Hey everybody! I wrote my PAT today and basically it was so stressful. I finished with literally two minutes to spare and was the last person to finish out of my class, but I had the most words out of everyone although that probably doesn't make it better. The sad part is that I could have kept writing too and I didn't have time to do a final revise so it is probably a ratchet mess but who knows ok. Just pray that I do well! One PAT down, four more to go! Woo. Anyways that's my mini rant. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing! I love love love love you guys soo much!
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"Austin, don't you dare!" I warned.
We were currently tie dying our camp shirts in the first class of camp activities. Austin had dye all over his hands, which were mere inches from touching my face.
"Make me." He teased.
I rolled my eyes at him. Ugh. This boy was so annoying sometimes.
"You know how much I-"
I gasped loudly as I felt the cool, wet dye on his hand smear on my cheek. He didn't even give me enough time say the whole sentence! Oh he was so going to get it!
"Hate. Messes." I finished angry.
"Oops." He winked, smearing a bit on my nose as he booped it.
I shook my head and gave him my worst glare yet. A little hasty, I carefully but hurriedly poured some blue dye into the cup of my hands. I turned to Austin and smear the liquid onto his face just like he did to me. A small gasp escaped from his lips but a silly smile and slight chuckle followed suit. I tried so hard to stay made at him but I just couldn't when he had the most adorable laugh. The familiar curve of the smile formed on my face and I did nothing to hide it.
"Oops." I mocked innocently.
This time he shook his head at me.
"Blue is definitely your color." I teased, complimenting the blue "art work" I just did on his cheeks.
I tried to hold back my laughter but I couldn't. He just looked ridiculous, not that I probably looked any better.
"Really? Because I think it looks way better on you." he smirked.
What was he talking about? … Wait!
I realized much too late what he meant. He got blue dye into the mix of colors already on and dripping down my face faster than I could even blink. My mouth dropped into an O formation as he did so. To say I was pleased would have been an understatement.
"Oh you are so-"
"Ally? Austin? What do you think you are doing? This is unacceptable. I expected more from you two." Mark, our class leader scolded.
I swallowed nervously as we had just been caught red, or should I say blue handed. I slowly brought my readied hand away from his face and down to my side. Austin and I looked at each other nervously for a good five seconds before I spoke up.
"Uh, sorry. We got carried away. I promise it won't happen again." I apologized nervously as I shuffled on my feet.
He looked back and forth between the two of us debating what to say. Hopefully he would let us off easy.
"Alright, just clean up your mess." He shook his head.
Austin and I waited for him to turn his attention to someone else before we let out our small laughs.
"Look what you did!" I scolded and hit him in the arm.
"Me? I wasn't planning on making myself into a smurf today." he defended.
I scoffed and rolled my eyes at him.
"Whatever. Just help get this off." I demanded.
We went over to the sink and I wetted a wash cloth with warm water for us. I hopped up on to the counter so we could be at eye level to make it easier to wash our faces. There was no mirror so we had to wash the other person's face for them. I wrung out the now warm cloth and started to rub his face with it. I tried to be as gentle as possible, not wanting to irritate his skin from rubbing too much. I rested one hand on his shoulder to steady myself as I did so. Both his hands were at the edge of the counter on both sides of my legs. His body was slightly leaned forward, making his face a lot closer to mine than it was before. We were so close I could feel the warmth of his skin and breath. For some thankful reason, I was less fidgety and nervous around him today. Well for now anyways. Maybe it's because I was so focused on trying to get the dye removed from his skin. I'm sure the tables would turn when it was my turn to get the dye off. It was coming off easily but I took my time in making sure none of it was left over. Once a perfectionist, always a perfectionist, right?
"That feels really nice." he comments.
I didn't expect him to say that, or anything for that matter, so I blinked at first as I comprehended it all.
"Well don't get used to it because this is the one and only time I'll ever do this." I reminded him.
He smiled when I said that. Did I mention how much I loved it when he smiled?
I scrubbed one last spot before I leant back to get a better view of his face. I scanned all over to make sure there was no more blue, not even a tiny speck.
"There. Good as new." I smiled and lightly patted his cheek.
"Thanks." He smiled back.
"Your turn." He said directly after.
I watched as he took the cloth into his own hands and turned the water back on. He put in under the hot water and wrung all the existing dye out of the cloth. Once he was certain all that he could get out was out, he wetted and wrung it out a final time to use on me. He carefully tucked the stray strands of hair in my face behind my ear and out of the way. I felt the warm, soft cloth make finally make contact with my skin. I decided to just close my eyes, as it was probably easier for him that way. He was gentle just as I was, making sure to not rub to hard. Once he got rid of anything near my eyes I opened them back up. My vision was filled with one Austin Moon, getting very close and personal. He had the most concentrated look on his face, and it was rather adorable. He bit his lip only when he was focused like he was doing now. The light really made his blond hair look good. I wanted so bad to just reach up and touch it but I had more self-control than that. I would not earn myself any extra points if I did so. He finished up my face and moved down into a more sensitive area. When I felt his warm hand on my neck I couldn't stop myself from cringing because it tickled so much.
"Sorry. Did I hurt you?" he asked so serious.
"Oh you didn't hurt me, it just tickled. I wasn't expecting it." I admitted.
He nodded his head to show he understood.
"I know how ticklish you can get, do you just want to do it yourself?" he asked.
"No. I'm ok, I promise. Go ahead." I told him.
