💕If Only We Knew💕

A Shooting Star

I turned around and looked down seeing Benny. He was laying on the floor starring at me with a smile. "It's made."

I smiled back and hopped in the sleeping bag. Benny was propped on his back against the wall holding his baseball bat. I was on his left side propped against the wall as well. We both watched intently as Ham showed Smalls how to make the s'more.

"Want one?" Benny asked turning to me. I looked at him with a grin, "what kind of question is that?" Benny smiled and shook his head looking at his hands on his lap. 

"I don't know, but I'll take that as a yes." Benny quickly pulled himself to his feet and walked over to Ham's s'more set up. I watched as the boys told jokes and laughed. Suddenly I saw squints get up and run to the entrance of the tree house. 

He grabbed a flashlight on a table near the entrance door and turned it on. "K, quiet you guys." He whispered sitting on a table on a elevated floor. Benny jogged over with two s'mores in his hands. 

He sat down next to me turning to face me. I looked at him and down at his hands, I smiled back and took the s'more that he had held out to me. "Thanks." I said receiving "Welcome." from Benny. I watched as he took a huge bite out of the s'more, I followed his action looking back at Squints.

Everyone was still laughing and talking when Squints whispered yelled once again, "Shh! Quiet! Are you trying to wake it up?! It just went to bed!" 

This time everyone went silent, we all turned our heads facing Squints. I had no clue what he was talking about. "What just went to bed?" I asked in a normal volume. 

All the boys but turned towards me and shushed me. "Just listen y/n." Benny whispered to me.

All the boys but Benny whispered "The beast." "Oh yeah!" Smalls yelled from the pile of boys. All the boys slapped his arm and smacked his head while shushing him. 

Squints began telling the story. (You all should know the story, I'm not writing all that my hands already hurt from typing.)

                                                                         (Part in the Story)

"Bone and all." Squints said in a story telling tone. I shivered at that, knowing that this beast we were talking about slept just right out the tree house scared me. Benny must've noticed because he placed his hand on my head ruffling my hair. 

I looked up at him in confusion, but when I did he was already starring at me. He had this bright smile that made me forget about reality. I never thought someone's smile could be so memorizing. 

I smiled back and he then moved his hand to my shoulder. He pulled me closer to him leaving my head to rest on the side of his chest. I smiled knowing someone cared for me. I loved mine and Benny's relationship. 

But for some reason I felt like I wasn't getting the whole package, I want more. It felt like only getting 24 crayons out of a 25 pack. Where was the last one? 

Maybe I did like Benny, but how do I know? How do I know I really like him? And if I did, does he like me back? 

I snapped back to reality when I heard Squints say, "Forever." He repeatedly said Forever in a scary tone. I then shrieked and without thinking I hid my face between Benny's chest and elbow. 

Benny was shocked and jumped a bit to my sudden movement. "Really? Why'd you say it like that? Now look, she won't sleep tonight." Benny said annoyed.

Than it hit me, I had showed my fear to the story. They must think I'm such a wussy. I quickly moved my head away from Benny and looked at the rest of the boys.