Unexpected Bond

It had been 3 weeks since Parker and I agreed on a truce, and it was quite refreshing if I'm being honest. Parker kept his end of the truce, surprisingly, and he was actually being nice.

Well, as nice as Parker could be.

Still freaked me out a little at first but as much as it pains me to admit, he's not that hard to be around. Since Tilly and Felix have gotten adorably close, I found myself hanging around Parker on my days off because they seemed to always be together.

I never thought I'd willingly say this but; Parker and I are friends now. We're actually kind of close which I still find incredibly weird but I can't complain- it's better than fighting with him 24/7.

"Hey." Parker smiled, plopping down on the couch beside me.

Today was one of the rare occasions that we both had the whole day off.

"Hey, I thought you were supposed to be going out with Felix today?"

He groaned and threw his head back. "He ditched me again!"

"Tilly?"

"Yeah. I feel like I barely see him anymore."

"Parker you literally see him every day- he works with you." I laugh.

"Still! We haven't hung out, just the two of us, in weeks. He's always either with Tilly or both of you guys are tagging along."

I shot him an annoyed look.

"Not that I don't love your company." He smiled a little sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes.

"Look, they like each other, is it really so bad that they want to spend time with one another?"

"Yes! They can hang out all they want once Felix has the balls to actually ask her out."

I paused. "Okay, I agree with you there. Felix does need to ask her out because we both know Tilly would never make the first move." I ramble on. "But that's not the point, they have to deal with kids all day and being with each other is kind of like a stress reliever for them."

"Well I have to deal with the little rug rats too but you don't see me running off to some girl after every shift, complaining about my life now do you?"

I stared at him incredulously for a moment. "Isn't that literally what you do with me? All you do is complain about either Felix, the kids or the senior counsellors."

He opened his mouth fawning shock. "I do not!"

"Yes you do!" I laughed. "And before you say anything else, think about the conversation we're having right now?"

"... Okay you've got a point." He admitted before turning his head to the TV. "What are you watching anyway?"

I held back a laugh, knowing he's only asking because of what I just said. "America's Next Top Model."

"Ohhhh, What's happened so far?" He said getting comfortable beside me.

"Well, you know Christina?"

"The bitch?"

"Yes." I laughed. "She left!"

"No way!"

"Yeah, said she felt attacked by everyone else."

"That's ridiculous, she was the one bitching behind everyone's back- to be honest I'm surprised she wasn't put out sooner, her attitude sucked and don't get me stared on that runway walk."

I looked at him in shock before bursting out into laughter.

"What?" He asked.

I just shook my head, smiling. "Nothing."

We spent the rest of the day binge watching ANTM, Parker mercilessly judging and admiring all of the girls before we ran out of episodes to watch. It was around dinner time when Parker suggested we go out to eat, his treat. Obviously I said yes because free food. As we were about to leave, he got a call form Felix

"Hey man whats up- ... what? ...... wait really ..... alright awesome .... yeah sure man whatever you need  .... alright I'll set everything up don't worry .... no problem ... okay I'll catch you later man, good luck."

"What was that about?" I asked, unable to hide my curiosity.

"You don't mind pushing dinner back a little, do you?"

"No, why? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah , everything is fine but I just need to do Felix a quick favour." He answered, somewhat distracted while making a B-line to the cabinet.

"Well what is it? Maybe I can help."

"Remember earlier when we said he needs to man up and ask Tilly out?"

"Yes." I drawl out, a knowing smile etching it's way onto my face.

"Well, he's finally doing it tonight." He smiled.

"Seriously?! Omg, finally!" I laugh. "Wait, so what does he need you to do?"

"Well he asked if he could use our cabin, since it was bigger and had a fire place- you know to set the mood and all that shit. He asked if I could clean the place up a little."

"So basically we've got to romance  the fuck out of this room?"

"Pretty much."

"Well, let's get started. What time is he binging her over at?"

H glanced at his watch. "In about an hour? So we've got plenty of time."

"Okay. You get the candles out and I'll get a bed sheet." I said walking to the laundry room and grabbing a clean white sheet.

"What? why the hell do you need a bed sheet?" He asked, completely puzzled.

"Look, we don't have a table cloth so this is the next best thing. How are we looking for candles?"

"We got a shit ton of mini ones and one big set of three."

"Okay perfect, light the tiny ones and put them around the cabin- Carefully! Don't be stupid and put it anywhere it could potentially catch fire okay?"

"Yeah, yeah." He brushed me off.

"And we can put the bigger ones in the centre of the table." I pause and rummage around the cabinets. "I could've sworn I seen cute table sets somewhere- AHA there it is!"

After putting the bedsheet on the rectangular table, and placing the candles as a centre piece, I lay out the cute place mats facing each other, I set a bottle of wine and two wine glasses down on the table.

"Where'd you get the wine?" Parker asked, suddenly standing right behind me. I let out a small scream and bumped into him.

"Shit! You scared the life out of me." I said breathlessly, turning to face him and clutching my chest.

"Sorry." He laughed, his hands on my waist steading me after a near trip.

"To answer your question, Tilly and I bought it one of the first days we got off, we promised to save it for the last night but I think this is a bit more important."

He dropped his hands. "How did you buy it in the first place."

"The guy didn't ask for ID." I shrugged.

We both took a step back admiring our handy work.

"It's missing something." Parker said, taking the words straight out of my mouth.

"Light the fire, I'm gonna add one last thing." I rushed out, heading for the door.

I had noticed, just out back of our cabin, there was a rose bush; plucking a rose and a few rose petals, I headed back inside set  it on one side of the table, sprinkling the rose petals over the table and to the door. Hopefully Felix will get the idea.

