Disclaimer: I don't own Wayside.
WsS
Maurecia couldn't be more happier with her outcome, as she was actually being carried by Todd. She was so excited, that she barely registered anything Mrs. Jewels was commenting about the nature, as far as Maurecia was concerned - anything was second, to being close to him.
"Hey Maurecia?" asked Todd suddenly.
"Yes Todd?" replied Maurecia, half-love struck.
"Why aren't I full of spines right now? Where is Fluffy anyway?" asked Todd, checking out his shirt, shoes and pants.
"Oh...he has a phobia of any large forests," replied Maurecia in her usual tone. "So I didn't bring him."
"Isn't he an animal himself?" asked Todd confused. "...and don't porcupines live in forests?"
"Yeah, but we had a bad run in the woods and ever since then, he has stayed from them," replied Maurecia.
"What happened anyway?" he asked.
"A squirrel tried to eat him," replied Maurecia, leaving Todd confused at the outcome. "Come on! Move it slow-poke!"
"I am," said Todd carrying Maurecia. Then he noticed red-white flowers pedals falling onto his shoulder and Maurecia busy with something. "Maurecia, what are you doing?"
"Just placing some wild-flowers on my guy' hair," replied Maurecia, giggling at the outcome as Todd' head soon resembled a flower-pot.
"Real funny..." muttered Todd, blowing some of them out of his hair, as they continued hiking until they reached a large clearing - that had some logs for sitting and signs of firepits.
"Well everybody, we're here. Pick a spot and set up your tents," spoke Mrs. Jewels to her class, as they soon got busy.
"Where should we set up?" asked Todd, as the eyed each spot.
"How about over there?" said Maurecia, pointing at one spot.
"Too wet," he replied, tapping it.
"There?"
"Too shallow," he replied.
"Here?"
"Perfect," he said, as he tapped the spot with his foot. Then he gently set Maurecia down on a nearby log. "I'll get started on the tent."
"You do that," giggled Maurecia, eyeing him work.
"Hey, hey! How you feeling?" asked Dana, taking a seat on the log.
"Hey Dana! I'm doing fine, ankle isn't as sore anymore. Todd has been a great help," hummed Maurecia, as she watched Todd set up their tent through her love-tinted glasses.
"Well he's doing better than my camping-buddy," replied Dana, pointing at Myron whose head was stuck in the tent-bag.
"Who turned off all the lights?"
"I better go help him out," muttered Dana, as she left Maurecia and went over to help Myron out of the tent-bag. Maurecia chuckling at the comedy happening.
Soon enough, everyone had their tents set up and their things unpacked, with the night blanketing the sky and the only source of light being their large camp-fire; where some were roasting marshmallows and Myron roasting corn-cubs.
"Does anybody want to sing a camp-song?" asked Mrs. Jewels to pass the time.
"Oh! Me, me, me! I got one!" spoke up Myron, arms flailing around.
"Alright Myron. Lets hear it."
"Okay then. Need some music," said Myron, fishing out his phone and putting on a tune. "...ahem...I-"
Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start
"What?! That's not it!" said Myron shocked.
They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost
"I think its just fine," replied Todd, liking the beat and enjoying the music with everybody rest.
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost
I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
Hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans
Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize
WsS
"That was a great song. Wasn't it Todd?" asked Maurecia.
"I guess so," replied Todd, as he helped Maurecia into their tent.
"Don't lie, you enjoyed it!" said Maurecia back, sitting inside. "Admit it!"
"Fine, I liked it," replied Todd, giving up on a soon-to-be weird argument with Maurecia, as he started to roll out his large sleeping-bag. "Didn't know Myron listened to that sort of music. Most of his tunes are usually self-encouragement or self-admiring ones."
"Too true..." chuckled Maurecia, as she started to sort through her backpack, then her mood sour as she started to send her stuff flying all over the tent.
"Woah!" yelped Todd, as he dodged a helmet. "Is everything alright?"
"No, no, no! Damnit!" cursed Maurecia at her bad luck again, angrily. "No. My sleeping bag. Damn brothers."
"Oh...you don't have a sleeping bag with you?" said Todd at the realization.
"Yeah..." sighed Maurecia, still angry. "My idiot brothers were out using them for some reason, with a by promise that they would stick one in my backpack later. Guess they didn't..."
"No bag?"
"No bag," sighed Maurecia, feeling stupid and humiliated.
"Well...uh...mhh...if...you know...don't...mind...we could...maybe...I'know...uhmm...share?" spoke Todd, as he formed the necessary question with difficulty.
"You'd...you would do that for me?" asked back Maurecia, blushing and feeling shy at that sort of offer.
"I can't let you sleep on the tent-floor, you might catch cold," replied Todd, regretting that statement as she got closer.
"You caring for me and my well-being?" teased Maurecia, yet this tone of her' was sweet and grateful, then and there she decided to go for broke. "Do you like me Todd?"
"What?" asked Todd, catching her question but feeling suprised out.
"I'know...like when you came to Wayside...I teased with the arm-punching," said Maurecia, rubbing her hands and remembering a few fun and happy filled memories. Todd feeling a bit akwarded, recalling what had been seven years ago but he nodded.
"You stopped five years ago..." replied Todd, after a long silence.
"Well...you seemed unaffected, I saw other boys...but they labeled me a bully and...never wanted to see me again," said Maurecia, feeling saddened.
"...so I've been your only one?" asked Todd.
"Yeah," nodded Maurecia, sniffling and knowing that she had pushed too far. "So the way you cared, I thought..."
"Maurecia, stop!" sighed Todd, raising up her chin so their eyes met. "I can't stand to watch you get hurt...Maurecia...yes, I like you - your beautiful, friendly, always cheerful and energetic. Truth be I was mostly on-off with you, when I first came here seven years go, I was younger then too. But as the years went by, I started to see more in you than just a friend...I...was a bit shy...on how to act from there on. Today was a chance to...get closer...I suppose..."
"You do like me?" whispered Maurecia in a near-crying joyful state.
"I do...alot...so...will you be my girl?" he asked, breaking the ice.
"Yes! Yes, I'll be your girlfriend!" giggled Maurecia, as she was all over him, kissing him like a starved animal and hugging like crazy. "Please. Please don't ever leave me."
"I promise," he replied, kissing her back. "Wanna hit the sack?"
"Yeah...I'm a bit tired-out," yawned Maurecia, as she pulled off her socks. "Guess I have to hit your sack then."
"Plenty of room here," replied Todd, having crawled inside his sleeping back.
"Don't rush me," giggled Maurecia, blushing through the time as she removed blue skirt and red shirt - leaving her only in some blue undergarments and a white tank top.
"I..uhm...well...nice legs," complimented Todd, as he eyed over Maurecia' body. 'Damn! She is a hot-girl!'
"Uhh...thanks.." giggled Maurecia at the compliment, red as a rose, as she snuggled inside the sleeping-bag next to him. "Thank you Todd."
"For what?"
"Making this the best day of my life," replied Maurecia, giving him a quick kiss as she snuggled closer to him. Her arms looped around his neck, as Maurecia was the happiest in her life; this wasn't a middle-school crush anymore, she truly felt happy and he returned her feelings too now.
"Good night," whispered Todd, as he planted a kiss on her forehead.
"Good night..." sighed Maurecia happily, as she soon fell asleep. Her inner-girl screaming in joy and happiness at what had happened.
WsS
Lyrics from - Avicii, Wake Me Up.
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