Chapter 1- Gianna
I took a deep breath. It was so peaceful to be here in the woods. Coming to the cabin always made me feel relaxed. Being by the sea… it did something for me, something that nothing else could. I felt that I was at home when I was by the sea.
"Gia! Gia!" called a familiar voice.
"Gia! Where are you?" it called again.
"On the back porch!" I called back.
I turned back around to look out to the sea of trees and hearing the waves crashing on the nearby shore.
"Gia!" the same voice called.
I turned to see my friend, Olivia. She was tall, tan, thin and blonde. The type of girl that every guy would turn and stare at. She was beautiful and knew that she was. She had her hair falling in perfect beachy curls around her slim face. She was wearing a short navy-blue sun dress.
"Gia! It has been so long!" she said as she hugged me.
"It has been too long!" I replied. I fell into her arms.
"How are you holding up?" she asked with a hint of concern in her voice.
"Ok" I replied.
"Well, you are better off without him, right Trevor?" Trevor was her boyfriend. He spent almost as much time in his appearance as she did. He had a strong jaw and a perfectly tanned body. He had rippling muscles that stood out in his tight t-shirt.
"Umm, yeah! You don't need him!" he said, unenthusiastically.
"Alright! We will be back down in a few!" she replied to me.
Why do people keep telling me that I would be better off without him? I understand why, but when you give everything to someone and they just throw it all away…. I sighed. I came on this trip to help forget about him.
"Gia!? Is that you?" I turned to see my friend Autumn. She was tall and had beautiful black hair. Her deep brown skin was glowing today. She rushed to me and threw her arms around me. "How are you doing?"
"Fine," I replied.
"Well, you are better off without him!" she said.
There is that phrase again!
"Ray is unloading the car, so I will be down in a bit!" She turned and walked back through the house. Ray was her boyfriend. He was super cool, he played football, he was a running back and was currently being scouted by the professional teams. He was tall and muscular.
I could hear more conversing inside. We were only waiting on two more of my friends. Hailey and her boyfriend, Ian and Bianca and her boyfriend, John.
We had all been coming to the cabin by ourselves since we were sophomores in high school. This was probably the last time that we would all be together, it was our senior year of college. We all went to different schools across the country and did not get to see each other that much, except over the summer. We spent a month at the cabin. We just wanted it to be the six of us…. No, only the five of us now….
I looked back out at the trees. Why had she done it? How could she throw away a friendship like that? I sighed. Please let this trip help, I thought.