Chapter two

I open my eyes to soft sunlight and the sound of birds chirping. I'm a morning person and Stacy and I have already discussed how she is not. It doesn't bother me one bit, I glance down at her and brush some brown hair out of her face she smiles stretches the arm she has over my stomachout and lays it back down she falls back asleep. I reach for the purple back pack I carried yesterday and grab her book, I begin reading. She is so distracting, right now she is clutching my shirt in her hand and tangling her legs with mine whimpering or some noise like that. I don't know if she is having a bad dream and I don't know if I should wake her. She has rolled on top of me so I decide to wrap my arms around her waist and rub her back. Finally she sighs and relaxes I relax and continue reading I'll wake her in three hours when its ten am.

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"Stacy," was whispered in my ear I groaned in response because honestly it is to early for this. Arms around my waist moved to my shoulders my eyes sprang open I was faced to face with a guy. I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and realized it was Mason he smiled at me and I put my head back on his chest but he wouldn't let me sleep not even another five minutes. "Stacy wake up!" he said with authority. I growled and he laughed the bastard, who does he think he is telling me when I have to wake up to go steal food from campers. I doubt anyone is even up yet. His chest stopped shaking his laughing subsides. "howlong have you beenup?" I mumble into his chest he checks his watch and answers five hours. "When did you wake up?" I groaned again just thinking about what I could have done while I was asleep "I woke up at 5," he said. Jeez he really wasn't kidding about being a morning person.

"We need to talk," I said. "About?" he questioned I laughed, the way he said it all tense like he was treading on thin ice when all I wanted to talk about was our next step. "What we're gonna do. I've been camping at this state park before and there are caves we could stay in. Once the world becomes completely souls no one will come here. We should probably move south it is Minnesota. We could go check out our families but if they're already souls we're kinda excuse my french, fucked. "Yeah you're right I don't think we need to check our families I feel like mine deserve a good soul inside them. We could get a map of state parks here and head South using it. Lets stay here just a little longer though, gather supplies you know?" he said and I fully agreed.

We ate a little more and packed up camp. We brushed our teeth with our fingers just because we don't have a roof over our heads doesn't mean we have to live like barbarians. We put our packs on and began walking through the woods looking for a trail. We finally found one and were walking on a dirt road with campsites on each side. I spotted a tent with a cooler outside and no car in the site I point it out and our first raid is successful. We have apples granola bars a head of cabbage and a few bottles of water we find a map of the trails and I look it over trying to find the caves. We look for other sites on our way to what I'm realizing is our new home. I look over at Mason and catch him looking at me we smile and he grabs my hand. We stop at three other sites on the way to the trail leading to the caves and soon his pack is full. Among the things we grab is a small frying pan some knifes a few beers today's newspaper and a lighter.

The walk to the caves is longer then I remember it takes us almost four hours. When inside I lay out the sleeping bag and just sit on it. We are deep inside one of the caves I feel the sleeping bag move and know that he is sitting next to me when he wraps his arm around my shoulder. I want to talk to him about real things like why he said that about his family or anything personal but I don't know how, I don't want to make him angry I feel a connection between us I couldn't bear to loose. I lean my head on his shoulder and he sighs. What I wouldn't give to know what he is thinking. There's barely any light coming into the cave just a little coming from a crack in the ceiling. I can't see his expression I decide to ask because if I sit here and wonder any longer I'm gonna go crazy, "What's up? Are you okay?"

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How she can tell when she can't see my face I don't know. I would never tell her what's actually wrong. She would think I was weird but the thing is I just want to be her boyfriend, right now we're all there for each other and touchy even though we haven't kissed yet I would like to just know her before we ever figured out this is happening, to know things like how she acts and dresses around her friends to just the way she would have texted me would she spell everything out like the little book worm she is or would she have abbreviated like a normal teen. I answer telling her I'm tired and she thinks it's because I carried the heavier pack and offers to take it. I'm learning new things about her all the time like for one she is kind and determined she won't let the subject drop so I know I'll have to grab the bag quick before she does.

