On the car ride to the festival, Selena and I sat in the back of the car, Dallas and Madison in the middle, and my parents in the front.

Dallas was my sister who was one year older than me- a senior at my high school- and Madison was my half-sister who was nine.

Selena and I did the usual necessity of talking to my family for the first five minutes of the ride, but for the rest of the time we were lost in our own little world. There was a space between us, but I kept finding us touching; me patting Selena on the knee, Selena putting her hand on my arm, our legs resting against each other.

I don't see how I could feel this amazing chemistry without her feeling it, too.

"Are we there yet?" I heard Madison ask- more like whine, but it was natural seeing as she was a nine-year-old on a two-hour long car drive. I rolled my eyes and looked back at Selena. She was leaning with her body turned towards mine, smiling right back at me.

"Almost, sweetie."

I looked out the window to see we were pulling onto a familiar road: the open area where the festival was held was just a few minutes away. I told Selena so and sure enough, it came into view shortly.

Dad had barely stopped the car when Dallas ripped her door open and shouted "Hallelujah! I have to pee like crazy!"

Selena and I looked at each other and giggled as Dallas ran towards the nearest port-a-potty while the people around her looked at her oddly after her outcry.

"Can we go look around?" I asked my parents, but mostly directed at my dad. We got along better than my mom and I.

"First things first, we need to go find our cabin," my mother answered. Great. What cabin was this again? Another one of her bossy ideas?

"Did we tell you? We found out they rent cabins on the river and thought it would be fun," Dad continued for my mother.

Well, it didn't sound awful. A cabin on the river… it had a certain 'je ne sais quoi' to it.

"I think the man said it was up White's Road," my father muttered, beginning to drive forward again.

"Daddy!" I exclaimed.

"What?"

"What about Dallas?"

"Oh!" he slammed on the brakes, make my mother jerk forward. Bet she loved that.

"Really, Patrick!"

Exactly. It was amazing how sarcastic I got when it came to my mother.

"Girls, let's not tell Dallas about this."

"Tell me what?" Dallas asked, getting back in the car.

"Daddy almost drove away without you!" Madison tattled.

"Dad!" Dallas said unbelievingly.

"Madison! It's not okay for you to rat me out," my dad said with a grin, starting the car.

"Are you sure everyone's in here this time?" I joked.

I could see even my mother was smiling in the mirror.

When we reached the cabin, Selena and I got a bedroom to ourselves. The catch was that there was one full bed.

"Do you mind?" I asked, inclining my head to the bed.

"No, it's fine."

"Good, because your only other option was the floor."

"Well, I love you too then!"

"Oh, you know you're the light of my life," I said, wrapping my arms around her. A completely innocent, friendly gesture… that meant so much more to me. She struggled against my hug jokingly, making us topple onto our bed.

"Are you that eager to get me into bed?" I said, grinning. Selena was in my arms, in a bed pressed up against me. Even though it wasn't in a romantic way, the basics of it made my head spin. This was really happening.

Instead of jerking back and laughing like any of my other friends would, Selena giggled and said, "Absolutely, my love," making the 'rawr' claw with her hand.

I lit up with a smile and felt a surge of overwhelming happiness, wondering if Selena could feel it radiating off of me and my heart pounding in my chest.

This was really happening, I repeated in my head. I could have a shot.

Because what was this if not flirting?

Then, an evil seed of doubt took root in my head. She could just be joking around with you. This could just be what friends do.

My heart sank slightly and I rolled away

"Well, having my parents in the next room is kind of a turn-off, so you'll have to live without me," I said, rolling away and standing up. As much as I wanted to let Selena know how I felt, I didn't want to say it as a joke.