"But the heart's not like a box that gets filled up, it expands in size the more you love." - Her

I stuffed the suitcase full of anything and everything, careful only to disguise the various bottles of pills carefully and make sure Derek was distracted when I put them in.

He sat on the edge of my bed, his hand rubbing over Riley's fur and his eyes scanning my room. He was an observer, those green eyes taking everything in. Maybe that's another thing that made us so different these days. I could care less around my surroundings as long as I had headphones, but he was always scanning the room for weapons in case a zombie apocalypse broke out or something.

"You girls pack so much shit. It's a two day thing, Angel. You're not moving out of the damn country." I roll my eyes at his stupid statement and toss a shoe at him.

"You never know when you need to dress for an occasion. I thought you all wanted me to be like my old self anyways. Isn't this something the old Angelina would do?" I question, raising my eyebrow.

He leans back, pretending to think long and hard about the question before smirking at me.

"The old Angelina didn't do shit because she was lazy as fuck, and so are you. So pack your shit up and let's go." He hisses the words at me, tossing a pillow at me and it bounces off my forehead.

His eyes widen in shock and his hands go up to cover up the laughter coming from his mouth while I gape at him. Did this boy really just do what I think he did?

"I told you that you had a big ass forehead." The laughter erupts out now, he doesn't even try to restrain himself, "that damn thing is like a backboard." His stupid comment only has him laughing harder, my dog even seems slightly amused by the situation.

Why am I just now realizing how much Derek cusses? Oh well, I wasn't mother Theresa myself.

"At least I didn't have a weird collection of Alien porn!" I retort , smacking him with as many pillows I could get my hands on.

His own hands fly up to restrain mine but I thrash wildly, grinning every time one of my pillows land perfectly on his body.

"Angelina I've got your snack- oh, I'll just excuse myself." My mom walks out with wide eyes and slams the door.

I glance down and notice I'm once again on top of Derek and scramble off, my own eyes just as wide as his are now.

"Oh shit, oh fuck!" I curse at the sight my mom probably thinks she witnessed. I always find myself in these weird ass situations.

"If your mom calls mine and they start making statements and saying we fucked, I'm changing my name to Toni and telling them I'm gay," he says, making a grimace face at me while I roll my eyes.

Well, he and Haden did have quite a bromance. I ship it.

"Come on, let's just go." I reach for my bags but he takes them before I can get a good grip on them, sending a smirk at me and holding the door open for me.

He was so cocky and such a fucking jerk. He irritated me so much, and pressed all my fucking buttons and ignored everything I said, so why on earth did my heart still skip a beat whenever those green eyes met my shit brown ones?

I don't even fight him for the station and let him leave his dreadful country on. My eyes scan the empty fields of nothingness while we drive over it.

I give pep talks to myself, and I try so hard to convince myself that those feelings I had long ago are gone.

It was just a silly school boy crush that evaporated and ended a long time ago. He doesn't like me, and I certainly don't like him.

When we arrive at the dock, I see Autumn and Haden arguing already, his little dreads blowing in the wind and his arms crossing making even more muscles bulge out.

"For heavens sake, Autumn. She dropped her stupid glasses and I picked them up for her! Why do you always jump to conclusions? I don't even know the girl!" Haden's loud voice echoes all the way down here and Derek and I share knowing glances.

Their relationship was so humorous to watch at this point. They'd be sucking each other's faces off as soon as we boarded the boat anyway. I think they just liked to have make up sex.

"I'm sick of you lying to me, Haden. She has working hands, I'm sure she could've picked up her own fugly glasses!" Autumn yells, her tan skin turning a pinkish color.

Haden rolls his eyes, facing us with an annoyed glare but seemingly happy that we've interrupted what was sure to be an awkward confrontation.

"Hey guys, Autumn's brother and I are just going to get the boat ready for take off and all that shit. Have fun with her, she's in one of her moods," he says in monotone, casting a glance at her.

"I wouldn't been in a mood if you wouldn't have picked up her glasses! Should've just let the girl be blind!" Her lips purse together and she crosses her arms defensively over her chest.

That's when I noticed she had a small elephant tattoo on her wrist. She always talked about getting one but I never thought she'd actually do it. Shows how much I've missed around here I guess.

"They're just glasses, baby! Chill out."

Oh Haden, rookie mistake. Never tell a girl to chill out.

"So? They're glasses she could've picked up with her own ashy ass hands!" Autumn says, blowing her hair out of her red face and Haden rolls his eyes again, throwing his hands up in surrender.

"Whatever, I'm leaving. I won't pick up anyone else's shit they drop like a gentlemen since you're such a fucking psychotic ass lady today," he huffs, marching off and shooting her the finger and she goes marching right off after him.

"I'm not done with you yet! Get back here, you- you fried tomato!"

She was never really one that was good with insults. The breeze caused my hair to blow and I could taste the salt on the tip of my tongue as I tried to ignore whatever altercation Haden and Autumn were having now.

Part of me thought they should end it, but at the same time, maybe that's just how they worked. They sure seemed to enjoy it anyways.

"Pose." Derek's smile and camera has made a return and I shoot him a goofy luck, one that probably made me look even uglier than I already am.



"Beautiful," he smiles and we start to walk towards the boat.

His hand keeps grazing mine until I pull it tightly against my body. I've got to resist this with every fiber in my being. Just one weekend, or just until this project is over, and you can ghost again.

I can feel his eyes on me again. He's got that look like he's trying to figure me out, the one with his eyebrows furrowed and his lip in between his teeth.

I want to tell him to stop. I want to scream at him to stop, but I'm silent again. If only he new the truth would only cause him to hurt more.

I love Haden and Autumns relationship idek why though.

Guys! Someone brought to my attention that Dangel was a cute ship name for Angelina and Derek and I was like

So there we have it, folks. Another mediocre chapter by a mediocre writer looking to grow and develop. Thanks for hanging in here!

Btw I totally almost missed this update thanks to this 70 century nap I decided to take☹️ BYE