JADE'S POVThe hotel staffs really weren't bluffing when they were describing the view of this trail and seeing this now makes me anticipate more, the beautiful clearing they'd promised we'd find at the end of the trail.The scenery we are walking through is just so beautiful you'd be tempted to take pause and appreciate.Imagine an expanse of greenery dotted with absolutely beautiful and colorful flowers and if you listen closely, I bet you can hear water from some supposedly nearby creek flowing.I guess that's responsible for the refreshingly cool air that weaves its way around us every now and again.Honestly? I'm totally digging this.We're all broken up a now in pair, unlike when we'd all started out as one big group, walking at our own paces as far as we all don't lose sight of each other and our tour guide.I, for one, am stuck to the sides of Matt and Ches and an even grumpier Caden.In all the convos I've initiated si

JADE'S POV"Lizzy...........she was the reason you'd suddenly wanted to switch rooms yesterday, right?" He asks after he returned from getting some first aid supplies from Mr Fredrick.I don't answer immediately,opting to just watch him attend to my leg.He'd make a very fine doctor if he ever chooses that career path in life, his only problem then might just be trying to keep them nurses off his back."You're not answering, Jay."Oh, let's blame it on the fact that we're both lost in our own world, dead to the one around us,  the chatters and whatever it is Mr Stewart is lecturing about upfront, at this point.I say nothing to answer him still, not sure what is safe to say now, but I guess even that is a dead giveaway to him.He'd said it many times in the past that I'm like an open book to him so I guess he can tell what I'm thinking even though I don't say a word."Was that because of the lounge?" He asks a

CADEN'S POVShe feels so small, yet so perfect, like she was sculpted from me and was made to be right here, in my arms, kissing me back like she's doing right now.....Her lips taste like candy as they glide against mine, giving almost as much as they are receiving and driving me to the brink of insanity and back.There are many ways in which I want to explore this thing sizzling between us right here, right now......so many things I want to do with her, but I know she's not ready for any of me.Hell, I'm not even ready for myself, for us.... yet.I know she's still scared of me, still afraid of the things she believes me capable of, like breaking her, and I don't blame her for any of it.I understand her, I'd be scared of me too if the roles were reversed, I mean I had quite the reputation while I was hiding from myself and whatever it is I feel, none of it good.Blocking off the distracting thoughts rampaging in my head, I nestle my palm at the back of her head, holding her closer

JADE'S POV After what happened with Ches today, I'm finding it most difficult to settle down and catch any form of sleep.The guilt of staying crossed with her and not noticing her absence early enough is still stuck to me like a second skin, plaguing my mind.And there's nothing that I've done this night that's helped.Not even going into Caden's room to apologize for being so hard on him and saying the thoughtless, hurtful thing that I had, had done the trick.The only excuse I have for acting the way I did with him earlier is that I had been hurting myself and had been looking to bite......... and he'd just been there.I found him asleep though, sprawled in the middle of his bed and out like a light, lost to the hoarding hands of oblivion, his muddy shoes still on.And he'd looked so fucking exhausted that I didnt have it in me to wake him up just to listen to the things I had to say, so I just helped him get rid of the shoes instead, along with his shorts before covering him up.I

MATT'S POV Since getting thrown into the drama that is Jade and Caden's relationship, the one thing I've learned is that one of the most difficult things in life is watching the person you love pin hopelessly for someone else.And that point where you have to cuddle them because they are broken, tell them everything will be fine because they are hurting, hope that they find their happiness even if the cost is yours because knowing they are happy is good enough for you........That has to be the goddamn cherry on top of everything and a fucking kick in the nuts too.Honestly, it's so fucking hard for me you know, being the shoulder to cry on when I will give anything in the world right now to be the one that makes her heart skip beats with excitement and her eyes shine brighter........Just my luck that the first time I let my guard down and let myself develop feelings for someone, they happen to be smitten by my closest friend.Funny enough, I've made the decision not to care what hap