Guys, I'm really embarrassed having to read the things I wrote as an 11 year old...I think I just turned 12 as I published the story and I'm 16 years old turning 17 this year so updating this is kinda...well...you know. I'm surprised people still review.
Okay, well I'm doing this for those exact people and also for those who still want to know what happens at the end. I'm sure most of you don't remember what happened and I don't really remember either but we're gonna try and finish this if only because I said I wouldn't abandon this terribly written story.
I guess the characters of 2010 will have to jump to the future a little, so they won't be wearing skinny jeans and converse everywhere with multi-colored hoodies or whatever it was that I put them in.
Also, guys (this is getting long), I wrote this not knowing what high school was like and I'm gonna be in my last year of high school in the fall so...just keep that in mind. The main character is what...14? And a freshman in highschool, so...it's feels weird for me to write about a young 14 year old girl and her love interest. Okay well I'm done just try and enjoy this chapter if you can.
Here's to the readers of 2010-2015 and my little embarrassing past self~ : The next long overdue chapter of Another Cliche of a Love Story. It's like were on a little journey here.
We walked for about 20 minutes and everyone was talking amongst themselves. Ashton, the angel boy who we met earlier was talking to Mage. I wondered for a moment if he was watching where he was leading us. We passed by some ponds and we crossed a small path around the river, the shortcut that Ashton mentioned. I heard a few kids talk about smores, marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers...my stomach growled at the thought.
"How much longer?" Mage asked Ashton sweetly. I could tell she was trying her best not to sound too annoyed, especially in front of Ash. She waved herself off with her hands, and pushed back her pink hair. I tried not to smile at the way she pretended not to be tired.
"Look ahead." Ash said and I peeked around all the students to see a pathway up and into the forest. The pathway separated into three sections, and this is where we stopped. "Girls, walk up the pathway to the left, boys the pathway to the right, the rooms will be up there. The middle is the main camp." He explained. Nobody said anything, but I guess it was because the only things we could see were 3 different pathways twisting into the mysterious forest. Everyone separated once a supervisor came down from the girls' camp pathway. I walked over to Mage and helped her carry her luggage since the guys couldn't come with us and help. Mage immediately had a look on her face, one that said 'please, bugs, don't touch me.'
"It's beautiful and all, but...the bugs…" She whispered to me, looking over her shoulder to make sure Ash wouldn't hear. I laughed and shook my head, waving off some bugs that had accumulated around us.
"You'll be fine once we get to the rooms."
We stopped for a few moments once we came to a little railing at the side, the trees separated and we looked over at the view. The girls in our class all gave a little sigh, some even mentioned that they wished their boyfriends were here with them. It was truly beautiful, down the little hill that we came up from, was a river that rippled with the wind that blew. The river was huge and I heard one of the supervisors say that the river circled around to the main camp area, so the teacher's were planning on having dinner out there. Everyone immediately got excited by that idea, including Mage and I.
"Alright everyone, let's get moving. We need to get settled in the rooms." The supervisor clapped her hands and began to lead us again. We continued walking further and further up the hill filled with trees. Mage was almost giving out. She kept saying that she wished they would give us back our skateboards already. They had confiscated them earlier until they could be approved for us to use them. That meant we could only use them when one of the teacher's decided to give them to us. "This pathway most likely won't be used by any of you often. There is a smaller path that connects to the main camp and then another path that connect the main camp to the boys' rooms.
"Then why didn't we use the main path together?" Mage whined and pulled her luggage with difficulty.
"The main pathway is used for cars to get through into the camp. It would be a safety violation if we did that." The supervisor said and continued to walk faster up the pathway. I was also beginning to get tired, but thankfully we all began to see the the 2 cabins that were lined up next to each other. The cabins were huge and so beautiful. All the girls squealed and jumped around, knowing that they wouldn't be stuck sleeping in little tents. Mage nearly cried of happiness. We met up with the other girls who were waiting outside for us, the ones who got lucky and actually got to ride the rest of the way on a working bus. "Here we are girls. Now, there are 5 rooms in each cabin and 4 girls to each room." Everyone immediately grabbed their friends. "Now, I'll count you all and separate you into each cabin." The lady started counting us off in four's and making us stand in different groups. Since Mage and I were in the back we got separated into a group of 12 girls, so we would stay in the second cabin house with less people in it. I noticed that Angelina was stood one person away from us, I hoped that we wouldn't get stuck with her.
