Chapter 1
"Where's my hat?" I hide my grin behind the book I'm reading the Host by Stephanie Meyer and decide to play dumb."What hat do you speak of Mason?" he rips the book out of my hand. "Hey! Jerk that's a library book." I say outraged. I know I'm weird but I love reading, I brought three large books with me to summer camp in his hand is the last one. It's free time and I'm sitting beneath an oak tree by the lake listening to my fellow campers jump off the deep dock floating one hundred feet or so off shore. He grins at me evilly like I was behind my book earlier. He closes the book in one hand, that's the last straw I crouch low and grab his long legs and tackle him to the ground the book forgotten. The lifeguard yells time for buddy check and that the canteen will open soon. "Take that you thief" I thought that would get a rise out of him because believe it or not I did actually steal his hat but instead of accusing me of being a thief he looks into my eyes and says "okay." Kayla walks by headed to the canteen from the air conditioned game room. She yells purple and runs away. I jump off of him before anyone sees, she was joking but I don't want to be that girl at christian summer camp. Mason mumbles something about Kayla's nice cock block I grab my book and head in Kayla's direction.
"So whats that book about?" he asks catching up. I watch him brush off his shorts and shirt he looks at me expectantly I look into his brown eyes and start to tell him that its about aliens coming to Earth and living inside humans, how they change the World into a utopia but the main character Wanda doesn't feel happy in her life and runs away to a group of humans not yet captured and falls in love with one. He asks me why I think its title is the host. I normally don't feel comfortable talking about books but this is the third time in the last four days he has asked. I answer him because this is the easiest of the three books I brought too. "The book is titled the host because humans have to host the little aliens in our bodies or else they would die." Krisa one of the head coordinators at this camp walks up just as I finish she looks scared at me and the book in my hand, I know this book goes against their being a god but I don't think the look is necessary. She looks at mason and says that the nurse needs to see him and walks away he grabs my hand and pulls me along with him, I don't mind but I really don't know what people will think. There is know one here from my town know one knows who I really am but this is my third year they're catching onto my strange ways.
He looks down at me and says, "her eyes looked different." I could tell the look on my face was questioning so he elaborated, "her eyes they were like ringed in silver but you could only see when she there was sun shining in them." I stopped dead in my tracks he stopped too worried what was wrong with me. I show him the cover of my book and say, " the way you can tell a human is hosting an alien is a silver ring around their eyes and an insertion scar on back of their neck." he tries to calm me and himself saying it's just a coincidence. He pulls me along to the nurses cabin I can see it now on top the hill Jennifer and lexie walk down the steps and greet me I notice their eyes also have the rings. Lexie looks worried at my expression. I change it immediately and lie because I'm very good at it I exclaim "omg Jen can I like braid your hair it looks so soft?" mason catches on he braces himself for a fight they don't pick up on his change Jennifer says she doesn't mind and I continue my charade asking her what shampoo she uses. As I finish up the braid I can see the thin pink line.
Mason lies good too, "well as fun as this has been we were just headed to the rec field for some football." he pulls me along I tell them I will see them when we all meet up for mail call. We walk in the direction of the rec field the path splits to the left rec field to the right girls cabins. No body is supposed to be at the cabins during free time and you're certainly not supposed to bring a boy but I count this as an exception we head to the right then run, we make it to my cabin, twenty-five there are only six girl cabins so don't ask me why they're numbered like this. We get inside I grab my hiking back pack and Kayla's and begin to unpack and repack them I rummage through everyone things seeing if there is anything useful so they are full of bug spray, soap, my first aid kit, filled water bottle and any food people stashed. I role up my sleeping bag and strap it onto my bag. I hand him Kayla's and we head in the direction of the boat house I throw open a tackle box and grab some fishing line, hooks, and pliers pocket knife thing. We actually do walk to the rec field because you can see the road that leads to the high way and out of here. I would guess its about two pm and they're about to do mail call. I can here the bell for it ring we run tell we reach the highway then walk so as not to look suspicious.
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AN: when you see ^ it will switch to other characters view. So for example it will now go from Stacy's to Mason's. P.S. thanks for reading this far!
It started out like any other day at summer camp. I woke showered went to flag raising ate breakfast had bible time went to chapel went for skills I chose fishing had lunch and then free time with teasing Stacy throughout the day. She teases me back so this means she is returning affections right? Anyways we were hanging out when my world is turned upside down. I'm in shock and all I can do is follow this intelligent pretty girl around camp grabbing things we'll need for what I now realize is our life together. I grab my baseball cap off her bunk as she rolls up her sleeping bag. I keep her book in my hand planning to read it. I watch her throw her army style hiking pack on her back, it's much larger then the one she handed me but it holds less at the moment I wander where she is planning on filling it, when she does I'll take it whether she wants me to or not. She grabs my hand pulling me out of my daze. Her hand is small and soft in mine I wonder how long that will last I wonder how long we will last. Not our relationship but us living without hosting, I know we'll last I'll do anything for this girl, she has already saved me. We've been walking for what feels like forever but my watch tells me is only a few hours.
I wonder, does she know where she is going? There is a sign for a state park. "Perfect!" she exclaims. I look at her and she explains I smile internally at the thought that we don't need to voice questions we just know and answer them. "We'll sleep in the woods tonight then when the campers go out and sight see tomorrow we will get food and anything else useful." It seemed a good plan to me so far all her plans did especially sleeping. We walk through the woods of the state park and find a level piece of ground with thick green grass growing. Its almost dark outside now. She unstraps the sleeping bag and hands it to me to role out. She takes off her fleece jacket and goes through the bags pulling out certain items dried mango and pineapple, homemade cookies, bug spray and one of the eight flash lights. She uses the bug spray then sprays some in her hands and rubs them on her face she then sprays more in her hand and caresses my face she taps my nose and smooths my forehead . I don't realize I closed my eyes tell I open them, she hands me the can of spray. She smiles shyly at me then begins to eat.
I pack the bag up when we're done while she gets into her sleeping bag. Shes using her coat as a pillow the flash light on the ground above her head she pats the space next to her. I slide in aware that I've never slept in the same bed with a girl. I tell her this and she laughs telling me its not technically a bed. she turns toward me and cuddles into my chest I hesitantly wrap an arm around her she sighs her breathing evens out "Night Stacy" I whisper as I kiss her forehead she nods her head and mumbles night mason. I relax my tense muscles and drift off.
AN: I hope you liked. I want one review before I post the second chapter. Give me your input good or bad I appreciate it all.