Perfect Storm [Completed]

Friends

Colby's POV

I wake up in the middle of the night with someone's arms wrapped around me. I start to panic, not knowing who is beside me. I feel the person shift next to me.

"Colby, are you alright?"

"Sam?"

"Yeah, it's me," he says.

I relax as soon as he speaks.

"You alright?" he asks again.

"Yeah, I'm okay," I say.

He wraps his arms around me again and pulls me close. I snuggled up to him and fell asleep again.

The Next Morning

I wake up and try to sit up, but Sam's arms are trapping me. I stop trying to sit up and just lay in his arms until he wakes up.

"Morning Colbs," he says, yawning.

"Morning Sammy. Sleep well?"

"Yeah, really well," he says.

"You hungry?" I ask.

"Yeah, do you want to go out to eat?" he asks.

"Sure," I answer.

"Great, I'm going to get ready," he says, leaving my room.

I stand up and start to get ready. My thoughts start to run away from me.

Wait, we admitted our feelings yesterday. Is this a date? oh, no. I don't know if I'm ready for that. What did I just agree to?

Sam's POV

"Colby, are you ready?"

He doesn't appear to hear me.

"Colby! Are you alright?"

I walk towards and touch his shoulder. I can feel him shaking so I wrap my arms around him, trying to calm him down. He collapses into my arms, still shaking. I sit down with him on his bed. I remember that running my fingers through his hair helped last time, so I try that again. Eventually, he starts to calm down.

"Sorry I-"

"Don't apologize. You don't have anything to apologize for," I say, still holding him. He takes a few breaths and looks at me.

"My thoughts got away from me," he says.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"It's just... I started thinking about you asking me if you wanted to go out. And if it's different now... Because of what we said," he says.

"It doesn't have to be. I don't want you to be uncomfortable. I will do whatever you need me too," I say.

He visibly sighs in relief. I can see the tension leave his body.

"Thank you," he says, smiling.

"Ready to go?" I ask.

He nods and we go downstairs together. I grab my keys and start driving.

"So where do you want to eat?" I ask.

"Chipotle?" he says.

"Sure, sounds great."

We arrive and go inside to order. We get our food and sit down to eat. We talk about random things and joke around like we usually do. He breaks the silence.

"Are you okay just being friends for now?"

"Yeah, I'm okay with that," I say.

When we get home, Elton is waiting for us downstairs.

"Hey, Elton. What's up?" I ask.

"We're going to spend the night at an amusement park, you in?"

( video for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDmrd6MNzV0)

"Totally, sounds fun!" We say together. We spend the rest of the day watching movies and planning videos.

We leave for the amusement park when we get there, we play mini golf until the park closes. We hide for about ten minutes and eventually we walk around outside. Elton eventually reveals that he rented out the place for the night and that Jake has been "caught" as a prank. We mess around inside until we decide to go on the tallest ride in the park. Elton and Corey go on the ride first and then Colby and I have the manager stop the ride and we eventually get on.

Colby's POV

We go around a few times and then the ride stops at the top. Sam groans and I turn to him.

"You okay?" I ask.

"I just have a headache," he says.

We are at the top for a while.

"Are we stuck?" he asks, a little fear in his voice.

"It's okay Sam," I say, reaching for his hand.

He's shaking so I squeeze his hand, trying to calm him down. About fifteen minutes later, the ride starts moving again. Sam is still shaking when we reach the ground and get off. I wrap my arms around him, and he shakes in my arms. Elton turns off the camera.

"Sam, are you okay?" Elton asks.

"Yeah-h, that was just pretty freaky," he says.

"Sorry, Sam," Elton says.

"It's okay," he says.

I wrap my arms around him again and say, "Give us a minute guys," I say.

They walk away to the batting cages while Sam and I stay by the ride. I pull away from the hug to look at him.

"You sure you're okay?" I ask, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Just a little shaken up still," he says.

"What do you need?" I ask.

"Just a hold me for a minute," he says. I smile and wrap my arms around him again. After a few minutes, he's calmed down and we go to join the others.

"All good Sam?" Corey asks.

He nods. We hang out and mess around for a few more hours then we head home.

Elton's POV

I drive everyone to a hotel and get two rooms. One of the rooms only has one bed and Sam and Colby offer to take that room and head off to their room, somewhat eagerly. I look at Jake and Corey and see my own confusion mirrored in their eyes. We head to our room. Corey and I take one bed and Jake takes the other.

"Do you think something is going on with them?" I ask.

"No idea. They've been hugging a lot more though," Corey says.

"That's true," Jake adds.

"Well, I guess we'll find out," I say. We all fall asleep then.

Sam's POV

Colby and I head into our hotel room.

"Thanks for calming me down Colby," I say, laying down on the bed.

"Anytime Sammy," he says, laying down beside me.

"Hey, I have an idea. What if we prank them and say that we're dating," I say.

"That would be funny," he says.

He starts to fall asleep then, so I say, "Good night Colbs."

"Good night, Sammy."