Sorry to keep you readers waiting for this chapter. Sick lately. So here it is, Chapter Five.
Chapter Five - The TRUTH
There was another know at the door and it was... Matt? When he first came in the room I just knew that he was my mystery guy. I mean he had a present in his hands.
"Here Sora, it was by your door so I thought I might give it to you since I tripped on it."
"Really?"
"Yeah, seriously."
"Really?"
"Yeah Sora."
"Really Matt? I mean, I've been gettting letters from a secret guy and the initials are YMI. Matt, do you love me?"
He turned around and turned red. There was an awkward silence in the room.
Sora broke the silence saying, "please Matt, you're my best guy friend and I really want you to tell the truth."
Matt turned around and looked at Sora's red ruby eyes. "Look Sora. We have to talk about this in another time. I have to take you home. If you really want to know, check the letter on the present."
Sora opened her the letter. It read...
Dear Sora,
I know you think this might be Matt or Josh, but the truth is... it's Matt. I got you thinking for a while and I really wanted to say that I really care about you. I'm sorry about the argument Josh and I had in the concert. I really didn't mean to do any of that. Sorry if I messed around with you head. I really didn't mean it. I just thought that that might make you think. So yeah, this is Yamato Matt Ishida speaking. I just hope you could go out with me tonight.
Love always... Yamato
"It is you. I'm not mad or anything. It's just really sweet that you care about a person, and that lucky person is me."
"So would you?"
"Yes, I would LOVE to."
Matt checked Sora out of the hospital and they went to his black Hummer. "Did you open the present yet? I think it will amaze you."
"No not yet. I'm saving it for Christmas."
"Can you read minds Sor?"
"No, why?"
"Cause that was the present I was going to gave you for Christmas. But I was getting to impatient with myself so I decided to give it to you. So basically, I made up lies."
"Oh, I see. Wait Matt, why did you take a left turn? You know that's not where my house is."
"Yeah, I know, but I'm going to take you to another place."
"Where is that?"
"It's a secret."
"Okay. Surprise me."
Matt's car stopped at a familiar place where the two of them first met, summer camp. A tear came down Sora's eye when she saw that everything was decorated with ruby sequences and her name written on a banner which hang at the top. There was a table for two in the middle of the camp and it looked like it wasn't a camp at all. The place looked like it was an outdoor restaurant which meant for the two of them. Wow, I had dreams of this before, but I really didn't mean it to come right now. It's like a Christmas Valentine's Day just for me. Well, now I know that my mystery guy is Matt. That's what all that matters.
The two of them got out of the car and matt pulled out the chair for Sora. She was pleased, but felt exposed because she didn't have a dress on for tonight. Then she looked at the way Matt was dressed and she felt a little better. Sora saw something on the table which shone in front of her. She picked it up and smiled when she saw the printed words of Sora and Matt 4ever.
Flashback
The water shimmered in the summer sun, its green opaque waters gleaming. Impatiently I waited for the counselor to stop giving instructions, about the "stream exploration", to the other patient, soon-to-be-sixth graders. Breathing in the dry air, a sticky crackling sensation blew through my throat - drying it out even more than before. All of the blazing campgrounds were just as hot - wavering in the summer rays from the hovering illusion that wrapped around the campus in its sweltering grip. Suddenly, a blond guy came up to me. He told me that he would be my partner for today's adventure. Little did I know I'd be bringing home the most mysterious pet I had ever had in my life.
Holding the bug jar securely against my chest, I continued to wait. Being excited was a major understatement given the situation. Not knowing what could be beyond the looming trees in front of us made it even harder to sit still. Greedy impatience boiled inside of me as I continued to hop from foot to foot, growing more irritated by the second - not to mention hot. The counselor continued on and on, and I was beginning to grow extremely bored - forcefully pushing myself to sit in the direct sunlight for a little longer. It was pure torture under the merciless sun. The intense July rays were poured onto my dark hair, letting my roasting skull fall ablaze within seconds. It was just before I died of insane boredom and scorching heat, the counselor spock her last words, and the blond guy and I silently moved out.
As I attempted marching in my thick rubber boots towards the thicket, behind us I could hear the crunching of the gravel, as golf carts full of quenching water cruised by. Each turn of the wheel dug up a cloud of dust that engulfed the air around it. Hearing the familiar noises triggered the though of thirst. Ignoring the call, I kept moving with my partner. All campers were excitedly whispering to each other in hushed tones, preparing for the exploration. I quickly tried to catch up from behind as the group trudged into the deep green forest towards the hidden stream. During the pleasant walk, hundreds of unfinished thoughts flashed through my mind. I can't wait! I wonder what I will catch...? This is going to be so much fun! I carefully hurried along, trying not to drop my bug jar as I too, hobbled into the thicket of the trees - more than curious of what could be lurking ahead.
All the dense trees cleared to show a small bank and gushing, energetic stream, lined with gray and white stones and pebbles. The wild calls of birds, elaborately combined with the leaping waters, were all I could hear. Except the harmonica tune my partner was playing which sounded very soothing. I really do not know why he was just sitting there playing, I mean to me this was a big deal. Exploring along a mysterious low of water, searching for the "unknown". That's just about when I began to wonder why the counselor wasn't holding me back; I supposed it was just because she wanted us to get used to our surroundings. There was a lot of getting used to that needed to be done, then.
Breathing in the now moist and humid atmostphere; I could almost taste the damp air that rushed through my dry mouth and nose. Complete opposite of the dry campus. Hurrying ahead excitedly, I squatted next to the jumping waters, and eagerly opened the tight lid to my yellow bug jar. My eyes scanned the rapidly moving stream, but found nothing. A touch of disappointment fell over me as my eyes strained to focus on the moving stream. No crayfish, the little lobster-like cratures, anywhere. The clock was ticking, and slowly I was running out of precious hunt time. Even so, there were nothing else. Unexpectedly, I lost my balance and was about to fall toward the pointed rocks; when all of the sudden, the blond stopped playing his harmonica and caught me, an inch away from the sharpest point. I looked up and saw his amazing sapphire eyes glaring at mine. He lifted me up and asked if I was alright. I thanked him for saving me. I kept on smiling thinking about Matt, my one and only camp saver.
Flashback over
Sora sat down on the two-seated table in front of Matt and smiled at him. "What?" wondered Matt.
"You know what? I still remember the time in camp."
"Yeah, it was no problem. Curiousity makes us do crazy things. So, are you going to eat your Chicken Teryaki? It's getting a little bit cold and I made it myself."
Sora took a bite out of food and smiled with satisfacation. "This is amazing. Did you get it out of a restaurant or something?"
"No, I made it myself. If you want, we could go to my house later and I'll show you how to cook something like this."
"That'll be great. Wait Matt, do you hear something?"
"No why?"
"Cause it seems like a truck just pulled over."
Out of the blue, Josh came from a bush.
Sorry if I didn't update in a while. I was sick and really can't think straight in that situation. So what do you think? If you liked it, review please!
Always - divajay07