"Your turn," He said, chuckling. I took a sip of the Dr. Pepper he had brought out, and I took a step back. Throwing my head back, then bursting it forward, I spit the the sip out. Passing the chalk line we had drawn, I yelped in excitement and jumped on Julian. Stepping down, I did a victory clap.
"I POWNED YOU!" I yelled. He laughed, shaking his head.
"NO YOU DIDN'T!"
"YES, I DID!" This continued, with various "facts" and "evidence" about both sides of the case. I did pown him, by the way.
"Ahem," I heard a deep voice clear his throat, then a jingle of keys as he moved them from his hands. Slowly stepping away from Julian, we both flipped our heads and saw him standing there.
"Hey," I said, smiling. I felt warmth spread through me when I looked at him. "Wes, you know Julian, right?"
Wes put his hands in his pockets, still standing a few feet away. He inclined his head, doing that motion boys do to acknowledge each other.
"I've seen him around," Julian said, crossing his arms. I saw Wes staring him down, and I walked closer to him.
"I think I've told you about Julian before, right babe?" Wes glanced at me barely before glaring at Julian again.
"Once or twice." It was awkwardly silent for a few moments, and Julian cleared his throat.
"I'll see you later, Summer." I nodded, smiling slightly in apology, pleading with my eyes. He raised his eyebrows, smirking.
"See you round, bro."
Wes didn't say anything, instead watching Julian walk away.
"Before you say anything-" I started looking up to him.
"I wasn't gonna say anything." He said, sighing, and taking a step closer to me. "Just kiss me."
I smiled, glad to obey.
~
"And then they all died," Wes said, while playing with a strand of my hair as we laid on the couch. He smiled and I giggled, looking at the TV. We played this game where we would put the TV on mute, and we would do the commentary instead of the actual voices. It got pretty intense.
I sat up, since he had been lying on the inside of the couch, my back to the TV. He sat up as well, and I shifted to the middle of the couch, sitting next to him cross-legged. He copied me, and I smiled. Intertwining our hands, he leaned in for a kiss. I just leant my forehead against his.
"Hi," He said, smiling. I smiled, closing my eyes for a second, just taking in the moment.
"If you could do anything in the world right now, what would you do?" I said, pulling my face away. He raised his eyebrows, looking down at his feet.
"Anything?" I nodded, and he looked up to me. "I'd take back the things I said to my brother. Now that he's in the army, I don't know if he'll come home alive. And then I can never take it back."
I swallowed, looking down at the couch, trying to do anything to avoid eye contact with him.
"Hey," He whispered, looking at me. I finally dragged my eyes to his, blinking. "Wanna know the second thing I would do right now, if I could do anything?"
"What?" I whispered, pursing my lips. He smiled mischievously.
"This." Then he was on top of me, kissing me. I felt my heart rate go way up, and my breath fall out of my body. Normally, kissing Wes was like watching shooting stars. It leaves you breathless. But right now, for some reason, even though I enjoyed the kisses, I couldn't forget about someone. Julian just wouldn't leave my mind.