I'm back again! I know I said I would update sooner, but I got knida writer's blocked but I think I am back now.
Disclaimer. All rights go to Ally Carter
Macey, Bex, and Liz were staring down at me when I woke up. Liz was staring at me like I was on my death bed.
"Oh thank goodness you're awake Cammie. You have no idea how long we have been waiting for you to wake up," Liz gushed. Macey elbowed her and sent her a look.
"I'm fine guys so you can take those looks off your faces. Unless if I've been in a coma, I'm pretty sure that I'm fine."
I think I heard Macey mumble, "That's what they all say."
"Seriously, I'm fine."
"Okay, okay we believe you. But we're going to leave you to rest just in case, this book I read about the brain said that after someone has experienced a large amount of- ow," Liz said giving Bex and angry look.
"Okay Cam, we are going to leave now. Don't worry you won't miss anything if you're in here all day. No one has seen Solomon since yesterday. And-"
"Come on Liz we're leaving," Bex called.
Liz started out the door when she tripped on air. There was a thud followed by an "Oopsie daisy." I chuckled as Liz quickly walked out the door with her head down.
I threw on my sweatshirt and running shoes and walked away it the door. If macey saw me she would literally die. I had no makeup, my hair was in a pony tail and not brushed, and my clothes were not exactly 'Macey approved.' Let's just say I probably looked like shit right now.
I slipped into the forest and started running. Running was my escape. I just listed to the sound of my feet hitting the ground and looked at everything around me.
I had gotten in 7 miles when I heard someone else's breathing behind me. I stopped and looked around, but saw nothing. I figured that I was just being paranoid and kept on running. I turned to start up again, when I heard a leaf crinkle on the ground.
I didn't wait for them to catch me, I started sprinting back to camp. Suddenly I was tackled and the person was pinning me to the ground. I kicked my attacker and punched them in the face.
"Ow what the bloody hell was that for?" Bex said clutching her cheek.
"Oh sorry Bex. I thought you were someone else."
"Obviously. Now are you going to tell me why you went running or not."
"Can I not go running for fun?"
"With you? No Cammie, you can't. Something's wrong and you're going to tell me whether you want to or not."
"But I don't have any problems Bex."
"Uh, yeah you do. Since when have you not run for fun, which by the way you hate doing when there isn't any reason to. So in conclusion, being the amazing detective I am, I think that you do have something wrong. So spit it out."
I pushed Bex off of me and sat leaning against a tree. I then told her, "Okay, fine. So I do have something on my mind," Bex gave me the I-told-you-so look, to which I rolled my eyes, "It's. It's my dad."
Bex came over and sat next to me. She didn't say anything she just gave me a hug. She didn't give me the 'I'm sorry' or the 'Everything is going to be okay' because she knew I didn't want to hear that. Bex knew me, so she sat there hugging me while I let the pain soak in.
Tears stung the backs of my eyes and we're making my vision blurry. I didn't let them spill though. So we sat like that silently and awkwardly for a long time. Have you ever tried sitting next to someone and hug them comfortably? It's really hard to do.
I don't know how long we were sitting there, but we got up and started walking back to camp. Then, a single tear decided now was the right time to fall, right when we were walking back into camp, not during the hour plus that we were sitting in the forest. More tears soon followed and I couldn't stop them. Luckily, there were only like 5 people there and none of them looked over at us.
We walked up the stairs to our rooms and Bex left me to be alone. That was what I needed, to be alone right now. And running away from my problems wouldn't change anything, I had to face them and I had to do that alone.
Sorry that the chapter was so short. But I have a full plane ride ahead of me to write another chapter, so I will probably finish the next on that ride.
