Marigold

Chapter three

Later that night, I told dad about my change of heart and he was joyous! I then left for my room to pack up the stuff I needed because I didn't need a large suitcase. After all, it's going to be some sort of burden. This shouldn't be a problem though as it isn't the first time I've stayed away from home anyway. Dad told me that the name of the place is Marigold camp or the other way around, he doesn't remember and I don't blame him. He hasn't been to the place for a long time now.
Anyway, I was done packing all my necessities and by the next two days, I was off to the location. I couldn't help but dream about my new life that was just about to start. I could see myself waking up early one beautiful morning with absolutely no one in my room, I would dance around on my toes knowing that I have no eyes on me, and maybe meet amazing people with different personalities doing different acts that stick out or I could drown at the amazing scenery the forest landscape has to offer while bird watching and maybe later in the day, dad could come to visit me with something new then we decide to meet every day in the same manner.

Thinking of all this made camping with strangers sound a lot more interesting than it was meant to be but even some shows on tv centred around them don't reveal anything insane and life-threatening about it but if I'm planning on surviving here, I better get my head out of the clouds and remember the real reason I'm committing my self to this...
Right after I figure it out.

"Ok Lola, we're here" I heard dad call out from the driver seat
Then I looked out the glass window and figured out that the place doesn't look half bad, they were no real fences but there was this gate with the name, CAMP MARIGOLD engraved on the top. The gate itself looked old and it had these vines that looked like it was trying to seep their way into the softened wood. A floral setting had been created to surround the entrance filled with marigolds, roses, and a bunch of other forms of flowers but I think they were there just to take attention off the ageing gate.
Other kids could be seen checking in to the main expanse of the camp and waving their goodbyes to their parents and guardians. That's when it hit me, dad was not in the car and he's probably waiting for me at the main cabin.
Lucky for me, he had already carried out my suitcase so I just had to find him. They were random kids everywhere, I felt like this ugly creature that was lost in a crowd of people and that is not the nicest feeling no. I was afraid I was going to ask for help eventually but luckily for me, dad found me. After a few chats and awkward moments, I was finally heading to my assigned cabin. This place wasn't that big though, my cabin was at the not-so-far end of the girl's camp with the name, Quill. From the sounds that were coming from the inside l, I wasn't alone as I thought I would be. I got into the room and got greeted by a wind silence which lasted for about two moments till one of the girls there spoke to me with along pitched...
"Hi, who are you?"
"Lola, I'm supposed to be in this cabin?" I awkwardly replied to her.
She seemed nice though, shad this long dark hair and she had a really good height but not as good as mine.
"Ok Lola, welcome to the Quill cabin, my name is Emma and that's Madison..." She said while pointing to a plump, but nerdy-looking girl at the corner " there's one other person but she's not here right now, but you should settle down before anything" she continued as I went over to the bed I had picked in my head. I wasn't ready for this from the way I was wobbling like an earthquake was going on at that moment. I could sense disaster already and for all I know, these roommates could be thieves of some kind and I was already having some sort of hurricane in my head but I still had to find a way to handle what's around me. Someone was smoking cigarettes somewhere and the air wasn't taking it lightly with me and like that wasn't enough, one of them was playing this unnecessarily loud music that was ear-shattering. one of the girls was trying to get the cigarette smell out by using an air freshener which made the place even more choked! I had to get out of there, so I made for the door and appeared at the camp centre thinking dad could still be trying to start the car at the parking lot because I had changed my mind about staying here!!

I had gone far enough until I realized that I never got a phone from dad for this camping thing. It was way too obvious I wasn't going to survive two hours here. Shout out to whoever finds my dead body in a shed somewhere in the forest beyond I guess. The girls' camp didn't have too many cabins anyway, they were just four, maybe explaining why it looked like an old ghost village in the middle of nowhere. I got to the parking lot at last but to my surprise, dad had left...
Seems like he was in a hurry, it hasn't even been an hour yet.
I felt something slowly crawl down my left cheek, but it wasn't sadness but the regret of some sort, it did not affect me though as I always try to conceal situations like these.

I went on my way to my cabin with my head looking for something on the ground till someone bumped into me from absolutely nowhere pushing both of us on the ground I was searching. It was a boy, and he wasn't taking it lightly at all,
"Way to go Einstein! Get out of my way" he said in the rudest way possible...
"Hey! You walked into me, I want an apology" I said back to him,
"Oh really? Here, have it" he said packing a handful of sand and throwing it at me. He walked away afterwards,
"Ugh, what's your problem?"
But he didn't reply and just kept going his way.
"Forget him, he's just a jerk" I heard a while after. A random girl was giving me a hand which I used to get up. "Thanks!" I said to her and she gave a nod.
"By the way, I'm Ariana. I'm at the Scale cabin, we should talk sometime" she made me know while walking away. She seemed nice and friendly to making my inside want to burst with joy!
All this didn't seem real though,
I could be dreaming.
It's hard to believe someone suggested I meet her.
Wow...
Just thinking of it that way makes me feel scared.
I decide to kill it and continue on my way and picked up the bag the boy from earlier seemed to have forgotten...

Alright, we have our first contact with the campers, at least a few of them, coping seems easy enough...