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"What were you thinking?" Kevin's voiced hissed as we made our way into the cabin. I didn't care if I was caught there again, seriously, what could they do? We were lucky enough to get to Kevin without any interruptions, though. The entire camp was out doing their own stuff, while Kevin was lucky enough to sneak away for an hour or so.

"Chill, Kev…I had to…" Joe explained, trying to calm down his brother.

"Dude, you totally went out of line. I heard what you said to him! What were you thinking?"

"What do you mean 'what you said to him'?" I questioned. From what Joe told me, it didn't seem too bad.

"I may have given you the abridged version…and edited…" Joe bit his lip.

"Joe!" I exclaimed. Why would he need to edit anything from me?

"Joe! You took my car!" Kevin said, bringing the conversation back to topic.

"I know…but, I'm your brother…you would have given it to me anyway…" Joe smirked. Kevin didn't look so convinced.

"You still didn't ask…" he whispered, obviously showing that he didn't want to argue. Kevin was such a sweetheart. "What are we going to do with you Joseph?" he sighed, sitting back down on his bed.

Joe smiled and wrapped his arm around my waist, leaning his head down to give me a soft kiss on my neck. It was weird, I can admit, considering we right in front of his brother. Joe must have noticed my sudden tense-up that he looked down and asked, "What's wrong?"

Kevin took this opportunity to see how Joe was holding me, but didn't say anything. "Nothing…" Joe's eyes then searched in mine, looking for the truth that was behind the big fat lie I told.

I adverted my eyes and took the opportunity to sit next to Kevin, hoping to end the awkwardness in the air. "So, what are you going to do with two people gone?" I asked Kevin.

"I have no idea…maybe I should just leave? I mean, I am just stuck here with her."

"Oh…" Joe then looked peeved by my reaction. He blew the hair away from his forehead and took a seat on his former bed. What was his problem? Didn't we just get over our awkwardness and sort of settle something? I thought we were on good terms since the other night. What the hell was his problem now?

"But…I don't know, maybe I'll just wait it out…it's not that long, plus, I know I can come visit you…as long as I have a car," Kevin's words glaring at Joe.

"Yeah, yeah…you'll have it." Joe threw his brother the keys and then stood up. "We're going to go…see you around…" he spoke, heading to the door. This boy sure has a sudden case of PMS. What on Earth was wrong? We were fine…

"I guess I'll see you later then?" Kevin nodded and pulled me into a hug.

"What's up with him?" he whispered.

"I'll talk to him…" Maybe this was my fault…maybe he was a bit bitter from my weird reaction to his display of affection in front of his brother. He can't be mad about that….

We headed out of the cabin without saying anything. He was a step ahead and headed towards the car, without waiting for me to catch up. I decided that I'd just tackle this in the car, rather than have anything happen for Mr. Owens to see.

Inside the car, Joe fastened his seatbelt in the passenger side and looked out the window. I carefully sat inside, but didn't buckle my seatbelt. "Joe…" He didn't respond. "Joe…come on, now you're acting like a five year old!"

"What?" he snapped.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You fine until we got back here…what got into you?"

"Me? Since when was it not okay for me to put my arm around you?"

"You know perfectly well that you didn't just do that…" I whispered, ashamed that we were even having this conversation.

"Jackie, I'm sorry that I showed my feelings toward you? I'm sorry, maybe next time I'll just go do that with Kevin!" he scoffed.

"Joe! That's the thing…we were right in front of him!"

"So what? What difference does it make? I'm sure he's seen couples do that…I mean, it's normal!" he complained. I then got the sense that this wasn't only because of my tense body.

"There's more." I whispered. "You're mad about something else…."

"Yes…" he whispered. He took a breath and then looked at me with sad eyes. "Jackie…I tell you that I might leave camp just because there was no point in staying, and you get in a huge fuss over it and how I should stay and blah, blah, blah! But, when Kevin had the idea to leave…you just brushed it off…."

