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Haley opened her eyes to stare blankly at the sky above her. Anthracite woven through with silver shining stars that beckoned to her from far above.

Closing her eyes, she dreamed.

Three feet away in another sleeping bag, lay Brooke. Navy sweatpants and a black Ravens sweatshirt that Luke had lent her for the night. Brooke snuggled deeper into her sleeping bag. Her ears attuned to every sound that emanated from the woods. Her fear of the darkness ate at her, spreading through her body like a plague.

Silver tears streaked down her pale cheeks, like ice on pale marble. She heard something loud, then soft -what sounded like-footsteps, moving closer towards her.

Wiping a hand across her face, to hide the tears, the external evidence of her fear. She wriggled out of her sleeping bag and crept like a wraith through the night to the boys' side of the campground.

Pulling back Luke's tent flap, she crept inside. Seeing his shock of golden hair lying translucently in the dim moonlight, almost relaxed her.


Then she heard a whistle on the wind, that sounded like her name. Sliding the zipper of Luke's bag down, she slowly crept into his sleeping bag, when she was halfway in. Luke woke up.

"What are you doing?" he asked sleepily.

"There's something out there, I was scared, please don't make me go away." Brooke snuggled closer to Luke.

"No of course not," Luke mumbled still half-asleep. Moving back, so she could move into the sleeping bag more. Brooke managed to fit herself in, the narrow bag. Sliding the zip up, she settled down to share Luke's pillows.

Luke felt every curve of her body outlined against his harder more masculine body. Her back was snug against his chest, her legs intermingled with his. Her soft brown hair flowed over his spare pillow.

He propped himself up on one elbow to watch her as she slept. Gently, her back rose and fell as she inhaled and exhaled.

Luke wrapped his arm around her, pulling her close and shut his eyes.

3am

Peyton opened her eyes, looking around at the beauty that was hidden by the darkness.

Her eyes narrowed, as she saw Brooke's empty sleeping bag. I wonder where she is? In Luke's tent.

Quietly, Peyton unzipped her sleeping bag and moved over towards the boys' side of camp. As she crept towards the huddle of tents, a flashlight shone in her face.

"Going somewhere Miss Sawyer?" Ms. Warner asked her.

"To the bathroom, I just got a little sidetracked, it's so dark out here." Peyton smiled her stupid smile, hoping the teacher would buy it.

"Well that's understandable, just stay near the water. Your outhouse is over by those cluster of trees, here you can borrow my flashlight?" Ms. Warner handed her the flashlight. "Off you go."

Peyton turned around, heading for the outhouse. Sticking her tongue out at Ms. Warner's back, she made her way back to her tent.

5am

Nathan opened his eyes and stretched. Pulling back the flap of his tent, he looked out at the gray sky as dawn approached.

Pulling his sweatpants off, revealing his navy shorts. He tossed his pants onto his sleeping bag. Grabbing his walkman, he set it to the song that he was craving to listen to.

Setting off down the beach, he towards the dawn as it flowed over the mountains. Soft pinks that reminded him of Haley's sweetness and pale oranges.

Beating his head to the rhythm he closed his eyes to savor the sweet morning air.

His head lifted to the rising sun as it came over the mountains. He tripped over something large, causing him to fall to the ground.

Closing his eyes against the pain that wracked through his body. He gripped his leg, feeling for pain.

He opened his eyes and saw a sheet covered in dark stains bound with rope. He smelled something fishy-literally.

Grabbing his walkman, he ran back to camp.

5:24am

Brooke opened her eyes to see Luke watching her.

"Hey, I'm sorry about last night. I just got creeped out by the sounds I was hearing in the woods." Brooke tried to explain.

"Don't worry about it. What are friends for?" Luke pulled her close for a hug. His heart beat a little faster as he drew her closer for a hug.

Brooke wrapped her arms around him, thankful that he was her friend and that he didn't find her fear troublesome or funny, like others had.

The flap of the tent was pulled aside, a sleepy Haley looked in at them. "Hey guys, the teachers are doing a head count, cause Nathan found something on the beach. So hurry." She dropped the flap of the tent.

Brooke shivered. "What could Nathan have possibly found, a dead body?" she joked.

"Let's hope not." Luke unzipped the sleeping bag and was in the process of changing his sweatshirt when another head popped into the tent.


"So this is where you went last night?" Peyton eyed Luke's body as his head was caught in the hood of his sweatshirt.

Brooke watched Peyton eye Luke as if he were candy, and she was salivating to take a bite.

"Whitey's getting pretty frantic, so hurry up." Winking at Brooke, she dropped the flap of the tent.

Brooke took Luke's outstretched hand as he stepped out of the tent.

"Mr. Scott, Miss Davis, nice of you to join us." Whitey's sarcastic tones weren't lost on Brooke or Luke.

Luke turned a sheepish red. "Sorry."

Brooke kept her fingers linked with Luke's as they walked over toward Nathan and Haley.

6:13 a.m.

"The police have been called and will be out here shortly, until then, everyone is to please stay off the east side of the beach." Whitey closed his cell phone.

Haley nestled into Nathan's arms. "That is so creepy that you found that on the beach. Especially if it is someone's body." Shivering, she wrapped her arms tighter around Nathan's shoulders.

7:25 a.m.

The sun was still low over the lake. Reflecting the mountains, surrounding trees and the beach. The police had come and gone, police tape marked off the site where the body had been discovered.

"We are not to go down on the east side of the beach. You are free to go about your business and we will reconvene in front of the fire at nine." Whitey announced.

Peyton sat on a log in front of the waves as they crashed against the shoreline, sketching the scenery.

Brooke was rifling through her bag.

Haley and Nathan sat entwined in Nathan's tent.

Lucas had gone for a walk in the woods.

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