Chapter 1
"Faye!" Diana greeted warmly as she opened the front door to see Faye standing there with her hands shoved in her pockets "What are you doing here?"
"What? I can't visit my girlfriend just because I feel like it?" Faye asked coyly.
Diana smiled at the word 'girlfriend', a term they had just recently started using "Of course you can."
"So are you going to invite me in or are you going to let me freeze out here?" Faye smirked despite the shiver that coursed through her.
"Oh…Sorry." Diana backed away from the door to allow Faye to walk past before closing it behind her. When she turned around Faye was standing right in front of her, a teasing smile playing on her lips. Diana couldn't resist the urge to lean forward and place a lingering kiss on the lips in question. When she pulled away Faye was staring at her with a questioning expression.
"My Dad isn't home." Diana explained, gripping Faye's hips to pull her closer. She moved close, fully intending to kiss her girlfriend senseless but she was taken by surprise when Faye leaned back to counter the movement "…What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Faye answered shiftily.
"There obviously is." Diana frowned and dropped her hands back down by her sides "Did I do something?"
"No!" Faye exclaimed quickly as she gripped Diana's hands and led her over to the couch. She sat her down before taking a seat next to her "There's nothing wrong exactly…"
Diana bit her lip in anticipation, clearly worried about where the conversation was going to lead. That is until Faye continued with her sentence.
"I do have a proposition for you though."
"A proposition?" Diana asked nervously "What kind of proposition?"
"Since it's winter break I was thinking that we could go camping…" Diana opened her mouth to interrupt but Faye held up a hand to stop whatever she was going to say "Wait, hear me out. I was thinking that we could go camping in the woods to get some alone time."
"No." Diana answered as soon as Faye stopped talking "It's too cold. We'll freeze."
"It's not that cold."
"Aren't you the same person who just complained of being freezing when you were standing on my doorstep?" Diana asked purposefully "There's no way I'm going camping in the middle of winter."
"Come on Diana…think about it. We can use a fire and body heat to stay warm." Faye pleaded "It'll be romantic and shit."
"It'll be 'romantic and shit'?" Diana echoed, raising a sceptical eyebrow at her girlfriend "You're not making a very good case."
"I love it when you swear." Faye grinned flirtatiously "It's hot."
"That's not going to work either." Diana said, trying to keep her expression neutral despite the smile she could feel tugging at her lips.
Faye sighed at the answer before putting on her best sad look "Please? If we go we'll finally be able to have some alone time. It will be romantic. We can make smores and…" she made a face at what she was about to say but pressed on anyway "…snuggle for warmth. Plus we'll be by the lake so it'll be even more romantic!"
"Faye." Diana sighed, irritated with herself for rejecting the sweet invitation "You know that I want to but what if the rest of the circle notice that we're both gone? Don't you think they'll be suspicious because we didn't invite them?"
"I don't care." Faye frowned "Let them think what they want. They can't prove anything."
"But what if…"
"What if…" Faye interrupted, leaning closer to Diana and lowering her voice to a husky, lust filled whisper "I promise to do that thing with my tongue…at least five times a day while we're away?"
"Are you bribing me with sexual favours?" Diana whispered, though she made no move to back away.
"Guilty." Faye murmured, pressing a light kiss to Diana's lips. She pulled away for a split second before leaning forward to kiss Diana in a more meaningful fashion. Her hand shifted to the back of the other girl's neck to pull her further into the kiss and soon enough their tongues were engaged in a familiar battle for dominance. When Faye finally pulled back she grinned smugly when Diana's eyes remained shut and her lips remained slightly parted "So what do you say?"
Diana licked her lips before opening her eyes to stare at her girlfriend "At least six times a day starting from right now and you have yourself a deal."
"I'm sure that can be arranged." Faye answered already leaning forward, fully intent on holding up her end of the bargain.
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"Why did I agree to this?" Diana shivered as she loaded their stuff into the boot of the 4X4.
"Sexual favours, remember?" Faye grinned as she took an especially heavy bag from Diana and threw it into the boot herself.
"Yeah and freeze to death while receiving them." Diana grumbled, rubbing her gloved hands up and down her thick jacket covered arms to stimulate warmth.
"If I was more insecure I would think that you didn't want to spend time with me." Faye attempted to joke as she picked up the last bag and put it into the boot.
"Are you serious?" Diana asked unsurely, recognising the lilt in Faye's voice that indicated she was feeling insecure about something.
"No." Faye rolled her eyes and turned to look at Diana "I'm just saying that you could at least pretend to be enthusiastic about going."
