TRUE LOVE [Chapter 7: Eyes Closed]

The final two days of camping were a little awkward for me. Cameron and I were still talking, but there was a kind of emptiness to his words. He didn’t glow like he used to before the night at the lake. I know he was hurt. Natalie could even tell that there was some sort of difference in the way we acted around each other. I just told her I wasn’t sure what was up with him. We all headed back to Depoe Bay where we were dropped off at Cameron and Natalie’s house. My Jeep was still parked next to the house where I left it. Cameron offered to help me load up my stuff in the Jeep.

“I was…uh…” I began

“What?” he froze in place

“Well. I was wondering if it was okay if I stayed the night here?” I asked with a smile

He didn’t react at first, but then he smiled, “Sure, I’m okay with that.”

“Okay.” I said as I followed him inside his home

As we walked in, there was a grand stair case that lead up to the second floor. In the center of the room on the ceiling was a large rustic chandelier. It wasn’t an extremely glitzy and glamourous home, but there was some expensive taste that was put into this home when it was built.

“Mom. Joey is going to stay the night!” Cameron shouted hoping his mother would hear

“You are?” Natalie came skipping out of the kitchen with a cookie

“Yeah.” I smiled

“Hey, where did you get those?!” Cameron asked

“Mom is baking cookies.” She said covering her mouth being lady like

“Come on.” Cameron looked at me smiling as we headed towards the kitchen

We walked into the kitchen to find miss Langley scraping the warm cookies onto a cooling rack. She had the technique down to a tee. Scrape, scoop up four cookies at a time, tilt and slide.

“Mom. Did you hear me?” he asked grabbing two cookies and handing me one

“Oh yeah sweetie. That’s more than okay.” She said with a smile looking at me

“Thank you miss Langley.” I smiled with a mouth full of cookie

We headed upstairs to the second floor. At the landing we made a right and headed down a hall with two doors. One was a bathroom, the other was a bedroom. Cameron’s bedroom was spacious. He had a queen size bed, a bay window overlooking the hillside with an ocean view. He had a desk with his school books laid out. A flat screen TV on the wall and posters of actors and singers decorating it. He jumped onto his bed laying back. I joined him by gently sitting on the edge of the bed.

“What do you wanna do?” Cameron asked staring up at the ceiling

“I’m not sure. Just kick back, relax, watch movies in bed? Uh…I mean…in your room?” I stuttered

“That sounds nice.” Cameron sat up smiling at me

He stood up and faced me, “Look. I’m so sorry about the way I’ve been acting. I’m just giving you your time and space.” He finally admitted

“I know you are. I’m sorry if this is hurting you. It was never my intentions to do that.” I said

“I know it wasn’t. I guess…” he paused

“What?” I asked curious

“I guess I was hoping it would be like a romantic movie, where everything just falls into place. But this isn’t a movie…is it?” he said

“No. I guess not.” I said looking down at my feet

“Well, it’s okay. Let’s not talk about it. I’ll go make some popcorn, steal a couple cookies and grab some movies. What kind of movies?” he asked

“Scary!” I said with excitement

“Scary it is.” He chuckled and left the room

While he was away, I stood up and looked at his wall decorations; photos of him and friends, achievement awards. But there was one photo that caught my eye. It was a photo of me. It was taped on his mirror bundled up next to a bunch of pictures of him and his friends. It was just me. I wasn’t even looking at the camera. He must have taken a candid photo of me walking around school or something. As I was leaning into the picture, Cameron arrived with a small plate of cookies and a bowl of popped popcorn and an arm full of movies.

“Hey. When did you take this?” I asked pointing at the picture

“Oh…um. That. This is embarrassing.” He said placing the food and movies on the desk, “I took that a week after that weekend we went to the beach. You were walking across the quad at school.” He said blushing

“Why didn’t you just ask me for a picture?” I asked

“I wasn’t sure if that would weird you out?” he said

“No. This kind of does,” I said pointing at the picture, “But not a picture you want of me posing.” I laughed

“Well, will you?” he asked digging in his desk for his camera

“Oh…I look like shit.” I said

“No you don’t…you never could look like shit.” He smiled

“Take one with me then.” I said

He looked at me with a crooked smile.

“Really?” he asked

“Yeah. Come on.” I said patting the bed to have him sit next to me.

He sat down right next to me and put one arm around my shoulders. I wrapped my arm around him as well. He stretched out his left arm with the camera. From the corner of my eye, I could see him turn to face me.

“Can I kiss your cheek?” he asked softly

I turned to face him. I nodded and looked back towards the camera. He slowly leaned in and placed his soft lips on my cheek. He snapped not one but two photos. The photos printed out on his Polaroid camera. We smiled once they developed before our eyes.

“They came out good.” I said

“They did. Here…take this one.” He said handing me the second copy

“Oh…thanks. But they’re your photos.” I said

“Yeah, but I want us to have something as a memory. Just in case you decide that you don’t…you know.” He said sounding a little sad again

“Cam…”I said looking at him not wanting him to feel sad

“Come on. Let’s watch this movie.” He said changing the subject

Cameron held up a DVD copy of Paranormal Activity. I hadn’t seen it…or any of those movies. I was too chicken shit to watch it. Well. I did say scary and he brought scary.

“Okay.” I said with a shaky voice

“Go ahead.” He said gesturing to the bed

“What?” I asked

“Well go get in.” he said flipping the light switch turning them off

I didn’t realize how late it was getting. The fire colored sky grew darker as the sun began to set. I climbed into the right side of the bed and under the blankets. His bed was extremely comfortable. The movie was beginning as he grabbed the cookies and popcorn from the desk and joined me in his bed. He got under the covers and his legs brushed against mine. He was warm.

