Camping Trip
Late Night Wandering & Asking Why
Rachel's P.O.V.
After listening rather intently to Gabby and Calum, we all decided to head to bed.
Honestly, I was pretty worn out from the day and so once in the tent I crawled into my sleeping bag and tightening it around me so that I was somewhat in a cocoon.
Ashton laughed as he closed the door of the tent.
"You look like an idiot, you know that?" he chuckled, turning back to face me.
I ignored him, snuggling into my sleeping bag.
"Hey Rach, I've to get changed, close your eyes yeah?" he added.
I raised my eyebrows, sitting up.
"So what, you're shy all of a sudden?" I asked, half teasing, thinking back to when we were behind the tree.
He rolled his eyes.
"Please?" He asked once again.
I sighed but shrugged.
"If you insist" I muttered, burying my face in the pillow I had brought, so that I couldn't see. I hummed 'All About That Bass' to myself while I waited. Eventually I felt his arms wrapping around me as he pressed a kiss to my neck.
I giggled, turning around completely so I was laying on my back.
"Hey" I gave him a goofy smile, pushing some of his hair out of his face, running my hands through it.
"Hey yourself" he replied, leaning down to press his lips to mine.
It was a soft kiss lasting only a few seconds.
"You know I'm so glad I invited you on this camping trip" he kissed me once more before rolling off of me and getting into his own sleeping bag.
"Oh really?" I questioned, rolling on my side so that we were facing each other.
He grinned.
"Really. Honestly I don't think I would have ever gotten enough courage to tell you how I felt otherwise" he told me.
I grinned.
"Well you didn't get up enough courage really.. Sasha kinda forced it out of you" I reminded him.
He stuck out his tongue at me.
"Well go ahead and rain on my parade so" he replied.
My grin widened.
"That was the plan. Honestly though Ash, why didn't you just ask me out? Or randomly kiss me or something?" I asked him.
"Ooh! You could have bought me flowers - white lilies, you know they're my favourite - and brought me off to somewhere really romantic and told me. Or you could have showed up at my house in the middle of the night and throw rocks at my window and sing to me or-" I went off in a rant.
"You really do live in your own little world, don't you?" he cut me off, his eyebrows raised.
I rolled my eyes.
"I'm serious Ashton. Maybe not about the singing in the middle of the night but you should have just told me.." I told him honestly.
He sighed.
"It's not just that easy Rach" He replied.
"Well it could have been" I leaned forward to press my lips to his.
Goodnight" I added, rolling away from him.
" 'Night" he replied.
I was pretty tired so it didn't take me long to drift off. However when I opened my eyes the next morning, it was much darker than I had expected. I sat up, rubbing at my eyes. It was so dark I could barely see but I could tell Ashton was still asleep from his deep breathing. I moved around the tent a bit, fishing my hand under his pillow to get his phone. My phone had died ages ago. Ashton had brought a solar charger so his phone was always full battery.
I turned it on quickly, instantly seeing it was only 4am.
I groaned, lying back down. I don't know how long I sat there, trying to fall back asleep. Eventually I gave up, deciding I needed to go for a walk. Maybe a quick walk would tire me out and I'd get some sleep then.
Getting fully out of my sleeping bag I went in search of a hoodie to wear. It would most likely be pretty cold outside. I found one of Ashton's ones, and threw it over my head quickly. I stood up then, attempting to quietly open the zip of the tent without waking Ashton. However, with my clumsiness I managed to get my feet caught in the bottom of my sleeping bag and fell backwards, landing right on Ashton's stomach.
His eyes shot open and flew to me quickly.
"What-What are you doing?" he asked, breathlessly, obviously due to the fact that I had just landed on his stomach, knocking the wind from him.
"Sorry Ash, I didn't mean to wake you. I'm heading out for a walk, I'll be back soon" I explained, attempting to stand up. However he caught my wrist, pulling me back down onto him.
"A walk? Rachel it's dark. What time is it?" his eyes were still half closed, though he looked concerned.
"Its like four.. Maybe half four now" I shrugged in response.
His eyes widened considerably.
"You're not going on a walk in the dark at half four in the morning!" he replied firmly.
I rolled my eyes.
"Ashton, I'm not a child. I'll be fine" I challenged back.
He sighed, pushing me off of him and suddenly getting out of his sleeping bag.
"What are you doing?" I ask, watching as he stuffed on a pair of shoes.
