I laid down in my bed, sorting throughout the many emotions which had arisen along the drive last night when Jasmine had so generously offered to drop me home. 

Emotions weren't the only things which had arisen.

But regardless, I had realized one thing. That I clearly had a death wish because it seemed like I was falling for my best friend's twin sister. And the worst part of it wasn't the fact that Isaac would rather drink cat piss than allow me to date his sister, but rather the if Jasmine was given the same choice - she would also rather drink cat piss.

Even if a tiny part of her was attracted to me, that was purely physical.

Shove the emotions deep down.

I didn't need Jasmine Wilder to become another one of my problems. I already had enough trouble getting to school on time every day - and it didn't help that my mom had now given me the job of dropping Elijah off to school.

I had enough on my plate, so I shouldn't be obsessing over Jasmine, was what the reasonable part of my brain was saying. Unfortunately, I wasn't too reasonable, and anyways it was a teensy-weensy crush. Very tiny.

It couldn't be that bad.

Or maybe it could. She had managed to distract me from thoughts of kissing any other girls. I guessed that was a good thing considering the promises I had made to my mom.

'No, Cameron,' I mumbled under my breath, 'she's off-limits.'

I would not let this crush develop anymore. Nope. I will give in her to wishes and find my way out of her life, and just as it was all agreed - my phone rang.

Was it nerdy that my ringtone was that one song from Stranger Things?

Pfftt.... me? Nerdy?

I picked up the phone, answering it before anymore crazy thoughts went through my head. I pressed it to my ear.

'Hello,' I said, and my voice sounded strangely deep and husky. Probably because I hadn't talked much since my only two family members had ditched me the second, they woke up. 

'Cam?' It was Isaac. 'Are you free?'

'By free, do you mean I have nothing better to do? Because that would be yes,' I said. Not even a chuckle. Even if Jasmine was not funny as she thought herself to be - at least she had a sense of humor, unlike her cold twin brother.

Great, I'm thinking about her again.

'Just at the usual hill. I want to go hiking.' I groaned, every bone in my body cracking as I stood up.

'You want me to pick you up?' I asked him. I could almost hear him shaking his head from the other side of the phone.

'No,' he said bluntly. 'I got a ride. I'll see you there in a hour.' Then he hung up.

That was anticlimactic. 

The drive was an hour long. An hour. So, I did something which I only did on long drives by myself - I played One Direction.

I'm not going to deny that One Direction had been one of the best bands in the world. Even better than Guns N Roses, my favorite band. I wouldn't admit it to anyone though. 

Liking One Direction would definitely not fit my "bad boy" reputation. Actually, most of the stuff I liked wouldn't fit my reputation, which was why barely anyone knew me well. Even Isaac. Mysterious was how every girl liked a man. 

After very shamefully listening to One Direction for an hour or so, I finally arrived at my destination. 

Before Isaac, which was pretty annoying since I had nothing to do. So, I resorted to playing games on phone while I waited. Fifteen minutes later, I heard a car pulling in. A black Range Rover which looked very familiar.

It's Isaac's car.

I frowned. There was no way Jasmine would allow him to drive the car - Isaac had complained that the car was for both of them. A good thing too, because I still wondered how Isaac ever managed to pass his driver's license.

One of the world's biggest mysteries.

I'd been right.

Jasmine wouldn't have let Isaac drive the car. So, she drove it here, and it seemed she was going to be hiking with us, because she stepped out, wearing clothes which were much more appropriate for hiking than the clothes which I wore. 

'Jasmine?' I asked in surprise, and I saw a crease appear between her eyebrows as I called her name. She didn't like me saying her name?

'Yeah, I'm going to stay in the car...' she muttered awkwardly, her voice trailing off as she turned around to see the car was gone. I had realized that a while ago, but I didn't mention it for one reason.

Because even if I didn't want myself to fall in love with the younger Wilder twin, that didn't mean I found her any less interesting. And maybe I just liked being around here a little bit more than I should...

'I hate that little,' she muttered along with a few curse words - most of which I had called Elijah a few hundred times every day. Some which I had never even heard before. 

'Wow, and I thought I had a potty mouth,' I said, chuckling softly. She turned to face me, her hair whipping in the wind as she glared at me. And I know she was trying to intimidate, but she just looked so cute!

'Not everything's about you, Cameron,' she snapped. I blinked, reminding myself that she was Isaac's sister once more. She took a deep breath, before lifting her gaze to my face. 'He's going to come back.' 

She sounded unsure. I don't think even she believed what she had just said.

'De Nile's a river in Egypt,' I said in a sing-song voice which without doubt frustrating the hell out of her. 

She sighed resignedly. 

'I guess we have to go on this hike,' said Jasmine. I looked at her, smirking slightly as my eyes swept her over. Checking her out.

'Don't sound so unhappy,' I deadpanned, 'it makes me feel unwanted.' 

'Oh, how horrible,' Jasmine said, sarcasm coating her voice. 'Cameron feels unwanted! How will I move on?' I rolled my eyes - always with the sarcasm.

'No one likes a smart -'

'At least I have more than one brain cell,' she interjected, making me roll my eyes again. 'Don't keep rolling them, they might get -' 

'Yeah, I know. They might get stuck,' I said, annoyed as I knew exactly what she was going to say. She smiled though, and I felt my mood sweeten. 'Whatever - let's go hiking.' 

She nodded though she seemed hesitant. 

I don't think she liked me very much.

Too bad for her.

A/N:

So, did you like this week's chapter?

I'm on my eighth chapter now, and I think I've done pretty good. He's already starting to develop feelings and is going through the stage of denial. 

Anyways, I was going to write yesterday but I went to a light show, so I was busy for most of the day. And I had to work on a speech for English, which has an odd amount of ranting in it. Also, I hate public speaking and I have to do it front of my whole English class. 

They bullied me, so I kind of don't have the confidence to do my speech in front of them. Am having an internal panic attack right now, very annoyingly.

Here's the pick-up lines for today's chapters.

Are you an eco-friendly kind of girl? The condom in my pocket goes expires tomorrow, so why don't you help me use it?

Please forgive me for this pick-up line.

I don't think I want babies, but I wouldn't mind refining my baby-making technique with you.

I know, these ones are really out of line. 

So... bye.