Addie & Kye adventure

[Addie Lockett]

Addie didn't think that she could ever feel as comfortable around anyone here as she did right now with Kye. He made her feel more at home than any place in the world ever could. People seemed to have this assumption that home has to be a place where you live or where your food is at for some people like Isabel. She obviously saw it a little differently - she believed that home was just where you felt the most comfortable. It wasn't always a specific place and in her case, it was just the company with her. She knew that she would feel just as cozy in a trashcan if Kye was right there beside her. She hadn't felt like she had so much hope in a really long time and she honestly wished that there was a non-insane way to thank him for everything that he was doing even if it wasn't intentional.

She was about to tell him that he didn't actually need to eat the disgusting pathetic mess of burnt marshmallow on the stick but he'd already ate the goopy mess. She couldn't even try to hold back her laughing fit when she noticed that he had goop on his hands and face. Why didn't he just ask her for a wet wipe from her purse? She seemed to forget that he couldn't possibly be aware that she had them since she hadn't told him and he didn't search her bags like she'd done to his though she had been looking for something with his permission. "Hold that thought, dear.." She gave him back the smore while she reached into her bag to grab a wipe She didn't even ask for consent from him before using it to clean off his face for him. "Much better." She liked him so much better when he was clean plus she was pretty sure that he would get covered in ants if he slept like that.

She tossed it aside before reaching to take her smore back from him. She took a small bite and was pleasantly surprised to find that it didn't taste like burnt fire. "This is actually really fucking good." She didn't finish it though mostly because her stomach was in far too many knots right now to even think about eating an entire smore. She needed to get her words out or she would risk losing her appetite for the entire adventure. How would she have fun if she was too busy thinking about how she didn't know what Kye was feeling for her? Love? Mild liking? Tolerance? Calling her the best high definitely knocked off pure tolerance but that still left liking and love. There could be a big difference between what he was feeling and what she knew that she was feeling. She knew in her heart that she was falling in love with him and it felt like the best thing that she'd ever gone through.

"Hey Kye..." She paused as she tried to think of a proper way to tell him what she was thinking. "Do you believe that there's any chance that a wonderful handsome guy could ever look at me and want me? I mean for more than just looks or initial attraction. Do you think that anyone could hear about my history and not find me completely revolting to date?" She just hoped that he picked up on her silly hint. She wanted him to say yes or maybe, confess that he had hidden feelings for her. They could be the new couple, ruling the school together by spiting on anyone who got in their way unlike those other mushy couples who just passively lay back kissing in the shadows. They wouldn't lose themselves to each other.

[Kylar Fox]

Kye laughed quietly as she cleaned off his face. Apparently he wasn't very good at doing it himself so he appreciated her effort. "Damn, and I thought I would just save it all for later." He said as she tossed away the towelette. "Guess not, huh?" He continued, handing back her sugary snack. He'd managed to catch another damn marshmallow on fire but hadn't realized it until it was already gooping off the stick and into the bottom of the fire pit. Defeated, he frowned at the sad little black puff and felt bad for letting it die. He failed it's sugary goodness.

"Hm?" Kye asked when she said his name. He continued to look at the fire, feeling the very welcomed heat on his skin as she spoke. As she continued, he wondered if she could read his mind because she was a super hero. It wouldn't surprise him, though, because she was amazing anyway. He fell sad inside because he knew exactly what she meant. He was probably the only person other than her that could really relate to having such a horrid, dark past that it burdened their every thought. He knew how it felt to be unwanted and ridiculed by everyone. That's why he didn't talk about his parents. He wasn't a killer, but that's what people saw. It was an accident and he was just a child. It haunted his every thought, everyday, even waking moment, every dream. He knew how Addie felt that that's why he trusted her.

When she was done speaking, he quietly blurted out, "I do. I see you for you." Shit. Realizing that he had, yet again, forgotten to think before he spoke, his eyes widened at how she might perceive that. His head shot her way as a little panic rushed through his head. "I-uh-I mean.. fuck. I didn't-" He paused and thought for a second. "Actually, yeah.. I did mean it and I don't want to take it back or feel bad for saying it either." Kye felt his face get a little hot, but he pushed on now that the cat was out of the bag. "I don't want to fuck things up between you and myself. We have a friendship that no one else gets and I love that. I lo-" He sighed and dropped his head for a moment, "You're the coolest chick I've ever met in my entire life. I don't want to lose that."

[Addie Lockett]

Addie had asked Kye that because she knew that he wasn't going to sugar coat anything. He wasn't going to tell her what he thought that she would want to hear. He was the last person that she expected to believe in happily ever after or true love. She felt like that made him the best person to ask. If someone who wasn't even a believer felt like she had a chance then maybe she did. She nearly gasped when he finally spoke well more blurted. "Oh my." She whispered under her breath as she didn't know what to say in response to that. This is where she was supposed to admit that she had incredibly strong feelings for him?

She frowned when she heard him start to panic a little. Was he going to take it back? She knew that it was too good to be true. She was surprised when he started talking once again an said that he didn't want to take it back. Oh sweet heavens! She couldn't even begin to explain the relief that she felt knowing that he wasn't just trying to coddle her. He actually had feelings... feelings for her. She smiled to herself as he spoke of their friendship and how he didn't want to screw what they had up. She could understand that. Their friendship was exactly why she didn't want to be his girlfriend, it was just too risky but that didn't mean that they couldn't have tonight.

What was the harm in just having fun for once in her life? She placed a finger over his mouth after he finished speaking so he couldn't second guess himself. "Hey... Don't even think to take it back." She removed her finger and replaced it with her lips. She'd kissed him earlier in the evening so it wasn't quite a new experience but she did add more intensity to this one. If something happened then it happened, she wasn't going to let her still strong fears dictate her life. She didn't know where this was coming from but she kind of liked it. Hopefully he would too and would understand that she was doing this because she knew that they could go right back to the way it was before if they needed to like this never even happened.

"I like you." She whispered after she'd finally pulled herself away. She didn't intend on being so casual about her confession but she wasn't sure if there was another way to tell someone that. "I think that I've liked you since we met but I never spoke of it. You are just so different from everyone else in this stupid city. You're the first person that I have ever really felt like I could trust and love without fear." She didn't even care that she'd said love. It didn't matter anymore.