"I'm coming with you.. I'm not letting you wander around by a lake in the dark alone" he mumbled, still sounding really tired.
"Ash I-" I tried to argue with him but he cut me off.
"Rachel, this is you. You'd probably fall into the lake or walk into a tree or something" he interrupted.
I shrugged in response. He wasn't wrong.. I was a huge klutz.
And so a few minutes later the two of us were outside, walking along the lake hand in hand. It wasn't too dark after all as the moon was so big. It's reflection off of the water highlighted Ashton's features perfectly.
"So.. why couldn't you sleep?" Ashton asked, sounding much more awake now that we were outside.
I shrugged.
"I don't know actually. I just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep" I replied softly.
"Having sweet dreams of me were you?" he teased, nudging me.
I chuckled.
"Whatever you say" I replied, meeting his eye.
He laughed, looking away.
There was a comfortable silence for a few minutes before I broke it.
"Hey Ash.." I trailed off.
He met my eye.
"Yeah?"
"Well.. This is gonna sound really stupid but you said you liked me for a while, yeah?" I asked slowly.
He simply nodded in response.
"Well why? Why me? I mean I've known you for so long and you've always talked about your perfect girl and let's face it, I'm not her.. I'm not even close. I can't cook, I can't play any instruments, I'm not really tall or slim and I don't have-" I began rambling but was cut off by his lips meeting mine.
"Rachel, I love you" he told me softly when he pulled back.
"I know but-"
"I love you. I'm in love with you. I don't care whether or not you can cook or play instruments. I mean no, you're not the girl that I've always pictured myself with but you're so much better.. You know me like no one else does and I can literally trust you with my life. And Rach there is no why. I don't know why I fell for you.. I just did. And I'm glad" he pulled me closer as he finished.
I grinned widely.
"Wow, you've really got a knack for these big romantic speeches, don't ya?" I teased.
He rolled his eyes , before leaning in to press his lips to mine once more.
We spent about another 20 minutes walking along the lake before sitting down near the campfire. We continued talking abut random nonsense for ages. Eventually I fell asleep, lying on the ground with my head resting in Ashton's lap, with him playing with my hair.
After listening rather intently to Gabby and Calum, we all decided to head to bed.
Honestly, I was pretty worn out from the day and so once in the tent I crawled into my sleeping bag and tightening it around me so that I was somewhat in a cocoon.
Ashton laughed as he closed the door of the tent.
"You look like an idiot, you know that?" he chuckled, turning back to face me.
I ignored him, snuggling into my sleeping bag.
"Hey Rach, I've to get changed, close your eyes yeah?" he added.
I raised my eyebrows, sitting up.
"So what, you're shy all of a sudden?" I asked, half teasing, thinking back to when we were behind the tree.
He rolled his eyes.
"Please?" He asked once again.
I sighed but shrugged.
"If you insist" I muttered, burying my face in the pillow I had brought, so that I couldn't see. I hummed 'All About That Bass' to myself while I waited. Eventually I felt his arms wrapping around me as he pressed a kiss to my neck.
I giggled, turning around completely so I was laying on my back.
"Hey" I gave him a goofy smile, pushing some of his hair out of his face, running my hands through it.
"Hey yourself" he replied, leaning down to press his lips to mine.
It was a soft kiss lasting only a few seconds.
"You know I'm so glad I invited you on this camping trip" he kissed me once more before rolling off of me and getting into his own sleeping bag.
"Oh really?" I questioned, rolling on my side so that we were facing each other.
He grinned.
"Really. Honestly I don't think I would have ever gotten enough courage to tell you how I felt otherwise" he told me.
I grinned.
"Well you didn't get up enough courage really.. Sasha kinda forced it out of you" I reminded him.
He stuck out his tongue at me.
"Well go ahead and rain on my parade so" he replied.
My grin widened.
"That was the plan. Honestly though Ash, why didn't you just ask me out? Or randomly kiss me or something?" I asked him.
"Ooh! You could have bought me flowers - white lilies, you know they're my favourite - and brought me off to somewhere really romantic and told me. Or you could have showed up at my house in the middle of the night and throw rocks at my window and sing to me or-" I went off in a rant.
"You really do live in your own little world, don't you?" he cut me off, his eyebrows raised.
I rolled my eyes.
"I'm serious Ashton. Maybe not about the singing in the middle of the night but you should have just told me.." I told him honestly.
