Escalante

My reflection was dazzling. Well, as dazzling as a skeleton looked.

Today was the faceoff day and I was going to make it one of the best days of my life. Not just because Carlo and I were going as skeletons or wearing black and white or the fact that he was my boyfriend, but because the camp manager allowed us to waste a couple hours on his motorcycles and monster truck.

It definitely wouldn't have happened if MK hadn't begged for it.

Adjusting my leather Jacket, I stared at my gothic outfit. The theme for the party was Goth so I went for the skeleton. Camila spent almost an hour on it, darkening my features around my cheek bones, lips, jawlines and around my eyes to give it that dead look.

With my jacket, I wore a black skinny pants with a white collared long sleeved shirt underneath the jacket and a black tie to go with. There was a silver chain that hung from my jacket pocket to my pant pocket. Camila said it made me look stylish and she even had me a fake nose ring to put on my nose.

I tried to do it, but it didn't work out. The pain was too excruciating. If anyone needed that much piercings, it was Carlo because there was a time I dared him to get three piercings on his body. Surprisingly, he did it and mocked me for months, but he never  wore any studs on it. He knew if his mum found out, he'd be giving a very long speech which he knew he couldn't do.

Raking my hands through my hair, I picked up my phone before leaving my room and skipping down the stairs. In the sitting room, Dave was helping Jacob with his tie, lecturing him while he was at it and Jacob just looked away with disinterest.

Val was just coming out of his room dressed in all black and leather. He was on the phone and was too busy with it to notice Alex when he bumped into him. He apologized quickly and helped Alex pick up his sound system as he said, "Sorry 'bout that."

Alex nodded taking the system from him. "Never mind. Just so you know, I wont be up for the motorcycles again. I'm the DJ for this party so I can't leave."

"Oh. Well sorry man. Will MK be coming then?"

"Definitely not." He frowned. "If I'm not having fun with the motorcycles, he's not." Alex scoffed and added as he walked to the door, "If MK comes looking for me, tell him I'm on stage." Then he went out the door.

Val chuckled lightly then glanced at me. He had made his face into a familiar anime character. Kisame from Naruto, wasn't it? It was blueish with similar dark circles around his eyes. He had a few weird dots on his face along his nose and shark gills on the sides of his face. He licked his lips and I saw a cocky grin painted on his face.

I grinned at him, amused he would use that character but it wasn't like I could blame him. Kisame was an asshole. Monster was definitely where he fell under.

"Awesome make up bro." He said before I could even comment on his.

"What? Yours is literally driving me speechless. Kisame, right?" I rose a brow at him, hoping I got it right.

"Yeah. Some chick who was really good with this stuff did mine, Jacob's and Dave's. We woke up pretty early for it too." He sighed and turned to Dave who was adjusting his tuxedo. Jacob wore something similar too.

"Yeah. Her cabin was cramped up so she had to call her brother." Dave came closer to us and I grinned when I saw the familiar love sign on his forehead. He had used Gaara and dare I say, he was one of my favorite characters. His face was completely painted white save for the dark circles around his eyes and the Japanese characters for love.

Jacob came closer with a face that reminded me of the dude from Friday the Thirteenth. I didn't know if it was the makeup, but he looked irritated which I ignored and admired the work on his face. His face was white save for the black dots on his face around his nose and the black line they made to look like they stitched his mouth shut. Jacob's frown deepened and he said, "Sadly, I didn't get the anime character I wanted but this guy from that horror movie I hate."

"Aww. Don't be so down. It looks awesome." Dave assured him and that seemed to work because he relaxed a little.

"We look good." Val ran a hand through his hair laughing.

Dave drew closer to Jacob until their shoulders were touching. He glanced at him before looking back at us saying, "And good thing we are all paired up. No offense Val." Seeing as Val was the only person not trying to get with someone.

Jacob was about to retort but Dave leaned his body on him making his cheeks reddened and he looked away in annoyance. Val rolled his eyes at them, crossing his arms. "None taken. I'm enjoying my sex time." He wiggled his brows then turned to me, "Where's Carlo? He's the last guy remaining."

"Then we can ride those motorcycles. I call dibs on one."

"Dibs on the monster truck." I tacked on just when the cabin's door opened and everyone turned to see who it was.

My mouth slacked when Carlo stepped into the Cabin. Decked in all black, he wore black pants that fitted him, black collared short sleeved shirt that he tucked in with white suspenders and a black hat to top it.

Dangling on his ear was a silver adornment that curved the edge of his ear. But other than the fact that he would use his ear piercings, his makeup was just as amazing. It was just like mine but unlike mine which covered every inch of my face, his covered half his face with a half skeletal grin showing off the fake teeth.

Carlo looked dashing and I swore, every part of me caught on fire especially a particular part that leapt to life as he walked up to us.

He grinned at me and honestly, I wanted to take him right that minute. His devilishly sexy look left me speechless and I just smiled back at him. The others complimented him but all I just want to do was have him alone.

When he crossed his arms across his chest, my breath hitched as I saw his muscles flex and it only got worse when my eyes slid to his behind and I bit my lip.

