Eddie Miller tossed and turned on the hard forest floor. He sacrificed his tent and his sleeping bag for a girl he had just met. Why? Because she wasn't like any other girl Eddie had met. She was sarcastic, funny, and cute. Sure, she could be rude, but she also knew how to be polite. All the girls Eddie knew back in America were Dumb Blondes who only wanted Eddie to buy them something (I mean come on, where his he supposed to get money?) or kiss him. But, Patricia was so different; and he liked that.
Patricia couldn't sleep at all. She had no idea what time it was—considering her ran out of battery ours ago—clearly it was the middle of the night since it was pitch black and freezing. Sighing Patricia stood up from the sleeping bag—letting it drape down her legs—and stepped outside into the cold fall air. Spotting something on the mulch-y floor, she did what her brain told her first—kick it. She jumped a little hearing the odd object of the woods groan. Instinctively she kicked it once more before it shot up, throwing the dark green blanket down to the dirt ground, along with pillow laced with a plaid casing. Eddie's pillow. She had been kicking Eddie.
"What the heck?!" Eddie shouted. Patricia rolled her lips back into her mouth and stifled a laugh.
"What? It's not funny, Yacker!" Eddie continued to yell at the amused teen.
"There, my friend, you are very wrong." Finally letting her laughter go, she could barely stand. Patricia fell back onto the log beside the dim fire; only dull light came off of the faded fire. Eddie looked defeated while Patricia looked triumph.
"What are you doing out here anyway?" Eddie asked.
"Couldn't sleep," Patricia whispered shortly. "Why are you out here?"
"You took my tent." Eddie said as if it was the most obvious thing in the universe; and if you didn't realize that, you weren't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
"First; stop using that 'obvious' tone! Yes, Eddie, 'cause I would know the exact reason you were sleeping on the nature provided floor!" Patricia tried not to blow up in his more than she already had, but he was working her last nerve. "Second: I figured you would've maybe slept in your dad's tent with him." She rolled her eyes. Eddie scoffed.
"I wouldn't do that in a million years," Patricia looked at him funny. "My dad and I aren't really the closest in our family…" Eddie trailed off.
"Really? Same with my mum. She always chooses my twin, Piper, over me." Patricia's expression saddened.
"You have a twin?" Eddie began to get excited. "What's it like? Do you guys like switch places all the time? Have you ever got caught? Do you guys do it awesome? Is she as cool and as pretty has you? Does she like it when you guys switch places or is she some goody-goody that hates everything like that? I have a friend back in America—"Patricia stopped listening after Eddie had said she was pretty and cool. Had a boy just called her pretty and cool? Pretty and cool. She's never been told that before and she was savoring every moment of how nice it felt. Patricia cracked a smile.
"And you call me Yacker." Patricia mumbled loud enough for Eddie to hear. Eddie smirked, sitting down on the log across from her, and continuing their conversation about each other's families.
Mr. Sweet walked out of his tent spotting the two teenagers in deep conversation.
"No way, my mum is far worse than yours!" Patricia argued with a smile lacing her lips.
"Don't count on it, Yacker." Eddie smiled. Mr. Sweet was surprised they managed not to rip each other's throats' out in the middle of the night. But, here they were, smiling and laughing with one another.
"Uh, Edison," Mr. Sweet stammered, breaking the two's fake argument. "Don't you think it's time miss Williamson back to her family?"
"It's Eddie, Dad." Eddie ran a hand through his hair. Eddie sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Come on, Yacker, let's go find your parents…" It seemed as if Eddie was sad to see Patricia go.
"Don't be too excited to see me go, Weasel." Patricia pouted.
"Weasel?" Mr. Sweet cut in.
"Who said I was sad?! I'm more than happy to see you go!" Eddie argued. Patricia smirked to herself.
Eddie groaned for the millionth time as they were walking through the calm forest.
"Where are your parents?" Eddie complained. "Why don't you call them with the 5% of battery you have left?"
"Because some Weasel-Faced Doofus decided he would play games on my phone while we looked for my parents!" Patricia spat.
