CAMPS AND SECRETS V

Angela and her crew were waltzing down into the arena with extremely short knickers. “Tsk.” Sara clicked her teeth. “They’d do anything to get the attention of everyone around.” I shrugged. “Might as well leave them the fuck alone. I want to enjoy this island to its fullest.” I added except I got paired with the fucking witch in a cabin. Sara took my hand as we walked down to the wooden stools gathered round the fire. “Isn’t it too early to start a fire?” A voice recoiled as sand whipped around my legs. The one time clumsy Brooklyn. “Hey Brooks.” I drawled slowly and sarcastically. “Oops!! Sorry girl. I didn’t see you there.” she pouted, dusting the sand off my body. We were all seated waiting for Miss Maya to come start whatever we were going to do. This camp was actually beneficial, we talked to people we didn’t talk to in school. Everyone got to know each other and– Wait, what? “What’d you say?” I asked Brooklyn this time not mentally. “Tell me about you and Alex.” she

CAMPS AND SECRETS VI

A dark figure slipped silently between the trees before stopping near one of the cabins.My heartbeat slowed for just a second as I tried to make out who it was.The moonlight shifted through the leaves, giving me a clearer view of the cabin.Alex’s cabin.The figure glanced around cautiously before moving closer to his door.Every instinct in my body screamed that something wasn’t right.Without thinking, I stepped off the path and quietly followed.I hid behind a tree while the figure rounded the cabin, stepping a foot on a black path. He looked around and walked away, disappearing slowly into the night as his cape flew with the wind.Making sure the path was clear and no one was around, I walked to the exact spot he had pressed his foot down, putting my leg on the same spot—but nothing happened.“Strange,” I muttered.The door suddenly clicked. My heart jumped in fear. The knob slowly turned and it opened.Alex stood shirtless, staring down at me with a not-so-good face.“What are

CAMPS AND SECRETS VII-DAY TWO

On the second day of camp is surely not a time to get a life threatening message and a video of you and your worst enemy with his head in between your legs while you shook and shivered in tangled sheets moaning his name sexily according to him. The sun peeked through the curtains quietly like a calm wind that breaks through tension. I opened my eyes letting it adapt to the surroundings and the muscular body staring at me. Last night flooded in like rain in my thoughts. Jordan would have ran away but right now, I didn't feel like running away. I wanted to stay, his arms suddenly felt protective and…. Safe. Both of us kept quiet, no one wanting to break the silence that followed last night’s aftermath. Alexander's hand moved to my hair, stroking it gently, so slowly it felt illegally pleasurable “And this is the second time this should be happening ” he whispered. I swallowed before replying. “No, the first – and the last” “, Hopefully ” I whispered to my hearing only. “It’s th

AFTER THE AFTERMATH

No! No! No!Alex wouldn’t do this. Alex wouldn’t do this.I muttered mentally even as I stared at the evidence in front of me.“I’m gonna kill him–how dare he?” Sara screamed even as she rushed to hug me.The look on my face pitiful.I couldn’t feel my legs. I fell like a lump of clothes on my bed. This isn’t coincidence.No it wasn’t.“First is a Coincidence. Second is pattern and third? Third is fate,” I recited last Alex had said last night. Just before the video popped up.“The last time, he was the one who didn it right… he did it himself… said–said it was to get everyone to see and believe now this?”I sobbed, my voice coming out in broken sound.Sara held my face in between her hands and stared straight into my eyes which tears were threatening to fall out from.“Look at me Jordan, I think Alex is using you. We have to stop this now!”The video wasn't on the school blog, how come it was sent privately to us… who else was it sent to??”I nipped. “That’s true,” Sara frowned.I qui

CAMPS AND SECRETS VII-DAY THREE

On the third day of camp, make sure to never face an unknown figure alone. —-------------- Sara stared at the photograph again. Then at my necklace. Then back at me. Neither of us spoke for a long time. “So you’re saying someone’s following you and you found this in the forest?” Sara questioned, her voice laced with sharp disbelief. I nodded, still in shock, but my hand kept twisting and caressing the necklace gently. “...This is huge if it’s real—” “It is real, Sara!” I bemoaned, standing up with more force than necessary. “Fine, fine. It’s real. How does this person know you? Follows you down here? Oh my God,” she held her head between her hands. “It’s my duty to find out, and I’m going to find out tonight—or either way, before we leave for school,” I said with a calm and unknown certainty that I didn’t know where it came from. She raised both hands in surrender. “Fine. Fine. It’s real.” She sighed. “But how does this person know you? How are they following you all the w

NO ONE GOES HOME

ALEXANDER’S POVI had never been this mad and disappointed at myself—a feeling that I hadn’t had in a long time.Resurfacing.I hated what I felt right now. It was wrong. Weakness.Dad’s words kept repeating in my head: weakness, weakness, weakness.I punched the wall hard as wood splintered beneath my knuckles.Pain shot through my hand, but it wasn’t enough.It would never be enough.Blood trickled down my fingers and dripped onto the wooden floor.I should’ve known Jordan Monroe would never listen when she had her mind set on something.“Fuck—” I whispered as I snatched my jacket from the chair. The door opened as Sara ran in, dried tears on her face, obviously from crying all night, but I looked at her with an indifferent expression.She had one task—just one: Don’t let her slip past you. And just that one, she couldn’t fulfill.“How’s it going outside?” I asked, my voice void of even the slightest emotion.“They’re still searching,” she burst into tears as she fell on the bed, he