Camp Closeted novel Chapter 60

"Benny these shorts are way too short." I looked at myself at the mirror, my thighs peeking out which gave me a view of my unkept tan.

Benny ignored me as he just kept rummaging through his clothes, throwing some behind him. "This!" He let out. "Put this sweater on." He smiled.

The brown cotton sweater was an oversized fit for me and I looked like a child, making Benny speak again. "You have like a muscular body but not hella muscular so you can still rock oversized clothes. You wanna look cozy at the bonfire."

I sighed before speaking. "Benny the sweater is fine but the shorts are too much. I've never worn shorts this short and they look weird-I don't know." I bit, looking at myself on the mirror.

All of a sudden a pair of arms began to wrap around me, Jesse's reflection appearing on the mirror as he kissed my neck. "You look sexy." He deeply breathed into me as I couldn't help but smile.

"Jesse." I anxiously laughed as Benny kept looking for something else for me to wear. Jesse's hands gently skimmed down against my waist.

"I think-" Jesse smirked as his blue eyes pierced at me on the mirror, his hands slowly going inside my shorts, touching my bare warm skin. "You look amazing." He softly bit my ear.

Benny rapidly wrinkled his face. "Jesse can you move away from us for a quick second."

"Yea Jesse." I teased as he just ignored me. His eyes piercing through mine at the mirror.

"Here try this, I found you some black ripped jeans if you don't like the shorts. After put these accessories on." Benny announced. "Jesse I swear to god your messing up my creative process with your thirsty ass! We trying to get Micah's outfit popping for the bonfire back the fuck up!" What he said just made Jesse deeply chuckle into my ear.

Just before I could've taken the jeans, Jesse had already gotten in front of me. "I think Micah should wear the shorts."

I just rolled my eyes in annoyance as Jesse watched me get in front of him back. "Thank you Benny." I grabbed the pair of jeans, Jesse slightly pouting his reddened lips at me.

"Y'all fight over what to wear, Ima go get ready. Let me know which one you're not wearing so I can put it back!" Benny threw a peace sign as he quickly ran to his bed. I then slowly turned back towards Jesse's tall figure, his body incredibly close to mine once again.

He ran a hand over my hair as he raised an eyebrow at me. "Are you excited for the bonfire?"

"Yea I mean, I don't really know what to expect. The last bonfire for me was pretty crazy." I sighed, memories momentarily passing my mind.

His face all of a sudden broke out in a devilish smirk. "Yesterday was so fun, you don't wanna relive it for at least 10 minutes before we go?" He asked seductively as my heart began to beat out of my chest.

My hands gently pushed away his chiseled chest. "Would be more than happy too but we gotta get ready for this thing. Go and get dressed." I softly whispered, feeling a rush of blood flow through my cheeks.

A midnight colored strand from his ruffled messy bed hair fell onto his ocean eyes as he just gave up. "Fine." He just smiled, forcefully slapping my lower back before walking off.

Benny's voice spoke out. "Y'all better get ready fast! Keanu is coming soon and Camp Serenity is about 40 minutes away!"

The drive to Camp Serenity was beyond gorgeous. The vast sea of never ending trees continued to stretch out way farther than my eyes could see as strong winds came in from the dropped down car windows, messing up my hair which I didn't really care much about.

Keanu was nice enough to drive, Benny sitting at the front passenger seat as Jesse and I cuddled in the back.

I wore the oversized sweater Benny lent me as I felt way more confident wearing jeans with it instead of the shorts he originally told me to wear.

Jesse wore black jeans with a loose grey fitting tank top, the sides of his abs occasionally peeking out as he never hesitated to show his muscular arms off.

"Jesse." I whispered into him, slowly capturing his attention down at me. "You look really good in that shirt."

What I said made him bite his lip, trying to contain his smile and his blushing cheeks away from being seen by me. "Really? How so?"

I took my time to observe over his face and it's perfect features before replying. "I don't know. Honestly, you look good all the time."

"So do you." He nodded as our faces were so close to each other. "Even in that baggy sweater." He added, making my mouth slightly widen and him releasing a quiet laugh.

"Is it bad?" I rapidly asked.

"No, no, it's not bad." He assured. "I'd just prefer it off." What he said made my eyes roll back.

I laid back against Jesse's shoulder as I waited for us to finally arrive at Camp Serenity's bonfire. Keanu told us that once we see Camp Serenity's famous waterfall, then that's how we'd know we've finally arrived.

For now, we're still just casually driving.

Jesse boldly smelled like cologne, freshly cleaned fabric, and shampoo. I normally don't like the smell of his shampoo but all of his scents coming together felt just right.

