Clearwater [Mikey Way]

"Remember, first person to pull away is to be punished!" Pete says with a smirk.

I give Sammi a pleading look but she just smirks and gestures for me to kiss the now blushing boy sitting across from me in the circle.

Mikey's doing the same to Gerard but just gets the same reaction.

We sigh in defeat and get on our hands and knees, leaning towards each other.

We look each other in the eye for a second before he quickly leans in, his lips crashing with mine.

I gasp slightly against his lips but kiss back, determined to win.

I hear Pete muttering something about how cute they'd be together and I roll my eyes, but don’t stop kissing him.

Mikey reaches one hand up and cups my face, not backing off once.

I smile slightly and sit on my knees, wrapping my arms around his neck.

He somehow manages to move back into sitting crossed legged and pulls me onto his lap.

I tilt my head a little and deepen the kiss just a bit but he deepens it even more.

Why is he kissing me like this?
He has a girlfriend doesn’t he?
What am I doing?!
She may be a bitch but I'm kissing another girls man!
Oh my fucking god. No!

I quickly pull away and climb off his lap quickly and make sure I'm a decent distance from him.

He just stares at me and I shake my head quickly.

The others are also looking at me.

I sigh and look at my hands.

Its silent for a little before Pete cuts in "Who's next?!" he asks and Patrick raises his hand

"I'll go." He says and spins it lightly.

It only spins once or twice but it definitely lands on me.

I'm not having a lot of luck, am I?

I sigh and say "Let's just get this over with" before I grab him by the collar and kiss him hard.

I feel him smirk softly against my lips and kiss me back roughly.

I smirk back and tangle my hand in his hair.

He doesn’t have a girlfriend does he?
No one mentioned her so I guess I'm safe.
Maybe I can actually win this one.
Actually, no.
I WILL win this one.

I start to kiss him a little more roughly and he picks up what I'm doing and kisses back even more roughly.

I wrap my arms around his neck and tug his hair, ignoring the catcalls and whistles of the others.

He smirks and I feel one hand disappear from where he was holding me.

He must be flipping the others off, thank god.

I suddenly feel his hand reappear on my ass.

Oops. I fucking guess not.

I gasp and pull away, glaring at him as he smirks and says "I wiiiin."

I roll my eyes and climb off him.

I glance over at Mikey and notice his blank and bored expression.
At least, I think that’s what it was.
It was completely unreadable.
His pokerface.

I turn my attention back to Patrick and roll my eyes. "Don’t get too excited." I say and he chuckles.

Mikey suddenly stands up and grabs my hand.

"We're gonna head back before Tyler come around and checks our cabin. She scares me." he said and pulled me away from Patrick slightly.

Is someone jealous?


I say goodbye to Sammi and the guys before Mikey gives me an irritated glare, telling me to leave before he drags me away by my hair.

That might be an over exaggeration.
But still.

We walked most of the way in silent before he stopped us, turning me to him before kissed me quickly.

My eyes widen and I push him away "Dude, you have a girlfriend!" I say and he nods.

"I know. And I respect you for pulling away before. I just needed to do that one more time before I say that it can't happen. Like, ever again." He says and I nod.

"Agreed." I tell him and he nods.

"Can I at least have a hug?" He asks and I smile slightly, walking into his outstretched arms and wrapping my own around him.

He smiled and rested his head on mine.

Why he's doing this I don’t know.
We've known each other barely a day and he's acting like he's known me my entire life.
Not that I'm complaining.
I need a friend like that.

Maybe he knows that and is trying to be that friend.
No.
He wouldn’t care.
Why should he?

But why else would he do this?

I let out a sigh, all those questions buzzing around in my head.
Confusing me like nobody's business.

He looks at me. "are you okay?" he asks and I nod, plastering a fake smile on my face.

"Yeah." I say and we walk back to the cabin in complete silence.

***

When we get back, I change quickly in the bathroom before getting into bed.

I cover my eyes with my arm and Mikey climbs up onto his bed after turning the light out.

I let out a sigh and listen to the silence.

Well, until Mikey broke that calming silence.

"So, can I ask you something?" He asks and I nod, even though he can't see me.

"Sure." I say quietly and he sighs.

"Is what they're saying about you true? Have you killed people? Spent time in prison and all that shit?" he asks and I smile slightly.

"Not at all. I've been in court before but I only got community service. But right now I'm in the shit. I have to stay here or go to juvie for destruction of property…" I say then hesitate "And accessory to murder." I add quietly.

He hangs over the side of the bed and looks at me. "Why?"

I sigh.

Do I tell him what happened or not?
He doesn’t seem like the type to judge me.

I bit my lip and nod.

"I didn’t know there was people in this boat shed. Me and my brother were helping one of his friends with getting "even" with this guy by burning his boat shed down. But he was IN there and we didn’t know. I lit the match, Matty poured the gasoline and Lester was the one to actually throw the match and light the place. We had no clue until we were walking away and heard screaming. Next thing I knew, the cops were there and my big brother and his best friend were in the back of a police car and another was on the way for me. Jack, the cop that brought me here, convinced them that I had hope and needed a second chance so, they gave me a choice. Here or juvie. Jack made me come because he didn’t want to see me in juvie with all the really bad eggs. My brother and his friend are in prison though. We didn’t mean to kill the guy. We really didn’t." I say with tears forming in my eyes and my voice cracks at the end.

He doesn’t say anything for a minute and the tears start falling freely as I remember that horrible night.

I can still remember sitting on the dock with me feel hanging in the water while the police were waiting for backup.

He suddenly climbs down from his bed.
I can't really see him but I feel him climb into my bed and hug me close.

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