Things End, Deal With It

fourteen

"I'm gonna miss you guys so much!" I yell with half my body of the truck window. "I love you guys." I get 'I love you's' from everyone. I shove myself back into the truck when we get out of the driveway. We're following behind my mother because neither of us know how to get back home.

"We need to stop and eat," Sam inquires.

"What do you mean? You just ate a huge breakfast."

"But you ate almost nothing."

"I ate toast."

"You ate one piece," he retorts.

"Whatever, I'm not hungry." I pull my hair into a ponytail to keep it out of my eyes as the wind whips through it.

"Cheyenne, you think I don't know, but I do. I'm trying to help."

"Fuck you, Aaron!" I yell out the window, but I'm pretty sure he didn't hear me.

"Damn it, get your head in the window. He didn't tell me, your mom did." I whine a little bit, just like a little baby. "I'm worried about you, and I just want the best for you." I bite down on my bottom lip.

"How do you put this seat back? I'm gonna take a nap."

"No, you are not just going to go to sleep on me. We need to talk about this."

"We don't need to talk about this, Sam! I'm recovering, okay? Cameron and Nash are helping me with everything. Aaron was, but probably not anymore." I glare out the window and wait for him to say something else.

"There's a thing on the side that will lay the seat down. I don't have a pillow or blanket, but I can give you a sweatshirt." I lay the seat back and get the hoodie from the back. I roll up my window and use his hoodie as a pillow.

"Thank you," I whisper.

*

(Bold is Nash, Italics is Cheyenne)

will you come over for a cuddle sesh??

I'm eating dinner

pls nash

i'll be over in five

five :(

fine

Nash and I used to have cuddle sessions all the time, but we haven't had them for awhile. Wouldn't wanna make our boyfriend and girlfriend jealous, now would we? But we obviously don't have to worry about that now.

I go downstairs to wait for Nash, and turns out he didn't take five minutes, he took ten. Liar.

"Are we cuddling in your room or on the couch?"

"My room."

"We haven't done this in awhile," Nash mumbles when we lay on my bed. Cuddling with him is nice and warm. It's just.. cuddly.

"True. I miss this." I'm literally laying onto of him with both my hands under him. "Why are you wearing a hoodie?"

"Because you're always cold. I wanna be warm for you."

"Thanks for thinking about me." I was almost always cold. I kept a fan in my room, on high, for almost no purpose at all. Mom always kept the air conditioner on, no matter what.

"What made you decide to have this cuddle session?" He was rubbing his hands up and down my arms then to my back.

"I just wanted to be with someone. Mom's always working, and I'm usually stuck home alone. Plus, we haven't had a proper one of these for awhile."

"Where's Aaron? Why aren't you guys hanging out?" I sit up, still sitting on him, and frown. "Aw, I'm so sorry."

"Don't be. He actually broke up with me right before I was going to break up with him."

"Why did you guys break up?"

"I kinda made out with another guy," I say, cautiously. He sits up slowly, making me sit in front of him.

"Are you joking with me right now?" I shake my head. "Who was it?"

"Sam," I squeak.

"Who the hell is Sam?"

"I met him at graduation. Well, after graduation."

"Cheyenne, why would you do that?"

"I don't know, oh my gosh." I hide my face in my hands.

"Hey, it's okay." He grabs my wrists and pulls my hands away. "Don't beat yourself up over this. I have to admit it was wrong to cheat on him, but you can't help your feelings. Now, c'mere." He pulls me back towards him and back into our cuddle position. "Is this Sam a good guy?" I giggle.

"Yeah, I mean I guess. You can meet him, ya know?"

"Of course. I have to meet. I'm not letting you date anyone before I meet them. I'm being the big brother that Andrew never was."

"Ugh, Andrew. Let's not talk about him."

"Sorry, boob."

"Why do you call me boob?"

"I don't know."

"Well, Nashy poo, do you want to have a really long cuddle session or do you want to meet up with Sam?"

"We can keep cuddling then meet up with him in a bit. I like cuddling with you."

Nash and I talked about what I did in Ohio for the next twenty minutes or so. When I had nothing else to say, he told me what he did while I was gone; including when him and Cameron went to the store and knocked over three wine bottles.

*

"Okay guys, be nice. I wouldn't imagine you guys being rude, but please," I tell Cameron and Nash. We're walking in the park, waiting for Sammy to get here so we can figure out what we're doing.

"I still can't believe you and Aaron broke up," Cam says.

"I know, I know. I mean it probably would've happened sometime." I'm holding both Nash's and Cam's hand, and swinging them back and forth. "I just wish Sammy would get here." I look around the small park, which contains a swing set and slide with a couple benches.

"This is crazy. We've been here for ten minutes," Nash complains.

"Nash," I whine. "Just wait five more minutes, and if he's not here, we can leave, I swear."

Four and a half minutes later, Sammy is here. I hug him, and introduce him to Nash and Cam.

"So, what are we doing tonight? Going out to eat or?" Sam asks.

"Uh, we haven't really discussed it," I answered.

"Did anyone even bring their wallet?"

"I did," Cam and Sammy say at the same time. They laugh together.

"Does that mean you'll pay for me?" I fake pout at Cameron, and he pinches my cheek.

"I always pay for you anyway, chipmunk."

"Did you seriously just call me chipmunk? What is with you and Nash, and nicknames?"