Last chapter?
Perhaps..
And so much for getting this up on Christmas Eve...oh well, I hope you all had amazing holidays!
"Cam, come dance with me!" I giggle, finally spying him by the stage.
Cam looks uncomfortable. "My feet hurt."
"How? You've danced with Claire like once!"
Cam shrugs. "Josh is still in love with her. I'm not going to be a dick like some guys and just take her away."
He sounded slightly bitter, so I bump my shoulder against his and shoot him a grin. "This fall. You and me. Disney World. Sound like a plan?" Since Cam lives in Orlando and I've never been to Disney World, I can't think of a better time to go, or a better person to go with.
Cam shrugs again. "I don't know. Grades are important to me, I'll probably be really busy."
"Oh," I bite my lip. "What's up, Cam? There's like this...this big awkward gap between us and I don't know why it's there!"
Cam looks at me out of the corner of his eye. He sighs then opens his mouth to say something, but is cut off by Derrick, who appears in front of us. "Fisher," he acknowledges before gabbing my hand. "May I have this dance, milady?"
I would say no, since Cam and I are talking, but Derrick's shaggy head if flipped upside down in a dramatic bow. And how can I say no to that? "Of course, kind sir," I giggle. "Stay right here, Cam, I'll be back."
Derrick and I try to dance, but we're too busy laughing. And I'm not even sure why we're laughing. Others stare, somewhat enviously, but we just stay in each others' arms, giggling away.
Finally the song ends and Derrick asks "Hey...what was so funny?"
I shrug, but that just starts us laughing again. I rest my head against Derrick's chest, totally content. We dance for another two songs before I remember Cam. "Be right back, 'kay?"
"Okay," Derrick sighs, dejectedly.
"I'm sorry," I say. "I really will be right back!"
"Whatever," Derrick shrugs, walking towards the food table where Josh has spent most of the night watching Claire.
I finally make my way back to the stage, where Cam and I had been standing, about to apologize. But Cam's gone.
I'm standing with Claire, who hasn't seen Cam either, watching as Josh and Derrick attempt to shoot pieces of cheese into people's drinks from across the room.
"Claire-"
"Don't say it, Massie," she says, eyes never leaving Josh.
"But-"
"Don't," she whispers, sounding sad.
"Claire," I say softly. "Please go talk to him. I know you believe in the whole cheaters can't be taken back thing, but you both cheated. And you're miserable without him, and it's clear that he's miserable without you too! So just go talk to him!"
Claire looks like she wants to argue, but she catches Josh staring and looks down instead. "C'mon, C," I punch her lightly in the arm. "Do it."
So she raises her head and walks over to where Josh and Derrick are. Derrick immediately leaves to join my side. "Hey," I hear Claire murmur, looking anywhere but up at Josh.
"Hey," Josh murmurs back, looking straight at her.
Then, like in movies, the both catch each others' eye and lean towards each other. But Claire hits her forehead hard against Josh's, causing the two of them, plus me and Derrick to laugh. Josh and Claire whip towards us. "Were you watching us?" Josh demands, but he doesn't look that mad.
"Busted," Derrick, still laughing, pushes me away from the two. But glancing behind him I see Claire wrap her arms around him and bury her head in his chest. "You're a dork," she tells him. "But you're my dork. No one elses. Don't forget that."
"Isn't that cute?" I can't help but keep the grin off my face. "Everyone's all together and couple-y! Josh and Claire are back together, Landon and Dylan can date in public, Todd and Olivia seem to be getting along fine and-"
"And I'm finally back together with you," Derrick says, kissing me gently.
"Yeah," I say softly. "That too."
Claire, Olivia, Dylan and I walk along the beach -technically we're not allowed, but they're not going to get us in trouble now-, heels in hands and toes dragging in the cold sand. The moon's bright and big in the dark and super starry sky, and it reflects on the big, black and still lake.
It's breathtaking, really.
"That was a fun night," Dylan says, eyes a million miles away as she sits down on the sand.
The rest of sink down beside her and Claire leans her now slightly tangled curls -from "making up" with Josh- against my head. "Yeah," she murmurs happily. "It was."
Olivia sighs. "I wish summer wasn't over."
I elbow her. "Do not bring me down tonight. Besides, before you know it it'll be Winter Break and we'll be back in LA with Claire."
"Yeah," Claire grins. "And you can try surfing again!"
Olivia grumbles. "I hate surfing. You said it'd be just like snowboarding, but-"
I start laughing at the memory of Olivia falling head first off her surfboard and getting tangled up in the cord.
"Massie, shut up!" Olivia flicks some sand at me.
I smile, but the sinking feeling I've had over Cam come back quickly. "Do you guys know why Cam's so mad at me?"
Olivia and Claire exchange a look before Dylan says "Mass, it's obvious he likes you."
I'm silent for a second, thinking. "No he doesn't," I say firmly. "We're just friends. Well we were but now things are kinda awkward...but we'll be best friends again in a second."
Dylan stands and cracks her back. "If you say so, Massie," she shrugs her bare shoulders. "But I -hey, what was that?" she leans slightly to the right where the source of the noice is coming from.
Olivia crinkles her golden brows. "It sounds like-"
I shriek as someone grabs me by the waist from behind, tackling me into the sand. "SURPRISE AMBUSH!" I recognize Derrick's voice, slightly muffled since his face is pressed into my hair.
"I hate you," I tell him once we get up, subtly shaking sand out of my bra.
"No you don't," he grins, wrapping his arms around me as Josh, Todd and Cam join us. I hug Derrick's arm to my chest, shooting a tentative smile to Cam. But he ignores me. Ouch.
Josh and Claire immediately break off, holding hands and walking down the moonlit beach. I smile at their retreating figures. Claire's gotta be as happy as I am to be back together with the loves of our lives.
Todd and Olivia are in a slightly heated discussion and I see Olivia hit him in the shoulder. Danny and Dylan are talking and Cam is...gone. Again. "Where'd Cam go?" I ask.
"He left," Todd says. "He says he has to leave early tomorrow."
"How early?" I ask. Why is he leaving me so much?
"I don't know," Todd shrugs, already turning back to his arguement with Olivia.
I turn to Derrick. "Be right back!"
Derrick sighs, annoyed. "'Kay."
"Please don't be mad," I plead. "I love you."
"Yup," Derrick drops his arms from around me before turning to Danny and Dylan. I'd deal with him when I get back.
"Cam?" I call once I'm in their dark cabin. No answer, but I see his bed, with a big lump under the covers. "You asleep?" No answer again. "Well...I'll see you tomorrow then."
And I leave, even though I know for a fact Cam's not asleep.