Evergreen Mountain

Three | Rough Night

"We better see you later, Andy!" Liam called as he entered his cabin with the others.

"You know I wouldn't miss it!" I called back. I hurried back to the cabin, letting out a sigh of relief when I opened the door to find it empty. I dug around in my bag for a minute before pulling out some clothes and heading to the bathroom. I locked the door and stripped off my muddy clothes, quickly getting into the shower to clean up after the game.

I finished showering quickly, drying off and pulling on clean clothes before running a towel over my hair. I reached for the handle and walked out of the bathroom, dirty clothes under one arm as I attempted to dry my hair with the other. I walked into the room to see Hal lounging on his bed, something in his hand.

"Are you smoking weed in here?" I shouted, throwing my towel onto my bed and striding over to him, grabbing the joint from his hand and throwing it out the open window next to him. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" I hissed, seeing him looking at me with a smirk on his face.

"Come on, Ander, relax. Take a hit." he said, reaching into his bag and taking out another one. I grabbed it and threw it out the window.

"That's not my name." I said through gritted teeth, knowing he was doing it to get under my skin. "I don't care what you do, but don't do it in here. I don't want to get in trouble because of something stupid you do." I scowled.

"Of course you don't, golden boy." he slowly said, still smirking. I flipped him off and slid on my shoes.

"Whatever." I mumbled, shooting him a look before throwing the door open and heading to Leo's cabin.

Someone was playing shitty rap music through a speaker and the cabin was already packed. I shoved my way through a sea of people to get inside, looking for anyone with something to drink.

"You look like you could use a drink." Leo yelled over the music, handing me a cup.

"You read my mind." I said as I raised it to my lips and nodded at him, downing the whole thing in one go, trying to ignore the burn as it slid down my throat.

"Damn bro, not so fast." Leo laughed as I poured more into my cup. I shot him a look as I took another sip. "Hal?" he asked, his expression turning serious. I nodded.

"I'm gonna kill him." I grumbled, anger boiling my blood.

"Sure you are. Come on, we're playing truth or dare over here. Maybe find yourself a chick." Leo smirked, gesturing towards a group of people sitting on the floor between the bunk beds.

Time passed in a drunken, hazy blur. Next thing I knew, I was stumbling back to my cabin, Will at my side to make sure I didn't get lost on my way.

"I'm gonna kill 'im." I mumbled.

"Let's see how you feel in the morning." Will muttered, patting my shoulder as he helped me up the stairs. Will opened the door, revealing the room to be empty. "Looks like you missed your opportunity for tonight." Will said, leading me to my bed. I slumped down into the mattress and slowly toed off my shoes. "You gonna be okay?" Will asked.

"I'm fine. Go back to your cabin, I'm good." I slurred, waving him off. He warily nodded before turning around and heading out the door.

The sunlight streaming through the window next to my bed woke me up. I groaned, my head pounding as I threw my arm over my eyes to shielded myself from the sun. I rolled over and rummaged through my backpack, pulling out a bottle of Advil and downing a few pills before lying back down.

"Rough night?" Hal's voice cut through the morning silence.

"Shut up." I mumbled. I heard Hal lowly chuckle, his bed squealing as he got up and went to the bathroom. I heard him set something down on the nightstand when he returned.

"You probably should drink this." he said, his bed squealing as he laid back down. I opened an eye to see he'd placed a bottle of water down. I slowly reached over and grabbed it, skeptically looking at him before opening it and taking a sip.

"Thanks." I mumbled, to which he just curtly nodded, looking down at the book in his hand. "When's breakfast?" I asked taking another sip. Hal glanced at his watch.

"Now. Ends in 15." he responded.

"Damn." I muttered, tumbling out of bed and pulling on a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt before stepping into my shoes. I ran a hand through my hair before pushing open the door and heading to Leo's. I knocked on the door, hearing groans echo throughout the cabin. I heard talking and mumbling coming from inside, followed by Leo telling them to shut up and the sound of footsteps.

"Late start for you guys too?" I asked as Leo opened the door, clearly heavily hungover. He groaned and nodded. "Breakfast ends in 15. You guys wanna head down?" I asked. Leo nodded.

"Yeah. Give me a second to wake 'em up." he said, gesturing to the dark room with his groaning cabinmates. I nodded, crossing my arms as Leo started yelling at them to wake up. Everyone grumbled but reluctantly got out of bed, throwing shoes and jackets on as they made their way to the porch.

We all trudged to the main hall, barely making it in time to eat. The sun had disappeared behind dark clouds, making talks of storms swarm the mess hall.

"Does anyone remember anything from last night?" Liam groaned into his toast. Leo let out a bark of laughter.

"Liam you're a fucking lightweight, what were you thinking?" he laughed. Will shook his head, but a light smile played at his lips.

Mrs. Clem frantically made her way to the front of the room, calling for everyone's attention.

"There's a severe thunderstorm warning. We need everyone to get back to their cabins and stay there until you hear the all clear." she scurried away and the hall filled with noise, everyone getting up and shuffling towards the trash and the door.

"Our first day here and we can't even do anything." Leo groaned.

"Damn rain." Will agreed. We threw our trash away before making our way to the exit and hustling back to the cabins. It started to sprinkle as we reached cabin 15. I said goodbye to my friends before starting to speed walk to my cabin. When it was in sight, the downpour started. I threw my hood up and jogged the rest of the way, quickly opening the door and running inside. Hal snickered when he saw me.

"You look like a wet dog." he taunted. I felt my cheeks heat up at his words as I peeled my sweatshirt off and groaned. I headed for the shower, letting the warm water hit my shoulders and back, warming me up. I reluctantly stepped out of the shower, dried off and pulled on joggers and a t-shirt. I threw myself into my bed, groaning as I downed two more Advil.

"Looks like we'll be stuck here a while." Hal said, looking outside.

"Yeah." I sighed, closing my eyes. I felt something hit my face, making my head snap to look at Hal, seeing him smirk as he looked down at his book. I picked up a sock, and threw it on the ground. "Seriously? That's disgusting!" I cried, sitting up. Hal chuckled and smirked. I huffed and laid down, my back to Hal. I took a breath before closing my eyes.

A loud clap of thunder startled me awake. I turned around and faced the ceiling. My nose scrunched and my head snapped over to Hal.

"Are you fucking serious?" I yelled, jumping up and snatching the joint from his hand, making him smirk. I opened his window and threw it out, rain slapping his side. He shot me an angry look and slammed the window shut.

I sat down, leaning back to rest my head against the wall. I looked over at Hal, seeing him pat his arm dry with a blanket. I deeply sighed.

"Can we talk?"