"I am enthusiastic!" Diana exclaimed, only to be met with a sceptical glare "I'm serious. I might not be keen on going somewhere I'm likely to be constantly cold but I do want to spend time with you so…I don't care where we go."
"Oh…okay." Faye smiled warmly and stepped closer to Diana as if to kiss her but stopped mid-step, remembering where they were "Shit, I forgot."
Diana offered Faye a sad smile and gripped her hand between them "In a few hours, you won't have to stop yourself."
Faye brightened instantly at the realisation that she would be able to kiss Diana without having to worry about who might be watching. That feeling quickly deflated however when she noticed a car pulling up in front of the SUV "You have got to be fucking kidding me..."
"Hey!" Adam greeted as he stepped out of the passenger side and walked towards them "We thought we might have missed you for a minute."
Diana pulled Faye's hand behind her back to hide the fact that they were holding hands "Adam." She greeted, a sinking feeling of dread forming in her stomach when she noticed Cassie, Melissa and Jake stepping out of the car "What…What are you doing here?"
"We heard you were going camping so we thought we would go with you!" Adam answered happily "It'll be fun."
Diana gave Faye's hand a light squeeze in an attempt to tell her without words that she hadn't said anything about the trip "Um…Where did you hear that?"
"We heard you and Faye talking about it a couple of days ago during the circle meeting."
"And you didn't think there was a reason we didn't tell you ourselves?" Faye snapped, annoyed beyond belief "I'll give you a clue…it's because you're not in…"
Diana squeezed Faye's hand hard "Faye, can I talk to you over here for a minute?" she didn't wait for an answer and instead nudged Faye away from the car leaving a confused Adam behind.
"There is no way in hell they are coming with us." Faye stated, clearly infuriated that her plans were about to be ruined "Not a fucking chance."
"Faye, calm down." Diana murmured quietly as she soothingly rubbed her thumb over the back of Faye's hand "If we tell them they can't come with us, they're going to know that something is wrong."
"But…" Faye protested feebly "This weekend was supposed to be…"
"I know." Diana responded understandingly "I'm just as annoyed about them showing up as you but there's nothing we can…"
Faye tore her hand away from Diana's and turned away to glare at nothing in particular.
"Faye, are you okay?" Diana asked carefully as she watched Faye thread her fingers through her hair in a clear sign that she was trying to maintain her composure. Diana glanced cautiously over to the group to see that Adam, Cassie and Jake were talking between themselves while Melissa was watching her with an apologetic expression. Diana offered Melissa a small wave before turning back to Faye. She was surprised to find that the brunette was trembling slightly "Are you…crying?"
"Don't be stupid." Faye answered defensively, though her voice was thick with emotion "I'm pissed off!"
Diana stepped forward and placed a hand on the small of Faye's back "I know this isn't how you wanted this weekend to be…"
"Understatement of the fucking century."
"But…" Diana continued "We'll find a way to make it work, okay? I promise they're not going to ruin this for use by tagging along."
Faye inhaled slowly to calm herself down before turning back to Diana "Our sexual favours deal is still on? Because I was kind of looking forward to that part."
"Oh, it better be." Diana grinned at the fact that although Faye didn't look particularly happy, she didn't look like she wanted to murder anyone anymore.
Faye opened her mouth to reply but she was cut off by Adam.
"What are you guys doing?"
Faye ground her teeth together in irritation.
"We're coming!" Diana called. She gripped Faye's hand and gave it a light squeeze before turning to walk back to the group. Faye huffed but followed anyway.
"I call shotgun." Adam declared.
Faye had to bite her lip to keep herself from childishly imitating him.
"Faye you're driving, right?" Diana asked, giving Faye a pointed look.
"I am?" Faye asked before catching sight of Diana's 'play along' look "Oh yeah…I am."
"You're trusting Faye to drive your car?" Jake smirked.
"Yes, I am." Diana answered stoically.
"I'll ride with you guys if that's okay." Melissa said to Faye and Diana.
"Sure." Faye answered with a shrug.
"Diana, you can catch a ride with me if you want." Adam offered hopefully.
"Um…thanks Adam." Diana answered. She felt Faye tense next to her as soon as the words passed her lips so she hurried to finish her sentence "But I have something I need to talk to Faye about so…" she trailed off and awkwardly looked away from Adam's wounded expression. Faye on the other hand smirked smugly.
"I guess I'll just go with Cassie and Jake." Adam said despondently.
"Great." Faye smirked, already steering Diana around to the passenger side "We'll see you guys when we get there than. Hopefully you won't get lost on the way."
Melissa supressed a laugh at Faye's sarcastic statement and quickly got into the back of the car as Adam turned and walked towards his own car with Cassie and Jake.
