No One Gets Burned...Much

Everyone’s hands went up and the group shared a short laugh. “Here, I got some sticks for us,” Avery said as he began to pass around a little pile, "I think this is the first time I've really been at a campfire in a group before," Avery added while extending his hands to the flames to warm them, "I might just forget I'm on a mountain top soon,"

"Maybe you can but my back is still fucking freezing," Mindy scoffed with a slight shiver,

"Then turn your ass to the fire, just don't overcook the hams," Juliet jokingly shot back causing the group to break out into the stress relieving laughter, "And you never went camping? Not even with Quinn and Will?"

"Not exactly my thing, if you can believe it." Avery joked with some of his natural dry sarcasm, "But this is pretty nice, cold out here, but the fire really makes this cozy."

"Well we can all thank Devin for providing excellent kindling," Nicole lowly murmured out, a sly almost smug smile resting on her face,

"Huh?" Devin instantly replied in complete confusion,

"Nothing," Nicole ripped open the bag of marshmallows and took a deep inhale, “Mhm, they smell so good. How many do you want, Clark?” The redhead asked, looking at the teen with a genuine smile,

“Uh, Three I guess,” Kenny replied with a shrug,

“Anna?” Nicole asked as she glanced towards her best friend,

“Two please,” Anna replied as she reached over, taking the chocolate off of Nicole's lap. She opened the bar of chocolate and began to break it into pieces, passing the pieces out to the group,

A few minutes later everyone was in the midst of preparing their S’mores, there was a good amount of chatter from the group. Anna, Juliet, Brian, and Mindy found themselves reminiscing on their first camping trips, and though Brian tried, he was finding some difficulty in holding Anna's attention throughout the conversation. At any other time, Kenny would have been invested wholly in the conversation with his friends. He'd be laughing, reminding everyone of the time JJ foolishly wiped himself with the wrong leaves and had one hell of a rash for their camping weekend but tonight, he found himself much more preoccupied with the redhead sitting next to him. While Nicole jumped into the conversation a few times, she continued to return her sole focus to Kenny, asking him more direct questions rather than the group.

Most of these questions were innocent enough, learning a little bit of his childhood but some were clearly teasing. Kenny normally would think he was dreaming, the smoking hot Nicole Moore flirting with him was something that just didn't happen, hell it even scarcely happened in his dreams. Yet, he couldn't dare show it as Devin was stewing in silence, staring at the pair, shooting daggers into Kenny every time Nicole said a thing to him. Kenny always heard about Devin having a short fuse, but jealousy wasn't something he expected from someone so normally laid back. However, he immediately realized that he didn't want to be on the receiving end.

Doing his best to ignore Devin, Kenny finished making his s’more and took a hefty bite. The triple marshmallow made a big mess, smearing over his lips and chin. Nicole peered over and couldn’t help but laugh, seeing his face coated in marshmallow, “Can't take you anywhere, huh Clark?”

“Okay, maybe three marshmallows were too much.” Kenny admitted with a short chuckle before wiping his face clean with a napkin, “Did I get it all?” He asked, turning to face Nicole,

Nicole let out a short hum, looking Kenny over then she shook her head. “Nope, you missed a spot. Right here…” She softly said as she moved her pointer finger to his face, wiping a bit of melted marshmallow from his lower lip. Kenny's eyes slightly widened at the redhead's tender touch and stayed that way as he watched her bring the finger to her mouth, slowly taking it in past her plump lips. Kenny gulped as Nicole thoughtfully sucked her finger clean and although he couldn't be sure he thought he saw a wink follow just before she giggled, “Gotta be more careful, these things can make a hell of a mess.” Nicole merely stated with a little smirk before returning to her snack

Kenny sat staring at Nicole for a few moments, stunned. Slowly he turned back towards the fire, his face once more a light shade of red. He quickly raised his eyes to Devin and felt his heart calm as he noticed the man, head down, focused on forming his S'more. It was a miracle that he hadn't seen what just happened but Kenny was already eternally grateful.

As the hours passed Nicole scooted closer and closer to Kenny before finally resting her head on his shoulder to watch the flames. Kenny kept his head lowered as he was sure Devin was glaring at him, ready to rip his head off, which was unfortunately true. The rockstar had done his best to bite his tongue throughout the night but he was quickly reaching a point where enough was enough. He was certain Nicole was setting up to hurt him and he hated to admit it was working.

Just as Devin was working up the nerve to say something. Nicole let out a disappointed hum. Devin brought his attention over to the girl and watched as she smoothly slipped a ring off her pinky. It was the very same ring Devin had given her when they first met at one of his shows. Nicole lifted her eyes and they finally met for the first time that night, the gaze lasted only a few seconds but for Devin, it felt like an hour. Then without a word or any care, Nicole flicked the ring into the flames and snaked her arms around Kenny's, cuddling in close to the teen.

Devin's eyes flared and he ground his teeth, a thousand thoughts flipped through his head. He wanted to yell, hit Kenny, beg Nicole to forgive him, tell them to show him some damn respect but none felt like the right. Feeling defeated Devin let out a grumble and abruptly stood up, “I’m going to bed.” He muttered and stormed towards the cabin, disappearing inside.

