4. Pissed

"Hey! I'm going to go join Andrea's table. You coming with me?" Adonis says as I turn around after I get my dinner from the counter. I thought he already left but he was actually standing there, waiting for me.

I look at Andrea's table and it was already filled with a lot of girls and guys. I shake my head, "there's no space there."

"C'mon there's enough space for four more!" He says and grabs my wrist, taking me aback.

"W..Wait!" I gasp in shock. But he keeps walking, dagging me along with him, totally ignoring my protest.

"Hey, can we join you guys?" He asks when we reach near the table, earning a hard glare from his crush.

"Oh sure, c'mon," the girls all smile brightly and starts moving their chairs to make space for him. He smiles back at them and finally frees my hand before placing his food and drink on the table.

I watch as he go off and quickly snatch two chairs from around the nearby table. He manages to thrust one of the chairs right opposite to Andrea in between two girls, soon victoriously slumping down on it, grinning broadly at her. Suppressing a groan, I quietly sit down beside a guy, three chairs away from Andrea and starts having my food.

"You know what, we got lost earlier," Adonis says, leaning forward and grinning at Andrea as if he is talking about winning a match or something.

"Yeah, how did it happen?" The blonde girl, Violet ask while Andrea keeps munching on her burger, totally ignoring him.

Adonis tilts his head and stares at me, making me stop chewing my food. "Her bag got stuck in the compartment and I was helping her pull it out. You all rushed here without waiting for us."

"Oh, we didn't know. I thought you guys went first. It was after we reached here, we figured out."

"Hmm..and because of that we have to share a room now," he says nonchalantly and takes a sip of his drink

"Wait what! You both are sharing a room? Really?" The guy who was sitting near me squeals in surprise.

"Yeah.." Adonis nods to him and lets out a chuckle before looking back at Andrea.

"Hey, why don't you speak anything? Are you really okay with it?" Violet turns to look at me. "Er..you look like you don't want to share a room with him."

"Uhm..it's okay. I'm fine with it," I give her a smile. "It's just for a night."

"You sure you're fine, right? If you're not, you can ask someone else to exchange rooms with you," Adonis says glancing at me for a brief second before fixing his gaze on Andrea.

"No, I'm fine," I shake my head. "But if you aren't, feel free to exchange rooms with someone else."

"Wow! That's cool! What's your name?" The guy sitting beside me laughs at me before turning his face to Adonis. "Dude, do you wanna exchange rooms with me?"

"What, you already got a crush on her?" Another guy says from the other side of the table, earning chuckles from the guys around the table. I look down at my plate and take a bite of the burger before starting to chew on it, feeling awkward and embarassed as the guys keep on teasing the guy beside me.

"Your name's Elena, right?" Some dude asks and I look up, briefly nodding my head. I notice the girls, especially Violet having an annoyed expression on her face.

"Oh what? You too want to exchange rooms now, Hudson?"

"Oh c'mon, stop it, guys! Don't you see, you are making her uncomfortable," a guy sitting on my opposite says, finally putting an end to the topic.

I hardly say anything during the rest of the dinner while everyone else chat about different stuff. However, I notice Adonis shamelessly staring at Andrea despite her giving him continuous glares.

Finally when the dinner is over, we are called to gather at the big ground behind the restaurant, layed with soft lawn. Soon the first camp meeting begins and we all sit back on the grass, listening to Mr Alberty's welcome speech. After that he asks us to introduce ourselves one by one.

This was one of the scariest parts, to speak through the microphone. I was nervous the whole time until my name was called. As I walked to the front to get the microphone from Miss Huxley, I could feel my hands and legs shivering. I cursed and once again scolded myself for signing up for this whole notorious thing as I faced the crowd. At last, taking a deep breath, I cleared my throat and began my introduction.

