Summer Love

Chapter 3

Ava's P.O.V.

I wake up by Mae taping on my shoulder "Ava come on we need to get going, we don't want to many people on the trail with us." I groan and unzip my sleeping bag. I change into shorts and my NASA t-shirt, I grab my bookbag and leave our tent.

"We need to go to the office to go get a map" Mae says.

I nod in agreement and start to walk towards the big lodge that we passed while entering the camp yesterday. Once we reach the office we enter to see no one is there. "Where is everyone?" I ask Mae. I walk over to the desk and see a little bell with a sign on it reading 'Ring for Service'. Before I can even think to ring it Mae pushes her hand past me and rings it. The loud noise echos through the lodge, but is masked by another. We can hear talking in a room near by that is getting louder as the seconds past. Then finally two guys our age walk through the door, still talking to each other. I cough and see their heads snap towards us. They look shocked and just stare for a little, until the shorter of the two smiles and says a very welcoming "Hello."

"How can we help you this morning?" the tall one asks.

"Yes, can we have a map for hiking" I ask.

"Of course, so how long are you guys staying here." The shorter one asks as the taller one leaves to fetch us our maps.

"We are staying for a week then we are staying with family." I say.

"So what are your names.?" The taller one asks as he returns with a handfull of maps.

"I'm Ava." I say.

"And I'm Mae, what are your names?" She says.

"I'm Ashton and he is Luke." He says pointing to the taller one.

"Well it was very nice to met you, we should get going if we want to get back before lunch." I say.

"It was very nice to met you also." Ashton says.

"Here are your maps, we hope to see you again." Luke says while passing us our maps.

"Thank you very much." Mae says.

We exit the office with a quick wave goodbye and start on our way to the trail. We choose a hike we have never been on before, one that is longer than most. We start the hike and soon enough I can hear Mae complaining about how her feet hurt. I begin to block out her talking subconsciously and focus on the hike ahead of us. I reply to all her questions with a nod of my head. Suddenly she stops talking and walks ahead of me and stops. Once I reach to where she is standing I see what she is looking at. There is two small brown signs with white letters on them, reading " Mountain Bridge Hike B" with an arrow to the left. The second one read "Mountain Bridge Hike C."

"B or C,"I asked.

"C, because B stands for boring," Mae says while laughing.

I nod in agreement and head towards the C hike.

Mae P.O.V.

My mind wonders while I watch Ava looking at the markers that led us to our destination. I start to think of Luke and Ashton, and the guy at the gas station. I can't help but imagine being in a relationship with one of them, and going on hikes just like the one I am on with Ava. To have someone to keep me warm and to cuddle with. Suddenly all the good thoughts are replaced with worry.

"Can you not hear me are you deaf?" Ava yelled, I could see she was angry but her eyes told me Ava was worried.

"I'm sorry what did you say?" I ask trying to be nice as possible.

"We are fucking lost, and we have been for a while." She said with angry laced in every syllable.

" I am sorry." Is the only thing I can think to say because I haven't been paying attention.

"We need to find a way back, start to look for something familiar." She states with annoyance.

I sigh and begin to look for something familiar. I started getting tired we have been in the same part of the woods for two hours. I'm distracted from my tiredness when I hear something move in the bushes, I move near Ava and hide behind her. She walks cursorily over to the bush and suddenly a squirrel runs out. We both scream at the top of our lungs, until we are interrupted by to guys walking through the same bush. They are our age, one tall with dark curly hair, and the other a little shorter with blonde hair and brunette bits peeking through.

"Hey have you seen a squirrel come this way? I wanted to keep it, but it wouldn't come when I called for it." The brunette asks with a pouty expression.

"He ran away." I try and say though laughter fumbles out.

"Dammit I really wanted to name it Mr. Cuddles !" The blonde one says.

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