Ready To Run

Chapter 8

I wake up to a blinding light. I open my eyes to see that it's morning, and the sun is definitely shining. I have a major headache and I look around. Why the heck am I on the couch?? I roll over to see Nick laying next to me. Oh right, he stayed over last night.

Next, I remember the kiss. Should I pretend it didn't happen??

I attempt to sit up to see that his arm is slung around me. I move it a little and he coughs.

"Morning sleepyhead." I say with an awkward smile. Damn it, Nick. I've never been awkward around him before, now he made things weird. Or rather, I did. I was the one that kissed him.

"You should be talking." He says while rubbing his eyes and smiling.

"Yeah sorry about all that..." I say.

"It's fine, Cam. We were both tired." He says. "You are a good kisser, though..." he says with a laugh and I smack his arm.

"I'm sorry. Too soon?" He apologizes and I laugh and nod.

"I just really hope that I didn't make things awkward or ruin our friendship." I say.

"If anyone did, it was me. Could we just... maybe forget this?? Or at least act the same as before?" He asks, and I nod.

All of a sudden there's a knock on my door and it flies open. Destiny runs in with Steph trailing behind before I can even think about moving from the couch. So much for forgetting about this. How did I forget to lock the door?

"Uhm what's going on?" Destiny asks suspiciously.

"Nothing!" Nick and I both say.

"This does not look like nothing! But anyway, GUESS WHAT." She says quickly.

"What?" Nick and I say in unison. This is getting weird.

"One Direction's at Disney, and they want you to show them around!" She squeels.

"What? Why?" I ask.

"Apparently they like you." She says with a wink. "And they're all totally hot."

"I don't really want to. Maybe-" I start.

"Cam, you are not getting out of this one. They paid the Director to get shown around by one of the best, and that would be you. If you play your cards right, you could get an even bigger bonus! Think about it- you can get into that college you wanted to go to!" Destiny explains.

"All you have to do is make them feel welcome here, and show them a good time! It's a piece of cake. And hey, it could end up being fun!" Steph adds.

"Okay guys, I appreciate you trying to help me, but I really don't want to do this..." I say.

"Try it for a week. If you don't want to do it at the end of the week, Steph or Destiny will take over. Okay?" Nick says.

"Fine. I'll try it. Once I'm done with this, you guys can never bug me about anything like this ever again." I say to them. They all nod.

This is going to suck.