Benny and I were just pulling in front of our houses when an idea sprouted in my head. "Hey, Benny, you parents still think your camping out in the tree house right?"
He gave a disappointed look. "Yeah, it sucks that the guys had to go and get sick."
I gave him the same look."Yeah." I paused and smiled up at him. "But you havent heard my great idea yet!" He cocked his head to the side. "You are camping out. And so am I." I smiled.
He got a really happy look on his face, then it disappeared again. "But Squints has the key to the tree house. And he is probably already sleeping."
I smiled. "I know." He furrowed his eyebrows at me in confusion. "Go on, go get you stuff. I'll meet you back here in ten." I said as I walked in my front door.
~~~~~~~~Camp out~~~~~~~~~
We had everything we would possibly need for a camp out when we met on the sidewalk again.
Benny questioned me. "Okay, so where are we gonna sleep? We dont have the tree house key.
I smiled at him. "The dugout of course!"
He smiled back. "Thats actually a pretty good idea." He lightly socked me in the arm. "Lets go."
And we went.
We layed our sleeping bags out just like we would in the tree house and sat on top of them.
I was braiding my long curly brown hair over my shoulder and Benny seemed to be lost in thought. As if he knew what I was thinking, he spoke up. "Ya know, I was just thinking, " I cut him off.
"I could tell."
He smiled and continued. "All the other guys and I, we all have nicknames. Smalls, Yeah-Yeah, Squints. I think you should have one."
I laughed. "Okay, if you come up with one for me, i'll have it."
He laughed and smiled at me. "I already have one! I wouldnt say anything if I didnt!"
I smirked. "Okay smart ass, what is it?"
"Melter. Melts for short."
I cocked my head to the side. "Why?"
He sighed exasperatedly. "Are you blind and deaf? You know what guys think of you Alexis. And dont pretend you dont notice." He said.
At that moment, the calm, collected Benjamin Rodriguez sounded mad. Jealous, even. What ever it was, I didnt like it, so I just decided to shut up and agree. "Okay." I whispered.
Who is this person? And what have they done with my boy next door?