Sierra

"Now, what took you guys so long?" I ask, narrowing my eyes teasingly at the boys. They finally came to the cars even though we were here for 25 minutes.

Kaydon looks oddly stiff and quiet so I'll try and talk to him later. Ty and Blake just roll their eyes, stuffing their things into our car.

"Hey! Put your things into your own car." Parker tried to grab the towels they shoved in the car and Blake stops her.

"Ty and I are going to ride with you two." he winks and Parker groans, slapping her forehead. Cameron looks at me with a suspicious look but I shrug it off.

Maybe they want to annoy the girls with their Barbie playlist on Spotify.

"Alright then, I'll ride with Kaydon." I say, walking over to his car. We all wave goodbye and got into our designated vehicle. Ty says that we can come over to his house to sleep over for the night.

His dad and his girlfriend always welcomed us and his brother Travis is adorable. Him and my baby sister Leah are besties, I call it.

I buckle my seat belt and Kaydon immediately hands me the AUX cord. I quietly thank him and started playing some Frank Ocean.

The car is awkwardly silent. He just stares out for the road with one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the center console. I just play around with my fingers and the necklace around my neck.

"How would you rate our volleyball round?" I ask, filling in the silence. "I mean, remember we beat you by a ton of points."

He chuckles, "It was fun." That was all he said. Just those three words and he clamped his mouth shut. He exhales deeply and I turn to him in my seat.

"Is everything okay?"

He gives me a quick glance before focusing back on the road. Kaydon lets out a sigh and grabs my hand with his free one to fidget with the letter 'S' ring I had on my middle finger.

I give his hand a squeeze. "You can talk to me, Kay."

"Let's talk." he says and I try to think of something to talk to him about. I look out the window and see the stars in the navy blue sky.

I immediately spot a Target and think back to the time where Parker's parents took us to Target and we lost Blake for a good hour until we found him in the food section eating cookie dough.

"Do you remember the time Blake ate a whole tub of cookie dough at Target?" I hear him laugh and he lets go of my hand and my hand misses that warmth.

"I do," he nods and turns to me. "I remember he threw up on your favorite shoes in the car and you were crying. He felt so bad so he drew you new shows."

I'm surprised by his quick memory. I barely remember the drawing Blake made and I'm pretty sure it was lopsided and very colorful. I pat him on the arm and pointed out to the road.

"Find something that reminds you of the group from back then."

He takes a moment to scan the world outside of this car and he smiles when I see his eyes stop on something. The smile where you can see the tiny dimples near the corners of his mouth and his eyes having that slight shine even though you can barely see it because of the slight darkness.

He points to the location he stopped at and my heart melts from his amazing memory. He never seemed to forget the group's moments and he never forgot the moments with each other.

"The fair. Our parents insisted us on taking this cute photo and we refused," he shakes his head, knowing the ridiculous story and I lean back, smiling at him.

"But then instead they made us do these silly poses that made us wet our pants every time we saw it. Blake and Cam fighting each other, Ty flexing his muscles, Parker being a diva, and me and you were the only sane ones hugging each other."

I grin at the memory that I also remember very clearly. It was also the first time Kaydon and I got super close. We did all the rides together, ate the most weirdest food, and walked together. "You have quite a memory Murphy. I can't even remember the first day of school."

He looks at me and smiles slightly before turning back towards the road. "I'll always remember." he says and we sit in this comfortable silence.

**

I open my eyes and tried to focus on where I am. I try and stretch but then I roll off of what I assume a bed and landed right on top of someone.

"Ow, my arm." I wince and I rub my eyes. I look to see Cam glaring at me in her dozed off state and I stand up to go to the kitchen. The kitchen finally reminded me that I'm at Ty's house with the group.

I turn to see the time on the microwave and it's 2am. I must've fallen asleep on the ride here. I take out my messy ponytail and brushed out the tons of knots in my hair. I open the dark wooden cabinets for a glass to fill up with water.

Turning around to fill the cup with water, I bump into Kaydon who was around the corner.

"Jesus, what are you doing up?" I whisper, not wanting to cause noise to wake up the others. I can see from this perfect view that Cam and Parker are laying down on their faces, facing the TV and Ty and Blake are passed out on the recliner with each other.

"What am I doing up? It's 2am, Si." Kaydon whispers back, rubbing his eyes.

"Well, I didn't realize I was in Ty's house so I fell off the couch and onto Cameron." I place my cup down and I was still in my beach clothes. I wince at my uncomfortable clothes and the temperature in the house. Kaydon seems to notice and takes off the brown hoodie he was wearing.

"Here take this. I'll go find some clothes for you." he began walking to the stairs and I follow.

"You know, this is Ty's house. I'm not wearing Ty's clothes." I say, leaning against the doorframe of Ty's bedroom. "I just need pants."

Kaydon kept on rummaging around Ty's drawers before finding a familiar pair of dark grey sweats, throwing it at my face. "He took my sweatpants." he rolls his eyes. "You can have it."

I look at the clothes in my hand and I stare at him. I didn't say anything and headed towards the bathroom across from the bedroom.

My bag!

I forgot my bag in the living room with all my extra under garments and plastic bags for my swimsuit l. I headed down to grab my bag and I may or may not have accidentally kicked Ty in the head.

He's a deep sleeper anyway, he didn't wake up. Or maybe I knocked him out, who knows! I change and put on the hoodie over my t-shirt. The sweatpants are a bit too big but I rolled them up and their barely above my ankles.

I try not to cause any loud noises while walking down the stairs but I catch the attention of Kaydon who was leaning against the kitchen island, staring at his phone. He looks up and immediately looks at my outfit.

I see his jaw tensing and he hesitantly looks back down at his phone. I can see him fidgeting with the drawstrings on the dark blue hoodie he was now wearing.

I went to grab my cup and poured a bit of almond milk. I see Kaydon looking at me and the cup and I shrugged. "It's pretty good."

He shakes his head. "Milk at night? Are you crazy?"

I narrow my eyes at him after his question. "No, I am not crazy. Vanilla almond milk is the best, nothing can top it." Kaydon looks at me like I'm crazy and puts his phone away, now turning around fully to face me.

"You need sleep, Si."

I nod, wiping the milk off of my upper lip. "I know. Practices are going on later than usual for the season. Championships are coming and we can't risk losing this year. We made it this far."

"How many games left till championship?"

I take a sip of milk before replying. "One."

He nods slowly. "I'm guessing championship will he in a couple weeks." he says quietly and I hum in agreement.

I finish the last of my milk and I wash out my cup. Before I made it back to the living room, Kaydon stops me and pulled me next to him. He wipes the corners of my lips and tucks a strand of hair behind my ear. The tingles from everything sets my body off on fire but this is what friends do. Right?

I brush the hair out of his eyes and I walk back towards the couch to my spot in the corner. His spot was the longer part of the couch and he flips me off while smirking.

"Goodnight, Sierra." he gives me a crooked grin. I wave him off.

"Night, Kaydon."

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