"My name is Elena Griffin. I'm from Eastwood high, Evinsville. I have a passion for drawing from childhood and I've always loved making portraits and sketches. I see drawing as a way of expressing emotions, a means to communicate and even to tell a story. I'm really excited to attend this camp. Thank you."

"That's all?" Mr Alberty asks. My hand holding the mike was still trembling violently. I nod to him and give it back to Miss Huxley before quickly scurrying off to where Adonis and the rest of our dinner group were sitting. Adonis was still sitting staring at his crush even in that dim light, grinning like a total idiot.

When the meeting ends, he quickly gets up and follow her, not bothering to wait for me. Only ours and the teachers' rooms were on the fifth floor, others had got their rooms on the third and fourth floor, so I had actually expected him to wait.

Leaving a sigh, I get up from the grass and follow my campmates who were loudly chatting while walking with their new roommates. Just as we are about to reach the elevator, my phone starts ringing in my pocket. I fish it out to see it is Johny calling.

I won't be able to attend the call after I get to my room. Adonis will already be there. So, I turn around and leave the crowd, walking back to the open ground. Once I am away from people, I call Johny back and he picks the call on the first ring.

"Hey, how is it going?" He asks anxiously from the other side of the line. "No issues, right?"

"Thankfully nobody has got any suspicion yet but.."

"But? Where are you? Nobody's listening, right?"

"No..I'm outside the lodge. Everyone has gone inside."

"Okay, if anyone's near, use your female voice. Yeah, what were you about to say?"

"I'm sharing rooms with a guy. You know him, Adonis Elsher."

"Adonis? You mean that guy from Cypress?"

"Yeah.."

"Wow! But why are you sharing a room with a guy instead of with girls?" He asks confused. I then tell him the whole situation that led to us sharing a room.

"What the heck, Theodore! How could you make such a mistake in the beginning itself? Seriously, how could you lose your way? What if they had called into Elena's phone and found out? Fuck! I think you'll ruin it!"

"Why are you cursing at me? It's not like I purposefully stuck my bag in the carrier. And this was your idea. Didn't I already tell you it's risky."

"It's not risky at all, if you could just be vigilant. You are being so careless."

"Then I'll just get a cab from here and come back right now," I scoff. I was getting really angry.

"Wow! Do you think they won't find out then? Theodore, if you don't want all of us to be damned, the only way is, you attend the camp and come back without giving anyone any suspicion. Can you just do that?"

I let out a sigh, totally regretting my decision to agree to this stupid plan.

"And remember, you will be the one facing the most consequences if we are caught," he says making me more furious. But I don't say anything. I hang up the call, feeling exasperated.

"Jerk! Asshole! I should have never agreed to this. This is the biggest mistake I ever made!"

I look up at the sky, trying to calm myself. The brightest star seemed to be watching over me. For the first time, I wished that star was not my mother.

After a few minutes, I turn around and walk back into the hotel.

When the elevator door opens at the fifth floor, there is somebody waiting anxiously infront of it. Soon his expression turns angry.

"Where were you? What the hell were you doing alone all this time, downstairs?" Adonis glares at me with a deep frown between his brows.

"What? Don't tell me you were worried," I say.

"Oh c'mon sweetheart, I just didn't have the keys to the room. You thought I'd be worried over you?"

"Sorry, I forgot that," I say and walk towards our room.

"Hey, why are you making that face?" He asks following me behind. I ignore him and keep walking.

"Are you angry?"

"Hey, are you pissed that I didn't wait for you?"

I just jab the key into the hole and twist it, opening the door.

"Okay, I was a bit worried when you didn't come back. I was about to go check for you downstairs."

"Okay.." I mumble and walk towards my bed.

"Uh...okay? Wait! you didn't answer my question. What were you doing alone downstairs?"

"I don't think I need to answer you," I say and lie back on the bed.

"Wow..what happened to you suddenly?" He slumps down on the other bed and takes off his shoes before lying back, looking up at the cealing and mumbling to himself, "Should I take a shower or not?"