Behind Closed Doors

Chapter 16: "Listen to your heart."

I'm so cold. Cam and I pitched the tent we brought and it's only the two of us in here. Cam is awake, shaking.

I didn't dress as warmly as I did last time and last time I had six people with me and our body heat kept me warm enough.

Plus, it is ten degrees colder than is was last time.

My teeth are chattering. I sit up.

"I'll be back." I grumble. Cam has the covers all the way over her.

I don't know what I'm doing or why I'm doing this. I hesitate before I walk over to my friends tent and open the zipper. None of them stir. I bite my lip, and then slowly, I throw my phone at Will. It hits him in the face and he wakes up, looking to see what hit him. He frowns when he sees my phone, which he knows is mine because of the cracked back that I colored blue. He grabs it and looks around before his eyes set on me. He sits up.

"Will you come here?" I whisper. He nods and pulls his shoes on and slips out of the tent. "Will you come in me and Cam's tent and hold me?" I mumble shyly. He nods frantically and grabs his stuff and brings it to my tent. Cam fell back asleep. We quietly set everything up and his his sleeping bag in mine. He slips in and I unzip it and slip in with him, and then I zip it up.

"You're shaking." He whispers.

"I'm freezing." I mumble, resting my icy nose on his arm and pressing my toes against his legs in the spot that his jeans rose up. He shivers and I start to draw away, but he shakes his head and pulls me closer to him. He smells so good and feels so warm.

I fall right back to sleep.

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I wake up to movement next to me, the sound of a zipper, my pillow disappearing, the zipper again, another zipper, and then nothing.

I hear voices of people packing up and all of our group talking and laughing.

"You slept late." Mrs. James comments.

"When did you move tents?" Dakota asks.

"Around three something Harper came and woke me up. She was cold."

"So?" Ty says.

"So I warmed her up."

"That's so cute." Kara says.

Cam groans. "Too much sappy shit this fucking early!" She says loudly, causing everyone to start laughing. "Let's all pretend I'm hung over and armed! You guys shut the fuck up and I go back to sleep!"

She covers her head with her pillow.

They purposely get loudly.

I moan loudly. "It's too early! Do you know how easily we can vanish again?" I threaten. Cam snickers.

And then I hear a noise above the tent, and the whole thing collapses on us.

Both of us let out loud strings of curses and Cam stumbles out of the tent. I stumble after her and face plant, and then groan and I get up and go and sit down next to Mom.

"Hey you little shit, we need to hit the road." She says. I yawn loudly.

"Why?"

"Because I left the TV on..." My eyes snap up to meet hers. "And the bathroom light."

"I don't care about the bathroom light. We don't pay that shit. I care about the TV."

"Swimmy needed amusement!" She protests.

"Why didn't you tell me when you remembered?" I ask.

"Because we were halfway here and if I told you, you would've turned around and I knew you wouldn't come back." She says. "I told you that him seeing you here would make you remember. Now look who was right. Now let's go, my fish is starving and our wallets are draining as we speak!"