Hard times get better (Switz) ON HOLD FOR NOW

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-2 months later-

Swagger's POV
These past two months have been amazing. No one has been picking on me or my friends as bad, classes have been easy (for now), and me and Cam have been on 4 dates. I can't wait for our date tonight. Cam's the best. He's so handsome, cool, funny, caring, strong, and he makes me feel safe. I love him.

I smile as I walk into the school. My art class just got back from a field trip to a museum the next town over. It's lunch time and I'm starving. Cam walks beside me and we just chat on our way to the cafeteria. We get in the lunch line and wait. After we get our lunch, we go over to our table and sit down with our friends. Toby hugs me smiling and I hug her back. "Hey. How was the trip?" She asks. "It was alright. I mean we got out of half of the school day so that was cool" I say and Fitz nods. "Yea I think that was the best part" he says as he takes a bite of his sandwich. "Did you guys sneak off into the bathroom and make out? Hmm Love birds?" Rac says smirking and I flip him off "no we didn't Rac". Mason smiles "I can't wait to go home today. My parents said they have a surprise for me". "Oh cool. What do you think it is?" Cam asks and Mason shrugs "I have no idea". We spend the rest of lunch just eating, talking, laughing, and having a great time.

-After school-

Fitz's POV
Swagger decided to walk with Toby home since it was such a nice day and they wanted to stop somewhere to get something. I just said ok and told Swagger that I'd pick him up at 6.

I pull into the parking lot of the local game store and smile. I get out of my truck and walk inside. I look around the store until I find what I wanted. I grab the stuff, pay for it, and go home. I walk into my house. "Hi mom. Hi dad" I say and they both look at me and smile. "Hi Cameron, how was school?" My mom asks "it was cool. How was work?". "The usual" my dad says. "Work for me was great. I got a raise and a new office" My mom says "that's good. Well I'm gonna go upstairs. Call me if you need me" I say as I walk upstairs. "Ok hun! Have fun tonight!" My mom yells to me. "Yea have fun! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" My dad yells and I roll my eyes smiling. "Ok!" I yell back to them as I close my bedroom door.

-Six o'clock-

I pull up to Toby's and wait for Swagger to cone outside. I wait a for a minute until I hear a door close. I see Swagger walk to my truck and get in. "Hey" he says smiling "hey. Are you ready?" I ask and he nods. I pull away from Toby's and start making my way to the movies. I saved up a little extra money so me and Swagger could go see the new movie that's coming out. I also got money so we can get a ton of snacks.

-at the movie theater-

Me and Swagger make our way into the movie theater and we go up to the snack counter. "Pick whatever you want" I say and Swagger smiles. "Want to share a large popcorn?" He asks and I smile "sure if you want to". "Ok one large popcorn, some skittles, and a medium coke for me" he looks back at me and I look at the candy. "M&Ms and a medium coke please" I say and the lady smiles "ok just one second" she says as she gets our drinks. She sets the drinks, down, get the popcorn, and sets down our candy. "Ok that'll be $25 please" she says and I hand her the money. "Thank you and enjoy the movie" she says and me and Swagger thank her and walk away.

-after the movie-

A few hours later, we finish the movie and walk outside to my truck. "Ok where to next?" I say and Swagger looks at me confused. "Oh I know" I say and start my truck so we can leave.
I pull up to the parking lot of an old rundown store. I turn off my truck and hop out. "Where are we going exactly?" Swagger asks and I smile "you'll have to wait and see". We hold hands as we walk down the trail in the woods. "I found this place when I was running away from sone bullies in 4th grade and I haven't been back here in years, so I thought that I could show you". I push sone branches out of the way and Swagger follows me. When we get to the end of the path, I stop and look around. "Looks like no one has been here for a while" I say "woah this place is beautiful" Swagger says as he looks around in awe. "The best part is in there" I say as I point to the waterfall. We walk over and make our way through the passage way of rocks that leads behind the waterfall. I look over at Swagger as we walk in. He is in awe. "I love how this place is untouched. The crystals are all natural btw" I say as I sit down on the ground. "This place is beautiful" he says as he sits down next to me. "Oh wait" I say as I stand up. I walk over and move a rock out of the way so the moonlight can shine through the perfect spot. The light shines on the crystals and causes the cave to light up with pinkish and purple colors. I get out my phone and start playing music. I walk back to Swagger and hold out my hand. He takes my hand and I help him up. We start dancing to the music.

-a few songs later-

Swagger's POV
I lay my head on Cam's chest as we sway to the music. "Swagger?" Cam says and I look up at him "Yea?". "I've had so much fun these past few months and I don't ever want they to end. When you're around I feel genuinely happy. You've changed my life. What I'm trying to say is. Will you-"
Fitz gets cut off by someone putting their hand over his mouth. "CAM!" I yell as I try to stop the person, but I get pushed down. Suddenly someone gets on top of me and holds a cloth to my mouth. I try to fight them off me, but I pass out.