"Happy belated birthday Cammie!" I shouted from the doorstep as said person jumped out of Jace's car.

She grinned at me as she skipped to the door where I was standing.

"I'm thirteen now." She informed me even though I knew already.

"I know you are, happy birthday!" I repeated and moved out the way just a little to allow her small frame to go inside the house.

It was only nine in the morning and I was still half asleep; Saturday's are meant for lie in's.

I felt my cheeks get hot as My eyes darted to Jace who had just clambered out the car. Molly was nearby, talking to Camellia and I tugged on her arm to grab her attention.

"Slap me." I demanded her as I dragged her next to me.

I watched as Jace locked his car and got closer and closer to the house or more particularly, me. I panicked and frantically urged Molly to slap me so that Jace'll think that I'm not actually all flustered over his stupid face.

Why do you have to blush right now, cheeks? Why?

Molly did as she was told, I reckon she noticed my massive blush when she saw my face. I winced at the sting I felt from her slap and she covered her mouth with her hands as she laughed.

"I feel like asking why she just slapped you but I don't really care." Jace snickered as he reached the doorstep I was currently standing on.

I smiled at him and shoved his shoulder playfully. "Of course you do." He returned the gesture by placing his hands on my waist. What was he doing?

Hey pushed me backwards and I quickly realised it was all to make space for him to get through the door.

"Ready for a big day?" He asked and I nodded. I was excited to go to London, I've only been a couple times but it's changed quite a lot since the last time I went when I was thirteen.

"My mum packed us some food even when I told her that we'd buy food there." I sighed. She literally packed the whole kitchen in a couple Tupperware's.

"Are the twins going?" He asked and cocked his eyebrow. I liked it when he did that, I never knew why though.

"Unfortunately." I frowned. Trisha came running down the stairs wearing a matching outfit to Molly. They both wore shorts, tights and graphic t-shirt. I told them both that it'll be a cold day but they never listened.

"You'll freeze." Jace laughed at their attire. Seriously, was he a mind reader?

Trisha flipped him off and Jace feigned hurt. His hand flew to his chest and he faked dying. It was actually hilarious and he wasn't bad at all at acting.

Camellia came round to us looked beyond confused as to why her brother was laying on the floor in front of the house door. She kicked his arm with her foot and his eyes shot open and glared at the culprit but when he only saw his sister, his whole face softened.

"Why'd you 'ave to go and bully me for?" He huffed and stood up, brushing himself off.

"Because you were being your usual loser self, loser." She snickered.

After that whole scenario, we all loaded the car. We were only going for a day but we had two rucksacks, both full of food and shit, one for the car and the other for when we're out an about and Molly and Trisha both had their purses with them.

"Shotgun!" I yelled so that everyone could hear. Trisha frowned and gritted her teeth while Molly just shrugged, as if for once she actually didn't care about the front seat. Remind me to question her about that after.

Though, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer.

I ran outside to the car, threw the bags in the backseat and hurried into the passenger seat.

Molly and Trish soon joined me in the car and Jace was still in the house with Cammie, they were probably stopped by my mum.

"Trisha you don't need to be moody about Jace having shotgun." Molly said. "You know why I let him don't you?"

I turned my head, "stop talking about me, gosh."

"Shut up you faggot." Molly laughed.

If my jaw wasn't dropped to the floor already, it just did.

"Yeah but..." Trisha trailed off with no indication that she'll continue speaking more after that.

"Spill." Molly giggled in the backseat. "How did your birthday go? He stole you away from us."

"It went... Perfectly." I smiled and thought to when we kissed.

"Do tell." Trisha smirked.

"We..." My eyes darted outside to see that Jace was still in the house. "kissed four times."

"Four times? Holy shit, man. Does he know you like him?"

"Jace is gay?" Trisha looked taken aback, perhaps because she made moves on Jace before.

"No he's pansexual." I answered. "And no, he doesn't know I like him but I'm sure he knows I'm gay."

Suddenly the driver's door opened and I jolted from the surprise. Thank god he saved me, I felt annoyed that Molly and Trisha were butting in to my personal life.

Camellia sat in the backseat and clicked her belt in. We finally left my driveway and instantly, Molly, Trish and Cam were in a conversation.

It just left Jace and I, who were currently just silent. I clicked the radio button on but it was only static.

It was so weird, Jace and I are always talking, about anything really. We just talk nonsense all the time but we're both content.

I was about my slip my phone out of my pocket to plug into the auxiliary but the idiot beat me to it, slapping my hand away and plugging his iPod in, playing a song by Bowling for Soup. Hmm, what a name.

