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Jackson looked over at Melissa anxiously, trying to grasp exactly what he was going to say to her. I mean what was he going to say? 'Hey I know you thought me and Taylor were in love but she's actually just delusional and I actually like you, not her.' It just seemed too simple. Not to mention there was that whole task of Jackson having to say his feelings out loud, which was not an easy accomplishment for him. But still, here he was mulling over his words and egging himself on to go talk to her. Finally, he took a deep breath and walked over to the tree she was leaning against.
"Hey." He said simply.
She looked up at him confused, "Um, hi."
"I wanted to talk to you about what happened before."
Shit, shit, shit. Did he know about what happened with her and Eric? "W-what are you talking about?"
"About what Taylor told you," Jackson clarified.
"Oh, that. Don't even worry about it." Melissa said quietly. Of course she was really hurt about what transpired but she'd never tell him that.
"No, you don't understand. Me and Taylor aren't going out. I don't even like her." He explained desperately.
"What?" Melissa's mind was reeling.
"She thought I liked her and thought that was what I was trying to tell you. Of course I set her straight after she came back from running after you."
"Oh, I see." Melissa finally managed to choke out. She was inwardly doing the happy dance. Jackson didn't like Taylor!
"Yesterday, when I was talking to you, I wanted to tell you that I liked you." Jackson added. He sucked back a breath and waited for Melissa's response.
She smiled. "I like you too Jackson."
"So do you wanna… go out?" Jackson asked.
"Of course! I don't know what we'd do in the way of dates though." Melissa said thoughtfully.
"Oh don't worry, I'll think of something." Jackson said smiling to himself.
"Jaacckksssoooonn!" A voice called from camp.
"That sounds like Daley and she doesn't sound happy." Melissa said frowning.
"Yeah, I better go back to camp and see what she wants." Jackson said worriedly. A pissed off Daley was never good. He pecked Melissa on the cheek and jogged off to camp.
He kissed me! Melissa inwardly squealed. Wait a second, we're going out now. What the hell am I gonna do about Eric? She groaned. Why is life so complicated? It wasn't like she liked Eric the same way she liked Jackson. She had like Jackson from the first time she had saw him. She'd known Eric since kindergarten and had never felt anything toward him, until now. She wasn't quite sure if she even liked Eric. She loved joking around with him and that was it. But then again, that kiss….
Lex sat in front of the fire place biting his nails. He was stressed, to say the least. He was now keeping this huge secret that could potentially break up the group. I mean, why wouldn't he be stressed? It was tearing him up inside to lie to everyone but he knew it was for their own good. He scanned the campsite anxiously for some miracle answer to his problems. Nothing. Gee, thanks god.
"Hey Lex,"
"AHHH!" Lex yelled as he toppled over. Where the hell had that voice come from? He looked around but saw nothing. "God?"
"I prefer goddess actually." The voice answered. Taylor immerged from behind the plane.
"Oh, it's you." Lex said quietly. Well I feel stupid now…
"Why are you so anxious lately?" She inquired.
"Anxious? You think I'm anxious? Do I look anxious?" Lex nervously babbled.
"Um yeah, you kind of do actually." Taylor answered, perplexed by Lex's strange behaviour.
"Oh, um, I think it's the bananas." Lex said quickly. The bananas? Where the hell did that come from?
"The bananas?" Taylor echoed.
"Yup. That's it. I've eaten way too much of them and they kind of make me go crazy. It's true, ask Daley. One day my mom packed bananas in my lunch then BAM there I was in Spanish class speaking to me teacher in French." Lex explained enthusiastically. He actually ended up looking like a mental person, spitting out the word 'bam' and using big hand gestures.
"Okkaayyy…" Taylor said backing up slowly. "I think I'm gonna go charge the batteries now."
Lex sighed. This secret keeping was clearly driving him crazy. He didn't know how long he could keep this up. He just hoped that if and when he told the secret, that the group could try thinking with their heads instead of being over dramatic, hormonal teenagers. He had the feeling though that if this secret got out, things would defiantly change.
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