WRONG NUMBER // C.L ( #wattys2019 ) EDITING

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"I'm sorry, I just wanted it to be like old times and - "

"Old times?" Hayden scoffed, wiping sweat from his forehead. A couple curls had managed to sneak past the barrier created by the bandana he wore and he tried to push them under again. "Old times? Greg, he left us, for some stupid two facers."

"Yeah, but it's not like he's changed that much and becoming like them," Greg shot back, shaking his head. "He's still our friend, he's still - "

"But how could you invite him without asking us first?!" Carson ran his hands through his hair in frustration. "Do you know what he did to me."

"Oh, gee, I didn't realize we weren't allowed to - "

"Guys!" Brooke spoke louder over both of them. They looked at her expectantly, closing their mouths, while angry looks still remained on their faces.

"It's okay, this is good. You can all sort things out and bond together."

"Bond?" Carson questioned. "Babe, the only thing we're all going to do is - "

"We're here!" A familiar voice announced as the sound of bags being dropped to the ground echoed throughout the woods.

Everyone's eyes turned to Rush, who only gave a small wave in return.

Brooke took a deep breath, before stepping closer to him. His golden blonde hair it was styled down and close to covering his eyes, and his eyes seemed to shine, due to the sun's rays. She examined him, looking him up and down, from his Converse-clad feet to his caro shorts to his plain black tee, and finally landing on his ocean blue eyes. He looked at her with a small smile on his face and she couldn't help but wrap her arms around his waist and pull him in for a hug.

Rush didn't hesitate to hug her back, immediately dropping his bags and holding her close. It was as if they had known each other forever, when, really, this was their first time meeting.

Brooke pulled back a second later and smiled, "I'm Brooke."

"I'm Rush. So, you're the girl who - "

"Yep," Brooke cut him off, popping the 'p'. She already knew where he was going with that sentence.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. It seems you're not as mean as you were through text," he said, lifting his hand up to pinch her cheeks in an endearing manner.

"You'll see just how mean I am if you don't drop your hands, kid," Brooke threatened, although there was a hint of playfulness in her tone.

Rush immediately brought his hands up in surrender, "Ooh."

"Mhm," Brooke winked at him, before walking past him and giving her brother a quick hug and Matt a kiss on the cheek.

"We gonna do this, or what?" Matt jerked his chin towards the tents that had already been set up.

"Hell yeah!" Eric cheered, clapping his hands together.

"I'll go get some wood so we can start a fire," Carson announced, already turning around to head in the opposite direction.

"I'll go with you!" Brooke called, hurrying after him.

"You didn't have to come," Carson said, in a snappy tone of voice. He didn't mean to take it out on Brooke, he was just so mad at Rush. He didn't ever want to see his face and now here he was camping with them. It was ridiculous.

"Sorry, I thought you might have wanted some company," Brooks quickly stepped away from him, turning around to head back to the others.

"No, wait," Carson rushed to her side before she could move any further. "I'm sorry."

"No, I shouldn't have assumed you - "

"No," Carson interrupted her, pressing his lips to her in a quick kiss. "No, I'm sorry. It's not your fault, baby girl, I should not have taken it out on you."

"Okay," Brooke nodded, leaning in again to kiss him, capturing his bottom lip in her teeth. "I don't like seeing you upset."

"It's all him," he replied, referring to Rush , when she let go of his lip. He bit it himself, lifting his finger up to run over it as if mesmerized.

"That was really...hot, B."

"What was? Rush? I know, he is gorgeous," Brooke joked.

Carson pouted, "Brooke."

"I'm kidding, babe," she smiled, lifting his chin up. "You're prettier."

"Pretty? I'm not a girl,"

"I know you're not, but I think pretty is the perfect word to describe you," Brooke explained, kissing the tip of his nose.

"I love you."

"I love you too," he grinned, tugging her towards the direction he was headed before, to get wood.

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A/N
i have nothing against rush. i just thought we needed we needed more oomph. i wanted to be it more interesting ya know.

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Thank you again for the ongoing support on this fanfic. I never would've thought that i'd get the recognition i get because of this

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