I was hard to not miss the feeling I got when he slapped my hand away, it felt so foreign, I even got goosebumps.

"You're cold?" He asked, referring too said goosebumps. I didn't say anything but he fumbled with the heater and turned it up.

"Thanks." I mumbled as I pressed my cheek against the window.

Because she's watching' wrestling, creamin' over tough guys, listenin' to rap metal, turntables in her eyes.

The lyrics were annoying but catchy. And that was what was annoying about the song, it was too catchy.

"Oh my god, can someone talk?" I said as the whole car went silent.

A bunch of um's were heard before Molly started speaking to Camellia about GCSE's, which she will be doing soon.

I frowned, yeah thanks Molly. Thanks a whole bunch for not speaking to all of us.

Jace shifted a little in seat, he looked quite uncomfortable. "So... You're um, you know."

"Yeah, and they know." I said, referring to the twins in the back.

"That must be pretty hard when you're in that stupid school clique thing."

"Yeah, and I can't even drop out of it. It's not like an after school club." I snickered. I turned around, seeing Trisha texting on the phone with both of her earphones in and Molly talking to Camellia; she was always the most chatty one.

An hour passed. Jace and I were making little conversation and everyone in the backseat was now asleep.

I felt like doing something.

That something behind grabbing his hand, I mean, why the hell not?

It just looked so temping resting on his lap, it looked lonely.

It did it because, YOLO right?

My fingers intwined with his skinny, long ones. Pssht, guitar players with their skinny ass fingers.

A smile was plastered on my face the whole journey, I couldn't even take it off.

The bad part? It was only him and I holding hands, I mean, how would it feel to do other things?

I think that one of the girls might've seen but right now, I could care less. They could just watch and be jealous.

"We're here." Jace sighed and he let go of the steering wheel and slumped in his seat. I wouldn't blame him, he's been driving for two and a half hours.

"God, finally." I let go of his hand. As much as I wanted to hold on, I needed to stretch, my legs felt like jelly.

I stepped out the car and stretched my back, I saw Molly give me a knowing look. Trisha still had her earphones in, probably listening to some overplayed pop music.

We were parked in the midst of a car park and it had only just struck me that we're in London. I found myself grinning, I'm actually here and with Jace.

We weren't in the area where Big Ben and Buckingham Palace were but instead where M&M's world was, of course, We had to go there first.

I paid for the overpriced car parking fare and earned a disapproving look from Jace.

"We have parking here for the whole day." I informed them, placing the car parking ticket on the dashboard of the car. We decided that because of the lack of car parking space in Westminster, we would get a train or a river boat there from where we were now.

"M&M's world!" Camellia shouted as the huge building came in to view.

We all walked in grinning and man, this place looked like an absolute nightmare. It was crowded everywhere, on all three floors and they even have mini trolleys for the kids, who were pushing them around and bumping into people by the looks of it.

"Let's say we meet back here by the entrance in an hour and a half and then we'll grab lunch." Jace told us all and we all nodded. "Make sure you're with somebody, don't run off, don't go outside and don't eat anything, as tempting as it may be."

Camellia grabbed both Trisha's and Molly's hand, dragging them away so it just left me and Jace together. Obviously, I didn't mind at all.

"I think they're going to influence your sister, they're evil." I snickered and Jace shrugged. He hastily grabbed my hand, entwining them together and dragged me towards the giant tubes of m&m's.

"Woah, what's the rush?" I asked as we sped walked through crowds of people.

"We only have one and a half hours in here and in case you haven't noticed, it's fucking huge."

I stared down at our entwined hands and literally almost lost my breath, it was weird... We were in public, in the midst of London.

He'll probably use the 'you'll run off' excuse on me, I just know it. I probably would get distracted and run off but I'm not a kid!

We stood in front of the massive M&M's tubes, they towered over us and looked like they could fall on us any second.

I looked down at the funnels that they come out of, it looked a lot like a tap and I had the strong urge to press down on the button to make some fall out.

I dragged Jace over to one that didn't have a trillion people lining up for it, it was probably the grossest one but oh well.

Letting go of Jace's hand I pushed down on the button and kept my hand under the tap. Quite a lot fell out and I quickly closed the tap again, grinning.

I showed Jace the yellow coloured M&M's in my hand and even ate one but he gave me a disapproving look.

"Come on, lighten up, it's your sister's birthday."

"Belated birthday." He corrected, breaking out into a smile.

