Book 1- I Met you Before

Chapter 9

Nothing was interesting after that. The next day was the same challenges but with more smoke. Each day was the same challenges with more and more smoke. On the tenth day of camp, things got a little more interesting.

Casey and I walked from our cabin to the cafeteria. It was empty since we skipped lunch. After the "challenges", we didn't want to eat anything after that kid puked from the amount of smoke. "What's up with you?" asked Casey, when we got into the cafeteria. "I got a snake," I said, pulling a container out with holes poked into the lid of the container. They lifted the lid. "This snake is the saw-scaled viper," they said, closing the lid. "Grace and Ashfur told me that saw snakes that look like that one," I said. "They are dangerous snakes. Many people died from them," Casey said. "So?" I asked. "So, someone might of place this in all of our rooms. Listen I'm going to keep this," Casey said. "Ok," I said.

"What is your question, loser? You said earlier you had a question," asked Casey. "Have you ever seen someone and you don't remember met them?" I asked, looking down. "Jay," said Casey, grabbing my chin. Then someone walked in. Casey lets go of my chin and turned to them. I turned to look at them, too. Grace. "Julia is looking for you, Jay," said Grace. "For what?" I asked. "I don't know, she didn't tell me. But, she is at the fire pit," said Grace. "Casey, stay here and I think you should too, Grace," I said. "Jay," Casey said. "Casey, I will be fine," I said. They pulled me down by my tie. They kissed me. I heard Grace squeal as me and Casey broke apart. "I'll be back soon," I said, placing my hand on the side of their face. "Ok," they said, grabbing my hand. I pulled away.

I walked out the door and head to the fire pit. Casey had grew up with separation anxiety. They joke around with me mostly around our friends. Even when they had partners. They were always so... comfortable only around me. They didn't care Grace was there. Casey gets really anxious when I have to leave or when they go to school. I work from home. I'm a designer and sell my works online. So, most of our time together in at our houses.

When I got there, she stood up. I put my side bag down. "Julia, what happened?" I asked her. "I scared of this camp," she said. "Why?" I asked. "What is not to be scared of!" yelled Julia, "The challenges, the cabin, get killed in the last challenge. Hell, these are all of a set-up. The snake in our damn cabins. That's not a fucking coincidence. Those snakes aren't native in this place." I stepped back and tripped. I tried to catch myself, and... "Crap," I shouted. I missed the bench and fell back onto a knife stuck upward in the ground. It went through my stomach. "Jay!" yelled Julia. She ran over. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you," she said, tears running down her.

"This doesn't make sense that knife must be deep or something holding heavy down," she said. Jayden!" shouted Casey. Casey was running over. "Grace, get Ms. Annie, quick he's losing a lot of blood," yelled Julia. "Hey, hey, Jay, stay with me buddy," said Casey, out of breath. "Casey. Julia," I said. Jazmin, Jax, and Robyn all were walking back. "No," said Robyn. Robyn runs over. "The knife is stopping him from dying," said Jax. "How do you know this?" asked Robyn. "My dad taught me a few things," said Jax. I end up blacking out. "No, Jayden. Please don't leave me," I heard Casey say through their tears.