Chapter 8 (Emily's POV):
I got out the room, leaving Riley there. At that moment I just wanted to disappear… I kissed him 'cause I didn't want him to suffer, but why the hell did I like that kiss so much? Probably 'cause it was my first kiss… I'm 15 years old and I have never kissed a boy before… I know, I'm really strange…
I walked through the camp during a while, and then I went to have dinner with the others. When I got inside, all the heads turned to stare at me and they started mumbling. I felt nervous. Did I have something in my face? Or in my clothes? Or something like that? Then, a boy came to me.
"Are you going kiss me too?" he asked, walking around me. I felt a wave of shock trespassing me.
"He told you?" I mumbled, still in shock.
"Everyone knows! Gwen did us a favor and told us, since Kyle disappeared after you kissed him…" he said, smiling.
"He didn't disappear 'cause I kissed him… He disappeared because she…" I started, however Gwen approached me, interrupting me, and she slapped me.
"DON'T EVER COME CLOSE TO MY BOYFRIEND AGAIN! HE'S JUST CONFUSED! BUT HE'LL COME BACK TO ME! 'CAUSE YOUR JUST A SLUT!" she yelled, and then I punched her and she fell to the floor. I approached her and I duck by her side. She was screaming like a mouse. God!
"He's just confused? Honey, it seems to me like you're the one who's confused… You're his girlfriend and you were kissing another boy" I said. Then, I started hearing them mumbling again and I realized she had just talked about the kiss I gave to Kyle, making me the bad girl of this story…
"I didn't kiss Nate! It was him who kissed me!" she defended herself.
"Actually, it was you who took me to that corner and kissed me" he said, approaching us.
"You're a freak! I hate you!" she said. I laughed.
"I hate you too" I said, slowly.
"If she's a freak, then what are you?" asked a boy´s voice, behind me and I recognized his voice. It was him. I turned myself to look to him and he approached me and grabbed my arm. "At least she kissed me to protect me, so I couldn't see what my girlfriend was doing. What is your excuse to kiss Nate?" he asked. I felt like blushing and I heard them mumbling again.
"You can't be serious, Kyle…" she started, getting up. "She punched me!" she said, pointing at me. I looked away and I started to walk away.
"You slapped her too! Bye, Gwen" he said, approaching to me. He grabbed my arm and he started pulling me.
"Wait, where are you going?" I asked, anxious, without understanding what he was doing.
"We. We're getting out of here" he said, still pulling me.
"But…" I started. However he stopped and looked me in the eye.
"Do you trust me?" he asked. I stared at him, surprised. How would I answer that?
"I…" I started but he interrupted me.
"Do you trust me?" he asked again. Without knowing why, I nodded.
"Yes. Yes, I do" I said. He smiled.
"Then, come with me. I won't hurt you. I just want to get out of here" he said. I nodded and he took me to the cascade. He walked away a little, approaching the little lake that the cascade was forming and I stood there, just staring at him. How could Gwen hurt him like that? He didn't deserve that… I approached to him and I touched his arm. He turned to me and smiled. But it was a sad smile. He was really sad about what happened.
"Why did you kiss me?" he asked, finally. I lowered my head and turned back to him.
"'Cause I didn't want her to hurt you. I didn't want you to see them, 'cause that would hurt you, and I didn't want you to suffer" – I confessed. He grabbed my arm gently and I looked him in the eyes. His lips were dangerously near mine, again.
"Those are all the reasons why you kissed me?" he asked.
"Yes" I lied. "I'm sorry I kissed you" I said. He sighed and I felt his breath closer and closer to my lips. My heart started bumping louder and louder. Damn, what's happening to me?
"I liked your kiss. It was a very innocent kiss. Almost like it was you first kiss. No one has ever kissed me like that" he said. I felt I was blushing. What if he knew it was really my first kiss? He would mock me for eternity. "It was your first kiss, wasn't it?" he asked. I blushed even more and he smiled. "Oh, I got it" he said.
"Stop doing that" I begged.
"Doing what?" he asked, innocently.
"Stop trying to make me fall in love with you" I mumbled, walking away. He seemed surprised.
"I'm not trying to make you fall in love with me" he said, finally, moving closer to me again.
"No?" I asked, mumbling.
"No. Gwen hurt me 'cause I loved her, but I realized that I don't love her anymore" he said. I stared at him, confused, and he already was dangerously near me again.
"What do you mean with that?" I asked, innocently.
"I'm trying to tell you that I'm in love with you since I heard you singing the other day, even before I knew who you were" he said, coming closer and closer to me. I felt my heart bumping so fast that it almost jumped off my chest. Damn, what's wrong with me? And then he kissed me. And I, without knowing why, got scared. What was I doing? He had a girlfriend! I couldn't do that! I couldn't! I moved away and I felt my eyes full of tears. "Emily…" he started, trying to touch me. However, I dodged him and started running away back to the camp and I entered in my room, feeling the tears running down of my face.
"Ems!" my sister yelled, running to me and hugging me. She sat down on my bed and pulled me closer to her, making me sit down too. I put my head in her legs and I stood there, crying, while she played with my hair, trying to calm me down. Finally, I fell asleep.