Its about three days later and my foot is so much better. Turns out it was only a bruised bone. Nothing more. It healed fast and now I barely feel it. Sure, If I run or something for a long time it might hurt a bit but other then that, I'm perfectly healthy. No flu, no headache, stomach ach, nothing. I'm perfectly fine. But I might want to shut-up before I jinx myself or something.
Right now were driving trough Kansas… were close to home, considering we have one more week of our trip… I know, sad right? When I think back to before this trip, I remember absolutely being a fool and dreading this day. Well… I'm not anymore. If anything I'm dreading the day we have to go back. And I'm not the only one, my mom, dad, Troy's parents, and Troy. Its gonna be hard to say goodbye.
As for Catlin… she's still with us. But only for about two more days. She hasn't talked ever since the incident, with her almost breaking my foot. Which for me is like a blessing. But… I'm kind of worried, I mean, Catlin… not talking? I mean come on! That's ridiculous… she must really love that bead set…
"GABRIELLA! COME ON! WERE GOING OUTSIDE!"
Were in Kansas and were camping outside…. In the woods…. Outside… Kansas… me… Gabriella Montez… outdoors… Enough said. I'm not really an outdoorsy kind of girl, so I'm really making an effort to not just breakout in a dead sprint and camp out in the RV instead. I have to use all my will power to do this. The only reason I really am doing it, is for Troy. Who am I kidding? All the stuff I do out here is because of Troy. If he wouldn't of loved this so much, I would be inside with my Winnie the pooh bear blanket, sipping hot chocolate on my warm leather couch.
I sighed… here we go… camping…
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I turned to my right on the wooden log I was sitting on and stared at Catlin. She was eating her marshmallow, looking very bored, more bored then I was… which is saying something. I mean I'd rather go watch football on the T.V. or something then be doing this. I'm getting eaten alive by stupid mosquitoes! And I'm freezing my butt off! Just thinking about it made me growl.
"Brie, you cold?" I turned to my left and looked at Troy who was offering me a blanket. Heck yes! I opened my arms quickly. "Yes please!" I was shaking, for pete sake! Troy chuckled lightly and draped it over my shoulders and then wrapping his arm around my shoulder. I buried my face in his chest and pulled him closer to me. I breathed in and smelled him… still the same smelling, Troy. Even in the stinky outdoors. He kissed the top of my head and fed me a marshmallow, which I gladly accepted.
"Catlin, are you okay, sweetie? Why don't you come and sit by me." My mom patted the seat next to her and stared at Catlin. We all turned our heads to look at her, waiting to see if she would gladly accept or blow up and run the other direction.
But she did neither. She just looked up with a blank expression on her face and trudged over to where my mom was, not saying anything. She just stuck her marshmallow back in the fire and sighed. I can't blame her, I mean… it smells out here, there's bugs, its cold, and… well… I think she's lonely and maybe homesick. I looked up at Troy, who I could tell was thinking the exact thing.
I cleared my throat. "Uh-hem… why don't we umm all sing a song or something?" I literally slapped my forehead as soon as that came out of my mouth. Will I ever learn? What was I thinking? I should have known. Every time anyone mentions a song or singing, my mom and Troy's mom are in heaven. They just want to sing and sing like there's no tomorrow.
Troy turned his head slowly too me and glared. I shrugged my shoulders innocently, latterly begging for God to just take me away right now. "Sorry!" I squeaked at him, I mean… what else could I say?
He leaned in closer to my ear and whispered. "You just brought out that side of my mom again, she's already thinking of the next twenty songs were going to sing tonight." He chuckled darkly and nuzzled his nose in the crook of my neck. "I'm sorry! I forgot…" I squeaked again. He just chuckled more and bit my earlobe. "You so owe me for this. This is your fault and now I'm gonna have to suffer… you owe me… BIG time…" He bit my earlobe again and I shivered. Fudge… why did he have to do that? Now I am in NO mode for camping…
I turned around at him and now it was my turn to glare. "Good job, hormonal boy!" I whispered. "Now I have no intention on even thinking about camping out here." I growled and he jut chuckled and moved his face away from my neck. Thank goodness…
"Oh, goody! Great Idea, Gabriella!" My mom clapped her hands together like a little girl on Christmas and looked at me. "Gabriella! You sing for us, this time!"
