Matchmaking

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«Shannon»

"Alright. The weather forecast shows us that it's going to rain tonight." Alex says and looks at his phone.

"So... How many tents do we have?" I ask. They all look at one another and smirk.

I wait. Silence.

"We have one big tent Shannon. The tent has 4 rooms. One for each of the boys." Alex says and I roll my eyes.

"Well we don't have a tent so we just have to share." I say and Livia's eyes grow wide.

"Well let's throw names in a hat and pick who is sleeping with who. It's unfair if only two of us picks so... Where is a hat?" Max says.

I grab a top hat from my costume closet. Don't ask.

"Here." I pass it and I see Livia already wrote each name on a piece of paper.

Sheldon takes it and throws it into the hat. He pass it to Alex and he takes it and shakes it a bit.

"There is 4 rooms. Room 1 and 4 is the biggest. Two people will sleep in room one. One in room 2. One in room 3 and 2 in room 4." Alex says and we all nod.

"Why can't me and Livia sleep in room 1 and two of you boys sleep in room 4." I ask.

"No... Two of us will not sleep in one room!" Max screams.

"Okay... then." I say slowly.

"Room One" Alex says and pulls a name.

"Livia and..." he pulls another name, "Alex!" he says and she nods. She thinks he's a friend by now. I hope.

"Room 2..." he says while Livia goes to the spare room and grab some of the pillows for her.

"Max!" he announce and Max frowns.

"Room 3... Cody." he says.

"And then... Room 4, Sheldon and Shannon." he announces and my eyes widen.

He smirks and I rush upstairs where Alex is walking to his room.

"Alex... I need to change rooms. Or someone else can sleep with me. Please." I plead.

"Fine. Go ask Cody or Max to swich places with Sheldon. Why?" he says and I look at him with a horrified expression.

"He looks at me weirdly. It looks like he's going to eat me." I whisper scream and he chuckles.

I run down to Cody and see Max next to him.

"Hey... Can one of you guys swich places with Sheldon? Please." I ask and they look at one another.

"Why?" They ask in unison.

"Because... Did you guys not see the way he looked at me. He's going to kill me!" I say and they both laugh.

"Please... Come on you guys." I plead.

"I'll swich with him." Cody sighs after thinking about it for a moment.

"Thank you!" I sigh loudly and walk to my room and grab some pillows and blankets for both me and Cody I hop down the stairs and smile at Sheldon who is standing at the bottom.

"Sorry... Change of plans. You get room 3 and Cody and I will share room 4." I say and his smile falls.

"Why?" he asks and I sit down on the couch. I shrug and he huffs.

"Let's go." Alex appears from the back door.

I walk out and see the tent is already set up. I walk in and see the rooms. Room one is on my left side. 2 and 3 in the middle and then room 4 on the right side.

I walk to room 4 and set up my and Cody's bed. He zips open the door and smiles.

"Good. Otherwise we would have slept on the floor because I wouldn't have done it." he says and I smile.

"What are we going to do with the time until we fall asleep?" I ask.

"Well... All the others already went into their rooms to sleep so I guess we can just lay down and chill." he says and lays down on the air matress I set up for us.

"Okay." I lay down beside him.

"So... What's up between you and Sheldon?" he asks and I roll my eyes.

"He is just so creepy. I always catch him staring at me and I just feel unsafe." I say and shiver.

"Oh... Now I get it." he says and I nod my head.

"Why doesn't either one of you want to sleep with one of the other guys?" I ask.

"Well... You know how Max is. When we were younger we all decided to sleep in one tent because we were young. He woke up in the middle of the night. Pulled down Henry's pants, spray painted my hair pink with those spray cans, made up James' face like a doll and then he glued Sheldon's fingers together with nail glue. He also glued my hand to James' as if we inlaced our fingers. Max is one who always schemes something, he is never innocent. I know some of his tricks by now... but hell, that boy is always up to shit. One time he glued Henry and James' feet together... they couldn't walk for three days." he says and puts his arms behind his head.

"Wow... Now I understand." I chuckle.

He chuckles too. We talked for a couple of hours. Laughing and getting to know each other. He is a decent guy. He doesn't whore around unlike most hugh school guys. The first and last girl he slept with was in grade 10.

He has a older brother but he is over seas, studying. Both his parents are rich. His father wants him to study law but he wants to do something else, he didn't mention what.

He and Max have been friends for a long time. They joined the jock group about 4 years ago.

"Well... Good night Cody." I say and turn with my back to him.

"Night Shannon." he murmers and I fall asleep. Before I went to sleep my mind kept thinking about how greatfull I actually am because my parents let me do what I want and not what they want, they told me to make good choices and they trust me to do just that, they don't force me to go and study some major I have no interest in.