"Micah." Jesse gently used a finger to make my chin go up as I looked up at him. "You're not leaving my side at that bonfire, you understand? That place is huge and it's going to be packed. I don't want you to get lost."

"It can't be that bad." I quickly replied.

"Oh trust me, I've been there." He nodded his head. "It's best you stick with me or Benny or something."

"If y'all wanna take pictures or admire the view, now is the time!" Benny sang, making both of our heads look up.

"Wow." I breathed out as the famously known Serenity Falls flourished not so far from our view. "That's amazing."

Distant music began to be audible to us as my heart began to beat faster from genuine excitement.

Keanu's car slowed down as we began to pass by cars parked on the side of the leafy road. People were dressed in surprisingly normal clothes as they walked in mobs towards the bonfire up on the inclined hill.

"I still don't know what the theme is but we seem to be fitting in with the vibe of this bonfire." Benny peeked out the car window. "We should be good."

"Cozy." Keanu smiled as he glanced at Benny. "The theme for the bonfire is cozy." Keanu then began parking in an open space.

"Well our asses definitely look cozy." Benny let out a cheerful laugh. "Shi, we all look like we dressed up for a midnight run to the liquor store."

Jesse clicked his mouth in a teasing manner. "Well, you were the one who styled us."

Benny slowly turned his neck at Jesse. "Okay and so?" He asked as my eyes slightly widened since I didn't know what was happening.

Jesse just anxiously chuckled, playfully raising his arms up as if he was surrendering something. "Nothing Ben, I'm just saying you dressed us for the occasion."

He took a second to throw Jesse a small dirty look, which only made me laugh. "Don't call me Ben." Benny sassily turned back around to get out of the parked car.

Once all of us got out of the car, the music only got louder. Although the music was loud, it was definitely not party music. The music sounded very mellow and calm.

The music sounded reminiscent. It sounded familiar. It sounded like the type of music Romeo would normally play in our awkward car rides together.

Ugh, why the fuck does that even matter right now? Romeo is irrelevant to me and I need to stop and realize that.

I bit my lip as a cool breeze of air ran through my ruffled hair, Jesse looking down beside me. "You okay?" He warmly asked.

"Yea, I'm fine." I threw him a small smile as I grabbed onto his muscular arm.

Keanu and Benny disappeared into their own conversation as we followed the subtly inclined road up to the bonfire.

After a few moments of walking and finally arriving at the gated entrance, I couldn't help but just widely smile at the gorgeously large bonfire not to far away from everybody.

It was so big and beautiful and it looked like everything I was hoping it would like.

The field of grass stretched out as countless people came into view. So did countless huts and chairs circling the biggest ball of fire I had ever seen in my life.

Benny softly nudged me on the shoulder, making me glance down at his smirk. "See, I told you it was just a chill bonfire. Nothing overly crazy." I returned his smile. "Keanu and I are gonna go get drinks. Oh and also before I forget! Remember to try and request a song to the DJ, he's super chill and he's from Brazen. Bye y'all!"

Jesse and I said our goodbyes to Benny and Keanu and parted ways. I genuinely just wanted to do every possible activity here as Jesse caught on to my excitement. "Beautiful isn't it?" He asked.

My eyes looked at the countless lights that perfectly decorated the entire event. Camp Serenity perfectly captured the theme of coziness since this place did indeed feel very cozy.

"It's perfect." I just responded with a slow nod. "What do you wanna do first?" I softly asked.

"You." He devilishly bit his reddened lips at me as his response made me narrow my eyes at him.

I quickly smacked him on the shoulder, making him hiss at me. "Why do you have to be so overly sexual with everything?" I asked quietly as he adorably pouted at me, calm music continuing to play in the background.

His arms wrapped around my waist as his blue eyes looked deep into me. "It's not my fault that I'm obsessed with you." He chuckled as I just rolled my eyes. "Yesterday was so special to me." He brought his face into me for a quick kiss.

"You know.." I awkwardly started. "Thank you for being understanding with me. I don't know how you can stand being with a nose bleeding weirdo." Jesse quickly interrupted me.

"Shhh, Micah." He whispered sharply, his deep husky voice sending subtle vibrations against my lips. "Listen, stop thinking, just enjoy what's going on right now."

"I love you." I looked at his dilated pupils as I wanted to make sure he knew that I was serious.

"I love you too." He quickly responded, looking back deeply into me. "Now let's get closer to the bonfire, before the sunsets. It gets insanely cold later on the night." I slowly nodded my head in response.

I watched the bonfire burn from the dark ocean hue of Jesse's calming eyes as I was admiring up at him.

Since seats were mostly taken by other people already, we just decided to sit back against one of the trees near the bonfire.