shirt, and a simple pair of black Nikes. You were having an off hair day but it wasn't anything a scrunchie couldn't fix. Not bothering with makeup, you loaded your car. It was barely 7:00m by the time you finished and mentally checked everything off your list.
You stopped at a cute little niche cafe on the drive to the twins house where you were all meeting up. You knew they'd probably all eaten so you got a to go green tea latte and some blueberry oatmeal. After getting your breakfast you got back on the road, eating on the way.
You arrived ten minutes before eight but still managed to be greeted by four smiling faces, waiting patiently in the driveway. You got out, leaving the car running and approached the group. "Okay, so obviously we don't need everyone to bring their own cars, so how are we doing this?" Grayson asks, looking at everyone. Obviously, Ethan volunteered to drive with Emma in his new jeep. James currently didn't have a car so that left you and Grayson. "Yours is probably better on gas, so if you don't mind, we could just ride with you." Grayson says, nodding at your little black honda civic.
After settling on going in your car they loaded everything they could into the back of Ethans jeep since he had more room. You waited in the drivers seat, with James in the back since you and Gray were the ones taking turns on driving. While waiting, you caught yourself staring at Ethan. He wasn't doing anything, just helping Gray stack things in the back seat. But you couldn't help watch how his muscles flexed when he would lift things. "She's going to kill you if you keep drooling over her man all the time." James chimes from the back. You snapped out of your thoughts and looked back at him. You never voiced your feelings to him, but he could read you so easily. Truthfully, the only people you'd ever actually told were Grayson and Emma but that was ages ago. Before she started dating him. You even accidentally spilled the secret to Ethan one night while intoxicated but covered it up as a joke.
You had been driving behind Ethan for about an hour and a half when the alarm on your phone went off, signaling that it was Graysons turn and thank God for that because your eyes were starting to droop. You tried everything from drinking your tea as fast as you could to blaring music from Spotify. Gray called Ethan and told him to find somewhere to pull over so you could switch.
Once he pulled into a gas parking lot they decided it was time to empty their bladders and get road trip snacks. All except for you. You didn't need the bathroom so there was no use in trying and you'd packed trail mix and water in your car that morning. So you just got into the passengers seat and curled up, awaiting the long trip ahead. Right as you closed your eyes, someone pulled your door open. "Hey, no sleeping!" Ethans voice yells jokingly, he then proceeded to prod his fingers into your ribs making you jerk at how ticklish you were.
