Camp Echo Falls (Completed)

Chapter 24

"Someone needed to put him in his place and I wanted it to me, because I don't like him." I explain shrugging, looking away from her.

No big deal.

My gaze goes out the cabin window, the midday sun shines brightly above the glistening lake. "You didn't have to hit him." She lightly sighs, but something in her voice says different.

"It kinda just a habit." I laugh softly, not looking at her. She goes quiet and get this sudden fear that she's going to dislike me because of it.

"I know." She says understandingly. I'm shocked at her response. I was expecting her to hate me, or to at least be disappointed in me. How could she possibly know? What has Will done whilst no one else was watching?

I don't want to think about it.

I break the silence, "Anyway he hit me first, so I just thought I'd return the favour." I say truthfully. I just hope that she can I'm not lying, I don't feel the need to lie around Jade.

I go to move closer to her but I'm suddenly hesitant that she thinks I'm violent. I sit down on the edge of the bed, facing her, but giving her enough space.

"I don't want you to be scared of me." I say meaning it. I don't know why, but I would hate myself if that's how she felt.

A silent tear slips down her check and I can't stop my self before I'm reaching my hand out to wipe it away. My hand lingers on her face a little too long as she looks up at me. Those sparkling grey eyes so full of life so sad and timid, so conflicted between being here with me and being out there with what's hers.

I start to trace her cheek bone and then move my thumb to her lip. Her eyes turn vulnerable, but not for one second does she look scared. I move my thumb onto her bottom lip and she parts her lips slightly, the coolness of my metal ring faint on her hot skin.

My eyes search hers, longing for her this time to allow me to make a move. Her skin feels so soft under my touch, her breath now raspy as I carry on tracing her lip.

I move my hand to her jaw and then drop it onto her thigh, I hold it there lingering, not wanting to move it away. She leans forward into me, for a second I think she is going to kiss me but, an inch between our lips.

But instead she buries her head into my chest. I tense up as she closes her eyes and lets out a small and weak whimper that makes my heart ache.

Not knowing what to do I carefully rest my chin on top of her head and wrap both arms around her back, pulling her in closer.

It feels like the right thing to do, I really hope it's the right thing to do.

"He treats you like shit," I whisper, a sudden need to protect her washes over me and I have to clear my throat to stop my voice from breaking.

She doesn't move away from me, she doesn't even flinch, even after my harsh words towards her boyfriend.

It would be so easy for me to make a move right now, to take advantage of her state without a second thought. But I don't want to. I just want to be here, with her.

"How can someone like you, be with someone like him?" I ask, something inside me begging her to realise he's wrong for her.

She just sighs and shakes her head softly against me, her soft hair gliding against my shirt and I can tell she doesn't want to think about it right now.

I can feel that she's emotionally drained form everything that happened today. Days at this camp seem like they last for years.

But yet, I want to sit here, her leaning into me, for forever.

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