AN: Happy birthday Jasmyn! Here's a short little drabble for your special day! I hope it was a good one!
"Okay keep your eyes closed."
"Why? Where are we going?" I asked for the millionth time. After I got home from the Dot; my parents, Katie, Dallas, and Cam's mom along with Dylan were waiting for me with huge, suspicious smiles.
"You'll see!" Katie giggled. "But for good measure…" She tied a bandana across my eyes.
We were walking for a while, the others were chatting but I was just silent and filled with anxiety and curiosity. Then finally we came to a stop.
"Okay… you can look." My mom told me.
I slipped the bandana off my eyes and looked up. We were standing in front of a small, white, two story house.
"What's this?" I asked confused. I looked to Cam's mom. "Wait are you moving here?!"
Mrs. Saunders shook her head with a soft smile. "I wish I was. However, that's not what this house is for."
"What's it for then?"
"It's for you and Dylan." Dallas answered.
I looked at him for a second and then back up to the house. "You're kidding right?" I looked around to everyone else, they just smiled. "You didn't."
"We did." Katie said.
"How?!"
"Well you deserve a place of your own. You're 18 now and Dylan will be starting school soon. You work hard, so we figured this was the least we could do for you." My father explained. "So we put our money together and here we are."
I was in shock. "Can I… can I go inside?!" I asked.
"Of course," Mrs. Saunders handed me the key.
Slowly I took it and walked up the small path.
The inside was cute and cozy. It had three bedrooms and one and a half bath.
Dylan came running after me and found me in the kitchen. I grabbed him and picked him up. Mrs. Saunders wasn't too far behind.
"Why a three bedroom?" I asked her.
"Well one for you, one for Dylan, and a guest room." She answered.
"Will you come stay with us sometime?"
She smiled "That was the plan."
I sighed "I just realized something."
"What is that honey?"
"I've never thanked you for everything you've done for me. Cam…" I took a deep breath. "Cam was a great guy and he meant a lot to me. And I know he would want me to thank you."
"Oh Maya," She pulled me into a hug. "Thank you."
I pulled away from her "For what?"
"You've given me a wonderful grandchild, and it makes me happy to know that in the last days of his life Campbell was with a great girl like you. You're one of the strongest people I've ever met."
Tears filled both of our eyes. "I'm going to go look upstairs." I mumbled needing to get away from this situation.
I carried Dylan upstairs and wandered around.
Finally I found myself in the master bedroom. I set Dylan down and sat on the floor.
"Mommy, why are we here?" Dylan asked.
"This is our new house Dylan, we're gonna be living here from now on." I told him. "Do you like it?"
He looked around with wide eyes and then shrugged his little shoulders. "It's k."
I chuckled at him and instantly reminded myself of Dallas.
I looked up to the sky hoping Cam was somewhere up there watching us.
My family and friends had gone out of their way to help me in everything I did. Even Zig had come back into my life. Everything seemed to be going perfect. But it was only summer. In a month Katie would be back to school, Dallas was taking more classes, Tris and Tor would be off to college, and Dylan would be starting kindergarten.
It was crazy, it seemed like just a couple months ago I was just starting high school, and I had a crush on Zig.
I laughed at former me. How blissful it had been to be young and have my whole future ahead of me…
"Mommy, why you always look up?" Dylan snapped me back to reality.
I looked into my son's big blue eyes. This was the first time he had ever asked me a question relating to Cam. I knew he had no idea what he was asking me but my stomach still tightened and I had no idea what to say.
"Come on baby, let's go home."
A smile spread across his chubby cheeks. "We are home." He said with a giggle.
