(Not my photo)

Original work, created by- Dakotahstacy3. ONLY on Wattpad.
Anywhere else, it has been stolen, without permission. Support real artists and writers!
(Written back in like... January? I think, 2024)

——————

I was holding Peter In my arms, laying In my bed. He was so warm against me and smelled good. I hugged him tighter to me and then I heard something.

I woke up and realized that I was dreaming. I felt so confused as I looked around and Peter wasn't around. My room and bed was a mess, with pillows and blankets everywhere. But I don't understand why I was dreaming of Peter. Let alone something like that. And that moment last night...was that a dream too? Can't be...could It?

I heard more noises, they were loud and sharp. Sounded like they were downstairs. Oh. The dishes. That's what It Is. My mom was washing the dishes. And woke me up...ughhhh.

I just wanna lay In bed a while longer, I thought to myself. It was comfortable and warm. But the sun was In my eyes, so I put a pillow over my head. Why couldn't Peter be here. I want to hold him.

Wait what?...why am I thinking about that. Why was I thinking and dreaming about Peter!?

After awhile of laying In bed I finally got up. I was still tired but kept tossing around and got hungry. So I went downstairs to get some breakfast.

"Good morning honey." My mom said as she put the dishes up. "How did you sleep?"

"Uh, good I guess. I'm still a little tired." I said as I yawned.

"Well why don't we eat some breakfast." She said and grab somethings to make.

"I heard you washing the dishes and I woke up. I was having a nice dream." I said as I sat down at the counter.

"Oh, I'm sorry honey. What were you dreaming about?" She asked.

"Oh It was about....um." I paused as I realized that I couldn't tell her what It was really about. "I- ah. don't remember, now." Okay, I think I played that off, hopefully she won't ask again about It.

"Dreams always disappear quick, huh." She said as she starting cooking some food.

It was still the weekend, so I didn't have any plans, again. I grabbed my phone to text Peter but then stopped. Should I even talk to him about what happened last night? Maybe he doesn't want to talk to me or see me. But we have to see each other again eventually.

We were planning to go to Garvey's today. I mean we made a cake and everything. So we would have to talk to each other soon, right. Right? I questioned myself.

I spent the day at home, me and my mom spent time together. Watching, movies playing games and just talking. Even though I usually do that with Peter.
It was starting to get later In the day, me and Peter were supposed to go to Garvey's soon. So I should probably try to text him.

I took a deep breathe and pulled out my phone to text Peter. I paused as I looked at the keyboard. What should I even say...

After awhile of having a mental battle on what to say. I finally just did It.

——————————
{Cole} Are you still going to Garvey's tonight?

>message read.

I waited and watched the three dots pop up, just to disappear again and again. I guess he was confused about things too.

Eventually I got a message from him.

{Peter} Yeah, I worked hard on that cake and I deserve a piece.

I smiled as I read the text. Then went upstairs to change.

—————

I was walking down the sidewalk to Garvey's, holding the cake we made for him. I felt like any people or animals that saw me would try steal the cake for themselves. But I mean, If I saw someone walking with a cake I would want It too.

Why am I even thinking about that, I seem to think of weird things lately. Like about Pet- oh. I should just try to forget that. Since we're going to be around each other all night. But then what happens after tonight? Are we always going to feel awkward around each other now?...

I made It to Garvey's house and I saw Peter walking towards the house too. We stared at each other then both looked down as we made our way to the door.

"Um, can you knock. My hands are a little full." I said.

Peter tried not to look up at me and knocked.

"Ah, Cole, Peter. You're here. Ooo. Is that cake?" Garvey said as he greeted us.

"Uh, yeah. Can we come In now?" I said.

"Yeah, come In, come In boys." Garvey said as he let us In. "Well, this Is the place."

We walked to the kitchen and I put the cake down on the counter. His wife was cooking something that smelled amazing. It made me realize I haven't eaten much today. I was distracted with...other things.

"Well this Is my wife, Sandy. Sandy, this Is Cole and Peter." Garvey said as he introduced us.

"Hello, boys. It's good to finally meet the two of you." She said and shook our hands. "Dinner will be done soon, so make yourselves comfortable."

"Come over here, we can sit and talk." Garvey said as we walked to the living room.

We all took a spot on the couch, me and Peter sat next to each other. We both looked up at each other and slightly move away to make room between us.

"So, I guess you two can finally know more about me and meet my family." Garvey said.

"Yeah, I wanna know more. And also more about you friendship with Edwin. And maybe how the circle helped you. If you feel like It." I said.

