Cameron Boyce Short Stories

Our Destructive Summer Part 4

Thomas

Taj and I were really lost for words hearing Cameron call Dove a bitch like that.

"You need to take a walk bro." Taj said to Cameron.

"I'm gonna do me." he said back.

"Not tonight you aren't." I said to him. "Come on, we're going for a walk. Go find Booboo, Taj. I got Cameron." It really hurt my heart to hear Cameron talking to Dove like that. He's better than this. I wrapped my arm around his shoulder, guiding him through the crowd and out the door.

"Where are we going?" Cameron slurred.

"We're walking." I began. "All the way back to the house for a very long talk."

"Ain't nothing to talk about, Thomas." he slurred again. "I'm so fucking sick of Dove ruining the fun. For no reason."

"That doesn't mean you go out of your way to call her a bitch." I say. "She's still your girlfriend bro."

"She was acting like a bitch!" he yelled, trying to break away from my grip, but I only held him tighter.

"Cam." I said, sighing. "There are a better choice of words."

"Not for her, apparently." he said back to me. I sighed, continuing to walk him home. "Thomas.. I don't feel so-," And then he barfed, right in front of us.

"That's so gross dude." I winced.

"Fuck you." he said to me, holding on to my shirt.

"I'm flattered." I say back. "But you have a girlfriend."  I put my arm back around his shoulder, continuing to walk home. Upon walking through the door, there was Dove, sitting on the couch, crying in the arms of China and Sophie. She quickly looked up, noticing Cameron and I. She quickly got up.

"Dove, no, no, no, no." I heard Sophie say, trying to grab her arm, but she was too quick. I quickly stepped in front of Cameron. He was super drunk and the last thing he needed was an emotional Dove hitting on him.

"Don't do this Dove." I say.

"Naw, let her hit me." Cameron said. "Come on, put your fucking hands on me. I dare you."

"Move." Dove said, obviously looking for a fight with Cameron. China came up behind her and wrapped her arms around her torso.

"Just leave him alone Dove." she said. "He's not worth it right now." Using that opportunity, Cameron pushed me to the side.

"Hit me Dove." he said. "Fucking do it!" Quickly getting up from the floor, I grabbed him by his shirt, pulling him away. He turned around and shoved me, giving Dove enough time to break away from China's grip and lunge at him. Everything was a blur after that as Cameron and Dove were wrestling on the floor. Cam was covered in scratches and his lip was bleeding. I knew he had the common sense not to hit her back, so what was he trying to do. I tried to get in the middle of it, only for Dove's fist to meet my face.

"Dove stop!" I heard China yell, pulling at her. She finally got off Cameron, kicking him in his ribs before walking away, just in time, as Booboo and Taj walked in the door.

"What the fuck just happened?" Taj asked, looking at Cameron on the floor.

"Where you going?!" Cam shouted. "I thought we were just getting started?" He started going up the stairs after Dove.

"Come on Cam." Taj said, following him. "It's clear she just beat your ass."

"She's lucky I didn't hit her back." Cameron said back. "But since she wants to fucking play, let's play." The girls were going to run upstairs, but I stopped them.

"I'll go. You know how unpredictable these two can get." I say to them and they nod.

"Cameron!" I shout, running up the stairs. All I could hear was stuff being thrown around.

"Cameron stop!" I could hear Dove shout.

"No! Let's play!" he screamed as more stuff was being thrown. I was almost in front of the door frame when I saw Dove's stuff being thrown out.

"Stop! she shouted again. Taj tried to go in there and pull Cameron out, but he shoved him.

"If you think about touching me bro, I will fuck you up real bad." he said. "Childhood friends or not." Hearing that, Taj backed off. I tried going in, but he stopped me.

"Just let it run its course. We're just here to make sure he doesn't hit her." Taj said to me. We both just stood back and watched as Cameron threw all her shit out.

"Why are you fucking like this?" Dove asked Cameron through tears.

"I love you so fucking much bro." he said. "So fucking much. And it's going to be my downfall yo. Why? Why can't you just have a good time like everyone else?" 

"How can I when you're talking and having a good time with some random bitch?!" she shouted.

"I told you Thomas was in the fucking conversation too!" he shouted back. "A conversation that just fucking started!" Assuming that things calmed down, I pulled Taj back downstairs.

"Are they okay to be by themselves up there?" China asked me.

"For now, I assume so." I say back, taking a seat on the couch.

"This is so fucking ridiculous." Sophie says. "Why did Cameron have to call her out her name for a simple question?" Amongst our conversation, we heard their door slam. I was about to get up, but Taj motioned for me to not go up there.

"Let it run its course." he repeated to me. I sighed, sitting back down.

"Well, what are we gonna do?" I asked. "It's too early to go to bed."

"We can go hangout on the pier. Ride some rides, play some games." Booboo suggested.

"Are you sure it's safe to leave them here alone?" China asked.

"Honestly, they're probably fucking." Booboo said, chuckling. And that's how they fixed most of their problems. They screamed it out, fought it out, screamed it out again, talked it out, and then they fucked like nothing just happened. I wish I could of done that with my ex. After we argued, I didn't get jack shit.

"Alright." I say, hopping up. "Let's go." I held the door open for everyone and we were off to the boardwalk. I was praying on the inside that things wouldn't get bad between Dove and Cameron after all of us left because no one would be there to stop their path of destruction.

To Be Continued...