"Where's your friends Angie? Did they all ditch you for their own friends?" Mage taunted and smirked. Angelina rolled her eyes and glanced over to her group of friends who looked at her apologetically. She had been pushed down to the fifth friend. She glared at them but didn't say anything.
"Oh? You girls aren't in a group yet?" The supervisor asked us, I held on to Mage's arm as we glanced over to Angelina and she glanced over to us. We groaned in frustration. "Please, hurry and stand next to each other, and you" She pointed at another girl who stood a few feet away from us, "you can join this group, hurry up now."
"This is just our luck. Why are all of our friends guys?" Mage asked and I sighed heavily. I wondered if it was the same situation for the others and they had to be in groups of four. If they did, then they were lucky. Jojo, Casper, Kent and Zero would room together perfectly. Angelina ignored us and walked ahead of us with her luggage as we headed into the cabin house.
"Wow…" Mage said as we walked in. It had a homey feel to it, it was well lit and was built entirely of wood. There were plenty of windows and we had a good view of the forest, I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Once you walked in there was two sets of stairs, one to the left and one to the right. The first level had a kitchen to left, and a small sitting area to the right with a bookcase that lined the whole wall. But there was no TV or anything. The girls all ran up the stairs quickly to go explore the rooms and Mage and I were right behind them, but less excited because we had to room with Angelina. We walked down the hall and to the last room, Angelina had disappeared to go see her friends' room but we were with the girl who we hadn't seen before. She probably was in a different class than we had been in.
"What's your name?" Mage asked and the girl smiled shyly. She was short and had a cute round face and glasses with short red hair and freckles. We told her to loosen up around us and she nodded.
"Um, my name is Riley...and honestly...Angelina kinda scares me…" She whispered and we laughed.
"Don't worry, at least she can't turn you into a frog or anything like that." Mage whispered back and Riley giggled softly. We walked into our room, there was a window at the end with a desk in the corner. There were little fabric covered chairs that lined the middle of the area with bunk beds on both sides of the room. Mage and I chose the beds that were across from each other so that we could talk to one another comfortably. Riley took the bed above mine and Mage made a face at the bed above hers. I laughed, knowing that Angelina would be sleeping there. Mage slid her two huge bags of luggage under the bed and wiped her hands off.
"There, I'm done unpacking." Mage exclaimed. Right as she said that Angelina walked in and rolled her eyes, depositing her luggage in the corner and walking back out of the room. We all sighed as she left, knowing that she would make the atmosphere tense for us.
"Well, want to walk to the main camp with us Riley?" I asked and she nodded excitedly, jumping off the bunk bed and walking outside to the front with us. There were a few other girls who had the same idea as us and we all walked down the little path that led to the main camp. The supervisor told us where to go and we followed her instructions.
"None of my friends came to the trip, so I'm kind of alone. Thanks for inviting me with you guys, when I seen you both at school I always thought you guys looked intimidating." She immediately gasped and covered her mouth. Mage laughed loudly and ruffled Riley's hair.
"Yes, well a lot of people do." Mage flipped her pink hair over her shoulder and I just shook my head, amused, "and don't worry, you can hang out with us. We'll introduce you to the guys." Riley nodded and grinned, happy that she wouldn't be alone for the whole trip. We finally arrived at the main camp, which was a couple buildings that were decorated with wooden sculptures to make it look like it belonged in a forest. We didn't explore further but I'm sure there were places to start fires and roast marshmallows or something. We were still surrounded by trees of course, with multiple pathways. The trees were sparse though and you could hear water from where we were standing. I was sure that the river wasn't far off from where we were.
"Well, I'm excited how about you guys?" Mage asked and jumped around, heading for the doors that would lead us into the cafeteria and kitchens. We followed her, ready to begin our adventure at Camp Jen.
So this is pretty short, but it's something at least. Whoever is still reading this, thank you. Please drop by and say Hi because it's been quite a long time.
~Hitsu