Faye waited until Diana got into the car before closing the passenger door behind her and jogging around to her own side. She hurriedly got in and closed the door before starting the engine. She shivered at the chill in the air and reached out to crank the heating up.
"Seatbelt." Diana ordered.
Faye rolled her eyes at the command but willingly pulled the belt over her chest and clipped it into place. Melissa followed suit before speaking up apologetically "I'm sorry about this. I tried to talk them out of it."
Faye remained silent as she drove off but Diana turned and offered a small smile "Don't worry about it."
"I'm worried about it." Faye muttered, tightening her grip on the steering wheel.
"Faye."
"Diana, you can drive with me if you want." Faye mockingly imitated Adam, her irritation with him evident in her voice "Diana, if you want we can stop halfway and frolic like horny fucking teenagers."
"Frolic?" Diana smirked.
"Would you prefer it if I'd said fuck?" Faye retaliated.
"You know that would never happen." Diana sighed "Adam and I are over and..." She paused for a moment before glancing at Melissa "Melissa, can you…block your ears for a second please?"
Melissa rolled her eyes but obediently pretended to block her ears.
Convinced that Melissa wasn't listening, Diana turned back to Faye and lowered her voice "I am a horny teenager…But only for you."
Faye softened at that and glanced at Diana with an only slightly forced smile "That's good to know…Because I still plan to hold up my end of the bargain...with bonuses."
Diana flushed slightly at the insinuation before turning to give Melissa a thumbs up to let her know that she could uncover her ears "What?" she asked, noticing the smirk on Melissa's face.
"Nothing." Melissa lied "I just think it's sweet that you two act all coupley now."
"That's what couples do." Faye informed her with a roll of her eyes "Keep up."
"Faye, be nice." Diana stated.
"I am nice."
"You could be nicer." Melissa contributed.
"Excuse me for not being in an ecstatic mood." Faye muttered, rolling her eyes.
"It could be worse." Diana said, placing her hand on Faye's knee "Someone other than Melissa could be in the car with us."
Faye couldn't argue with that so she merely nodded and concentrated on driving.
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"Finally!" Diana exclaimed as she got out of the car and stretched to soothe her cramped muscles "It feels like we were driving for hours."
"That's because we were driving for hours." Faye said as she walked around the car to stand next to her girlfriend. She waited until Melissa got out of the vehicle before pressing the button on her keyring to engage the locks, more out of habit than necessity.
"Wow…" Diana murmured as she looked out at the picturesque view laid out in front of them. It may not have been a perfectly snowy landscape but the frozen lake coupled with the glistening trees was stunning enough "It's beautiful."
"I told you it would be." Faye grinned, lightly bumping Diana with her shoulder despite her irritation that she couldn't slide an arm around Diana's waist or hold her hand like she wanted to.
As if to prove her wrong Diana slipped her hand into Faye's between them and carefully entwined their fingers.
"I wish we were alone." Faye sighed, giving the hand in her own a gentle squeeze.
"Me too." Diana murmured as they stared out at the sun setting on the horizon.
"Hey guys!"
"I swear I'm going to strangle him." Faye muttered irritably before she glanced over to the other car. Apparently Melissa had moved over to the other group to give Faye and Diana some alone time. Faye felt a rush of gratitude towards her friend, thankful that at least someone knew to keep their distance "WHAT?"
"Be nice Faye." Diana warned letting go of Faye's hand as Adam, Cassie, Melissa and Jake walked over to them.
"We should probably pitch the tents before it gets dark." Adam stated, noticing that the skies were already darkening quite rapidly "There are three tents assuming you guys have one so who are we…?"
"I'm with Diana." Faye stated before he could even the question out.
Adam glared at her in irritation "Are you sure you don't want to sleep with Cassie?"
"No but I'm pretty sure you do." Faye glowered right back at him.
"How about everybody leave Cassie out of it?" Cassie asked rather sick of being used as some kind of insult.
"Guys, leave Cassie alone." Diana ordered, earning herself a grateful look from the girl in question.
"Diana…" Adam started.
"Diana." Faye mocked him.
"Faye!" Diana hissed.
Faye smirked and rolled her eyes though she made no verbal reply.
"So Faye and I are sleeping in the same tent because that's what we planned to do." Diana said firmly "You guys can sort your own sleeping arrangements out."
"I guess I could bunk with Melissa." Cassie offered, glancing at Melissa "If that's okay?"
"Yeah, it's fine." Melissa answered with a warm smile.
There was a moment of silence before realisation hit Adam and Jake and they instantly began to protest while Faye burst out laughing at their predicament.
"No way."
"Hell. No."
