Summer of '78

02

After everyone was done unpacking Beverly and Willow went outside to talk and walk around the camp. Since Willow has been here before she said that she'll give Beverly a short tour. 

"So now that the younger ones are gone" said Anna and sat down on the bed next to Mara "Do you wanna go into my boyfriend's cabin?"

"Already breaking the rules, aren't we? And you are a counselor. You are supposed to stop me from breaking the rules not encourage  me to do so" commented Mara. Anna looked at her to see if she was kidding or not. She felt that the girl had something else more to say. "Okay I'll go with you but not today. Give me more time to get to know you and the other people at this camp and then I'll go" said Mara with confidence. "And who is your boyfriend anyway?" 

"His name is James. He has long blonde hair and blue eyes. He's also pretty tall but he is not a counselor. He is in cabin 6. He is really sweet. Maybe you'll get to meet him tonight at the bonfire."

"What bonfire?" asked Mara 

"Oh yeah forgot to tell you. It's the first day of camp and every first day there is a bonfire at night before lights are out. You are supposed to make friends and meet new people but some people take it upon themselves to pull the craziest prank on one of the cabins. Usually the boys participate so you have nothing to worry 'bout" explained Anna and giggled. Then Mara giggled as well.

"So how old are you?" asked Anna "15" answered  Mara "Yeah same" 

"Have any siblings?" "Yeah. Beverly is my 13 year old sister if you didn't notice and Aaron who is in another cabin, I don't know which one, is my twin brother. Do you have any siblings?" said Mara "I have a 3 year old stepbrother who is home with my dad and stepmom. What about boyfriends. Do you have a boyfriend?" "Nope. The only thing close to a boyfriend that I have is my guitar." said Mara and chuckled and Anna joined her.

The girls must have been talking for about 20 minutes when Beverly and Willow finished the tour. The two youngsters were laughing when they entered the cabin and basically ignored the two other girls in that room and continued talking.  Mara and Anna gave each other a look before resuming their previous conversation.

A few hours have passed and cabin 3 was on its way to where the bonfire will be held. They were talking and laughing the entire time. Seems like the 4 will be very good friends.

When they got to the not yet lit bonfire that was positioned somewhere near the forest Mara instantly spotted Aaron. He was among a group of 4 guys and he was talking and laughing along with the others. 

"Having fun eh?" said Mara as she walked up to Aaron and hugged him. The twin hugged his sister back, happy to see her again. "Yes, I am having fun. How are you." "Oh you know" said Mara.

Then a moment of silence followed where the sibling stared intensively into each others eyes before someone brushed against them and jumped into one of the guys Aaron was talking with arms. It was Anna and the guy she was hugging must have been James, her boyfriend. He matched her description exactly. Meanwhile Beverly made her way towards us and gave Aaron a small hug. Willow came next to Beverly and gave the boy a small, shy smile. Aaron smiled back. 

"Girls, this is my boyfriend, James." said Anna after she turned to face us. "And these are his friends: Lars, my fellow counselor friend Cliff and Kirk" 
Mara looked at every one of them as Anna was speaking but the dark curly haired one caught her attention. Kirk. He was about Mara's height, he had brown eyes and his curls were shoulder-length. Aaron noticed Mara staring at his cabin mate and knew something was going on. "First day of camp and already falling  in love sis?" Mara turned to face him almost instantly, realising that she has been staring this entire time "No I'm not. Under no circumstances am I falling in love." Aaron looked at her and laughed.

The 9 kids were now sitting around the bonfire. They were eating smores and talking, actually getting to know each other.  Then all of a sudden a group of 4 boys appeared from the forest covered in what seemed like red paint, probably to imitate blood. Apparently the boys knew who did that to them because they started chasing another group of 4 boys.  

"Seems like cabin 7 pulled a prank on cabin 10" said Anna. "Told you there is always a prank. I usually bet with others which cabin is gonna get pranked and which one will pull the prank but this year I didn't. That's a good thing you see, I always lose, I don't know how" Mara laughed at that. 

When Anna left Mara for her boyfriend she went to talk with Aaron. He was chatting with Kirk and was drinking a "coke" which was secretly beer. Aaron saw her approaching them and called her over. "Mara this is Kirk" said Aaron pointing from Kirk to Mara "and Kirk this is my lovely twin sister, Mara" finished Aaron. 

"NIce to meet you" said Kirk in a happy tone and extended his hand for Mara to shake. "Nice to meet you too" said the girl and shook Kirk's hand. The two boys resumed their conversation and Mara joined them.

From those 20 minutes Mara spent talking with Aaron and Kirk she took a liking to the boy. Of course it wasn't love. Mara didn't believe in love at first sight and she could barely consider Kirk her friend, but she still wants to befriend the guy. 

Vincent came by the bonfire and told the kids that it was time for them to head back to the cabins. When the 4 girls got to their cabin Anna seemed to have a lot of energy while the other 3 were basically sleeping with their eyes open. Everyone got in bed and Mara, Willow and Beverly fell asleep in a second.

All of a sudden Mara felt herself being shaken by something or someone. When she opened her eyes, Anna was sitting above her. "Oh finally you are awake" whispered Anna "Come with me. I want to show you something."

A/N: Hey guys! This is the second chapter of the story. I was thinking to make Willow and Beverly a couple. Do you think I should or they should stay friends? Let me know in the comments. And don't forget to vote if you like the story. I appreciate it very much.