Cordelia's point of view.

It's Friday. The day before Earth day. I've been looking forward to the camping trip ever since the school announced we were going. I'm going to try fishing and I'm going to swim and we are going to have a huge barbecue. But mostly, I've been looking forward to the trip, because it means 3 days and 2 nights with Erick. Is it alright for a tall girl to fall for a short guy? I'll have to ask Kasumi and Emi.

It's 9:00am and I'm waiting at the school's front gate. Each class is going somewhere different for the school's camping trip. Our class is going to a forest near a river.

On the bus there, I talked to Emi and Kasumi:

'I got it! You should confess before the end of the trip!'

'WHAT?! EMI, ARE YOU CRAZY?!'

'Why not?'

'B-b-b-be-be-because!'

'Oh come on, you can do it, it'll be fine! Right Kasumi?'

'I agree. Plus Kaito told me that Erick might feel the same way about you.'

'Eh? Really?'

They both nod.

'Okay! I'll do it!' I smile

Then I just realized.

'Kasumi, do you like Kaito?'

Kasumi goes bright red.

I look to Emi. She nods. Then we both squeal and squish Kasumi into a hug.

Long story short: Lots of laughing and squealing with me and Emi promising to help Kasumi confess to Kaito on the school trip as well.

We arrive at the camping site a few hours later. All three of us had fallen asleep after our conversation.

We wake up and set up camp. Then, since we had a free period. We decided to go swimming with a few other girls while the guys went to go find some wood.

I was having trouble with my swimming costume since it was a bikini I had borrowed from Emi (She convinced me to wear one, what was I thinking?) and I felt very self-conscious about all the skin I was showing. I was blushing from embarrassment, when Emi decided to get guys to see what they thought about our swim suits.

I was still fiddling in my swimming costume when Erick walked into our tent.

Erick what do you think of Coco's swimming costume?' Emi asked him with a huge grin on her face.

I held my breath.

'….' Nothing.

Way to make a girl feel better. -_-

'What? Cat got your tongue?' I tease him.

His face softens.

'You look really good.'

I smile at his response. 'Thanks'

'Ryo, what do you think of mine?' Emi twirls around for him to see.

He goes bright red and stutters out his answer.

Erick punches him in the shoulder and Ryo calms down.

'You look fantastic' He winks at her.

Emi blushes.

WAIT WHAT?! EMI BLUSHES?!

I stare at Emi's face with wide eyes and a gawking mouth.

Then she giggles a 'thanks' and I drag her out and Kasumi out of the tent to the lake we were going to swim in.

'EMI DID YOU BLUSH?!'

She turns red again.

I start laughing. I always knew Emi liked Ryo, but she would never give him a hint that she did, so blushing was out of the question. Maybe Emi is falling in love with Ryo?

We swim for around an hour then go bake to the camp and start preparing food for the barbecue.

Since this meant that both the guys and girls were going to be busy for the next hour or so. Emi and I urged Kasumi to confess now.

A while later, Kasumi and Kaito came back holding hands and with faces so red, I thought they were going to get a fever. They separate and Kasumi comes towards us.

'Well?' Emi and I ask her

She goes even redder (is that possible?) and nods.

And…. Cue squealing/ laughing and hugging.

At the barbecue Emi grabs my hand when I was talking to another girl about gymnastics and drags me towards Erick. As you know, this is where I start panicking and I try desperately to Emi from taking me towards him. Aka: I start clawing at the ground and begging Kasumi to stop her.

'Cordelia, stop being so difficult, come on! You said you would!'

'I know I know! But I just didn't think it would be this soon!'

Sure enough. The ridiculous sight of us drew the attention of everyone close, including Erick, who just raised his eyebrow at us in amusement. Now I'm even more desperate not to confess to him.

But sure enough, Emi has other plans.

'Erick, Coco has something to talk to you about.' She shouts at him.

I freeze and gawk at her.

Unfortunately Erick realizes what I'm about to do to her and runs over to me, picks me up and drags me away from her with me clawing at the air in her direction around his head.

