When the sun went down, the drinks came out. Jared had brought his guitar and started strumming while Theo and Andy started a campfire. Eve and Beth had started preparing food to cook on the fire while the rest of us started playing drinking games.

"Matthew! You were the last to touch the ground drink up!" Kathy said, already showing signs she was drunk herself.

"No way! Jonah was definitely the last one!" Matthew pointed a finger at me.

"Oh, right," Kathy said as her face turned a shade of pink. She turned to April and then to Matthew like he'd said something offensive. She took another gulp of her beer,"Didn't know if you were playn' or not. Drink up."

"Haven't played in a while," I waved my bottle in the air before taking a big gulp. She was uncomfortable, almost everyone was. The best I could do was pretend that it didn't affect me.

Although my body would disagree. Asher and I were definitely more than a mile away and I could feel it. I wanted to go back to the house and lie down, but that would mean, in a way that he won.

I took another chug of my drink and Theo came to sit down next to me. He smelt of firewood and I leaned closer to him to get another whiff.

"Hey," He said scooting closer to me.

"Hey, you smell nice," I commented as he opened a bottle of beer for himself.

"And you sound drunk. Cheers to catching up," Theo clinked his bottle with mine and chugged half of it down.

The games and drinking continued until dinner was served.

"Wow, Eve, Beth, this is amazing!" Theo said scarfing down his portion like he'd never seen food before. The rest of the pack agreed and we all made similar remarks.

"Thanks! It's called Shakshuka," Beth clarified. "My family would make it when ever we would go on long camping trips.

"Tomorrow, I'll try and find a way to fix you." Theo said once were back in the house. He stumbled as he pulled off his shoes.

"I'm not broken, Theo. This is just life." I let out a heavy sigh. I mild headache had started to form and I was glad we left the group when we did because I wasn't sure how much more I could stand.

"No, it's not fair! You don't deserve this."

"Are you saying, I don't deserve to be happy?" I was drunk we shouldn't be having this conversation.

"No," Theo frowned. "That's- That's not what I meant."

"He's my Destiny Mate!" I said raising my voice. "Whether I wanted it this way or not it's happened and there's nothing you or I can do about it!"

I turned to go to bed, but Theo grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to him.

"What-" was all I could say before he kissed me.