It was cold still, walking up the trail the college students all around the same age droned on with grumbles and complains all while holding their own group conversations.

Cassandra trailed slightly behind Shana, looking at the new surroundings of the site. The place was beautiful, the sound of rushing waters could be heard from somewhere out of their sight.

She was lost in a certain zone, daydreaming even.

Shana looked back to her friends hazy stare off into the distance as they walked.

She tapped her on her shoulder and called out to her.

"Cassie…" she slowed to a stop and Cassandra almost crashed into her before coming to.

"Huh?" She said, turning away from the surroundings to her fellow art student and friend.

"Are you okay…cold?" Shana tilted her head and it made Cassie smile.

"Nahh, well, yeah it's fucking cold I stubbed my toe like four times on rocks and I really want a hot shower but I'm okay."

Shana shrugged and lightly punched Cassie's shoulder.

"Okay well keep up before you get eaten by a bear."

Cassie re adjusted the straps of her bag and shuffled past in her now dusty sparkly slides.

"Those bears need to keep away before they get eaten by a Cassandra," She chuckles.

"Your like five foot two, eating you would be like eating a box of tic tacs in one go, too easy."

"Yeah, whatever, Shana the Shark."

Shana rolled her eyes and watched as Cassandra reeled back, hitting her foot on yet another rock.

Her knee high socks were stained with dirt from the ankle down and her sparkly slides have seen better days.

Shana dropped her bag to help Cassandra back up,

"I haven't tripped this much since Beatrice's skate party."

Shana let out an groan as she hauled up Cassie before they continued to follow the trail not too far from the campsite according to the student professor.

"Apparently Mr. Aldirez is only 28 a voice called in a whisper. It was Angela to Samantha. Samantha nodded as they giggled. "He's kind of cute." Samantha hissed back. Samantha was 20 like Shana, and Angela was 21, if Cass remembered correctly. She wondered if Angela and Christian were a thing or not and hoped Shana would be okay about it.

"So when was this skate party?"

"In the 7th grade, I think." Cass replied to Shana, shivering softly at a gust of wind.

Shana furrowed her brows

"Did you forget to bring your jacket too?"

"No I got it, it's in my bag, it was supposed to be warm today."

"Shana zipped up her own thick grey hoodie and put her hands in her pockets.

"It's not that baby blue one is it?"

"It's one of them."

"It's gonna get dirty Cass!"

"I thought beach, not backwoods."

"Next time follow the list, beach."

"Oh flip off, Shana the Shark"

Shana chuckled and pat Cass's back

"Cassandra the Crab"

She shivered again and stopped to open up her bag and snatch the baby blue hoodie and throw it on before zipping it back up and hauling it and her art bag back over her shoulder before jogging to catch up with Shana who was waiting for her a few feet away. It didn't take long for Cassandra to catch up and they both quickened their pace to be close behind the rest of the students.

Cass looked at the floor and then sunk a little.

"we weren't supposed to bring a tent, were we?"

Shana frowned

"you didn't even bring a tent...what are you gonna do?" Her eyes went wide

Cassandra looked down at the floor in thought.

"We have cabins, Cassandra" Shana chuckled.

Cass shoved Shana lightly and growled.

"That's not funny!."

"Why?"

"Because I thought we were going to the beach so I barely brought anything!"

"I know" she said an gave Cassandra a pat on the back.

"I'm sorry I feel bad now but it's just fun to mess with you." Shana pat her head and chuckled.

Cassandra sighed.

"You're a bully."

"No I'm not."

"Nah, I'm pretty sure you're a bully."

"Okay maybe I am, so what?"

"I'm gonna report you to the bully police."

"But what if I bully the bully police?"

"Then they'll call a B.S.W.A.T team to bully you for a double bully charge."

"Ba-swat" Shana said

I feel like it's more like "Bee-Swat."

"The Bee swatting team?"

"Yeah I guess."

They both chuckled and sighed as the students slowly came to a stop.

"This hill has steps carved into it but it's at a weird angle so one at a time guys."

The student professor called and slowly the students began to walk up the stone stairs. Since Shana and Cassandra were in the very back it took quite a while but the main professor stayed beside everyone at the bottom of the steps to keep and eye on everyone so it didn't feel too strange. Shana searched her pockets for her phone.

"Look at the mountain, all the way up there to the right!"

Cassandra turned her head and looked up to the rocks molded by erosion of water at the very top was lush greenery and rocks.

"That is really pretty…"

"Take a picture for me pretty please!" Shana called "I think my phones all the way in the bottom of my bag…"

Cassandra nodded and pulled out her phone, a black iPhone 7 with a light pink cactus patterned case and started to take pictures of the mountain as each student took turns climbing up the tall rocky stairs.

"Shannon, it's your turn." The Professor called and she began to carefully walk up the eroded rock stairs.

"Take pictures of us going up the mountain too please!"

Cass nodded and dipped into her inner photographer and tried to capture nice pictures of Shana and the mountain and the stream and the lush forest at the high cliff, she looked up to snap a couple of photos up the cliff and then turned to take a selfie facing the stairs with the towering forests in the distance.

"Cassandra, you can go now."

"Oh—okay." She started up the stairs carefully in her dirty sparkly slides and turned back again as she walked to take more pictures. She snuck a picture of the professor just cause then Shana, and then one of Shana's butt to make a Snapchat sticker.

Shana had a nice butt and she was proud of her for it. She pointed her camera down at the stream over the stairs to get a good picture of the small waterfalls it created,

Then went back to the mountain cliff forest holding her arms high to get as close as she could. These mountains would be a nice drawing exercise and pretty pictures to print out or keep and post to Facebook.

There was a small glint in the screen that had made her pause for a second, she zoomed in more with her phone screen then took a far away picture of it. She zoomed in again and took another shot and went to look at her camera, the picture had a strange glint. She looked back up and squinted hard as she walked up, only to lose her footing on a loose stone step and fall backwards. Her rear end hit the gravel and stone but the professor caught the rest of her before she would slide and tumble down to the bottom.

"Jesus Cassandra!" The 47 year old man waited until she got up before snaking her lightly upside her head.

"Put that bloody device away!"

Cassandra rubbed her head and then her butt, she dipped her head in apology and hissed.

"I'm sorry professor," she wheezed "I'll be more careful!"

She looked down at her phone, unscathed since it was tightly in her hands as she fell. After her and the professor got up safely they began to go on following the long agonizing trail to the camp.

"She needs to pay more attention." Angela spoke to Sam and another girl from in front of the walking students. A few chuckles raised and Cassandra turned red with frustration and embarrassment, she looked up at Shana and got a shrug back. "I'm sorry Cass I should have waited to ask you to take pictures till we were all up at the top, are you okay?"

"Nah, I'm fine..." Cassandra groaned and distanced herself lightly hanging just in front of the professor and behind Shana. Her face was bright red and she didn't talk to anyone for a few minutes.

Shana watched her carefully. Cassandra was a hothead full of pride, and confidence that sometimes was not her own. It took a long time for Shana to understand this, but she was proud to see Cass cool down rather quickly and pull out her phone to show her the pictures she took.

"wait, is this my butt?"