I could take him right there, right now. All he had to do was look at me.

And he did. His light brown eyes fell on me and my entire body coursed up in pleasure, desperately fighting the urge to take him that minute. Come on, Es. You can do this.

My thoughts were sharply interrupted and I searched the crowd for who had called my name. Val grinned at me and said, "You done day dreaming?"

I rolled my eyes at him and held my head up high. "Actually, no. Carlo, would you come with me?"

"Uh, Sure." He shrugged and I pulled him into Alex's room because even if he had said no, I still would have dragged him to the room.

Locking the door after me, I pushed Carlo to the door before he had the chance to say anything and pressed my body against him. If he had any question before, it was definitely answered with that gesture. His cheeks tinted pink and he tried to look at anything but me. "Can we do this after the bike ride?"

"But I want you now." I rubbed my nose on his and he smiled, looking back at me.

"I really want to say no."

Raising a brow at him, I smirked, "I wasn't giving you an option."

Then I kissed him, cupping his face and letting my mouth melt into his. Everything about kissing Carlo set my body was. It was like I couldn't quench this desire that I had in me until he had taken me. I wanted to feel him in me. I wanted him to take control of me and make me a huge mess. I wanted him so badly it actually hurt.

Carlo's hands caught my attention when they slipped under my untucked shirt and scraped at my back. I moaned, pressing my body further against his as I grinded up against him. When we pulled away to breath and his hat fell, I stared into those brown eyes and slowly found myself falling in love with them. The way they searched every inch of my face and then came back up to look at me, the way his arms tightened around me causing my heart to skip more beats than it could take... They were all driving me insane. I wanted him so badly.

     I leaned my forehead on his and exhaled, "God, Carlo. I love you so much."

"Es-"

"No," My arms snaked around his waist and tightened, "You don't have to say it now. I'm selfish, I want to be the only one saying it now."

     Carlo's warm hands slid out from beneath my shirt and he threw it around my neck and chuckled, "Why do you have to be so childish?"

"Makes me me." I shrugged and kissed him one last time before taking a step away from him and saying, "Now that I've gotten down from that high. Let's go have some monster truck fun."

***

Quickly pulling down the cloth, my eyes widened at the beautiful sight before me. Monster sized tires, mega rims, awesomely decorated body with Grinder written on it.

Just the look of the massive truck had me salivating. Dave brushed passed me to adore the bike Jacob was sitting on. There were exactly three motorcycles here and the one Jacob had was the only pure black one. Val's was a dark blue one and the last yellow one had to be for Dave. Thank goodness there were only three. Now Carlo could ride with me.

It had gotten a bit late before the camp manager brought us here. He was peeved by the fact that MK wasn't coming along. I knew he only wanted his son to come along if eventually something bad happened he could blame him. He even murmured it when he was showing us the truck.

He left not before giving us a look that warned us to dare hurt his babies. I totally understood because if I had that truck at home, I won't even let my dad near it.

"Let's get on with it." Val said, climbing on his bike.

"Can we exchange? Pretty please." Dave begged sweetly and even went as far as playing with Jacob's hair.

"First come, first serve. Get on yours, Belle." He smirked at him then took Dave's hand off his hair to kiss his knuckles.

Turning twenty shades redder, Dave sent Jacob a glare before snatching his hand away from him. He scoffed and went to his, climbed on it and jeered it to life.

Jacob chuckled, turning his on before glancing at Carlo and I. "You guys not getting on?"

"Oh, we are." I cocked my head at Carlo to get around and I climb up into my large vehicle. This contraption was a bit over seven feet if I may say and that goes to say how huge those tires were.

Getting comfortable in my seat, I grinned at Carlo who looked just as giddy before starting up the truck. It roared to life and I almost orgasmed to the sound.

"I didn't know you liked mud trucks like this." Carlo smiled at me but watched me with suspicious eyes that almost made my stomach twist.

"I don't watch them for no reason." I knocked off his hat and ruffled his hair which earned me a glare I ignored.

"I'll just add this to my list of things I didn't know about my best friend." Normally, hearing him call me his best friend made my heart soar because I, at least, had a place somewhere in his heart, but hearing it now made me want to slam my head to a door.

He must have noticed my change of mood when I looked away and quickly said, "I mean boyfriend." But it was already too late.

Looking down at the boys beside me, I faked a smile for them and said, "You guys go. Carlo and I are right behind you."

Val pulled on his brakes and gave a short nod before they rode out with Dave taking the lead. Watching them go so happily almost gave me my initial joy to ride this baby but instead of hitting the pedal to start moving, I started for the ignition.

Carlo caught my hand mid-way and entwined his hand with mine. I stared at it then at him as he smiled softly at me. "Hey. It's not like calling you my best friend is bad. You still are my boyfriend and I do not feel weird calling you that. Someone else? That might be a problem."

I sighed, bringing his hands up to kiss his pale knuckles which was inspired from Jacob's earlier display of affection. I cupped his face and stroked his cheeks slowly. "It's okay if you feel weird. It probably looks like I'm forcing myself on you."

