Chapter 6-Tension

Hey! Before we begin this chapter, I'd just like to say a few words about it. It is called tension, meaning that our campers will have problems. And I stated last chapter that someone familiar would return. Well, this person will be the source of the tension.

She saw Jim kissing Karen.

She saw him smiling his goofy smile at Karen, and wished it was her that he was smiling at.

He turned to look at her and he said "I'm much happier with Karen, then I ever could be with you. You lost your chance."

To add insult to injury, Karen added "You shouldn't have kept your feelings bottled up."

"Jim!" Pam calls, but he apparently doesn't hear her as he is now kissing Karen.

"Jim! Wait! Let me explain myself! Please!"

Karen gives her a wicked smile and says "Whats there to explain? You broke his heart and now hes moved on to greener grasses."

Pam repeadtly called his name but was met with silence. Finally it became too much for her to bear as she dropped to her knees and weeped. Jim disappeared from the dream and Karen just stood there, smirking at her.

"Now you know how it feels to have a broken heart."

Pam woke up sweating and panting once again. She felt her face and found that it was wet with tears. She sighed in frustaration. This nightmare was tearing her apart. Every night she dreamt of Jim escaping from her grasp and going into Karen's. Jim didn't know about the nightmares. He could never know. She didn't want him to worry about her. Even though it killed her to keep secrets from Jim, Pam knew she had to. For Jim's sake. Pam didn't go back to sleep. She just lay there, looking but at the top of the tent. Then she noticed she was the only one in the tent.

"Hey...Wheres Angela?"

The Next Morning...

The next morning, Jan had prepared extra burnt fried eggs which she had stolen from a nearby bird's nest. The eggs were not very pleasant at all and nobody was enjoying the meal. And then Michael dove into the water for a pleasant swim but came out of the water freezing and complaining. There was nothing to do at the beach. The football Michael had brought was deflated and the frisbee Kevin had brought was gone now because Jan had tried to throw it at Michael's head and it landed in the water.

Everyone was tired and bored. Jim noticed that Pam was particularly tired.

"Whats wrong?" He asked

"Nothing." Pam replied, "Just got to sleep really late." Pam didn't want to tell him about the nightmare just yet.

Then out of nowhere a red car pulled up. To Pam's surprise and horror, Roy came out. Jim put his arm around Pam in case Roy planned to do something crazy.

"Hey Pammy." Roy said in an unsually pleasant voice. Too pleasant.

"Hey Roy." Pam replied, trying to sound pleasant. "How'd you find us?"

"I just figured I'd go on a camping trip, you know get out and get some nice, fresh air."

"Oh." Pam replied, not believing him one bit.

"Want to take the boat out onto the lake? Its a beautiful day." So this is what Roy came for. He wanted to get back together with Pam again.

"No thanks, the waters too cold." Pam replied.

"Well, okay then, I'll be getting firewood if you need me." Roy walked off, finally leaving Pam and Jim alone.

Everyone was quiet for a while. It was going to be a long day.

Sunset...

The day had seemed to drag on. Roy was always going over to Pam when Jim wasn't around and asking her to do stuff with him. And whenever Jim came near, Roy would always walk away before Jim could see him. Pam really badly wanted to tell Jim but Roy told her not to tell Jim or he would hurt Jim. Pam didn't want to Roy to hurt Jim so she just kept it a secret. Pam felt the secrets overflowing her. Jim knew that she was having problems and the more she kept from him, the more distant she became from him.

Jim didn't like the big gap between them. He thought Roy had something to do with it. But Pam wouldn't tell Jim anything. And Jim could sometimes hear light sobs coming from Pam's tent. He wished he knew what was going on.

Night...

She was running as fast as she could to reach him. She ran through the long hall to run to where he was standing. But whenever she got near him, he was even farther away. It tortured her to run such distances to reach him.

She called out to him but he still stood there. She ran faster and faster until she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. That wasn't enough to reach him as the pathaway to him got longer and longer. She kept calling out to him but nothing happened. And then she tripped. And when she got back up, the hallway was gone and she was surrounded by darkness. Alone.

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