Favourable Tragedy

16 | CAMPFIRE

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

JESSICA

"We are going there hardly for five days, not for a month dumbass, what on earth have you packed in these bags?" I exclaimed when I saw Amara carrying two medium size bags and her usual backpack.

"It is always better to carry extra stuff Jess" Amara giggled.

"Seems like your extra stuff is more than the actual stuff" I laughed.

"Hey girls!" both Shane and Ethan said in unison as they came walking towards us "all ready?"

"Absolutely!" Amara said as she gave both of her bags to Shane "can you please carry these bags for me baby?"

"Anything for you my baby girl" Shane winked. this couple gets really cringy sometimes.

"Give it to me" Ethan said as he bent to take the bags from my hand.

"Oh no, you don't have to carry this, it's ok Ethan" I said quickly as his hands reached to take my bag but before I knew he already started walking towards the bus carrying my bag and I just followed him.

"Where are your bags by the way?" I asked.

"They are already in the bus" he replied.

"Damn the bus is already full!" I half exclaimed when we entered the bus.

"Don't worry we have already reserved the seats for you and Amara" Ethan smiled "Shane aren't you supposed to seat with me and Amara with Jessica?" Ethan asked as he saw Amara and Shane seating together.

"Oh yeah right, but can you seat with Jessica now, please? I want to spend some time with Amara" Shane replied hesitantly.

"Of course, she can seat with Ethan, it's just a matter of a few hours, right Jess?" Amara exclaimed. I just narrowed my eyes towards her and didn't say anything because somewhere deep inside I was feeling happy that I got a chance to spend some time with Ethan.

"I am sorry, Shane is an asshole and crazy for his girlfriend, you already know that right" Ethan said as we both sat on our seats.

"It's ok, they both just can't stay away from each other" I smiled.

"I know right!"

Finally, our journey began and the bus started heading towards the campsite. Ethan was very talkative, so I am but only when I am with my close people, chatting with him was really fun and interesting. We both chatted for a while but then he yawned in between the conversation and said that he couldn't get a proper sleep previous night so he fell asleep and I plugged in my headphones. Even though we all were in the same bus everyone was in their own world, some were playing games with their friends, some were singing songs, some were sleeping and some were just listening to the music like me. I was lost in my own thoughts while listening to my favourite song. 

After some time I felt a little weight on my shoulder when I turned, I found Ethan peacefully sleeping on my shoulder. Oh my god, Ethan was sleeping on my shoulder!! He looked so cute and calm while sleeping. I carefully moved my hand so that he could sleep more comfortably just when Ethan grabbed my hand in his sleep and muttered "don't go, stay with me" is he dreaming about someone? is he dreaming about a girl? If yes, then who is she? I

 startled and shivered when he suddenly held my hand interlocking our fingers. His touch felt so nice and comfortable. I kept staring at our holding hands. I loved the way our hands fit so perfectly together. I had imagined this moment for like a hundred times, holding hands with Ethan, but when it was actually happening, I was not able to believe. I wanted this moment to last forever but unfortunately, the bus stopped as we reached our spot. I didn't want to wake him up but I had no other option.