We'd officially been at Camp Hell for a week. I started sitting with Nick, Chris, Ben and Bijou.
" okay, now what do we want to do?" Carmen asked. It was raining outside, no, not raining, pouring. All activities had been cancelled.
" truth or dare." Tiffany cried. We all shrugged.
" okay, Bijou, truth or dare?" Carmen asked.
" Truth." Bijou said.
" who do you think is the hottest boy at this camp?"
Bijou blushed, glancing at a picture on the wall above my bed. It was a picture of Liam, Jeremy and I on the first day of school last year. I looked at it.
" So…" Tiffany asked, smiling.
" J-Jeremy." Bijou stuttered.
" ew." I said.
" what?" Bijou asked. " he's hot." She said, still blushing.
" Hello! He's my triplet, if I thought he was hot, I'd shoot myself." I said. They laughed and Bijou turned to me.
" Truth or dare?" she asked me.
" Umm… Truth." I said.
" do you have a crush on Nick?" she asked. I blushed.
" umm… I… umm…"
" Hey, come on." Nick said, appearing at our doorway.
" what? Where are we going?" Tiffany said.
" Outside, we're all out playing in the rain." Nick said. I smiled and jumped up.
" I'm in." I said, Bijou, Tiffany and Carmen did the same.
" let's go." Nick said, smiling. We all ran out into the rain, Jeremy, Chris, and Ben were out there. I could see Liam, Josh and Kane glaring from their cabin. Chris ran by.
" Tag! Nick's it." he reached over to tag me, but I screamed and ran off, my shoes slipping in the mud. He started chasing Bijou and all hell broke loose, in a good way. We ran around in the rain and mud for hours. I got tagged twice. Then Nick was tagged again. He started chasing me. By this time, other people had come out to play. I screamed and ran. Nick chased after me. I started to fall, and Nick grabbed me around the waist to keep me from falling. I laughed.
" You're it!" he cried, then ran off. I chased after him, then went after Janey, who had come out.
A couple hours later we were done. We all had to shower, because we were muddy and sweaty and covered in rainwater. After my shower I decided to go to my grove. Yes, I've started to call it my grove. As far as I know I'm the only one who's been there. I grabbed my backpack and walked off and went through the woods to the grove, I laid out a blanket and sat on it, and pulled out my book.
I was so engrossed in reading that I didn't hear the person sneaking up on me.
" Boo!" I screamed, but not too loudly, I didn't want anyone to find my grove. Yeah, I'm that crazy, I'd rather be attacked by a crazy person than have people find my grove. Lucky for me, it was only Nick.
" What are you doing here?" I asked, looking around for Ben and Chris, hoping he didn't notice.
" I'm alone." He noticed. " I followed you." I looked at him. " repeatedly." He admitted. I smirked.
" really?" I asked.
" yeah, and You have a great voice." He said. My eyes widened, he heard me singing. " why didn't you perform Wednesday?" he asked.
" because I have serious stage fright." I said.
" it can't be that bad." He insisted.
" I freeze up, turn white, then a weird shade of green, then puke." I said. " occasionally, if it's really bad, I'll have an asthma attack."
" okay, I was wrong, but come on, you didn't freak out when we did dancing through life." He pointed out.
" that' because I didn't realize what I was doing." I said.
" What if I performed with you?" he asked.
" what?"
" What if I performed with you? We could do a duet, this Wednesday." He said. I bit my lip.
" I don't know."
" Come on Molly, It'll be fun." He insisted. I bit my lip harder.
" What would we sing?" I asked.
" I don't know, but we could find something." I nodded.
" I guess."
" yes!" Nick cried, kissing my cheek. " this Wednesday, it's you and me." He said and ran off. I sat in shock. Then got up and went back to the cabin.
Nick's POV
It was Wednesday. I had signed Molly and I up. We were going to sing ' Can't go home' the Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles version. (A/N lol, the one Emily and Ryan sang in Hungry Eyes)
" Nick, I don't think I can do it." Molly said at lunch.
" yes you can Molly, you can do it." She was pale and shaky, I knew she'd do fine though.
That night at dinner Molly didn't eat anything. I was starting to feel a little nervous. Ben ended up eating our chicken patties. Molly looked at me, scared out of her mind.
" are you sure we'll do alright?" she asked. I nodded.
" we'll do perfect." I said, though I wasn't totally sure, Molly looked sick. Jeremy commented on it, Liam sat at his table glaring at us with Josh and Kane. I rolled my eyes, Liam was stupid. He didn't even care that Molly was scared, he was mad that she didn't spend every second with him.
I wasn't even totally sure he was going to be there tonight. Neither did Molly.
" I don't know if I can do it if he's not there!" She cried at the grove.
" He'll be there, I know it." I lied, no sense in making her even more scared.
" you really think so?" she asked. I thought about it. Ben, Chris and I would never abandon each other, no matter what. Liam was Molly's triplet, that's even stronger than brothers.
" I'm sure." I lied again. Then we headed to the main hall for the performance. Molly was pure white, whiter than before, if that was possible.
" Next up, Molly Evans and Nick Plummer!" Tessa cried. Everyone cheered as I, almost literally, dragged Molly on stage. Our music started and I sang my part, Molly was frozen, Step one in the stage fright process, then her face took on a green tinge and she ran off stage.
" Molly!" four people ran after her, Jeremy, Me, Bijou, and Liam. She was behind the main all, throwing up in a trash bin. We all froze, none of us wanted to see that. When the noise stopped we went back.
" Molls, are you okay?" Jeremy asked. Molly was slumped against the back wall. She groaned. I felt pretty bad, this was sorta my fault. Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought that.
" This is your fault Plummer!" Liam said, turning to me.
" my fault?" I asked, " how is it my fault?"
" you pushed her into something she wasn't ready for!" Liam shouted.
" And shielding her from the world is so much better!" I shouted back.
" it doesn't make her sick! You're a bad influence on her!" Liam shouted, pointing his index finger at me.
" I'm a bad influence? You're just mad because she's not at your beck and call anymore!"
" what!"
" She's not running around like your little slave!" Liam's eyes narrowed, he tried to lunge at me but Jeremy caught him.
" Stop!" Bijou shouted.
" who asked you?" Liam yelled.
" Leave her alone!" I commanded.
" what? Trying to start a harem?" Liam asked.
" oh please." I said.
" both of you, shut up!" Molly screamed. " Just shut up!" She started off. I knew where she was going, but I wasn't going to follow her, I'd go there later. Jeremy kept Liam from following her and I shook my head to keep Bijou from following her. Jeremy and Liam went back to the cabin, Bijou went to hers and I went after Molly. Sure enough, there she was, in the grove, crying. I sat next to her and gently rubbed her back.
" you okay?" I asked. She nodded. " I'm sorry, I shouldn't have pushed you so hard to do that."
" I don't care about the stage fright, I've been dealing with that forever, I just don't like when my friends fight with my brothers." She said. I sighed.
" I promise, I'll tolerate Liam… I'll try to tolerate Liam." I said. She looked up. Even when she'd been crying she was pretty.
" Really?" she asked. I nodded.
" Yeah."
