Meet me in the woods- young nick goode

04

It had been a day since Ziggy had set fire to the flag, and I things were finally turning for the good, Ziggy didn't seem as angry as she usually did, which could only mean good things. That was until I woke up to pounding on my door this morning. I swung it open to see Kurt.

"What the hell?!" I exclaimed, as I looked past him I could see that it was barely dawn, and the sun had barely risen.

"What the hell did you two do?" He spat

"What the hell are you talking about Kurt?!" I paused searching his face for a clue "It's barely dawn you asshole!"

He made me wake up Ziggy, then grabbed us both by the wrists and dragged us towards the outhouses. As we got to the outhouses I noticed Nick, Cindy, and Joan all standing in front of the outhouses.

"Let Cecilia go Kurt!" Nick spoke, quickly walking towards where Kurt was

"Why the hell would I do that?" Kurt scoffed

"Cecilia didn't do this" Cindy spoke walking closer to us, I smiled weakly over at her

Joan then led Kurt, Ziggy, and I to the outhouses. Inside there were tons of different color spray paints all over the outhouse. Kurt finally let go of Ziggy and I and pushed us forward, I was caught by Nick, Ziggy by Cindy.

"Cecilia and Ziggy did you do this?!" Kurt exclaimed

"I think it's pretty" Joan added "We should keep it"

"Shut up Joan" Kurt snapped

"I didn't do this, just like I didn't set the flag on fire, or let those rabbits out." I snapped

"Well you had an alibi for the flag, what is your alibi for this?"

"I was fucking sleeping?!"

"Ziggy, what do you have to say for yourself"

"I did it" She spoke with a smile

"Well, since we can't prove who did or didn't do it, and you two are the prime suspects, you'll both clean it" Kurt spoke tauntingly

"You've got to be kidding me? This excuse again" I scoffed

"Go get some sponges" He spoke, pointing towards the Mess Hall

I rolled my eyes and walked out of the outhouses to the Mess Hall to get sponges. I heard someone following me and saw Nick. I picked up the pace of my walk so he wouldn't catch up. Though, my speeding up my pace didn't help much as he caught up quickly, falling in line with me.

"Did you do that?" He questioned

I didn't repsond only rolled my eyes. He grabbed hold of my wrist, stopping me from walking.

"Answer me, did you do that?!" He spoke again

"I didn't"

"I can't believe you're lying straight to my face. After I defended you too?!"

"I didn't do it" I replied. I pulled my wrist away and turned to keep walking.

"Wait, Cecilia..." He tried to follow

Once I got to the Mess Hall I got some sponges, figuring that Ziggy wouldn't get any sponges, but on my walk out of the Mess Hall I ran right into Nick.

"Since, I couldn't prove it wasn't you, at least let me help clean" He reached for one of the sponges in my hand

"It's not your fault" I sighed, handing him one

When we got back to the outhouses I handed Ziggy a sponge and began scrubbing, a few minutes later Ziggy came and began scrubbing next to me.

"Sorry for roping you into this" She mumbled

I nodded and went back to scrubbing. After we finished I went back to our cabin, while Ziggy went for a walk. As I was reading on my bed I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door to see Nick.

"Hello?" I raised my eyebrows

"Hi"

"Do you want to come in?" I offered, moving closer to the door so he could come in, he walked in and I shut the door behind him.

"I like what you've done with the place" He smirked, looking at Ziggy's side of the cabin.

"That's all Ziggy" I smiled, sitting down on my bed, putting a bookmark in my book, and moving it to the side.

"What were you reading?" He picked up the book "Carrie?"

"I found it in Ziggy's things" I spoke as I tried to pull the book away from him "What are you doing here anyway?"

"I noticed you were missing from the group activities, came to see where you were"

"Waking up at the crack of dawn tires a person" I smiled, but he only looked down

"Sorry again about that" He mumbled

"It's really not your fault. Come on you can help me find Ziggy" I spoke standing up from the bed

"Sounds like a plan." He followed me out of the cabin

We walked a little bit in silence before I spoke.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" I questioned

"What are you talking about?"

"You've hated me every year we've gone to camp together, what changed this year?"

"I didn't hate you" He rolled his eyes

"Well, you certainly acted like you did" I laughed

"Where did you say Ziggy was"

"No idea, I think she went for a walk in the woods or something?"

We were at the edge of the walls when I heard the lunch bell.

"She'll probably be at lunch, I'll check there" I turned and started to walk to the Mess Hall

When I got to the Mess Hall I saw Ziggy sitting at our table, eating already.

"Hey, where did you end up going?" I asked as I sat down

"Well, I was going to go for a walk, but ran into Sheila and her friends" She rolled her eyes

"That bitch! Did she say something to you?" I exclaimed

"It's fine Cecilia, really" She laughed

"What's so funny?"

"Hearing you swear" She teased

"Oh whatever" I playfully rolled my eyes

During lunch I didn't speak to any of the other campers, I was too busy thinking about Nick. What had changed this year? Why was he being so nice all of a sudden? The more and more I thought about him I thought that I might even like? him, or at least I didn't dislike him anymore. Could I like him?