I moved my hair out of the way and tilted my neck for him. He placed the warm cloth on my skin again and I didn't cringe this time. I was suddenly feeling really nervous again like yesterday. Have you ever experienced a pounding sensation in your heart because you are so nervous? Well that's what mine was doing at the moment. My chest was also heaving up a down from the speed up of my breathing. I really wish this would all just stop, because I don't like it one bit. Now I can barely talk to Austin without my body doing all these weird things. I just prayed he would finish getting the dye off my neck as quick as possible. I don't know how much more of this I can take.
"All finished." He said as if he could hear my thoughts.
"Thanks." I replied.
I hopped off the counter and tossed the cloth into the wash bin before pulling him back to our table.
"C'mon, let's go finish our shirts." I told him.
*Lunch*
"Guys, there is nothing going on between Austin & I, I swear!" I repeated for the tenth time today.
It was just Megan, Bea and I at lunch today and I really regret the boys not being here. They were with some of the other guys and it would have been perfectly fine on any day but today.
"Seriously Ally you aren't a very good liar." Megan commented.
"Yeah! And we all heard about the little scene between you and him during this morning's activity." Bea added.
I shook my head at them.
"You guys are terrible! We were just doing this thing called having fun. And he totally started it." I defended.
"What about last night? You guys went off on your own somewhere and I know there is definitely something going on." Bea stated.
I sighed. These questions were never going to end.
"Yes we did go for a walk alone but nothing happened. We just talked about how excited we are for this year's camp with you guys, my best camp girls who should really let this go." I hinted not so subtly.
"Ally, are you positive there is nothing going on?" Megan asked.
"Yes. For the hundredth time, I do not like Austin and Austin does not like me! We are just friends and always will be. Nothing is going to change that." I told them.
"Alright." Bea huffed in defeat.
Thank goodness that was over.
"Ally, you are so lucky you were with Austin this morning. I was all by myself and none of the boys were paying attention to me because of the stupid new girl." Megan said, changing the topic.
"Wait, new girl?" I asked confused.
"Yeah she's our age, and this is her first year at Camp Eastwood. I hate to say it but she is super pretty, possibly even prettier than me! And that never happens! She's all everyone's talking about and has instantly become Ms. Popular here if you know what I'm saying. Her dad is rich or something, I don't know and I really don't care. You're probably wondering why a girl like her is at some summer camp when she looks like she should be partying every day at beach clubs, but I don't know the answer to that one. And I'm not just saying this because I don't like her although I really don't, but she seems like the fake Malibu Barbie type; superficial and two faced." Megan continued.
I just starred and blinked a couple times at her. It had only been half a day and she already knew and assumed this much over some random girl.
"I mean, at least that's what I've heard anyways." She added, flipping her hair to seem more casual.
It wasn't working.
"Do you by chance have her name floating around in those crazy facts?" I asked.
"Her name's Cassidy." Megan said annoyed with a roll of her eyes.
"I'm sure she's better than you think. I mean you don't even know if all that stuff is true! She could be the exact opposite." I pointed out.
"Oh no, Ally! Don't even try to pull your nice act on her! She is evil, I know it! Haven't you seen any horrible summer romance movies? This is how the nice girl, you, gets bullied by the Malibu Barbie, aka Cassidy! You're smarter than this." Megan exclaimed.
"I have to agree with Megan on this one. You don't just trust a random person you know nothing about." Bea stated.
"Guys, listen to yourselves! You sound crazy. I think we should give her a chance. There's no harm in doing that. Besides, I'm sure she's on the lookout for some real friends, ones that are nice and that she trust. Being the new girl can't be easy even if you are saying she is miss popular. The least we can do is be nice and introduce ourselves to her." I convinced.
"I don't know Ally." Bea replied uncertain.
"How about if the time comes where there's an opportunity to talk to her we do so. Ok?" I suggested.
"Fine. But don't expect me to be nice longer than five minutes." Megan reminded with a smile.
"That's plenty of time! All I'm saying is to give her a chance!" I said.
"So who exactly is she? We don't even know what she looks like." Bea asked.
"I thought it was obvious. You know it's the girl at the overpopulated table to the left of us. Long, light brown hair with blue eyes." Megan described.
"Ooh you were right. She is super pretty and definitely has the Malibu Barbie thing going on." Bea agreed.
"Well I hope we have a class with her after lunch so we can properly meet her!" I exclaimed.
"Ok you are way too excited to meet this most likely bitch." Megan pointed out.
Surprisingly I laughed it off.
"And you are being way too mean to a girl you don't even know." I pointed back.
"Oh, I already too much." Megan said.
"Just saying, but if the guys were here they'd totally be on my side." I stated.
"Because it's a girl! Hello, have you met teenage boys? She is basically the girl of their dreams." Bea said annoyed.
"Ok, maybe that is partially true. But even if it was a different girl they would still go the nicer way!" I said.
"Well we'll find out soon enough, won't we?" Megan added.
Ok so sorry but I'm going to end it there bc it is getting late :( sorry! Comment whether you think Cassidy is going to be nice and join their friend group or be a "Malibu Barbie" as Megan would say. Also tell me your favorite parts of this chapter in the reviews if you'd like bc I love reading those! Sorry if this chapter was short, I kind of felt like it was :( thank you so much for reading, this story would be nothing if you guys didn't! I love you a lot, to the moon and back and then back again! Until next time ok :)