I shoved my hand full of M&M's in his face and he sighed and picked three out, eating them all at once.

I ate the rest of them and hoped nobody saw. I saw Camellia waving from the second floor and I waved back. I wasn't sure if Jace did.

Jace went back to the same tap and took out some more in his hand.

"Make it rain, Bitch." I said and looked at him smugly. I made tsk sounds as he ate the yellow coloured M&M's.

I took one from his hand and popped it in my mouth, he gave me the most offended look I've ever seen and it just made me laugh.

"Oh you want it back? Take it." I stuck the M&M that was still intact out of my mouth. I have yet to bite into it.

Jace frowned then, with a mischievous glint in his eye, he leaned forward and locked his front teeth onto the M&M hanging out of my mouth, taking it into his own mouth.

"Dude, that's gross."

"But you're the one who initiated it and you can't say you didn't like it."

He's right. I loved it. As gross as it may be.

I just shook my head and starting walking away. I kept wondering if somebody we know from school would see us but hell, it's London. I looked around where we were standing, seeing two girls just looking at us as if they had just seen the cutest kitten ever.

"I think we have some fan girls." I put vaguely as Jace's eyes darted to the two girls.

Both our faces flushed, we weren't even a couple, or at least, I don't think we are. Are we?

I looked down at our hands that were intwined together- I don't even remember holding his hand again after I ate my M&M's.

I still wasn't sure if Jace requited my feelings or if he even knew I had feelings for him. Probably not; the guy is just as oblivious as he is clever academically.

"I think we should embrace it." I laughed.

"What do you mean?"

"well, obviously, you don't get the most attention so- ow!" I winced from the hard punch that Jace threw at my shoulder. "You're such a bully!"

I rubbed the arm that Jace hit and gritted my teeth.

"I'm sorry, you're right." He sighed and I snickered.

"Isn't that what a boyfriend should reply with to their partner to get them to shut up?"

His face flushed and I couldn't help but bright my fingers up to his cheeks and pinch them as if he was a kid.

He slapped my hands away and walked away from me. I knew I had to do something.

"Jace baby! Don't leave me!" I cried.

He turned his head, his eyes wide like saucers as he stood completely rigid.

I was practically dying from all the laughing, I wondered how many people actually heard me; I didn't shout it loud enough for everybody to hear and everybody in the store was talking much too loud.

But then again, there was a lot people... Near everything and everyone. Near us to be precise.

Jace walked up to me again, smirked and then let out a full blown grin. We were both accustomed to being so weird and oddly girly around each other and I guess it was always just for the laughs. I swear, we act like children most the time... Actually, children were probably more mature than us.

We walked up the stairs, our hands were once again, intwined together, subliminally of course. I turned to look at his face, it was completely phlegmatic, not a single expression that I should worry about.

What if...

What if...

What if he was enjoying this just as much as I was?

My stomach literally did flips, whether it was front he feeling of imminent rejection or that wonderful feeling of contentment, I wasn't sure.

Of course, that doubt. It's always there and the only way to get rid of it would be to ask Jace one simple question.

Do you like me?

Of course, it's way too risky so I'll just keep to myself and ponder on whether Jace is too good for me or I'm just too popular and not his type.

He calls me a 'Jock' all the time and we're not even American.

I took my phone out of my pocket with my free hand and tapped on it to make it light up, I had a message from mum, a few from Molly and some from my friends who I need to catch up with since I haven't spent as much time with them as I used to before I met Jace.

We haven't had a Physics session for about a week and a half now and to be honest, I was relieved but worried at the same time. Our exams were coming up in July and dammit, I really need to cram in some revision.

I not-so-quickly texted Molly the details and replied to my mum who was probably frantically walking around the house worrying about us. It was hard to do it quickly though with one thumb.

"Oh my god, I want this so bad." I picked up a blue M&M themed cushion. It had legs and arms dangling off and it's eyes bulged out.

"Get it but I'm not paying." Jace said. Honestly, I didn't mind, he must've paid a lot on petrol.

I put the cushion in the basket Jace was carrying, I hated carrying baskets with a passion so I just kind of shoved it in his hands.

We looked around every single crevice of the store, every level, every shelf and had a basket full of shit we probably will only make use of once. It got to the point Jace and I brought useless crap like the stress reliever balls that you squeeze. We weren't even hot headed but those things were fun to fiddle with.

"We should go pay now." Jace looked at his watch. I twisted an bent his wrist, taking a look at the time too.

The touch left me shivering, a good kind of shivering.