Disclaimers: I don't own the PR characters, wish I did, but I don't.
By the time Dustin woke up it was dinner time; he'd slept through lunch and his stomach was growling' he put his journal under his pillow, changed his shoes and went into the bathroom to splash water on his face before proceeding to the dinner room to have some food.
"Hey," he greeted the others, and went to get a pate, after piling the food on he sat down next to Tori.
"You finished yet?" she asked.
"Not yet, I got a little distracted," he replied, not noticing Cam giving his a suspicious look.
"I though you'd be finished, having missed lunch and all. I mean even we were back by lunch," Shane quipped.
"I told you, I got distracted," Dustin repeated, sounding extremely annoyed, which earned him a stare from the others sitting at the table.
"Sorry I spoke," Shane muttered.
Dustin finished his meal quickly, excused himself and returned to his room. Before he left he heard Blake say, "What's got up his nose?"
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Dustin reached his room and settled himself back on his bed and continued sorting out his books.
"Knock, knock," Cam said by the door.
"Hey," Dustin half greeted, he didn't bother turning around, he knew Cam's voice by now.
"Can I." he began, but Dustin cut him off.
"Sure, just find a place to sit," he instructed.
"Thanks," Cam said doing as he was told. There was a short silence before he spoke, "I...uhhh walked by earlier," he paused waiting for a reaction. There wasn't one so he continued "I came by to make some jokes about you cleaning your room, but you were sleeping," this time when he paused Dustin spoke.
"I guess I was tired," he mutter 'Go away' his mind screamed. His heart was clearly not in this conversation, but it didn't stop Cam.
"Are you ok? Anything you want to talk about, maybe get off your chest?"
"No," Dustin answered a little too harshly. The way he said it stung Cam, and he got up to leave. "Wait," Dustin called to him, and he stopped, not turning around. "I'm sorry, come back in."
Cam turned and walked back into the room and sat where he was before, on the desk.
Dustin reached under his pillow and pulled out the journal, "I found this when I was tidying this morning. It my journal I started a few years ago. I guess I remembered this morning why I stopped writing in it." he said solemnly.
"A girl!" Cam stated. Dustin nodded. "You know what they? It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.?"
Dustin half smiled, "Yeah, but I don't believe it. I'd rather avoid the heartbreak." he said sadly looking down.
Cam got up, and came perched on his friend's bed; "You had it bad, huh?"
"You could say that." was his reply. He was silent for a while, and then found himself pouring his heart out to Cam. He spoke of the walks they took, him stealing the flower for her, their goodbye, and how he no longer wrote a journal.
After he'd finished Cam was silent; he had no idea what to say to his friend. Dustin had gone teary eyed again, and Cam comforted him as he cried silently. Neither boys noticed Hunter at the door, looking shocked.
A/N sorry it's taken so long to update - thanks again to my reviewers and their advice.
By the time Dustin woke up it was dinner time; he'd slept through lunch and his stomach was growling' he put his journal under his pillow, changed his shoes and went into the bathroom to splash water on his face before proceeding to the dinner room to have some food.
"Hey," he greeted the others, and went to get a pate, after piling the food on he sat down next to Tori.
"You finished yet?" she asked.
"Not yet, I got a little distracted," he replied, not noticing Cam giving his a suspicious look.
"I though you'd be finished, having missed lunch and all. I mean even we were back by lunch," Shane quipped.
"I told you, I got distracted," Dustin repeated, sounding extremely annoyed, which earned him a stare from the others sitting at the table.
"Sorry I spoke," Shane muttered.
Dustin finished his meal quickly, excused himself and returned to his room. Before he left he heard Blake say, "What's got up his nose?"
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Dustin reached his room and settled himself back on his bed and continued sorting out his books.
"Knock, knock," Cam said by the door.
"Hey," Dustin half greeted, he didn't bother turning around, he knew Cam's voice by now.
"Can I." he began, but Dustin cut him off.
"Sure, just find a place to sit," he instructed.
"Thanks," Cam said doing as he was told. There was a short silence before he spoke, "I...uhhh walked by earlier," he paused waiting for a reaction. There wasn't one so he continued "I came by to make some jokes about you cleaning your room, but you were sleeping," this time when he paused Dustin spoke.
"I guess I was tired," he mutter 'Go away' his mind screamed. His heart was clearly not in this conversation, but it didn't stop Cam.
"Are you ok? Anything you want to talk about, maybe get off your chest?"
"No," Dustin answered a little too harshly. The way he said it stung Cam, and he got up to leave. "Wait," Dustin called to him, and he stopped, not turning around. "I'm sorry, come back in."
Cam turned and walked back into the room and sat where he was before, on the desk.
Dustin reached under his pillow and pulled out the journal, "I found this when I was tidying this morning. It my journal I started a few years ago. I guess I remembered this morning why I stopped writing in it." he said solemnly.
"A girl!" Cam stated. Dustin nodded. "You know what they? It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.?"
Dustin half smiled, "Yeah, but I don't believe it. I'd rather avoid the heartbreak." he said sadly looking down.
Cam got up, and came perched on his friend's bed; "You had it bad, huh?"
"You could say that." was his reply. He was silent for a while, and then found himself pouring his heart out to Cam. He spoke of the walks they took, him stealing the flower for her, their goodbye, and how he no longer wrote a journal.
After he'd finished Cam was silent; he had no idea what to say to his friend. Dustin had gone teary eyed again, and Cam comforted him as he cried silently. Neither boys noticed Hunter at the door, looking shocked.
A/N sorry it's taken so long to update - thanks again to my reviewers and their advice.