Parker finally lit the fire and come to stand beside me again.

"Now that's what I call a romantic dinner." Parker smiled

With the rose petals, and the dim lighting of the fire and candles, the place screamed romance. I was kind of jealous if I was being honest.

After admiring our work a little longer, I turned to Parker. "What time is it?"

"6:45, they'll be here in 15 minutes, we should probably go."

"Alright, then lets go. Where do you want to eat?"

"I don't mind, you choose." He shrugged.

"Well I don't mind either, just choose."

"Ivy, I really don't care where we go, just pick a place."

"I don't know, you pick somewhere."

"For the love of god!"

It went on like that for another 10 minutes before we agreed to go to a local diner in the town not too far from the camp. About 20 minutes in, I got a text from Tilly.

*Thank you so much! Felix said you and Parker helped set this up, it's amazing! ;0 ;)*

I let out a small laugh.

"What?" Parker asked. Turning my phone, I showed him the message. "Well, looks like project Filly was a success." He sat back smugly, taking a sip of his ginger ale.

"Project Filly?"

"You know, Filly ... Felix and Till > Filly."

"You came up with a ship name!" I laughed. "I thought you hated the thought of them being together because you never see him?"

"Look, she makes the kid happy, so I've got to be the supportive best friend right? As long as he's happy, I'm happy."

I stared at him. "That's ... actually kind of sweet." I smiled.

"Although, I am going to lose my wingman now."

I rolled my eyes, letting out a small laugh. "There it is."

We sent the rest of the night talking and laughing. the conversation never stopped and there were no awkward silences. That's probably due to the fact Parker kept commenting on my eating abilities-

"Your not getting a salad?"

"No?"

"But I thought all girls got salads?"

I narrowed my eyes at him. "One. That is so stereotypical of you to assume and 2. I'm extremely hungry, so if I want to get a hamburger and fries, I'm damn getting a hamburger and fries."

"Wow, okay Bruce Banner no need to bite my head off." He joked.

Fast forward to when we were actually eating.

"There's no way you're going to eat all of that. That burger weighs more than you do!"

"Wanna bet?" I smirked. "$20 says I can eat the whole thing and the fries, plus still have room for desert."

"Bullshit, there's no way you can do that." He scoffed.

"Do we have a bet?" I reached my hand out, he stared at it before shaking it.

"Sure."

Easiest $20 I've made in my life; his face was priceless when I finally finished everything on the plate and ordered desert.

When we weren't talking about my appetite, we were talking about anything and everything. I had a smile on my face the entire time and at one point we were practically crying with laughter after Parker confessed to wetting the bed at a sleep over when he was 14 and blaming it on the guys poor dog. I swear I don't think I've laughed that much in my life.

When the cheque came, I went to grab it, but Parker got to it first.

"Don't worry about it, I got it."

"What? No, Parker come on I can pay for myself." I attempted to grab the piece of paper but he held it out of reach.

"Nope, didn't I say earlier that dinner was on me?"

"Well yeah, but I thought you were kidding."

"Look it's fine. it's not expensive anyway." He smiled.

"Parker ..."

"Relax, think of it this way- I'm using the $20 dollars I owe you for the bill, how's that?"

I stared at him before sighing and giving in. "Fine. Thank you."

"No problem." He smiled back before standing up. "Do you think Filly will be done yet?"

I laughed at the ship name, standing with him. "I don't know, I could check with Tilly?"

"Sure go ahead, I'm gonna run to the bathroom I'll be back in a sec."

"Okay."

Pulling my phone out I realised I had 28 missed calls, 20 from Tilly and the other 8 from Felix. They had also texted me over 30 texts.

How had I not heard them?

I frowned at my phone, scrolling through the messages.

7:47pm    Hey, have you heard anything about visitors coming to camp tonight?

7:59pm    Hello? Can you answer your phone I think somethings up

8:06pm    Seriously Ivy, I think somethings really wrong, there are these random men walking around camp

8:08pm   Andy just announced for everyone to head to the main hall but he sounded really off, Felix and I are going to stay in your cabin. Please call me when you see these

8:13pm   Please answer you phone Ivy, we're getting worried

8:15pm   IVY ANSWER YOUR PHONE

8:16pm   SERIOUSLY WHAT ARE YOU DOING PLEASE CALL ME BACK ASAP

8:19pm   They're checking cabins, we're hiding in the laundry room please answer me

"Hey, you ready to go- What's wrong?" Parker asks, startling me.

"Parker have you heard from Felix at all tonight?" I asked, my voice a little shaky.

"I don't know I haven't checked my phone." He drawls out, looking at me with concern. "Why?"

"Check it now please, I think somethings really wrong."

He nods his head and quickly fishes his phone out of his pocket. "Holy crap, I've got over 15 missed calls from him." He looks up at me. "What's going on?"

"I don't know, but we need to get back to camp; I think everyone's in serious trouble."

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A/N

Soooooooooo, Hi?

I know the last time I updated  I said the next one would be up soon but we all know my updating style is very sporadic. I had exams to deal with, which I'm pretty sure I failed but anyway, I'm sorry.

I'll try to update more frequently but I'm not going to promise anything. Also I Know this update kind of sucks but I just wanted to post so.

Btw, did you like what I did at the top there? 007 instead of 07? Ya now because the title is unexpected Bond- like James Bond- and there was some shading shit going on at the end of the chapter? Get it? No? Okay doesn't matter.

Like I said, I'll try to update but I can't make any promises; don't forget to vote, comment and share.

Until next time,
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                                            L.J. xx

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