Chapter 10

The next day I told myself that I wanted to spend most of the day with Lizzy so I woke up extra early and went to the mess hall. I took a seat and waited for Lizzy to show up. Eventually she showed up and I flagged her down.

"Good morning Lizzy."

"Good morning Mike. How are you today?"

"I'm doing well thanks for asking. Listen I wanted to know if we could just spend the entire Saturday together; just you and me. What do you say?"

"Mike this is so random. Any particular reason why?"

"Well we just haven't hung out lately plus I thought it would be fun."

"Well sure Mike, I would love to hang out with you. What exactly would you like to do?"

"Just wait and see Lizzy," I replied. After breakfast, I decided we would leave everyone. I took her to the place few people knew existed. I took her to the Hidden Cove.

"Well Lizzy were here."

"Wait I've been here before. I really have been here before."

"Really, I've never brought you here. I thought this was a place only me and Josh knew about."

"A few days ago I took Chris hiking with me and we stumbled upon this place. I enjoyed myself here."

"That's nice to know." We both took a seat under the waterfall and felt the cool breeze blowing through the air.

"Listen Mike, we need to talk."

"What do we need to talk about?"

"We need to talk about us, Chris, the three of us."

"Ok, please go on."

"I'm not the smartest girl out there but with the help of a friend I've figured out that you have a crush on me."

"Well Lizzy, I don't really know how to respond to that."

"Don't feel bad, I found out that Chris has a crush on me too so I kinda feel I'm putting a gap in between us by hanging out with Chris all the time."

"Lizzy, please feel no guilt for hanging out with Chris. He is a friend of yours too and as such, you can hang out with him. Don't let me dictate who you can hang out with."

"Ok thanks for that but it doesn't change what I said. I don't want you to feel like the friendship between us is any less there because I've been with Chris lately."

"Ok Lizzy, mind if I can say something?"

"Yes, go right ahead."

"I do have a crush on you and I did feel threatened when Chris came into the picture. I tried to put it out of my head but I bothered me. I have intuition as well I my personal opinion is that you have a crush on Chris."

"Well Mike, I'm still trying to sort out my feelings at the moment, I don't how I feel about either of you right now."

"Ok well I want you to know what regardless of what decision you make it won't affect the friendship between us."

"That's nice to know. I hope it wouldn't affect us. You think you have me all figured out?"

"I don't have you figured out and I'll assume neither does Chris. I could be wrong on that one though."

"He doesn't have me figured out but knowing him that could change quickly. Anyway, can we talk about something else?"

"Sure, what do you wanna talk about?"

"What do you want to accomplish at this camp? I'm pretty sure you have some mission."

"I was happy to come back to this camp because I've loved ever year of being here. Seeing as this is my last year here I do want something memorable to happen."

"Hasn't ever year here been memorable? Haven't you made friends here that you will always remember? What makes this year any different?"

"What makes this year different is that fact that I wouldn't be able to come back as a camper. We are only here for two months and if you haven't realized June is already almost finished."

"I know but if something does happen this summer, I will always remember it. I don't have thing really big I have to accomplish. Coming to camp is enough for me. Meeting you and all of my other friends are enough. The summer here isn't over so I'm prepared for what will happen."

"I have a feeling none of us have any idea what could happen at this camp. Keep in mind what has happened so far."

"Good point; that is a very good point. Wow Mike, we have been her most of the day. The sun is starting to set. We should head back to camp and meet up with the others.

"Good idea Lizzy. Let's go." Lizzy and I left the Hidden Cove and headed back to camp. Lizzy needed to go talk to Heidi so I let her go. I went to the mess hall, saw Chris, and decided to say hi.

"Hey Darren, It's nice to meet you. I'm Mike."

"Nice to meet you Mike, I've noticed there are some very nice people at this camp," he replied.

"Oh really you've already met someone."

"Yeah and it was kinda unexpected. Her name is Mikala."

"Mikala, I know her."

"Really, you do?"

"Yeah she's my friend although I haven't talked to her lately. Ever since her and my friend Cory had their fallout."

"You know Cory too?"

"Yeah he's one of my friends as well. You know him?"

"No not personally. Mikala told me about what he did to her. I've never seen anything so heartless in my life."

"Yeah well I'm pretty sure it didn't go down that way."

"Oh really, you think so? Do you have any proof supporting that; Maybe Cory's side of the story?"

"No I haven't talked to Cory about what happened. No one really has. All you have is Mikala's side of the story."

"Maybe so but I have no reason to believe that Mikala would lie. She really loved Cory from what she told me. If it weren't for Jenny, none of this would have happened."

"I'm guessing Mikala told you about that whole story. That is just insane isn't it?"

"I think so; I've never seen somebody so controlling, conniving, evil, and corrupted in my entire life."

"Neither have I. I need to talk to Cory and get his side of the story. I understand how Mikala feels but that is just one side. We need to figure out what really happened."

"I agree you go talk to Cory and well start figuring out a solution."

"Will do Darren; It was nice talking to you. By the way what instrument do you play?

"I play the baritone."

"Sweet I play baritone too. Welcome to low brass."

"Thanks man, anyway I'm going to find Mikala and see what she's up to. You need to go find Cory and talk to him."

"Ok, I will but I'll do it tomorrow. I'm really tired but enjoy the rest of the night."

"Ok, I will. Thanks Mike, It was nice meeting you."

"Likewise Darren, I'll talk to you later." Darren left to go find Mikala and I left to go to sleep. Today had been a long day. I had spent it with Lizzy and felt a little more comfortable about where I stood with her. Tomorrow I would hopefully catch Cory at the lakeside during the twilight hour.