As the movie began to get good, the scary parts were so terrifying to me that I kept jumping and almost knocking the popcorn out of Cameron’s hands. He kept laughing every time I jumped. I finally smacked his arm.

“Ouch.” He said laughing

“Don’t laugh at me.” I said smiling

“You’re so cute. I can’t believe you have never seen this.” He said

“This stuff scares me.” I admitted

“Well, don’t worry. You got me to protect you tonight. I won’t let anything happen to you.” He said smiling at me

I turned my face looking at him. We were so close because I had scooted closer to him at every scary moment. Our noses almost touched. His piercing blue eyes were locked on me. His lips were moist.

“Promise?” I asked

“I promise.” He said

At that moment. I don’t know what came over me. I leaned closer and pressed my lips on his. His hands released the popcorn bowl and ran up my arm, to my shoulder and then neck. His eyes were closed and I closed mine. His legs and thighs began to intertwine with mine under the covers. Our mouths opened consuming each other. His tongue inside my mouth…my tongue pushing against his and entering his mouth. With every smack of our kissing I bit down gently on his bottom lip, sucking it then releasing it and re-opening my mouth to take more of him in. Our bodies were pressed against one another as we sat up in his bed. I could feel his heavy breathing against my chest. Suddenly a quick knock and the swinging of the bedroom door opening split us apart and we jumped back almost to the edge of each side of the bed. Natalie walked in frozen in place.

“Uh. Did I interrupt something?” she smiled

“Natalie. What did I tell you about barging in?!” snapped Cameron

“Sorry. Thought you guys were just watching a movie.” She snickered
“Grow up. We are watching a movie. What do you want?!” Cameron snapped

I was too embarrassed to even look at Natalie. I kept my focus a downward.

“Mom said not to stay up too late.” She said

“I know!” Cameron shouted

“And, she said to take out the trash before it gets too late.”

“Okay!” He said trying to get her to leave

“Goodnight boys.” She laughed closing the door as she left

We looked at each other and laughed.

“Fuck that was close.” Cameron said

“It’s not like she doesn’t know.” I said

“Yeah, about me.” He said

“Yeah.” I said unsure if that was a jab

“I didn’t mean it that way. There isn’t any pressure. I’m really surprised by you. It was nice…really nice.” He said with a big smile on his face

I smiled and then asked, “Aren’t you going to take out the trash?”

“Oh…yeah…um. Maybe when I don’t have a boner.” He said lifting the sheet to reveal his tented shorts

I laughed and sat back against the headboard and began to eat some popcorn. After the movie, we decided to go to sleep.

            In the morning I woke up to the sound of the bedroom door opening. I lied in bed still. I squinted my eyes to appear to be asleep. It was Cameron as he entered the room with a towel wrapped around his waist. He stood in front of his closet and unwound the towel from his waist holding it in his hands drying off the rest of his body and hair. His perfect bubble butt looked even better in daylight. He turned to look if I was awake. I quickly shut my eyes again which felt like they were wide open. Through narrow slits in my eyes, I could see his figure coming towards me. His penis swung as he walked and just inches from my face as he leaned down and kissed me on my temple.

“Time to wake up, sleepy head.”  He said putting on underwear

I pretended to stretch out of my sleepiness and sat up. I ran my fingers through my hair trying to make myself look more presentable.

“Morning.” I said

“Morning.” He smiled back at me

After I got out of a bed, out of the shower and dressed, we headed towards school. I drove Cameron to school. I couldn’t take Natalie because she was still a minor and I wasn’t permitted to drive with minors. Natalie was dropped off by her mother. When we got to school, I felt like first period dragged on. Between Nick’s constant smart mouth and Natalie’s talking, I felt like I couldn’t focus on what I wanted to…which was Cameron. Once the bell rang, I got up and sprinted out of class. I walked towards my second period class when I noticed Cameron coming towards me.

“Come with me really quick.” He said shifting directions towards the boy’s bathroom

We walked inside and Cameron checked each stall. He walked towards me grabbed me violently by the shirt collar and shoved me into an empty stall. He closed the door behind us and he began kissing me. His hands were under my shirt caressing my back, some of it tickled. I reciprocated by grabbing his ass and pulling him closer to me. He kissed my neck passionately, my Adam’s apple and chin. We then heard someone walking into bathroom. I quickly stood on top of the toilet bowl seat as Cameron faced the stall door, making it appear as if one person was in the stall. We didn’t recognize the voices, but someone entered the stall next to us. Cameron looked through the crack of the door and saw two guys at the urinal and we could hear the third person next to us. After a couple of minutes, they finally left. We hurried out of the stall and pretended to be at the sink washing our hands.

“That was too close.” I said

“Yeah. Kind of exciting though.” He said

“No it wasn’t. I don’t want anybody knowing this.” I said

“What? Are you ashamed?” he asked

“No. That’s not…of what? Of being straight?” I asked stupidly

“Straight?!” Cameron looked at me shocked

“Whatever. Look…this is my private life and my business. We can’t be doing this where people will find out.” I said frustrated

Cameron looked directly at me, shifting his body in anger.

“So you want us to lie to everyone except each other?” he asked

“This is getting so complicated and it shouldn’t.” I said

“You’re right. It shouldn’t. But that’s something you have to deal with on your own.” He said walking out of the bathroom

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