I pointed to myself in shock. "Me?! Mom, I don't sing! Why me?!"
She gave me a 'duh' kind of look. "Gabriella Montez, I have heard you sing before, yes you can. Just sing one song for us. Please…" I looked around the campfire and of course… all eyes were on me. I sighed… I guess it could be fun… right? Yeah right… I doubt it. Troy turned to me again.
"Come on, Brie! Lets hear you sing." He smirked and I glared. I guess this is payback for brining this whole thing up. Oh well, fair enough… I guess… no way,, this is totally cruel and unusual punishment. The worst part about it is that my mom didn't even know she was punishing me! Ugh….
"Fine! What do I sing?" I looked at her. She thought for a moment. "Oh, I don't know, just pick one! You have good taste in music anyway, sweetheart." I smiled a little, I guess that was a compliment. I sighed and started singing one of the songs, I've known my whole like.
"Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!"
My mom stopped me. "Gabriella! That's not a song to sing!" I smirked as Troy burst out laughing right beside me.
"Fine, fine, fine!" I wasn't going to fight her on this. She would win anyway. I cleared my throat and really began to sing a song I knew my whole life.
(A/N: By the way the song is "Back Here" by BBMak, go listen to it, while you read, amazing song!)
"Baby set me free.
Promise misery.
I can take it no more.
Since you ran away,
Nothings been the same,
Don't know what I'm
Living for."
I began the chorus and again all eyes were on me, listening closely. Great…
"Here I am, so alone
And there's nothing in this world
I can do.
Until your back here, baby.
Miss you, want you,
Need you so.
Until your back here, baby, yeah.
There's a feeling
Inside, I want you to know.
You are the one and
I can't let you go."
I sighed and went on with the next verse. I was getting into the song, but not enough to actually be happy and smiling about it.
"So I told you lies
Even made you cry
Baby, I was so wrong.
Boy, I promise you.
Now my love is true.
This is where my heart belongs.
I smiled a little now… chorus.
"Cause here I am, so alone
And there's nothing in this world
I can do.
Until your back here, baby.
Miss you, want you,
Need you so.
Until your back here, baby, yeah.
There's a feeling
Inside, I want you to know.
You are the one and
I can't let you go."
I smiled as everyone started clapping as I sang. I giggle too. Maybe this wasn't so bad. Oh who cares? I'm into it now, I can't go back. This is fun.
"And I wonder.
Are you thinking
Of me?
Cause I'm thinking of you.
And I wonder.
Are you ever coming
Back in my life?"
I giggled as my mom and dad started to sing with me. The only reason I knew the song was because of them anyway.
"Cause here I am, so alone
And there's nothing in this world
I can do.
Until your back here, baby.
Miss you, want you,
Need you so.
Until your back here, baby, yeah.
There's a feeling
Inside, I want you to know.
You are the one and
I can't -
Until your back here, baby.
Until your back here, baby.
Until your back here, baby.
There's a feeling
Inside, I want you to know.
You are the one and
I can't -
Until your back here, baby.
Until your back here, baby.
Until your back here, baby.
I smiled as the song ended. Everyone clapped and I smiled, bashfully. I can't believe I went through with is. Troy pulled me closer and kissed my cheek. I smiled again and looked around.
"Okay… no wits Troy's turn!" I giggled and looked at him. He looked at me with wide eyes and started shaking his head, immediately backing out. "Oh come on, I did it!" He continued to shake his head in protest. But then I got an idea.
"I'll sing with you." I told him. He looked at me a little confused, as he was still thinking about it. I took his hand and whispered in his ear. We'll sing our song… please." I looked at him and he sighed… but nodded his head slowly. I shrieked. "Yeah! Thank you! Okay… go!"
My mom looked at us, smiling. "What are you guys singing?" I hushed her. "Is a surprise, mom. Okay.. Go, Troy…" Troy looked at me and began singing.
(A:N: Bold is when Troy is singing. Italicize and normal is when Gabriella is singing. When its underlined writing it means they are both singing.)
"Can you imagine,
What would happen,
If we could have any dream?
I'd wish this
Moment was ours
To own it,
And that it would never leave.
Then I would thank
That star, that
Made our wish come true.
Come true.
