A/N: COMEBACK!
It's been three weeks and as first I'd really wanna apologize to all of you for abandoning all of you like that.

I was caught up in my school work: homework, projects, tests and exams. It was so much that I couldn't keep up with writing and editing. I also saw that I pushed myself to keep my promise on updating every week and that isn't a good sign so this break was good for many more things. But now I'm back and I'm sorry!

Thank you for waiting if you did, I appreciate all the love, votes and comments (I love spams and all those sweet or funny words).

I wish you a nice day and again: thank you!

So pull me closer

Why don't you pull me close

Why don't you come on over

Cause I can't just let you go

Skylar Jones
Chapter 16

My last words to Cam were the most horrible things I ever said in this world.

Currently I was walking away from him, towards the canteen of this stupid school.

I couldn't let him get closer to me. He would get hurt in the end by me or maybe he would just crush my face into a thousand of pieces once he will find out about the deal that I made.

Pushing him away like this, it shouldn't hurt him. He doesn't like me in neither a friendly or romantically way and all he wanted was to finish this assignment so he could get away from me as soon as possible.

Yet I hated neglecting him, because even if he didn't like me, I still liked him.

I wanted his warming presence around me to fill my heart with his extraordinary love. Every time I saw him, my heart bounced around in my body and I honestly enjoyed that feeling. He made me feel nervous in such a way that I'd literally volunteer to be nervous for him.

And then we didn't even get to talk about his looks. His silky brown hair combined with those chocolate colored eyes, left me in a daydreaming daze as I kept drowning into them. He had those red full lips that I wanted to taste so bad, it would be a real crime.

Okay maybe my crush was not just a small crush anymore.

But Cam was just the one who really stood out to me and not because he was popular or because he probably had all the money in the world.

No, it was because I knew he put this tough act up so he wouldn't end up hurt. He build his high walls around him and the people around him were just so stupid and blind that they couldn't see this. But I could see it.

He showed it to me in his small innocent ways by asking me if I'm okay when he didn't need to, helping me and actually trying to be my friend after our fun hangout. He didn't even need to tell me to show me that he had been hurt before.

People probably hurt him in the past, that's why he always acted angry, uninterested and like he didn't care about anyone or anything at all.

And now I was the one who had to hurt this precious boy.

For some reason, my legs made me turn back around and led me to the other way, protesting against going to where I was heading before.

Before I know it, I was standing in front of him again.

"Skylar?" He asked confused, which I understood. I would've been confused also.

"I.. You.. D-do you want to go to my h-house?" I asked him.

His eyebrows shot up as his eyes widened. I mentally cursed at myself for this. He must be even more confused by now. One time I tell him to back off and now I'm asking him over to my own home.

Somehow it feels like I don't have any control over this anymore, because I want him to at least be friends with me yet I can't let that happen. Shane will murder me if I don't do this.

"F-for the assignment of course!" I tried to make up as an excuse.

"Oh okay.. But.. What does this have to do with your hobby?" He softly spoke up and looked away in disappointment, making my heart drop when I saw his hopeful face crash down to the ground.

"I'll show you at my house" I smirked a bit, knowing he'd probably kill me and hate me all over again for this.

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"Who the hell likes cooking? Last time shopping and now cooking.. Are you a girl or something?" Cam snorted and winked then at me.

The familiar heat rushed to my cheeks as I tried to hide my face and mumble soft.

"No.." I bit my lip.

"I don't know.. I just like cooking. I learned it myself after looking up some receipts and I loved doing this since then.." I explained further when I just finished the red velvet cake that I baked

Cam helped me with the small things to prepare the cake as we talked some more about ourselves. I found out that he had a younger sister, his favorite animal is a turtle and he loves any kind of sports.

"Hey you forgot something.." I suddenly heard Cam say.

"What did I miss?!" My eyes widened and I tried to think of anything that my beautiful cake missed. I wanted it to be perfect!

"This.." He answered me by throwing some flour in my face.

I closed my eyes and gasped when he did that. I slowly wiped it away from my eyes and playfully glared at him.

The gorgeous boy was laughing his ass off, probably because of how the flour made me look like a ghost. I pouted and crossed my arms in a childish way.

"Okay okay, let me help you clean up" He said when he finished laughing and smiled wide.

He grabbed a towel and stood in front of me. One of his hands cupped my cheek as he softly started wiping the flour from my face whilst keeping this intense eye contact with me.

My knees weakened right then and there when his chocolate brown eyes made me wanna drown in them. I felt my heart speed up and my hands were shaking from the amount of nerves that he gave me.

After a while he put the towel away when he finished it, but kept looking deeply into my eyes and his hand never left my cheek.

It seemed like he was leaning in and this moment only seemed to intensify. There were so many unspoken feelings lingering around us and I hoped for my dear life that this wasn't just one sided.

He caressed my cheek and watched me for a long time like he was searching for something, searching for some sort of explanation for this.

But the truth was that I also didn't know what all of this was.

Not long after that, he pulled his arm back so fast as if he didn't want to touch me at all.

I was used to it though, nobody here welcomed me with open arms, not even my own parents.

"So uh.. Let's watch a movie" His face turned away from mine as he tried to change the subject.

"Yeah.." I whispered and brought the cake with me to my room.

Cam followed me and looked around my room, almost impressed when he saw it. It made me feel good to know that he didn't dislike my home or my room, because I wasn't exactly the richest.

"Nice room.. I like the red colors" He said and walked further into my bedroom.

"Thanks.. You can sit on the bed" I suggested to him.

In the meanwhile I grabbed my laptop and put the cake on my nightstand.

"Do you like Marvel?" I asked him as I looked through my Netflix.

"Of course I do! Is that even a question?" He laughed.

A smile was spread across my face as I laid down next to him and put 'Black Panther' on while we started to eat the cake.

"Wow.. This cake is heaven! You can cook some more often for me" He smirked and ate further.

"Thanks.." I muttered as I blushed, but still kept my eyes on the screen.

After watching a couple of minutes in silence, Cam spoke up again.

"Why aren't your parents home yet?" He asked and slightly frowned in the most adorable way.

I just knew that this question was coming and I wasn't exactly sure of how to answer that, because this always had been a weak spot for me.

But I could trust Cam, right?

"My parents.. It's complicated. They have been caught up in their work ever since I've been little. I had to take care of my self, celebrate my own birthdays and that's one of the reasons why I learned myself to cook.." I explained softly as the paining memories flashed back into my mind.

I remember how my parents disappointed me every time they weren't their on my birthday or when I finished elementary school.

I was always hoping for them to see me and be there for me. I didn't want to grow up this fast especially without any parental support. They only helped me with having a roof above my head, that was all.

"Hey.. Look at me Sky.." Cam whispered careful, paused the movie and put the laptop away.

I held my breath and slowly looked up at him, only to see his sweet eyes look back at me.

"I may not understand you fully, I do get that you are feeling alone and that's it's bothering you. But you won't be alone anymore and you wanna know why?" He said with little twinkles in his eyes.

"Why?" I asked him then.

"Because I will be here for you now" He smiled.

My heart swelled up at those sweet words as I smiled back at him.

"Don't you.. Hate me?" I asked confused.

"Lets just say.. That we're making a little bit progress" He laughed.

My smile widened as we kept talking on and on about every fun topic that we could think of until we were both too tired to keep our eyes open.

And that's how the two boys fell asleep, close next to each other and never finishing the movie.