Chapter 5

Daisy's POV

We all stood up and ran to the direction which it came from, some students were already there. I look to the side and see Taylor crying and Tiffany consoling her. I start to wonder what happened but didn't have to wonder for long before some of her other friends ask her what was wrong. 

She starts sobbing louder "It was a snake, it crawled right over my foot into that tiny bush, I hate this place". When she notices Hunter, she starts to sob louder than before and moves towards Hunter who was standing beside me. 

"Baby, you will protect me right" she says while trying to snuggle into Hunter. An annoyed look crosses Hunter's face and he rolls his eyes at her dramatics. "You wouldn't let anything happen to me, my hero". I bite my tongue to keep from bursting into laughter. 

"What happened here?" Mr. Fiddles asks as he approaches us with another teacher, Miss Rose. Miss Rose is the nicest teacher I've ever known. 

"A snake crawled over Taylor's leg, do you hear that, a snake! A freaking snake!! Did you bring us out here to kill us or something? My skin feels like an old woman's, my nails are broken and there is no network here. What do you expect us to do here for a whole week, hunt fish and live like savages?" Stephanie screeches. Stephanie is the meanest girl in Gale high school and that's even a nice way to put it. The teachers have to tolerate her behavior because apparently, they get special favors from her mother. 

"Stephanie!!" Miss Rose scolds. Interesting, it seems she is the only teacher who doesn't tolerate Stephanie's behavior.

"We're sorry Miss Stephanie, but that isn't possible, we've had this place checked by experts and they have confirmed that no harmful creatures live here." Mr. Fiddles says and then turns to one of the hired men 

"Go and check that out" He says pointing to the little bush Taylor said the snake crawled into. 

The men quickly scurry to check it out and after a while one of them shouted "found it". We all perk up to see what all the fuss was about only to see the man holding up a big caterpillar with a stick.

"See! I told you it was a very large snake. Don't bring that thing near me" Taylor screams and tries to hide behind Hunter but he avoids her. 

This time I couldn't hold it in any longer and I burst into laughter. Taylor and Stephanie send me a mean glare and I glare at them back. Realizing that this was a waste of time, my friends and I move back to our tree but Hunter and his friends follow us again. It was then that I noticed Dean, and as usual turn into a dork.

This time, Dean sits beside me and my heart goes into overdrive. 

"Hi Daisy" He says then chuckles "This is the fourth time I've said that to you today" He says scratching the back of his neck. "So, what's up?" he asks trying to start a conversation.

I blink at him once, twice and then force out an awkward laugh and mumble "nothing, nothing's up". It's always been like this for me, I'm never able to talk like a normal confident girl in the presence of any boy I have a crush on. 

"Hey! Daisy, the tents are ready". Chloe calls out to me. 

I stand up and start to move towards my friends who were already walking away, when Dean calls my name. I turn to him and give him a questioning look. 

"I was just wondering if you would like to hang out tonight with me and my friends, you can bring your friends". 

Really?

Eeeekk, YESSS, if you'd be there. 

"Sure, why not?" I say with calmness that I wasn't feeling. He gives me a heartbreaking smile and my heart jumps to my throat.

We go our separate ways; he goes to his friends while I go to mine. When I get to my friends, I meet Chloe and Bloom squealing and jumping in ecstasy. "What's with the sudden jumpiness and happiness? It's too much, it's almost blinding me" I ask them both. 

"The guys invited us to hang out with them tonight; you know they never invite anybody to hang out with them" Bloom gushes. They both squeal and I have to cover my ears. 

"I was just about to tell you the same thing, Dean invited us to hang out with him and his friends tonight." I say with a wide grin. Chloe and Bloom stop squealing and freeze. 

"Dean? Dean Harper?" Chloe asks and I nod.

"The same Dean you've been crushing on since junior year? He's totally asking you out. It's kinda weird because we're in the middle of the woods, but if that's how he rolls then no problem. We've got to go shopping for perfect dresses but we are so far from the city. It's not like we can make dresses from leaves, or maybe we can. That will make us look natural right? You know, with leave dresses, twig heels and bamboo handbags. Where will he even....." Bloom begins to rant. Very pointlessly, may I add.

"Bloom" 

"Bloom" 

"Earth to Bloom" Chloe and I say trying to snap Bloom out of it. Luckily, it worked. 

"Your future boyfriend has a lot coming for him, I hope he knows what he's getting into". Chloe teases Bloom. 

"Shut up" Bloom replies. 

We then chat for a while before I decide to go and unpack 

"I've got to go to my tent and make sure Hunter doesn't paint my clothes blue or anything" I say. 

"Oh well, we might as well go and arrange our things too" they say together and then laugh about saying the same thing as they walk towards their tent. I wish I was one of them right now because they are partners and I'd pick being partners with a frog than being partners with Hunter.

The tents set up for us were no ordinary tents, they were luxury tents made like real rooms. I take a deep breath then enter the tent, I look around and notice that Hunter was asleep on his own bed. 

Ah, this is the perfect time to have my revenge for that horrible picture. I tip toe to my bag and find a permanent marker. I tip toe back to the side of his bed and raise my hand to start drawing on his stupidly handsome face. He stirs and I freeze, he soon settles back down and I move the marker towards his face to start my masterpiece when he suddenly snatches my hand and draws me to him. He rolls over and holds both of my hands above my head, I look up to meet his eyes and see him smirking. 

"Did you think I didn't see you enter? Even if I didn't, your footsteps while tip toeing is as loud as a hippo's doing a tap dance" He says. 

Dammit, my friends have always told me I'd never survive a spy mission because the words stealth and Daisy don't go in the same sentence. 

"Shut up and get off me" I squirm trying to make him release me. 

"I don't know, I rather like this position very much" He says as his face comes closer to mine. 

"What are you doing" I whisper in a shaky voice. He doesn't answer but his face continues to move closer to mine. I shut my eyes tight as my heart beat sky rockets. 

"You'd never be able to sneak up on me Daisy" He whispers with a deep voice in my ear. 

He then pulls back and releases me. I quickly jump out of his bed. He stands up too and towers over me still smirking. 

"Why were you so nervous, did you think I was going to do something as silly as kiss you?"

He says as if the thought of kissing me was a joke. For a second back there, yes, I'd really thought he was going to kiss me. The alarming fact was I wasn't all that repulsed by the thought.