Oh yeah,
Mmm-hhmm
Cause he knows that
Where you are
Is where I should
Be too."
"Right here,
Right now.
Yeeeaahhh
I'm looking at you
And my heart loves
The view. Cause
you mean everything.
Ooohhhooo
Right here,
I promise you somehow.
That tomorrow can wait
For some other
Day to be.
To be.
But right now
There's
You and me
Mhmmm…
Troy took my hand and nuzzled his nose with mine and I smiled, looking in his eyes as I began to sing.
"If this were forever, what
Could be better?
We've already
Proved it works.
But in
Two thousand one,
Oh, ohhh
Hundred twenty-three
Hours.
A bend in
The universe."
"Its gonna make
Everything.
Everything
In our whole world
Change.
Its all changing.
And you know
That where we are.
Where we are,
Will never
Be the same.
Oh no
Oh no…"
"Right here,
Right now…
Oh, right now
I'm looking at you
And my heart loves
The view. Cause
You mean everything.
Everything.
Right here,
Right here,
I promise you
Somehow.
Some how were
Gonna.
Tomorrow can
Wait, for some
Other day to be.
To be,
But right now
There's you and
Me."
As cheesy as this sounds Troy stood up on the log and helped me onto it to. We took each others hands and sang our hearts out.
"Oh, we know
Its coming.
Oh yeah…
And its coming
Fast.
There's always
You and me.
Oh yeah.
So lets make
This second last.
Make it last."
"Right here.
Oh, right now.
Yeah, I'm looking at you.
And my heart loves
The view.
Cause You mean
every thing…"
We both jumped of the log and Troy spinned me around as I giggled and continued to sing with him.
"Right here.
I promise you somehow.
That tomorrow can wait.
For some other
Day to be.
To be.
But right now
There's you and me.
You and me
You and me
Oh, you and me.
But right now there's
You and…
Meeee….
I giggled and kissed his lips, softly. As everyone around us started clapping. I laughed and pulled away, hugging him.
"Great job, Troy!" I giggled as he wrapped his arms around me. He chuckled. "You did awesome too, Brie." I pulled back and pecked his lips once.
"Oh, you guys! That was beautiful, great choice in song!" My mother smiled and clapped. I smiled at them as they all said the same thing to us. I arched my head back more as I felt something sprinkle on my nose. I touched my nose… water…. Rain… outside… still camping… great. I stuck my tongue out. "Its raining. Great! And just when I though I was actually getting into the camping spirit." I snapped my fingers, sarcastically.
"Darn, oh well, lets go inside!" I got out of Troy's arms and broke out into a dead sprint towards the RV. Just like I said I would, but I was immediately stopped.
"Gabriella! Stop. We can still sleep in the tents. They're water proof. Now come back, here." It was my dad. Great, he just had to rain on my parade… literally. I made a disappointed face and stomped back to the tents where they were. I was starting to get freaked…
I mean… were in the middle of no where, its raining, and there's a whole jungle surrounding us. Okay, maybe not a jungle but the woods. To me its like a jungle.
It started to rain a little harder and looked around, I counted heads.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, including me… okay… there's supposed to be 7. And we have six. Uh-oh, that's not a good number. I thought a moment and shouted to everyone. "Guys! Where's Catlin?!" Everyone stopped what they were doing. They looked at me and then turned around to look for Catlin. My mother stood up.
"Catlin! Where are you?" My mom nervously shrugged and turned to me. "She's probably in the tents." I shook my head in disbelief but we all looked in each tent. We had three. One for my mom, dad, and Catlin. One for Troy's parents. And one for Troy and I.
Nothing.
She wasn't in any of them. Okay… now I'm getting scared. I got out of a tent and started shouting. "I'm gonna check the RV!" I ran towards the RV, already soaking wet, and I slipped my shoes as I went inside. I tip-toed quietly inside. It was freaky being inside here, alone, in the dark. I could still see, but the rain made it a little darker.
"Catlin! Are you in here?" I looked under the couch. Under the chairs, table, and in the little kitchenette place. In the bathroom, in Troy and my room, my parent's room and even Troy's parent's room. Nothing.
Uh-oh.
AHHH!
Cliffhanger! Sorry I hate to do this! But I will probably update tomorrow! Bye guys!