This is what its all about? "Joe…" I said softly, placing my hand on his. He took it instantly and wrapped his fingers through mine. Well, at least he was still willing to do that. "I only brushed it off with Kevin because I didn't know what else to say…I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want to listen to me tell him to stay and all that while he'd be missing all the fun outside of camp…."

"All the fun outside of camp?"

"Don't play dumb…we'd be having fun…." I smiled; hoping to get this passed us considering it was stupid in the first place.

He just smirked and pulled my hand up to his lips. He kissed the back of my hand ever so slightly. "So…is this okay?" I rolled my eyes at his childish behavior. He then lowered my hand and leaned his lips onto my shoulder. "This?" I laughed. Now, he kissed my neck, just like inside the cabin. "I guess this is too much?" he whispered, breathing onto my neck.

Damn him! Why did he have to so irresistible? "No…I may be willing to compromise…." I bit my lip.

Joe smirked and then aimed his lips towards mine. Instead, he brushed passed them and kissed my temple. "Joseph, if we don't kiss and make up I think I'll-" I was interrupted by the sudden force of his lips onto mine.

I guess I was being silly inside. I mean, I'm sure Kevin was capable of seeing us show little signs of affection. It wouldn't kill him…Jackie, you are seriously so stupid sometimes…how could I do such a thing as to make one of the most perfect guys in the world mad at me? Well, congratulations, hun, you did manage to achieve that. Well, it seems as if he put that aside and was back to normal. Yay.

We broke apart and smiled at each other. We then headed out of the camp for good and towards my house yet again. My breathing stopped short when I saw an oh so familiar car parked in my driveway. I slowed down the car, bracing myself for parking.

Joe must have sensed something was wrong. "Jackie?" He looked worriedly over his shoulder to the black Honda now behind us. I couldn't even answer him. My mind melted into nothing as past memories shot back. Jared.

Without answering Joe, I unbuckled myself and slowly headed out the door. He, on the other hand, was quicker and ran out the door to make sure to stay by my side. Jared was in the black Honda and soon exited his car as well.

I haven't seen him since the end of school, and I made sure that I wanted it to stay like that. What didn't he understand? Why was he here? Now? "Hey Jackie…" he said, looking down.

"Jared?"

"Surprise?" he smiled. What was going on? I told him after I left him that I never wanted to see his face ever again. He walked up to me, but stop hesitantly when Joe grabbed a hold of my hand.

"What are you doing here? I told you—"

"I know…I just wanted to talk to you…and I knew that you left for the summer, so I guess you're back…" he then eyed up Joe. There was a small bit of tension floating in the air. One cause being Jared facing me, and the other cause: Joe not knowing who this guy was. "Do you think I can? Alone?" he pressed, sounding sincere.

I don't know if I should. Well, maybe it wont be bad…he sounds like he changed. "Uh…I guess…" I said uneasily. "Joe…I'll be back…" I whispered up to him.

"Are you sure?" he said, not taking his eyes off of Jared. I've never seen him like this, so…protective.

"Yes…two minutes," I promised. Not caring at this point that Jared was standing not three feet away, I leaned my face up to Joe's and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

Jared and I headed over to the other side of the house, out of sight from Joe. "Well?" I asked, a little peeved.

"I'm sorry, babe…" he whispered. Babe? Excuse me? Wait…sorry? I didn't answer, hoping for a further explanation. "I was so stupid. I don't know why I would do such a thing. When you left, it really put things into perspective…and I realized that I still loved you, and that I am sorry for ever hurting you…"

"You have no idea…."I said, rolling my eyes.

"Babe, what do you want me to do? I said I was sorry…and I couldn't tell you until now. You weren't here…"

"First of all, don't call me 'babe' and second of all, sorry wont cut it. I want you to respect what I said and never speak to me again! You have no idea what I felt. And sorry doesn't even cut it. So just save your speech and just turn around and leave. Forget about me again and go on with you life."

He was silent. Then his face changed altogether. It reminded me of the face I'd seen oftentimes when I was with him. "Oh, sure…yeah, I come over here to apologize and this is what I get? Oh, okay…so it's okay for you to get with someone else…but with me, it's a different story?"