He sighed.
"It's not just that easy Rach" He replied.
"Well it could have been" I leaned forward to press my lips to his.
Goodnight" I added, rolling away from him.
" 'Night" he replied.
I was pretty tired so it didn't take me long to drift off. However when I opened my eyes the next morning, it was much darker than I had expected. I sat up, rubbing at my eyes. It was so dark I could barely see but I could tell Ashton was still asleep from his deep breathing. I moved around the tent a bit, fishing my hand under his pillow to get his phone. My phone had died ages ago. Ashton had brought a solar charger so his phone was always full battery.
I turned it on quickly, instantly seeing it was only 4am.
I groaned, lying back down. I don't know how long I sat there, trying to fall back asleep. Eventually I gave up, deciding I needed to go for a walk. Maybe a quick walk would tire me out and I'd get some sleep then.
Getting fully out of my sleeping bag I went in search of a hoodie to wear. It would most likely be pretty cold outside. I found one of Ashton's ones, and threw it over my head quickly. I stood up then, attempting to quietly open the zip of the tent without waking Ashton. However, with my clumsiness I managed to get my feet caught in the bottom of my sleeping bag and fell backwards, landing right on Ashton's stomach.
His eyes shot open and flew to me quickly.
"What-What are you doing?" he asked, breathlessly, obviously due to the fact that I had just landed on his stomach, knocking the wind from him.
"Sorry Ash, I didn't mean to wake you. I'm heading out for a walk, I'll be back soon" I explained, attempting to stand up. However he caught my wrist, pulling me back down onto him.
"A walk? Rachel it's dark. What time is it?" his eyes were still half closed, though he looked concerned.
"Its like four.. Maybe half four now" I shrugged in response.
His eyes widened considerably.
"You're not going on a walk in the dark at half four in the morning!" he replied firmly.
I rolled my eyes.
"Ashton, I'm not a child. I'll be fine" I challenged back.
He sighed, pushing me off of him and suddenly getting out of his sleeping bag.
"What are you doing?" I ask, watching as he stuffed on a pair of shoes.
"I'm coming with you.. I'm not letting you wander around by a lake in the dark alone" he mumbled, still sounding really tired.
"Ash I-" I tried to argue with him but he cut me off.
"Rachel, this is you. You'd probably fall into the lake or walk into a tree or something" he interrupted.
I shrugged in response. He wasn't wrong.. I was a huge klutz.
And so a few minutes later the two of us were outside, walking along the lake hand in hand. It wasn't too dark after all as the moon was so big. It's reflection off of the water highlighted Ashton's features perfectly.
"So.. why couldn't you sleep?" Ashton asked, sounding much more awake now that we were outside.
I shrugged.
"I don't know actually. I just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep" I replied softly.
"Having sweet dreams of me were you?" he teased, nudging me.
I chuckled.
"Whatever you say" I replied, meeting his eye.
He laughed, looking away.
There was a comfortable silence for a few minutes before I broke it.
"Hey Ash.." I trailed off.
He met my eye.
"Yeah?"
"Well.. This is gonna sound really stupid but you said you liked me for a while, yeah?" I asked slowly.
He simply nodded in response.
"Well why? Why me? I mean I've known you for so long and you've always talked about your perfect girl and let's face it, I'm not her.. I'm not even close. I can't cook, I can't play any instruments, I'm not really tall or slim and I don't have-" I began rambling but was cut off by his lips meeting mine.
"Rachel, I love you" he told me softly when he pulled back.
"I know but-"
"I love you. I'm in love with you. I don't care whether or not you can cook or play instruments. I mean no, you're not the girl that I've always pictured myself with but you're so much better.. You know me like no one else does and I can literally trust you with my life. And Rach there is no why. I don't know why I fell for you.. I just did. And I'm glad" he pulled me closer as he finished.
I grinned widely.
"Wow, you've really got a knack for these big romantic speeches, don't ya?" I teased.
He rolled his eyes , before leaning in to press his lips to mine once more.
We spent about another 20 minutes walking along the lake before sitting down near the campfire. We continued talking abut random nonsense for ages. Eventually I fell asleep, lying on the ground with my head resting in Ashton's lap, with him playing with my hair.
TWENTY ONE PILOTS!!!! JOSH!!!!!! TYLER!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!! JOSHLER!!!!!!!!!!!!
3/29/17