"There's no way I'm staying in a tent with him."
"I'd rather sleep outside."
Diana tried not to laugh at the boys but she couldn't stop the giggle that escaped her, especially with Faye hanging onto her arm, practically doubled over with laughter. Even Cassie and Melissa were chuckling to themselves more at Faye's reaction than at the actual problem.
"I'm sleeping in the car!" Jake finally resolved.
Adam glared at Faye who was still giggling uncontrollably "It's really not that funny."
"I was thinking about Brokeback mountain…The scary movie version" Faye explained, trying in vain to stop laughing "But with you and Jake as the…"
"Yeah, I got it." Adam snapped.
Diana covered her mouth to supress a laugh at the imagery.
"So are we pitching these tents or what?" Adam huffed. He didn't wait for an answer, instead glowering at Faye one last time before walking off. Melissa and Cassie walked off too, talking between themselves while Jake went back to the car to get warm.
"I think I upset him." Faye grinned as she unlocked the doors and walked around to pop the boot "Oops."
"Be nice Faye."
"I'll be a hell of a lot more than nice to you when we get this damn tent up." Faye said, dragging the bag which contained the tent equipment out of the boot with Diana's help.
"Promises, promises…" Diana sing songed.
"Do I ever break my promises though?" Faye winked, closing the boot.
Diana shook her head in response to Faye's question before straightening up to look around "Where are we pitching this thing?"
"Well…" Faye answered breathily, causing Diana to startle slightly at her suddenly close proximity "We need somewhere flat and far away from the other tents."
"Why is that?" Diana asked curiously.
"Because I plan to make you scream my name as soon as we have this tent up." Faye whispered, lightly running her finger down Diana's neck to the collar of her coat "And on numerous other occasions before we leave so if you don't want our stalkers to hear…"
Faye trailed off and Diana swallowed heavily in anticipation before moving to pick up the bag "We should get this up as fast as possible."
"I like the way you think." Faye smirked, hurrying to help her girlfriend. They walked a short distance to the Lake before dropping the bag on the ground.
"So…do you know how to set this thing up?"
"Sure…kind of." Faye answered unsurely "I mean you just stick the poles in the holes and then stake it to the ground, right?"
"Maybe we should ask…"
"I'd rather sleep outside than ask Adam for help." Faye interrupted.
"I was going to say Jake."
"No."
"…Cassie?"
"What would Cassie know about pitching a tent?" Faye asked sceptically "She's probably never been camping in her life."
Diana pointed over Faye's shoulder and the brunette turned to look at what she was pointing at. She was stunned to see that in the five or so minutes that had passed, Cassie and Melissa already had their tent half constructed.
"We can do it ourselves." Faye stated determinedly, turning back to unzip the bag. She frowned as she pulled out a set of poles and placed them on the ground "Um…You're good at stuff like this, right?"
"Do you have instructions?" Diana asked, laying the tent out in front of them with the top facing up "I've only done this once or twice."
"I threw them away." Faye answered with a sigh. She stared down at the equipment for a moment before a thought occurred to her "You know we could…"
"No." Diana instantly interrupted.
"Come on Diana." Faye pouted "I'm freezing out here and I wanna get my mack on."
Diana rolled her eyes at the slang and shook her head "If by that you mean you want to make out…I do too but we can't use our magic for personal gai…"
"Diana, this isn't charmed." Faye interrupted "It's not going to hurt anyone. Come on. Please?"
"No."
"What if we use magic just to put the tent poles together?" Faye bargained hopefully "You know you want to…"
"Fine." Diana sighed before offering up her hand to Faye who gladly accepted it. They stared at the poles in front of them intently for a minute or so and soon enough they began to move, snapping into place.
"That was kind of cool." Faye grinned without releasing Diana's hand "…Now what do we do?"
"I guess we 'put the poles in the holes'." Diana quoted before moving to kneel next to the tent, intending to do just that.
"Can't we just…"
"No."
"But…"
"Faye, shut up and get down here and help me." Diana commanded, pushing a plastic pole into the bottom of the tent "I need you to pull it through the top."
Faye sighed but stepped over to the tent to help her girlfriend construct it. Just as the rod was reaching the top she caught sight of Adam watching them intently and she glared back in response.
"Faye, you're supposed to pull it through." Diana reminded her. She looked up from what she was doing to see Faye staring at something over her shoulder "What are you looking at?"
"Hmm?" Faye asked, dragging her gaze away from Adam "Oh…Nothing. Nothing at all." She pulled the end of the rod through the top of the tent and waited until Diana had looked away again before glancing up to see that Adam had turned back to his own tent.
TBC