Camp Closeted

Chapter 17: So Shady

I didn't sleep that night. I just buried myself deeper beneath my thick blankets as my eyes just stared at

the poles that held Jesse's bed up.

I couldn't help but wonder as to why he was so unbothered by what happened.

What I did was so embarrassingly gross.

My eyes didn't even bother to move as the boys around me started waking up, some even leaving the

cabin.

Benny's curious voice appeared as I quickly looked at him. "What did y'all do last night?" He asked

amused, quickly sitting on the side of my bed as he adjusted his bright yellow turtle neck.

I threw Benny a cautious look, making him speak again. "He ain't up there." He rolled his eyes.

"Really?" I asked, pushing his bed in to see if it would lightly rise up, which it did. "That's weird. I don't

remember seeing him leave."

"Oh no don't change the subject!" Benny's hand gently landed on my body. "What did y'all do last

night?"

I closed my eyes as the thought of me nose bleeding swept over my mind. "Long story short, we kissed

by the lake." Benny quickly interrupted me.

"Shut up, y'all didn't! Oh my god!" He threw himself back as he gasped, ending with a loud booming

cackle that made some of the boys in the cabin throw him confused looks. "Oh sweet baby Jesus I'm

about to pass out!" He flailed his hands around like a chicken.

I couldn't help but laugh as I watched Benny completely go crazy, putting my arm underneath my head

with a small smile. "Sounds like it was perfect but it really wasn't."

"What do you mean?" Benny snapped his head back, raising his eyebrows at me.

"My nose bled as we kissed." My voice came out soft as his mouth fell to the floor.

"Micah don't play with me." His disturbed face being covered with his hand, making me close my eyes

as I nodded. "Oh honey." Benny sighed. "But before your nose bled, was the kiss good at least?"

My cheeks began to burn as I looked down, unconsciously brushing my lips with a finger as if Jesse's

lips left an imprint on me. "Yea I guess so."

Benny threw me a proud smile as if he was a mom watching her baby take their first steps, but all of a novelbin

sudden it faltered. "Micah can I tell you something?"

"Yea sure, what is it?" I spoke low, his deep brown eyes piercing mine seriously.

"Although I do love a good ship, trust me, I wouldn't suggest dating him." Benny let out as I was slightly

taken a back from his words.

I slowly got up from my bed as I leaned back against its headboard, not breaking eye contact with

Benny. "Not that I was planning to date him in the first place, but can I ask why?"

He slowly nodded his head as he pursed his lips. "His ex boyfriend, period." Benny looked away, his

tone shifted to a more serious tone I had never heard come from him till now.

"W-what about his ex?"

"Well his ex, Tristan, is another level of psycho." Benny's eyes widened as he said the word psycho. "I

swear, Universal Studios can add his ass to the roster of murderers and milk him for 10 movies, that's

how crazy he is."

"What?" I couldn't help but anxiously laugh. "How?" I asked quietly, looking around at the empty cabin.

"After Jesse broke up with Tristan, he made sure that Jesse doesn't get with anyone else. You ain't the

first boy that Jesse has gotten with." Benny continued as his voice progressively got quieter. "I did

notice though that Tristan only takes action when the person Jesse gets with, actually starts dating

him."

"What do you mean take action?" I caged my legs with my arms tightened around my body as I looked

down.

"I don't know, but the last guys Jesse has dated just magically disappeared, left him on read, or just

started ignoring him for some reason." Benny finally ended, visibly waiting for my response.

"How do you even know about these things?" I bit my lip as I asked Benny, the sun proceeding to creep

further into the window, making some rays shine onto my face.

"Well I'm friends with Andrew and I already told you how he hides in corners and bushes to take

pictures." Benny took a quick pause to breathe. "He hears some shit, and he tells me."

"Whoever this Tristan guy is, I won't have to deal with him anyway because I don't even like Jesse like

that. Also with the stunt I pulled yesterday? I can tell Jesse is completely and utterly disgusted by me

and is just trying to hide it." My hand went over my face, feeling strands of my growing brown hair fall

onto my forehead.

Just before Benny could've responded, his face rapidly shriveled in shock from what sounded like

sudden footsteps running away from the cabin boomed through our ears.

The sound demanded attention as I slightly tensed up. "D-do you think that was Tristan?" I stuttered

through my whisper.

"Let's just pray it wasn't." Benny tried to force a smile at me.