"We'll see." He said.

We talked for awhile, then Sandy said dinner was done. I heard someone walking down the stairs and Into the kitchen. I looked over to see It was Garvey's daughters.

"Oh, hey girls. This Is Cole and Peter." Garvey said as he looked at his two daughters. "Boys, these are Sophie and Rosey." He said as he pointed to his daughters.

They smiled at us and we shook hands, then we sat down to eat.

"Well, I made a few things, so we can all have something we like." Sandy said as she put the dishes down. There was lasagna, garlic bread, green beans, mashed potatoes, and It all smelled sooo good. Man I was hungry.

"Ooo, everything looks so good honey." Garvey said to Sandy.

"Well I'll get the drinks, what does everyone want?" Sandy asked.

We ate the delicious food and talked together. Garvey finally opened up, Sandy was really friendly, and a obvious great cook. Sophie was talkative but Rosey was more shy and quiet. It reminded me of Peter. Who was sitting beside me.

I would glance at him but he never looked back at me. He talked some, but not to me.

"Well, dinner was great but I left room for dessert!" Garvey said happily.
He got up and started to cut the cake Into pieces, then handed us each a plate.

"Mm, that's good. Chocolate and Vanilla." Sophie said.

"Well, everyone sure did get what the each wanted." Sandy said with a smile.

"Mmmm, mmm, mmm. Thanks for making the cake boys. That's really sweet of you two." Garvey said to us.

"Your welcome. We had fun making It, and we both really wanted to have a piece, so we figured we should stop by." I laughed.

After we all finished eating, Sandy and Garvey were In the kitchen and the rest of us teenagers went to the living room.

"No I got It honey. You can go sit down, take a break, please." Garvey said to Sandy as the both pulled a plate back and forth between the two of them.

"Fine. Why don't we both clean up?" She said.

"So Cole, can we see your scars? If that's okay." Sophie asked.

"Uh, sure I guess." I said as I rolled up my sleeve to show my mangled arm. I'm seriously surprised how the doctors managed to fix It. There were deep and long scars all over It, and I never regained full use of my arm.

"Wow. That's a lot. I can't believe you went through all of that." Sophie said with a shocked face as she reached out and touched my scars.

"How long did It take to heal?" She asked.

"Months, and I had to take a lot of physical therapy. I still hurt and have a hard time fully functioning, but at least I'm In one piece." I said.

"What was the spirit bear like?" I heard a quiet voice say. It was Rosey.

"Well. It was a big white bear, but It would only show up sometimes. There would be this moment where everything went quiet and then the spirit bear would just appear out of nowhere. Like It was made up of mist. It moved slowly but somehow covered ground quick. Always had precise movements and It was just...beautiful, breathtaking." I said while trying to explain.
When I was talking I thought about how the moment Peter and me had. It felt really similar. Everything went quiet, we just looked at each other, then....

"So...you thought It was beautiful and not scary?" Rosey asked In a soft, quiet voice.

"Yeah. I know It sounds crazy. But you had to be there to understand." I said.

"Like Peter was. You saw It too right?" Sophie asked Peter.

"Um, yeah. I saw the spirit bear a few times. It really scared me at first. But I did end up enjoying seeing It. To be honest, I miss It." Peter explained.

We talked for a few more minutes and Sophie got closer to me to see the scars on my arm. She traces them with her fingers and looked worried but amazed.

"Ahem." Garvey said as he stood In front of us. Disapproving on how close his daughter was to me.
"I think you girls should go upstairs and brush your teeth now. And Im sure the boys need to get home."

"Yeah, we should get going." I said.

Sophie looked annoyed as she got up and Rosey followed. "Well It was nice to meet the two of you." She said while smiling and waving.

"Same to you, goodnight." I said and waved.
"Well, I'll see you around Garvey. Thanks for letting us come over. Tonight was great. And your cooking Is really good Sandy." I said as I shook their hands.

"Well you two should come over more often, It was nice." Sandy said and hugged me and Peter.

We headed out and walked beside each other. I didn't know If I should say something or not. There was a awkward tension between us the entire night. But I'm glad we were both there together.

"Garvey got upset at that, huh." I heard Peter say.

"Huh? What do you mean." I asked.

"You know. Sophie...how close she was to you." He said and even looked up to me a little bit.

"Oh yeah, that. I guess he was upset. But I don't se the issue." I said.

"Are you kidding!? She was flirting with you." Peter said annoyed.

"What. No she wasn't. What makes you think that?" I said and looked at him confused.

