Disguised As A Bad Boy

The Growth Of Friendship

"Oh, okay then."

We continued to eat our lasagne and all of a sudden I felt a hand, which made me jolt backward.

I looked down at the hand and then back at Tyler, who stared in another direction.

I smiled and slowly took his hand. When our hands were intertwined, Tyler tried to sneakily hide our hands by placing them in his pocket.

We continued to hold hands until dinner was over and unluckily Tyler and Ace were picked to wash the dishes. Lina and I were able to escape from it and we decided to simply chat.

"Hey Xavier, you know-" she began.

"Yeah? Tell me."

"I just want to thank you for everything you've done for me. You are my first friend and I'm so happy that I have someone who I can talk to about anything. Like we would never lie to each other, right?"

"Uh, yeah of course. I'm happy we're friends too Lina" I giggled and after a long conversation, it was late and time for me to get back to my tent.

"Talk to you tomorrow."

"Yep, see ya."

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Ace's POV

The sun became engulfed by darkness, the moon taking over the round dome above us.

It was late within the night and I was still wide awake, unable to sleep watching these two lovebirds. Tyler decided to sleep in the middle- only after arguing with me- distancing Chloe from me.

I stared at them as I could see them move closer and closer. Chloe's head was now touching Tyler's chest, his arms wrapped around her.

Looking at the two made me extremely angry, but I was mostly jealous for reasons I cannot explain.

After a few seconds, I've had enough. 

I rolled Tyler's body to face the opposite direction, placing my pillow between them.

Perfect, that worked.

They were no longer hugging so I laid back down, pleased with what I did.

The morning sun soon glowed its light through our tent, waking up a certain person. I moved my arms towards the middle, checking if anyone was there.

Nope! It was empty.

My eyes slowly opened and I saw that only Chloe was left in the tent. Her hair was a mess and drool was falling out of her mouth.

I laughed and without realizing it, I fell back to sleep.

The warmth of the sun shone on my chest and I felt so cozy. My pillow was cuddled right next to me and I hugged it tightly. It placed its arm around me, giving me extra affection.

Wait a minute. 

Its arm? What does that even mean? My pillow doesn't have 'arms'.

In an instant my eyes opened, only to see a little Chloe beside me, still asleep. 

Crap. What do I do? 

If Tyler walked in, it would cause a major problem for Chloe and I didn't want that to happen. Because of this, I let go of an amazing chance, my body pushed itself out of Chloe's arms.

"Hey Chloe, wake up" I shook her arm, attempting to wake up this snoring bear.

"Wake up will you?"

"No, I want more sleep" her voice croaked, "I'm cold."

"You can have my blanket then."

"No, let's sleep together Tyler" she took my hand and pulled me down to her.

I was completely and utterly shocked. But was it selfish of me to want to stay like this forever? I know I'm not Tyler, but, is it wrong for me to want her beside me?

"What the hell Ace!"

I immediately stood up as fast as lightning, while Chloe began to wake from her slumber.

"What are you doing with my girlfriend!" Tyler yelled.

"It's not what you think. I swear-"

"No it's exactly what I think, Chloe, are you cheating on me?"

As soon as Chloe became aware of the situation, she sat there in shock, unable to speak.

"I was just sleeping! We didn't do anything and I'm not cheating-" Chloe said, as quiet tears fell from her eyes.

"Ace! Me. You. Outside" he growled.