“That sounds like a good idea, it’s almost eleven.” Mindy said in agreement as she let out a long stretch, "Besides I'd like to actually go get warm, I can't even feel my butt anymore,"

“Yeah, too true, I’m gonna hit it too,” Brian announced as he got up, "You coming, Anna?" The blonde asked with an easy smile towards Anna. She let out a nervous smile, nodding while getting up and following him towards the cabin, "Night,"

"Yes, goodnight everyone," Anna added, waving at Nicole as she left.

Juliet gave them all a little wave goodbye before turning back towards the fire, the remaining four teens were silent for a few more minutes before Nicole let go of Kenny’s arm and stood up, “I’m tired too, come, Clark, I’m a light sleeper and I'd appreciate you not waking me up by coming in later.” She said with a set of tired eyes,

“Yeah, alright. Hey, thanks for hanging guys, goodnight,” Kenny yawned while giving a nod to both Juliet and JJ. Nicole weakly waved to the pair as well before the duo made their way back into the cabin and down the stairs towards their room, ready to crash.

Another long minute of silence lingered between Juliet and Avery before the geek finally said, “Thank god they left, the tension was killing me.”

Juliet almost let out a sigh of relief and looked across the fire toward Avery with a smile, “I know! Kenny wasn’t even doing anything,” Juliet agreed, “Nikki was the one playing grabby hands and Devin looked like he was going to go nuclear any second!” She said with a little laugh.

Avery let out a little laugh and nodded back to her, "I know, right?" Juliet continued to smile at Avery for a moment but he didn't continue to talk, rather the silence returned. Juliet wouldn't have minded keeping the conversation going, but Avery was honestly one of the few people who always felt like a solid wall next to her. Even when he was at their house with Kenny, she couldn't ever seem to get a conversation flowing with him. At points, she had to even wonder if the teen had something against her, as little sense as that made.

Another few minutes passed and feeling defeated, Juliet gingerly got to her feet, "Oh, you heading inside?" Avery asked, his voice slightly low,

Juliet felt a little surprised as she noticed the disappointment in his tone, “Nah, I’m a night owl. Besides someone needs to watch the fire till it dies down.” Juliet denied while making her way over to the seat near Avery, sitting down in it and pulling her legs up, hugging them tightly, "I just wanted to get away from the breeze, I was getting a little cold,"

Avery looked over at the huddled-up brunette before awkwardly unzipping his jacket, "Uh here," Juliet's brow jumped up once more as he reached over dropping it around her, "My hoodie has got me plenty warm and if you're planning on hanging out here until the fire is done, you probably need it more than me.” Avery said with a small half-smile,

"Oh...you sure, Avery?"

"I'm all good like I said, this fire is working great, I'm good to stay out here for a while too," Avery then rubbed the back of his neck, "If you don't mind, I mean, I can go."

"No no," She reached out, gently taking a hold of his forearm, "That sounds fun, we can hang out for once." Juliet sweetly replied.

Back inside Kenny and Nicole returned to their room to get changed into their nightwear. Nicole took to the bathroom while Kenny changed and got into bed. If Kenny wasn't so tired he would have been a nervous wreck when he noticed Nicole walk out of the bathroom in only a tight black tank top and a snuggly fit pair of red panties with black lace along the edges, "Sorry, I was planning on sleeping with my boyfriend, didn't pack much in the way of sleepwear. Honestly thought I'd be naked most nights," Nicole laughed as climbed into the bed,

"No worries, I...I get it," Kenny coughed back, keeping his eyes off the girl and reminding himself they were only going to sleep. Even still, however, Kenny left a large buffer between them, scootching right to the edge so he wasn't anywhere near Nicole. Tired or not, he didn’t want to do anything that could destroy his friendship with Devin or fall into the fatal trap of being teased all night by Nicole.

Still, Nicole was starting to affect him, everything she’d done with him today was so charming and enticing. Having a girl treat him so warmly was something he had been desperately wanting and honestly, Nicole might as well have checked everything off on Kenny's daydream list. He let out a sigh, deciding to let his brain go blank, and just as he started to drift to sleep he heard Nicole’s voice, “Kenny, hey, can I ask a favor?” She whispered to him,

“Hm, yeah?” He groggily replied,

“You mind getting closer to me? Maybe put your arm around me, I'm pretty cold," Nicole softly asked in a pouty tone,

Kenny too tired to care at this point scooted close to her, “Sure.” He muttered as he put his arm lazily around her waist. Nicole let out a smile and moved her body close to Kenny’s pressing it against him. Kenny slowly fell asleep his face pushing into her hair, smelling its sweet scent. Nicole put her arm over his and let out a little happy sigh. After a few minutes, she felt a little poking against her rump, her brow raised and she scooted her ass back, gently bucking it up and down to get a good feel of what the teen had. Satisfied, she gave him a final little wiggle, letting the warm rod nuzzle into her ass. She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep while listening to the sounds of Kenny breathing.