Chapter 4

Authors note: As always, thank you so much for your lovely reviews! I'm not completely satisfied with this chapter but oh well! Enjoy chapter 4 xxx


"Kace, are you okay?" Becky asked, the next morning. The girls were sat on Emma's bed, they were getting ready for their morning run.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Kacey asked.

"Em said you ran off yesterday." Becky replied.

"Yeah, so?"

"Kace, I chased after ya, but you wouldn't tell me what was wrong." Emma spoke up, the rest of the girls looked at Kacey waiting for an answer. She shifted uncomfortably.

"What is this an intervention or something?" Kacey forced a laugh.

"We were just worried." Maddie said.

"Well don't, cos I don't want to talk about it, so don't bring it up okay?" Kacey put on her shoes. "Right, let's go." She smiled.

Ryan POV

They made the girls and boys do a separate run so I didn't get the chance to speak to Kacey. Luckily we were in the same gym group so I seized this as an opportunity to talk to her about her running off yesterday.

"Hey princess." Ryan said, walking up to Kacey. She just rolled her eyes in a pissed off manner and walked away from him.

"Hi, I'm Elizabeth, Ryan right?" Elizabeth walked up to Ryan, fluttering her eyelashes at him. Ryan didn't even look at her, too busy focused on Kacey.

"Yeah, hi. Excuse me." Ryan walked away, making his way to Kacey. He grabbed her arm.

"Hey, what's your problem?" Ryan asked, unsure of what he'd done wrong.

"Nothing, just leave me alone, you're acting as if we're married or something." Kacey spat, yanking her arm out of his grip.

Emma POV

Kace was acting really weird. Yesterday she ran off, I ran after her and I caught up with her and she was crying. I asked her what was wrong, she wouldn't tell me though no matter how many times I asked. Maybe it was that Ryan? Then today, she was just dismissing everything. We all came back to our room for our break. We were all joking around but Kace was being quiet.

"Kacey, we're your mates, just tell us what's wrong." Emma pleaded. Kacey must have really wanted to get it off her chest so it didn't take much persuasion for her to say what was wrong.

"yesterday, Ryan kissed me." Kacey sighed.

"Kissed you?! Omg, and we missed this?!" Emma exclaimed excitedly.

"Wait, so why are you all moody about it?" Maddie asked.

"Because, I didn't want him to kiss me." Kacey answered.

"I don't get it." Emma spoke.

"Look, I came here to focus on something that I really love, not to let some self-centred boy mess with my head. And anyway, how would it work? Would we just gonna shack up then never contact each other again after camp is finished?" Kacey asked, talking directly to Emma.

"Kacey has a point. You guys are losing sight of the real reason we all came here." ChloƩ spoke.

"Exactly, thank you Chlo." Kacey smiled gratefully.

"God, you's are so boring." Emma whined.

Kacey POV

After break, we went back to the gym to learn more about body movement. I made sure I stayed away from Ryan. I don't know how to explain it, I'm glad he kissed me because he's totally fit but I didn't come to America for a relationship. I saw Emma and him talking on the other side of the gym.

"What's wrong with Kacey?" Ryan asked Emma.

"Nothing, she's just being a girl." Emma replied.

"What?" Ryan asked, confused.

"She's acting as if she didn't like the kiss and that you're some sort of jerk but deep down she actually really enjoyed the kiss. You probably just scared her off a little by making a move, I guess it's a defensive wall she puts up." Emma explained, smiling at Ryan.

"Wow, what are you, a therapist?" Ryan joked.

"Like I said, she's just being a girl." Emma answered.

"I'm gonna go talk to her, let her know that I'm willing to go at her pace." Ryan smiled, before walking over to Kacey.

"I can see what you're doing." Hissed Elizabeth, strutting over to Emma.

"Oh, please enlighten me." Emma replied back, purposely putting on a posh voice to mock Elizabeth.

"You like Ryan, don't you?" Elizabeth questioned, demanding to know why Ryan wasn't the slightest bit interested in her.

"Please," Emma scoffed, rolling her eyes at Elizabeth. "Ryan and I are just friends."

"Then, you're trying to set Kacey and Ryan up together." Elizabeth stated, not wanting to leave the situation alone.

"No I'm not. Elizabeth are you feeling alright? You seem to be coming out with more bullshit than usual." Emma smiled sweetly, making Elizabeth angry.