"Who would do such a thing?" Eddie asked with fake hurt, coving his chest with his hand, "Don't you know this girl is lost?!" Eddie shouted out to people that were about to pass them, coming from an upcoming path.
"Sorry… He's uh, mentally challenged…." Patricia apologized while placing her hands on Eddie forearms. Eddie shot her a bewildered look.
"Just control your boyfriend…" The older women scolded quietly. Both teenagers began to blush, but neither of them yelled over their shoulder denying it.
"Hey, I think that tree looks familiar!" Patricia pointed excitedly at a tree that looked exactly like every other around them. Eddie narrowed his eyes.
"Yacker," Eddie started slowly. "That tree there?"
"Uh huh," Patricia hummed.
"It looks like every freaking tree around us!" Eddie exploded.
"I'm trying to remember here! Do you want to get rid of me or not?!" Patricia shouted equally annoyed.
"I don't know!" Eddie answered honestly. Patricia sighed.
"Well, I think that berry bush looks familiar," Patricia walked over to it and squatted down. "I remember seeing it not too far from camp, maybe five minutes."
"Alright then, let's go!" Eddie grabbed Patricia's hand softly—neither one of them mentioned the spark that they both felt—and they were off toward the Williamsons' camp site.
"Patricia!" Piper Williamson yelled spotting her sister running toward the cleaned-up camp site with an unfamiliar boy.
"Piper." Patricia smiled once she was standing in front of her sister.
"Whoa, double." Eddie breathed. Piper laughed along with Patricia; they were pretty used to this.
"Told you." Patricia laughed.
"So, you are…?" Piper trailed off starring at Eddie.
"Eddie. You're Piper I'm assuming." Eddie stuck out his hand politely.
"Indeed I am." Piper shook his hand.
"Piper, no need to be so formal, mum and dad aren't around…" Patricia groaned at her perfect sister's attitude. Piper gave her sister a confused look.
"Well, I better get going; dad and I are planning on leaving today too. See you later, Yacker." Eddie started walking away, but Patricia stopped him by talking. Typical Yacker, always yacking. Eddie thought with a smile on his face as he turned around.
"How can you be so sure we'll see each other again?" Patricia scoffed. "For all you know we could never see each other again!"
"Don't be so negative, Yacker." Eddie smirked. Walking back toward his and his dad's camp site he faintly heard Piper ask a familiar question.
"Yacker?"
"Edison- I mean Eddie-"Mr. Sweet said once Eddie got back to the site. "It seems like you and that girl hit it off. Do you fancy her?"
"Her name is Patricia, Dad." Eddie found himself defending a girl he had just met; wow that was new. "And… I don't know…maybe, I guess…" Mr. Sweet smirked.
"Y'know she's going to Anubis high in three weeks. The same building I'm going to be at." Eddie smiled.
"Oh, and how do you know that?"
Patricia sat in the back of her parents Malibu next to her sister. After much questioning from her parents and not much concern from her mother, they were off back to Liverpool. Shoving ear-buds in her ears, she unlocked her iPhone and clicked the home button twice and to cancel out her apps. She had been very thankful she remembered her car charger in her backpack. Seeing the apps Eddie had played she cancelled them out, saving battery. She had noticed her calendar and contacts had been opened also, but not by her. She softly clicked the Calendar app and noticed her calendar was set to the month September; but the month was August; she always keeps her calendar the current month. She saw that a specific date had been clicked on also; September tenth, the day she started her junior year at Anubis High. She exited out of her calendar and went into her contacts. Case closed; she knew who the intruder was: Eddie. HE had put his phone number into her phone and taken a silly but cute picture of him with his tug hanging outside of his mouth. Smiling to herself, she now realized something; she would be seeing Eddie in the next three months.
And there we go! Chapter 2 down! I know, not yet to the exciting stuff—but there has been a little Peddie so far (you're welcome ;))—but I needing to get this stuff outta the way. Hope you guys enjoyed it and review to tell me what you think :) More characters will come in once they both get to school, which will most likely be the next chapter.
~Torispeace