"You cheated on me! That is completely different!"

"Whatever, aside from that, we were perfect for each other! I apologized for that already, and I thought we were over that!" he said, his voice getting louder. My blood began to boil as I thought back to our past relationship. It was far from perfect.

"Jared…leave! Please! We were over the whole cheating escapade…but, obviously you forget the entire reason that I was actually scared of you. You scared me, Jared. I'm sorry if you're too bone headed to realize that what we had was not perfect. We were never perfect. You may have been fine in your own little world, but let me tell you…I was far from that. So, seriously, leave. I have nothing I want to say to you because…I've found somebody who would never hurt me like you did…" I breathed, shaking a little.

His expressed turned even more angry after hearing the words I just spat at him. Oh no, I've seen that face before…maybe I should say something before anything gets out of hand. "Jared…"

Instead of answering me, he took a step closer. I followed by taking one back. "Jackie…" he whispered, sighing. He came closer and I backed up until I had nowhere to run, and was pinned against the side of my house. "Jackie…please…can't we forget about that? What's done is done…there's no reason why we cant move past that…" he breathed, reaching his hand up to stroke my cheek.

At this point, my heart had lost control and I was legitimately scared. "No…Jared…please, can you move?" I cried louder, pushing my hands to his chest. Surprisingly, he was pushed away from me. I didn't exactly do it all; Joe was standing behind him.

"She said to move…" he glared.

"And who do you think you are?" Jared taunted.

"He's my boyfriend and he will be more than you ever could try to be, Jared. So, I suggest that you save whatever you have planned in your head for another day," I intervened, hoping to save Joe from getting hurt. I knew this guy's potential.

"Okay, fine…I see how it is. Jackie, I hope that this new guy of yours can see before he gets in too deep: that you are a worthless bitch. Have a nice life, sorry for trying to make things better." He scoffed, pushing Joe aside and heading to his car.

Joe instantly wrapped his arms around me and kissed my forehead. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, thanks for that interruption…you have no idea how that could have turned out…" I breathed, ready for his next question.

"How? What happened between you two…or do you not want to talk about it…" he asked. I guess it was now or never. I didn't feel like walking into the backyard to find a chair, so I just plopped down on the freshly cut grass.

"This may be hard, and I apologize. I've never talked about this ever. To anyone." He waited for me to continue. "Alright. Well, before going to camp, Jared and I used to go out. I thought he was all that and more…so I was happy. Until, he cheated on me. I was naturally pissed off, and thought that I wasn't good enough for him…"

"Don't ever think you're not good enough," Joe interrupted. I smiled.

"Well, he came back running up to me with flowers and flattery and apologies, that I took him back. So, we got over that whole thing. But…then, he started to go out with his older, college friends…" I paused, searching for how to put the next part into words. "And…when he was drunk, he'd be afraid to go back home, so, I let him come over here when my mom was working late…so, he would sometimes act, not right. But, I figured that it was just the alcohol…Then, things started to get bad…"

"Wha—"

"He would say stuff…and it really hurt me. But, I never thought too much into it. Then, he'd still say stuff…even when he wasn't drunk. But, he would seem to get angry easier, so I just shut up and ignored everything…I finally had the last straw when he…hit me." I let Joe take in everything I said. He squeezed my hand and leaned his face closer to mine.

"Why didn't you tell anyone?"

"I wanted to forget it…so I just put it to the back of my head, and moved on,"

"I had no idea…you seemed so happy when I met you; I would have never thought that could happen…" he said quietly. "Wow…"

"What?"

"You're not crying now…normally, bad memories cause tears…" he noted.

"He's not worth my tears. I'm willing to forget him and everything related to him…" I breathed.

Joe kissed my temple and wrapped his free arm around my shoulders. "I'll always be here for you, and I would, could never do such a thing to hurt you. I love you."

He lifted my face and pressed his lips lightly on mine. He pulled back and I whispered, "I know."

So, I'm sorry that this was the last chapter...I kind of got writers block, as you could see at this chapters events...

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