Chapter 9

After ten long seconds, we pulled away. Neither of us were smiling, but that doesn't mean weren't happy. We just stared at each other for a long time, somewhat wide eyed. I heard clapping. I turned to the open cabin door. Gabi was watching, apparently, with a smile on her face. I suddenly felt very weird, and just ran. I ran and ran all the way to the far end of the lake where the waterfall was. I stood there, tears slowly filling my eyes. I heard footsteps. Nick came running to me. But with one look at him, I fell. Suddenly, [b][i]darkness[/i][/b].


I woke up, who knows how long after that. It was dark. Night. The sound of a waterfall surrounding me. I was laying on the grass, I noticed, with a blanket on me. I sat up and looked around. I saw a dark figure laying about a foot away. I noticed the figure had curly hair. Nick?! I got up and splashed the figure with the lake water.

"Huh?! What happened?!" He said.
"Nick?! Is that you?!"
"Yeah."
"What are you doing here?! What am I doing here?! What happened last night?! Why does my head hurt?! Aaaaahh!"
Nick laughed.
"This is not funny!! Answer my questions, FroBoy!"
He laughed again at what I called him.
"[i]FroBoy?[/i]"
"Yeah.. your hair is.. outrageously fro-ish!"
He laughed again.
"Now answer!" I made an evil look.
"Okay. But first, answer my question. What do you remember from last night?"
"I remember, you kissed me, I ran, I fell, and... [i]Dark.[/i]"
"Okay, well, you fainted or something I guess. Your heart was still beating regularly, though. I thought you needed some rest after what happened, so I gave you a blanket."
"And... why are you here?"
"I... didn't want to just leave you here. And I couldn't really carry you... heh."
"Okay, well... what time is it?" I yawned.
Nick looked at his watch. "Umm... 3:47."
"Oh great. Well there's no way I'll be able to sleep now!"
"You want to go back to the cabins?"
".... Not really." I bit my lip.
"Okay. Shall I stay here with you?"
"Please?"
"Alright." He layed back down, his hands behind his head. He sighed.
"What?"
"Nothing. Just thinking." I scooted closer to him, still sitting up.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing special..." I stood over him and stared with an evil look.
"Tell me, CurlyHead!
"Okay. I thinking about... my..." He swallowed hard. "Girlfriend." He said it quickly, and bit his lip afterwards.
"W-What?" I felt my heart sink. "Why didn't you tell me?!" I became angry.
"I meant to tell you! I just... I just didn't want you to know right away. And... when I met you I.. I forgot about her. I only thought about... you."
"But you still didn't tell me! And what are you thinking about her, anyway?!"
"I'm thinking of dumping her."
"Why?"
"Because. I met someone else." He smiled at me. I sat down with my back facing him. I crossed my arms.
"Come on, Keila! You know, you make me very confused!"
"And you think you don't make [b]me[/b] confused?!"
He didn't answer. He just sighed and stared at the moon.
"Full moon tonight." He said, convincing me to look.
"Wow! Isn't it beautiful?!" He looked at me again.
"Yes, it is." I looked at him and he smiled. Getting that weird feeling again, and not wanting to puke again, I turned my head and layed down on my back. I didn't feel tired. I closed my eyes, and pretended to sleep. Then, I felt Nick kiss my forehead. Boy, that felt weird! But, kinda in a good way. I looked at him with my eyes mostly closed. (That's right, I'm sorta like a [i]ninja[/i]!) He smiled and layed down again, but closer to me this time.