"I really don't like you." Elizabeth said, gritting her teeth.

"Same here bitch. Oh, and some advice, trim your hair, you have split ends." Emma blew a kiss at Elizabeth before strutting off. Elizabeth felt her face flush red before she stormed back to her friends. Meanwhile, Ryan was talking to Kacey.

"Hey, Kacey." Ryan said, smiling with his teeth.

"What happened to princess?" Kacey rolled her eyes.

"Look, I'm coming to apologise. I didn't mean to scare you off or anything, I just thought we were on like a roll." Ryan replied, smiling at the end. Kacey loved Ryan's smile so she found herself smiling too.

"A roll?" Kacey smirked.

"Just know, I'll take things at your pace. Okay?"

"Okay." Kacey nodded.

"You're friend Emma seems to get you pretty well." Ryan commented.

"What did she say?" Kacey arched her eyebrow.

"Nothing bad, don't worry. She just made me realise that you probably really liked our kiss." Ryan smirked teasingly.

"Shut up!" Kacey playfully shoved him backwards.

"Right, can all the boys come over to me, please?" Coach Smith ordered.

"Looks like your being called away." Kacey smiled.

"See you around princess." Ryan smirked before walking off.

Kacey POV

Okay, what's happening?! My heart is beating so fast and I melt inside every time Ryan flashes a smile. I know he calls me princess as a joke, but it seems so special when he says it. Get a grip Kacey, you're not going to fall for this Ryan. I was so relieved when Coach Matthews said we had a fifteen minute break as the coaches needed to sort something out, I just needed some fresh air. I used this as an opportunity to phone Paisley, it was eleven o'clock am here, so it would be four o'clock pm there. I used the landline.

"Hello?" Paisley answered, unsure of who was on the other end as on her phone it had come up as international caller.

"Hey girl." Kacey said in a fake American accent.

"Omg, Kace! How are you babe?!" Paisley asked excitedly.

"I'm good, how are you?"

"Great now you've called." Paisley responded.

"Is school boring without me?"

"Yeah, I need my partner in crime!" Paisley laughed and Kacey giggled too.

"Does the school miss me?"

"No, not really, it's kind of like 'Kacey who?' now." Paisley teased.

"Oh be quiet." Kacey retorted.

"I'm kidding."

"Any drama?" Kacey inquired.

"Not really. Oh, well, there's this new girl who's started. Gabriella Wark, God Kace, she's so far up herself! She's this posh bitch who gets away with murder, and on her first day she stripped for this new teacher, Mr Reid!"

"Why do I always miss the good stuff!" Kacey whined.

"Tell me about it! She just walks around acting as if she's better than everyone."

"Hmm, that sounds just like this girl at the camp called Elizabeth. Hey, maybe they're sisters!" Kacey joked.

"Nah, I doubt it. Rumour has it that Gabby's sister died in a car crash and it was Gabriella's fault." Paisley whispered as if she was gossiping to Kacey face to face.

"Shit," Kacey felt a pang of sympathy for Gabriella. "Guess that's why she acts like a bitch then." Kacey shrugged.

"Yeah. Listen Kace, when you get back, you have to promise to knock her out for me." Paisley said seriously.

"I promise." Kacey laughed.

"Right, anyway, enough about me, what's going on with you?!"

"Nothing really, I'm just really enjoying the weather." Kacey answered.

"Are the coaches fit?" Paisley questioned.

"Really fit." Kacey answered, causing Paisley to giggle.

"What about the boys?"

"What about them?" Kacey asked, trying to sound clueless but her voice went slightly high pitched and Paisley noticed.

"Omg, what's his name then?" Paisley asked, knowing Kacey too well.

"Ryan." Kacey answered.

"Ooh, Ryan," Paisley said it as if she was inspecting the name. "Tell me more about this Ryan."

"He's Californian. He has brown hair that curls perfectly at the ends, he is super attractive and has the most amazing smile." Kacey felt herself blush as she thought about him.

"Does he like you too?" Paisley asked once she'd processed the information.

"He kind of kissed me." Kacey said slowly, half expecting the squeal that came out of Paisley's mouth.

"No way! Kace, you have to get with him!"

"It's not that easy, I don't even know him, he could be leading us on. You know I don't wanna get hurt."

"Yeah, I know. You just be careful then, okay?"

