Lake placid
9:06
waiting anxiously at the side of the girls cabin
Claire? Is that you? I heard crying so I came to see if you were all right. What happened? NO! NO! NO! Josh was practicing what to say to Claire. He was waiting and watching for Cam to walk out from behind the girls cabin, because he knew that was his cue to "accidently" go behind the girls cabin.
He stumbled backwards when Cam emerged from the trees. Josh took a deep breath and counted to ten like Massie had instructed him to. He walked slowly and tried his best to look shocked when he found Claire sobbing.
"Claire?" Josh asked, he could hear the sympathy in his own voice. He took another step closer. He gave her the tiniest smile when she met his eyes, One of those smiles that says I'm here for you.
"Josh?" Her voice was shaking. Josh assumed it must be because she was embarrassed to be found crying. "Um..." Her voice cracked and a new batch of tears came.
She buried her face in her arms. She had been sitting underneath an old oak tree, with her knees up to her chest.
Josh went and sat next to her. When she looked up again he brushed the bangs out of her eyes. He took a deep breath. He was nervous about his next move. Slowly and cautiously he put his arm around her shoulder. Surprisingly she didn't pull away. Instead she buried her face in his shoulder. He was glad she wasn't looking because after her last gesture he was not able to contain his smile.
"What happened?" Josh asked. Trying hard to put curiosity in his voice. He pulled her a centimeter closer to his body. She didn't seem to mind. She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath obviously an attempt to stop crying.
"I...I. ... I broke up... with Cam." She started to stop crying the tiniest bit. She hugged Josh.
Josh hugged her back. "Why are you crying then? Personally I'd be thrilled if I broke up with Cam." Claire laughed at his joke and scooted even closer to him she was practically sitting on his lap now. She sniffed his cologne. She didn't recognize the brand, but she loved it.
"That's not why I'm crying" Her sobs were quiet now.
Josh raised his right eyebrow at her.
Claire sighed and continued. "After I broke up with him, he called me..." Her voice trailed off and she started crying loud again.
How is Massie always right? Josh wondered. "What did he call you?" He asked and tightened his grip around her trying to make her stop crying.
She hesitated to answer
"Oh come on, it can't be that bad." He pushed.
"He called me... frosty the snow bitch." She actually started laughing though when she heard it aloud.
"What!" Josh's voice cracked. "Where did he go?! Oh, when I get a hold of him...I'm going to shove me foot so far up his ass it will come out his mouth and he'll be able to taste the rubber of my boot for weeks!!" It made Claire giggle at the thought.
Josh stood up to go find Cam. Claire stopped him. He met her gaze. Josh couldn't take it any more! He grabbed her waist and pulled her in, he slowly leaned forward till his lips met hers. He was utterly shocked when she put her arms around his shoulders and kissed him back instead of pulling away.