Maya's POV

Waking up in Lucas' jumper and arms was not how I'd expected my morning would be 24 hours ago. He was lying down on the ground next to the tree and I was lying with my head on top of him with his arms around my waist.

It took me a while before I remembered why I'd woken up, there had been a sound on the distance. I sat up completely and looked around. "MAYA! LUCAS!"

I grinned and got up so they could see me better. "OVER HERE!" I yelled.

Lucas slowly woke up and when he realised what was going on he jumped up too. "MAYA?!"

I looked at Lucas and his expression mirrored how I felt. He was grinning like crazy. "WE'RE OVER HERE!" He yelled.

The yells got louder and louder until I could see Matt and a couple of other people in the trees. "We're over here!" I called. Matt was the first to appear into the clearing. He was soon flanked by the other two.

"Are you alright?" He asked rushing over next to me. "Yeah, well...kind of, I think I sprained my ankle" I admitted.

"And you?" Matt asked Lucas. "I'm fine, just hungry" Lucas answered. "Well you can eat while you're explaining yourselves. Everyone has been so worried! If we didn't find you after 12 we were going to call your parents and get reinforcements. Do you know how many people you would've inconvenienced?!" Matt yelled.

"It's my fault, I shouldn't have run off. I'm sorry" I apologised. Matt sighed and shook his head, "I'm very disappointed Maya".

"I'm sorry" I said quietly.

"Come on you two, back to camp" Matt sighed.

One of the other guys who I soon found out was named Kyle, carried me all the way back to camp. Being carried back made it feel like if wasn't as far as I'd originally thought.

When we emerged from the trees and bushes someone yelled out that we were back and everyone ran towards us and started asking questions. "Maya what happened to you!"

"Why'd you run off?"

"What's wrong with your foot?"

"Do you want some food?"

"How does your hair still look so good?"

"Hey! Everyone back away, we need space!" Matt yelled. Kyle put me down on a fold out chair while he helped Matt and Josh (the other leader) clear away the crowd.

I noticed Lucas begin to walk towards me but Matt stopped him and pointed towards the shower. Lucas argued a bit but then he gave up and went to take a shower.

"MAYA!" Riley exclaimed running over to me. I grinned and waved just before she reached me and wrapped her arms around my neck. I hugged her back as best I could while sitting down. "Where were you? Are you okay?! What happened to your ankle? Did I do something wrong? Maya I'm so so sorry!"

"Woah, slow down Riles" I laughed, "I was in the woods, I'm fine, I twisted it, you couldn't do anything wrong if you wanted to Riley and don't be sorry...I'm sorry".

"Why'd you run off Maya?" Riley asked kneeling down next to me. I sighed and put my arm around her shoulder, "I was dumb and in a bad mood, you didn't do anything wrong Riley. Missy only made my mood worse" I lied...well kind of lied, I was in a bad mood but I just didn't tell her why. Right now didn't feel like the right time to tell her that I liked Lucas...and he liked me! I got excited all over again when I thought about it. Of course I felt bad, but that didn't mean I wasn't happy either. I know, I was a terrible friend.

"Maya you don't go off like that when you're just in a bad mood, there's something else, what is it?" Riley asked. "Riley that's all it is" I assured her, it only dawned on me then that this was my first time lying to Riley, I suddenly felt my heart beat speed up and my stomach dropped. It's like all the butterflies I'd been feeling recently had been killed by a massive storm.

"Promise?" She asked.

I would tell her eventually, I just needed to make sure the things Lucas had said hadn't just been in the moment, that was the promise I was making but I didn't feel like saying it out loud. "I promise" I smiled.

"Riley, your group is on dishes for breakfast" Matt said from behind me. I turned around in my seat to smile at him, "thanks again for finding us Matt".

"It's a part of my job. I kind of want to yell at you but I think you'll get a lot of that from your teacher" Matt said folding his arms. I gave him a puzzled look and he pointed back in front of me. I turned round and Mr Mathew's was standing there looking more serious than I'd ever seen him. "Good luck" Riley whispered before rushing off with Matt.

"Heyy Mr Mathew's" I smiled shakily.

About half an hour later Mr Mathew's had finally stopped yelling at me. He'd basically repeated the same thing over 10 times. I would've told him that if he didn't look so mad. "I'm really dissapointed in you Maya" he said shaking his head.

"I'm disappointed in me too" that was the first thing I'd said side he'd started yelling. "I hope you learnt your lesson".

Yeah, run off into the woods and you'll get your best friends dad yelling at you about responsibility and maturity forever while you're hungry.

"I have" I nodded, "I'm so sorry".

"Come on, your friends are waiting to see you in the hall" Mr Mathew's helped me up and half carried me to the dining hall.

Farkle was the first to run over to me, he was followed closely by Zay and Smackle. After assuring them I was fine and getting a grilling on how to be safe in the woods from Farkle and Smackle I was finally allowed to eat.

"It must've been so awkward with Lucas when he found you. What'd you guys do?" Smackle asked. I felt heat prickling up my cheeks so I looked down slightly so my hair would cover my face. "We talked a bit but it was pretty boring" I shrugged. "What'd you talk about?" Sarah asked sliding next to me. "Uh...nothing really, just random stuff" I really wanted them to drop it, but the more I answered the more interested they seemed. "Was it Romantic?" Darby asked suddenly. "I think I need a shower" I decided standing up on my one foot.

"I'll help you" Smackle said linking arms with me.

I wasn't about to turn down help so I let her.

This was going to be a lot harder than I though, and now that I was on one foot it was harder for me to escape the questions.