"Okay." Kacey smiled.

"So, what you doing at the moment?" Paisley questioned.

"We have a fifteen minute break, that I've spent talking to you, so thank you." Kacey said sarcastically.

"I'm worth it," Paisley replied cheekily. There was the sound of Paisley's name being called and Paisley answering back. "Sorry babe, mums just called us down for dinner."

"Oh, okay." Kacey said sadly.

"We'll speak soon, yeah?"

"I miss you Pais." Kacey said after a while.

"I miss you too." Paisley answered.

"I love you." Kacey spoke, more cheerily this time.

"I love you too." Paisley replied.

"Alright, say hi to the family for me." Kacey instructed.

"Yeah, okay. Speak soon." Paisley hung up the phone.


Kacey POV

In the afternoon, we had team building exercises and the girls and boys were all in mixed teams. On my team there was: Becky, Ryan (yay!), Elizabeth (yuck!), and a couple of others who's names I was yet to learn. The aim of the game was to try and get one of your team members over this moderately tall wall. The coaches gave us two minutes in our teams to decide on a plan.

"Okay, so what do we do?" Becky turned to her teammates.

"Well, obviously, whoever we choose is gonna have to picked up to get over the wall. Therefore I think we should pick Kace, I mean, she's the smallest." Ryan suggested.

"Wait," Elizabeth suddenly had an interest on what was happening. "What does being the smallest have to do with anything?" Elizabeth asked, her posh voice sending a shiver down Kacey's neck.

"She's most likely the lightest." Becky replied, rolling her eyes at Elizabeth.

"Bit rude to the rest of us, isn't it?" Elizabeth arched her eyebrow, deliberately trying to cause an argument.

"Could you just stop trying to cause shit for like two seconds?!" Kacey hissed in annoyance. Elizabeth took a step back.

"You guys see that right? She's very aggressive." Elizabeth looked at her other teammates.

"Hey, don't listen to her," Ryan whispered to Kacey, putting his arm around her. Elizabeth mentally swore, she'd made Ryan and Kacey closer together. Becky looked smugly at Elizabeth. "Right, so that's settled then? We're gonna try get Kacey over the wall?" Ryan asked his fellow members.

"Yeah." They all murmured in agreement, except Elizabeth.

"Right, teams, times up!" Coach Robbins called. "Okay, so has everyone nominated their teammate?" Coach Robbins asked. The girls and boys either nodded or said yes. "Great, okay two teams at a time, um, Kace your team and Em your team." The two teams walked forward.

"Good luck." Emma smiled at Kacey.

"Thanks, I've got posh bitch so I'm gonna need it!" Kacey exclaimed quietly and the two girls giggled.

"Right teams, ready? Okay, on your marks, get set, go!" Both teams rushed forward, lunging at the wall. Kacey's group's tactic was to lift her up first then push her up onto the wall so she could get her leg over.

Ryan, being one of the strongest, had the task of pushing Kacey up. He thought it was funny to use her bum as a way to help get her up, pushing on her backside and then he decided to squeeze it. Kacey tensed at the touch.

"Ryan, I swear to God, stop!" Kacey hissed as quietly as she could.

"What? It's the heaviest part of you, I'm trying to help here!" Ryan replied innocently. Kacey was relieved when she could finally get her leg over and jump down the other side. Her team one, as Emma was second to get down off the wall.

"Okay, well done Kacey's team! And your prize is...A Miami tee shirt!" Coach Robbins handed the team their own tee shirts.

"Thanks Coach." Kacey smiled.

"You're welcome sweetie." Coach Robbins smiled back.

"So, did you have fun up there?" Ryan asked with a smirk.

"You're such a prat!" Kacey declared, playfully hitting him with her newly given tee shirt.

"Is that English for sexy asshole?" Ryan asked, raising his eyebrow and smiling a cheeky grin.

"Am I cursed? Like, you watching me on that run, the boys camp having a leak, and now having to work with you?" Kacey asked after a while, smiling at him.

"Cursed? No, I wouldn't say cursed, I would say...blessed." Ryan winked at Kacey before walking off.


Authors note: okay, so this chapter was rubbish, I had no idea what to write! I know where I want to go with Ryan and Kacey, but if you guys have any ideas about what could cause some funny drama at the camp, please review and tell me, or message me :) anyways, hope you enjoyed :D