Blair Silver

Epilogue

Blair picks me up from my house in his mom's car. I've been waiting by the window for him to show up, so as soon as I spot him, I grab my bag and camp chair and go outside before he can even start to get out of the car. I drop my stuff in the backseat, then sit in the passenger side. Blair grins at me (full dimples). "Hope you weren't waiting too long."

I blush and lean over to kiss his cheek, then do up my seatbelt and, instead of responding to him, say, "Drive."

He smirks as he pulls away from the curb. "Don't worry, we have fifteen minutes, and it's like, a ten minute drive. We're not going to be late."

I blush more and carefully keep my gaze away from him. "I know."

He hums a little. "Alright."

I sneak a glance at him out of the corner of my eye, and he catches my eye, still smirking. I quickly turn to look out the window, resting my chin in my palms so I can cover my cheeks with my hands. I can hear Blair's low chuckle, which helps nothing.

We get to Rachel's house in about eight minutes, since the roads are pretty empty by now. Blair gets out and grabs both of our bags (which are heavier than the camp chairs) and his chair. I take mine, knowing better than to try and convince him that I can carry my own bag, then close the car door and lead Blair to the side gate that leads to Rachel's backyard.

Gabrielle is already sitting by the fire pit table. She grins and waves when she sees us. "Hey! Rachel's inside making sure we have stuff for s'mores."

"Ooh, sounds great!" I spend a minute or so struggling with getting my folding camp chair free of the bag containing it. By the time I've managed to get it out, Blair's already sitting in his large, cushy camp chair, watching me with amusement. I send him a playful glare as I finally manage to get it properly set up.

Rachel exits the house just as I get settled. "Sorry guys, we're out of graham crackers, so it's going to be s'mOreos instead of s'mores."

"No complaints here," Gabrielle says, as Rachel sets up her camp chair next to her, on my other side.

"Hey, guys!" Jillian appears around the side of the house, followed by Elliot.

I smile and wave as they come over, Elliot giving me a bright, friendly smile and then directing it at Blair as well. "Hi!"

"Hey, Elliot," I respond, trying to suppress my my smile as Blair looks at him in mild amusement. Jillian drops her stuff and starts setting up on the side of Blair that I'm not on, and Elliot naturally sits beside her.

We discuss the latest matters at school until it gets dark (it doesn't take too long) at which point Gabrielle stands up with a flourish and announces, "Okay, it's dark enough now. We're going star tripping."

"What about the fire?" I ask, worried something could happen if it's not supervised.

Rachel stands up as well, waving a hand at me. "It's fine, my parents are probably glancing outside every once in a while anyways to make sure we're not doing anything stupid."

I look at Jillian, who shrugs and stands to follow Gabrielle to the back gate. Blair gives me a small smile before doing the same, waiting for me. He takes my hand as we exit the yard, going into the back alley to walk down to the park. I smile to myself, feeling lighter as I always do when I'm with Blair.

Gabrielle has her phone out, flashlight on to make sure there's no broken glass or anything that we could step on, until the alley lets out onto a street, which we cross into the park. We keep going until we're not near any bright lights, at which point Gabrielle covers her phone flashlight with her thumb and turns to the rest of us. "Who's first?"