Emi stands there snickering with Ryo watching the scene with a worried face and Kasumi and Kaito holding hands further away.

Erick puts me down far away from the barbecue but you can still hear the talking of the students.

'So, what's up?'

I plonk myself down on the ground, turn my head away from him and pout.

Erick sighs and sits down next me.

'Right, who am I killing this time?'

I laugh and he smiles at me.

'Finally, a smile'

I bite my lip and take a deep breath.

'Erick.'

'Yup?'

'I love you'

He stares at me.

'I love you too' He smiles at me.

I stare at him in shock. He feels that same as me?

'You are one of my best friends. Of course I love you.'

Wait what?

'Hahahaha, I know we argue a lot, but that's just us. We are still friends.'

'No, wait Erick, I really love you, as in I am IN LOVE with you.'

He stops laughing and looks at me.

Then burst out laughing again.

'HAHAHA, Stop, please you are killing me, AHAHAHAHA! Aaaah, you really got me there.'

He stands up.

'Good one. Haha, come on, let's go back to camp.'

When we reach camp, Erick says goodbye and I go talk to Emi and Kasumi.

'Cordelia! There you are! How did it go?' Emi asks me.

I start crying. 'He thought I was joking. He didn't even think it was possible I would fall in love with him. He doesn't even see me as a girl. I'm just a friend he argues with from time to time.'

Emi hugs me as I cry.

'Hey, come on. Cheer up. You just have to get him to realize you love him. I'm definitely sure he feels the same way.'

'Ha! That stupid Chibi-chan can't even tell the difference between his finger and his toe. I doubt he'd be able to tell I love him.'

After the barbecue, we split up into 2 groups for a haunted race. The goal is that the first pair to grab a flag from the end of the path and to make it back to camp first. Of course, it's not going to be that easy. There are a few students stationed around the path to scare the pairs and delay them.

We were split into girl/boy pairs for safety. However, because we were outnumbered in the girl department, I was switched from the racing team to the scaring team.

I am dressed as the ghost of a woman. My costume is complete with souls attached to stick on my back and with blood dripping down from my face to my stomach and on my hands. Yay! … Not!

Kasumi and Kaito were paired as well as Emi and Ryo. Ryo has been bright red in the face ever since he pulled Emi's name from a bag. Erick is going with this other girl from our class.

If you are wondering if I'm still sad. I'm not. But the bloodshot I got from crying earlier really put my costume off the hook.

After an hour the race is finished. Emi and Ryo won (not surprised since Emi is ruthless when it comes to races, I just feel sorry for Ryo who had to experience that.) and I was still moping around in my costume.

'Hey! CordeLIAAAAAAHHHHH! You gave me a heart attack! SHEESH You are SCARY!' What are you still doing in costume?'

'Oh sorry Emi, I'll change now, I drag my feet towards our tent.'

'Hey Cordelia, did you know that everyone's talking about your character. They were raving about how you were so scary you didn't even seem human. I even heard you crawled around like you had no bones in your body. Not surprising you can do that since you took gymnastics for so long.'

'mm'

'Hey are you listening to me?'

'uhuh'

She sighs. 'Cheer up Coco.'

She smiles at me, and I smile back.

'Come on, they guys have set up a bonfire, let's go.'

'umm, no thanks, I'm too tall so it'll just be awkward. But you go and have fun. I bet Ryo's been dying to dance with you all day' I wink at her.

She goes red. 'yeah yeah. See you later!'

'Bye!'

I change and leave the tent. I see Kasumi dancing with Kaito and Emi dancing with Ryo. I look for Erick, but I don't see him. I sigh and walk away from the bonfire.

I keep walking, not focusing on where I'm going, until something shines in my eye and I look up from the ground to see a huge beautiful lake. I walk closer and sit on a rock near the water.

Does Erick really feel the same, or that just wishful thinking from Emi?

I sigh really loudly.

'ERICK YOU IDIOT! YOU STUPID DAFT BLIND MIDGET!' I shout to nothing.

I feel my anger bottle inside me. I frown and take a huge breath.

'I'LL NEVER GIVE UP! JUST YOU WAIT! BAKA!'