First Kisses 1: Trust Me by Rachel Hawthorne

Author:Rachel Hawthorne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Q uiet!” the guy said, using the kind of voice you use when you’re trying to be quiet but be heard at the same time.

“Oh, Trent,” Liz said and laughed. “You scared us.”

Three guys were behind him and I recognized one—Sean.

“We came looking for you because it was taking so long. Come on.” He took her hand—took her hand! —and led her through the woods.

Caryn and Torie fell into step beside two guys, which left me with Sean. Traitors!

I thought about turning around and heading back to the dormitory, but I didn’t for two reasons:

1. I refused to let Sean dictate what I would or wouldn’t do.

2. I didn’t want to be alone and possibly miss out on some fun. Wandering through the woods at night could prove to be exciting. At least it would be different from the adventures we’d had during previous summers.

Suddenly, Sean stopped. “Hey, guys, sshh!”

Everyone stopped.

“What is it?” Trent whispered.

“Thought I heard something.”

“A bear?” I asked sarcastically.

“No. There are no bears in these woods,” Sean said. “Remember?”

I remember.

“What is it then?” Trent asked.

“Do you think Ed or Edna saw us leave our dormitory?” Sean asked.

I know my eyes got big and round—like full moons. “ You’re worried about getting into trouble?”

“Yeah, relax, man,” one of the other guys said. “The worst we’ll get is some jail time.”

He was referring to the camp jail, not actually being arrested by the sheriff’s department or anything.

“Why don’t we just do whatever we’re going to do here?” Sean asked.

“What are we going to do?” I asked, suddenly suspicious.

“Works for me,” Trent said. “But let’s move off the trail.”

“What are we going to do?” I whispered again as I followed everyone farther into the woods.

“Beats me,” Sean said. “All these plans were made while I was cleaning up the kitchen.”

“While we were cleaning the kitchen,” I reminded him.

“And whose fault was it that we had to clean the kitchen?”

I refused to be baited again.

Everyone came to a stop.

“This’ll work,” Trent said.

It was then that I noticed the girls were spreading out blankets. I hadn’t seen them carrying them before. We had serious miscommunication going on here.

“Hello? You didn’t tell me to bring a blanket.”

“Well, duh, you don’t want to sit on the ground,” Torie said. “You know what I’m saying?”

“That’s her favorite phrase, isn’t it?” Sean whispered.

I ignored him. I swept my flashlight over the ground until I spotted a log. That would work. As a rule, I’m okay with nature and sitting on the ground, but at night…I didn’t want to think about what might be crawling around. And I had on a pretty new pair of jeans from the Gap.

Sean sat beside me.

“Find your own log,” I said.

“This is my log,” he said. “I carved my name on it earlier in the day.”

“Really, dude? That’s awesome,” one of the guys said.

Torie introduced him. Jet. His name was Jet. Or so he claimed. I couldn’t imagine a mom naming her kid Jet. But he was Torie’s partner.

The other guy was Jon—no H.

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