I got her a present but I don't want to give it to her now. I get up and I can tell in the dark that startled her I wonder if she thinks she has upset me or something she remains on the bag but questions where I am going. Just to get some fire wood I answer her. I grab the seraded saw like knife and the hatchet. I hear the sleeping bag rustle and know she is coming to. You don't have to you know, I tell her and she answers me almost angerly hitting so close to home, "I want to help because we are partners. You don't have to act like the big tough man in our relationship all the time you can have feelings and I can help haul wood." of course you can I answer apologetically.

She grabbed a mesh bag she took out of one of the camp sites and we walked pretty far off the trail. I don't think for how long a walk this was that anyone would be out here this late, its almost two hours to dark. I've got an idea and I grab two branches about as thick as my thumb and have her carry them back to the cave to turn into fishing poles. She agrees its a good idea and goes. I start for fallen logs and sticks on the ground and begin filling the bag with different sizes of wood. I bring back four full bags and sort them in an hour she was sitting outside with the two completed poles digging for worms. While she was doing that I pulled a flash light out of her bag and checked to make sure we could have a fire, there is a hole in the top to let out smoke and no bats thank goodness. I go out and fill the mesh bag with leaves and empty it in a pile I do this five times finally laying the sleeping bag over the pile I have created. Next I build a small fire ring out of rocks lying around in our temporary home.

Stacy hollers to me from outside the cave that she has plenty of worms and that we should try out her poles and try and catch some dinner. Outside our cave is a conveniently placed stream we try and end up with three fish I don't know how we're gonna cook them without Crisco or something but of course she has an idea. Soon the fire is started and the fish is cooked she used one of the beers and the small frying pan she also cooked some carrots and broccoli. We ate and shared the rest of the beer. I had three and she had one and I could tell she was drunk "lets go to bed babe," I say to her she smiles and gets up from her place next to the fire and stumbles over a rock on her way to our bed she falls into me and I catch her just because I see how unstable she is. She laughs into my chest and says how she likes that I called her that.

"hmmmmm lets go bathe baby" she purrs into my chest. I don't want to yet I do all the same time. she leans back and grabs the shampoo and towel out of the pack she straightens again never leaving my hold I hold back a growl normally I'd have more self comtrol then this but believe it or not I'm not completely sober either. she smiles up at me my little book worm drinks one beer now she's a regular temptress. She turns in my grasp so that my chest is to her back she begins walking toward the cave entrance and i follow with one arm aroud her waist. We make it to the stream and she takes off her shirt and tank top, I gape at her boldness she didn't hesitate next came the shorts.

she smiled up at me walked to the stream first dipping her feet in slowly easing herself into the water. I watched from shore tell she waved me in. I don't think I've ever undressed so quickly, I walk to the middle where she is lathering her hair. I dive under and when I come up next her for air she wraps her arms around my neck pulling me closer to her and begins running her soapy hands through my hair. I don't realize I did it tell it was to late i moaned at the sensation of her fingers through my hair on my scalp i looked down at her because she stopped when she realized what i did. the look on her face, it felt like there was a little me on my shoulder dressed as a devil telling me to kiss then there was this little me on my shoulder dressed as an angel but he also said kiss her so i did and let me tell you i don't regret it. we finished bathing washed our clothes and headed to bed still in our underwear because our clothes need to dry.

"can I ask you something?" she slurs into my chest. I'm curious so of course I say yes. "what's your full name?" she asks I hesitate wondering if this is a trick question or something she waits so I answer. "that has a nice ring to it," she says then asks, "did you have any pets?" she just wants to talk I mentally celebrate because I want to know her to. "wait," I say, "what's your full name?" we lay down much like we did last night and talk for what feels like minutes but is actually hours when I finish answering her question of my heritage and she doesn't continue with hers or shoot another question at me I know she is sleeping. Night Stacy I kiss her cheek and think over everything she has told me I decide to sleep cause the sooner I do the sooner she wakes up.

An:I would like to apologize for all the mistakes but I wanted this chapter up before tomorrow because Im going camping and I didn't want to leave you waiting. Thanks for the two reviews that's like double the amount I asked for. I would like three reviews before I post again.

Love Maisey Jay