Cherry || Owen Joyner

eleven

It's the last full day here in Maui. We had planned to go hiking knowing that's where we met at.

We were doing the Waihee Ridge Trail which is a two point five mile hike. It supposed to take us three hours but it's taking us longer.

"You know, who said I was able to do this?" Nash groaned. "No one said it was this steep." He complained.

I shake my head towards him. "Complain one more time and I'll push you off the side. I'll have no hesitation." I threaten.

Charlie turned around with wide eyes as he looked at me. "I'm kinda scared of you." He joked causing everyone to laugh.

"I'm just worried that Saylor is going to twist her ankle." Owen teased. I just rolled my eyes as I smile.

I honestly loved this hike, it was beautiful. I'm gonna miss Hawaii.

It's a whole different world compared to Oklahoma. On this hike, I wanna take as much in as I can. So that's what I do.

I take pictures, I look at everything, and I smell the flowers.

But when we were done, it was around six and we had to pack. "See you guys later? I have something in mind." Charlie smiled.

We agreed to go over when we get done packing. It took us a couple hours to make sure we have everything.

We look in the group chat to see Jeremy told us to meet them in the spot on the beach we usually meet at.

We walked down there to see they had a blanket laid down there.

The sun was setting while we caught up to them. "We're gonna watch the sunset and look at the stars." Owen smiled.

I sat in between Owen and Charlie as we looked at the sunset. "I'm gonna miss the sunsets here." Kira spoke sadly.

I know she's gonna miss Charlie knowing they gained a bond.

"Me too. They don't look like this in California." Jeremy pouts. "Are you excited to see your wife?" I ask him.

He smiles and nods. "It's been a long two weeks without her." I've heard all about her. Hopefully one day, I get to meet her.

"I'm gonna miss you all though." I pouted as I looked at him. "Me too." Charlie agreed with him.

"Me three." I looked over at Owen and he was looking down at me.

I wrap my arms around his arm and lean my head on his shoulder. "I'm gonna miss you guys too." I sadly told them.

"Okay, I love y'all but I don't do well with sadness." Nash joked while making us laugh.

"We can talk about how if it wasn't for Saylor twisting her ankle, we wouldn't be here." Charlie joked.

I laugh but he was right. If I didn't plan to go hiking and twist my ankle, we wouldn't be here.

I wouldn't have met Owen and we wouldn't have bonded. I just hate how attached I am to him because now we're leaving tomorrow.

By the time it was dark, we laid on the blanket. The stars were barely noticeable but we could see them.

"I miss doing this." Charlie spoke out loud. I looked at him strangely.

"The stars are barely visible in Los Angeles due to the lights." He told me. That would suck.

I love looking at the stars in the summer. "We're still gonna be friends, right?" Kira asked.

She asked it to no one in particular. "Of course." Jeremy reassured her.