"Oh come on. She wanted you to pull your sleeve off and moved closer to you, can't forget how she was literally touching you." He said In a kind of angry tone.

"Why do you care?" I asked while smirking. His face got red and he put hands In his pockets.

I looked forward on the path, then glanced over to him. "Why, are you jealous or something?" I said.

Peter put his head down and sped up to get away from me.

"Peter, wait!" I said as I followed him. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to embarrass you. I'm just joking around, okay. Please don't be mad at me." I said.

Peter kept quiet while walking. I followed right beside him. Then I got In front of him so he would stop. He stopped but wouldn't look at me.

"I'm sorry, I said that. I was just playing around, okay?" I said. He still didn't look at me, he just moved his foot around, and was playing with his thumbs.

"I'm not gonna move until you say something. I mean you seemed to be talking a lot about Sophie just a minute ago." I said.

He sighed. "Okay. I'm talking now. Can you move, please. I need to get home." He finally looked up at me and waited for me to move.

"Alright. We can walk together." I said and we continued on our way.

"Y'a know, If your jealous about her touching my arm, you can too. I don't mind." I said with a wink and slightly nudged him.

"That's okay. I'm good." He said embarrassed.

We kept walking, with a awkward tension between us. But I felt more comfortable after joking, It made the atmosphere lighter.

"Peter. Can we talk about something?" I asked quietly.

He shook his head and tried to walk away again.

"Wait, please. Just for a minute?" I asked.

He sighed again. "What do you wanna talk about." He said annoyed and stood facing me.

"About yesterday...I uh. Don't know what happened or why. But I don't want that to mess up things between us. So we should talk about It and figure out what to do." I said.

"I don't wanna talk about It, I just what to forget It, okay." He said while he starred down at his feet, moving them because he couldn't keep still.

"Okay. Let's just talk about It real quick right now, then we don't have to think about It again...okay?" I said and looked at him. He looked up at me and shook his head.

"Fine. But only real quick." He said.

"Well-uh...I'm sorry that I made you uncomfortable and I want us to still hang out, you know." I said.

"Okay. Well, let's get going, we both need to get home." He said.

"Alright." I said.

We got to my house, his was a few houses away.

"Do you want to hangout at my house for awhile? Your old enough to do what you want, you don't have to listen to curfews anymore you know." I said. I just wanted to spend some alone time with him...maybe not get that close again though...well, I guess I wouldn't mind, but we shouldn't.

"No, I should get home." He said and walked past me.

"Do you want me to walk home with you?" I asked.

"No, I'll be fine. Just get inside. I can make It home myself." He said.

"Alright. Goodnight then, Peter." I said and waved. He looked back at me and nodded.

I walked Inside and my mom was there to asked me how dinner was.

"It was good, meeting Garvey and his family. His wife, Sandy Is a good cook and his daughters were nice." I told her.

"Oh that's nice. And daughters huh? How old are they? And their names." She asked.

"They're both teenagers, there names are Sophie and Rosey. Sophie Is talkative and Rosey Is quiet. They were nice to meet." I said.

"Oooh. So they are your age huh. Did you get along well with them? Maybe you should invite them over sometime." She said.

"What? Mom what are you getting at?" I asked.

"What, nothing...Its just interesting. Are they pretty?" She said.

"Mom!" I said and playfully nudged her. "I'm going to bed okay. Goodnight."

"Alright. Goodnight honey." She said and kissed my forehead. "You can invite them over though, I would like to meet them."

"No, not gonna happen." I said and went upstairs.

"But It would be cute." She pouted.

"Ughhh."

I got upstairs and took off my shirt then laid down.

——————————
I texted Peter

{Cole} Well, now my mom wants me to set me up with Sophie and Rosey, 😐

{Peter} That sounds like her.

{Cole} So I gotta deal with that now 🤦‍♂️ and for the record, I don't like Sophie like that or Rosey. They're  nice but, I'm not Into them. So Garvey would probably be happy with that.

{Peter} You should tell him that, otherwise he'll be up all night.

{Cole} I figured you'd want to know. I wouldn't want to ruin your beauty sleep 😉😴🛏️

{Peter} You wouldn't ruin my beauty sleep. I wouldn't be thinking of you anyways. Now I need to go get my beauty sleep. So don't bother me.

{Cole} Aww, you don't think of me. How rude. Goodnight, Peter. Sleep well and don't think of me. 😉

—————

Peter's pov-

"Yeah right. Like I'm going to think of him. His ego Is to big. Ugh."

The next morning... Peter wakes up and stares at the ceiling. "Oh no."

—————