The Little Scout
Chapter Ten
Tessa's POV
"Hey, Jimmy, morning." Tessa smiled at him. The rain poured down heavily and Jimmy looked absolutely soaked. "Wanna come in?"
"It's freezing out here." He moaned.
"I told you to stop patrolling." She grinned at him.
"Stop being mean." Jimmy sunk beside her. "Why aren't you in Mason's tent?"
"You know I like the rain."
"No, I didn't."
"Well you do now, I like the rain and the sound of thunder."
"Nice to know."
"Hey, can I tell you something?" Tessa asked him.
"Sure, anything."
"I know this girl and she really likes you."
"Really?"
"You don't seem very interested."
"It's just that I don't really like anyone at the moment, you know with the whole invading aliens..." Jimmy trailed off.
"Liar, you're lonely, you either need a puppy or a girl. And we have a short supply of both, but we have no puppies left since we lost Nemo."
"Yeah, I miss him, he was a good dog."
"Well we have no puppies. You need a girl, and she's really nice and I know you'll love her."
"Tessa, I don't need a girlfriend, or a puppy or any other means of company."
"Yes you do! I don't want you be one of those people that end up having fifteen hundred cats Jimmy!"
"Tessa, we're at war with aliens, if anything I'll have a slender to take out of this." Tessa slapped him hard on the shoulder.
"DON'T JOKE ABOUT THAT!" She shouted.
"Okay, okay! Sorry."
"So, are you going to at least be nice to her?"
"No."
"But I know you'll like her."
"Maybes I won't, maybe I don't like..."
"Jimmy are you..."
"Shush." Jimmy said. "Not here." He whispered.
"You are! That is so awesome! Who do you like? Do you want me to set you up with someone?"
"I do like someone but I don't want you to set me up with them."
"Who? Who's the lucky...I'll shut up."
"Thank you, don't make a big deal out of this, please?"
"Okay, but does Ben know?"
"Yes, I told him first."
"That jerk! He didn't tell me!"
"Tessa, I told him not to tell you because you'd do this."
"Do what?"
"Freak out."
"I didn't freak out! I bet he asked you if you liked him!" Jimmy nodded. "That shallow moron. You have standards."
"Says his girlfriend."
"Hey, I settled." Jimmy laughed at her.
"Your soaked, you should go back to sleep."
"No, I'm fine."
"Take my jacket." Tessa shook her head. "The last thing we need is for you to be sipping down chicken soup, if your annoying when you get period pain, god knows what your like when your sick."
"Hey!" Jimmy smiled and shared his jacket between them.
When Tessa woke up the next morning, Jimmy was asleep; his jacket was draped across her shoulders. He looked peaceful. That was until he got kicked in the head. "What are you two doing?" Ben asked.
"Ben, calm your boots, we fell asleep." Tessa told him. "And there's no need to kick people in the head." Ben rolled his eyes.
"Ow, what was that for?" Jimmy asked, rubbing his head.
"You need a shower..." Tessa advised him. His cheek, from where he'd been lying on the ground, was full of mud.
"Yeah, you do. Desperately. It's everywhere." Jimmy stood up and shoulder-barged Ben.
"That's what you get for kicking him in the head!" Tessa shouted, laughing.
"Really? Come here, give me a hug!" Ben shouted he wrapped his muddy body around Tessa and made her shriek.
"Get off me Ben!" She shrieked. He just squeezed her tighter. The rain hadn't stopped and they were all drenched to the skin. Especially Tessa who had managed to worm out of Ben's grip and landed into Jimmy's instead.
"I'm not letting you go!" Jimmy joked.
"Hey! Guys! Pack it in, I've got afternoon shift." Maggie complains. "Why are you all wet and muddy?"
"It's raining."
"I know put, how did you get mud in your hair Tessa?"
"They did it!" She shouted she pointed to the boys and they tried to look innocent. Maggie just rolled her eyes.
"Just be a little quieter, for petes sake." She smiled and returned to the tent.