"No," Carlo almost yelled, his face contorted in the look of worry. "You're not forcing yourself on me. If anything, you're too slow."

     I almost choked on nothing as I gapped at him. "Too slow? I thought you were still trying to get used to me kissing you?"

"That's in public. I still hate PDA, but I'm ready to break that for you. And dammit I love kissing you. It literally drives me insane." He placed his other hand on mine. "I don't want to only kiss, Escalante, I want to feel you."

Was that a confession?

I didn't know what to say. In fact, I was speechless to the core of my soul and it made me unbelievable awkward. Withdrawing my hands from him, I gripped on the steering wheel and exhaled when his words finally settled with me.

Glancing back at him as I straightened my back on the seat, I said, "After that party, I'm going to rip you apart."

He inhaled sharply and I swore I saw a smirk on those damn lips. Carlo looked away and stared straight ahead, his smirk finally evident on his lips.

I laughed and stepped on it, happy when my initial excitement got renewed. The truck rolled down the hill and I had to grip the steering wheels as it bounced up and down the path.

"Just before we get to the main road, can I a-ask you a q-question?" He managed and I glanced at him but quickly looked back when I noticed I was heading to a tree. I turned the steering and exhaled when we were back on the path.

"Yeah?"

"Did you pass your driver's test?" He asked and I smiled cockily at him.

And on cue, Val, Dave and Jacob appeared and took the attention off me. I grinned at them as they cheered and I was glad they came at that moment because I had a feeling Carlo was going to blow a fuse if I told him I failed.

Don't judge me. It wasn't because I couldn't drive but because I refused to obey any of the traffic rules and swerved as many times as I could. And honestly, I couldn't wait to get on actual road.

"I'm hating this by the second." Carlo frowned just as his head slammed against the roof of the truck causing him to curse out loud.

My grin widened when I saw the well paved road just up ahead. Dave announced my same observation and the three bike quickened their pace. Exhaling when my contraption finally reached solid grounds, I horned at the bikes and sped up.

Anyone who saw us on the road would have thought we were a bunch of kids on drugs. Dave rode around the truck as he yelled over the noise how much fun it was. I even cheered for them as they lifted their bikes up simultaneously until it was only on the last tire. Carlo laughed when Val came down first then Jacob.

We crossed over a bridge and only passed a few cars but other than that, there was no civilization for another mile. It was all filled with thick trees and long patches of grass.

Jacob called to us after a while when the sun had gone down and had left the sky vacant. "Let's head back. Mr. King would be pissed if we waste another hour."

"Plus the party is just for another two hours. MK and a couple guys are rapping something from Straight outta Compton." Val agreed then curved his vehicle so it blocked the road.

I had to step on the brakes quickly or my truck was going to crush him to nothing. Carlo glared at him and stuck his head out the window. "A little warning next time."

"Sorry." He chuckled then looked at the other bikers.

They seemed to be having their own conversation so I turned to Carlo as I leaned back on my seat. He looked at me and smiled, exhaling deeply. "Your make up is awesome."

"Your sister is awesome." I smiled back.

"I'm sure she'll be glad you said that."

     Nodding, I continued, "Did you enjoy the ride?"

"Most of the time I was shouting at you to slow down but all in all, it was great. I would do this with you next time."

I nodded vigorously. "Yeah. I'll start saving for a monster truck."

Carlo rose a brow at me and laughed, punching my shoulder slightly. "I suggest you rather not. Let's start small and aim for an affordable car, Yeah?"

Rolling my eyes, I sighed but lean in and kissed him to shut him up. Pfft, I wanted a monster truck.

Dave knocked on my window and I pulled away from Carlo to glare at him. He returned it with something deadlier and I scoffed, smirking. "They didn't let you ride any longer?"

Dave grumbled unheard words before saying, "We are going back now."

"Sorry man." I told him sympathetically but he shrugged it off and rode off. Jacob and Val came by, sending a short nod my way before dashing to catch up with Dave who didn't seem to be slowing down.

Turning to Carlo, I said, "Wanna ride it?"

His eyes widened in surprise and he quickly nodded before swiftly exchanging seats with me. His hands gripped the steering and he grinned at me. "I didn't want to ask..."

"Just ride it. I want to do something more fun." I wiggled my brows at him and waited for him to turn back in the direction of our camp.

Carlo rode quietly in peace, hence, he didn't expect it when I leaned in and kissed the space beneath his ear. I suckled on his earlobe and grinned when he glanced at me from the front mirror. His face was so red, it motivated me to tease him even more.

     I started to unbutton his shirt but thought twice about it before Carlo cleared his throat and said, "What are you doing?"

     Smiling, I kissed his neck again before wrapping my arms around it and leaning on his shoulder. I scooted closer to him and exhaled when I pressed my body to him.

It had gotten dark and I could bet my money on it that the party had gone a bit wild. It only took one party to know the crowd but the party was no longer what drew me back to the camp. It was what I was going to do with Carlo that drove me impatient.

Tightening my arms around him, I said, "Step on it, babe. I can't wait to have you alone."