Pray for the Best

The Cabin

I feel movement

Something pushing me through the water.

Then throwing me out of the lake and onto the land

The night wind makes me shiver

My eyes shoot open and I start coughing the water out of my lungs while still lying down 

I can finally breathe again

I look to my side and see him laying there

I dart up and look at chase

"CHASE!" I yell "are you ok?"

He coughs and says "y-yeah..." then sits up "you really need to learn how to swim" he says laughing

"Yeah... Never gonna happen" I replied

We walk back to the lookout

"Are you Good?" He asks

"Yeah..." I reply

As we walk he looks at me

"So... What where you doing over by the lake?"

"It's my get away..."

He stops

"Get away? What do you mean?"

I look at him

"If I'm ever feeling down or upset I go there and it makes me feel better..."

I sigh, "most of the time at least"

He looks up at the sky and then at the lookout

"There might be a storm but I kinda want to take you somewhere" He says

"What?" I ask confused

"Come with me" He turns around and goes back the direction of the lake

"Where are we going?" I ask

"You've seen the cabin by the lake haven't you?" He asks dodging my question

"The one that looks like it was set on fire? Yes I've seen it but its locked"

"Its my cabin." He responds

"Wait..." I say confused "Your cabin?"

"Yeah, I just haven't been here for a long time"

I slowly walk behind him... staring at the ground, then accidentally bumping into him because he stopped

"what?..." I ask him

He looks at me then smiles

"Its starting to rain..." he says laughing

He starts running

"Better hurry up so you don't have that wet pup smell!" he yells to me still laughing

I roll my eyes and run after him yelling

"It's not like it matters!... I was just in the lake a few minutes ago!..."

I meet him at the door of the cabin

He opens the door and I walk in with him following in after me then shutting the door

He walks to the stacks of wood in the room and drags a piece over. He picks it up and throws it in the fireplace.

I have a fire conductor, since I can't use a lighter or matches. He grabs it out of his pack and twists the end, then places the end to the wood. A spark fly's out and lands on his paw causing him to drop the conductor into the fireplace.

The room lit up.

"Damn it" he says sighing. "Oh well, at least we can see and we'll be warm." 

he sits next to me

"What if the fire goes out?" I ask him

He walks back over to the wood and throws a few more pieces in the fireplace.

"That should keep it going" he says

We sit in front of the fire. There was silence.

"So... How come you brought me here?" I ask

"To give you a break..." He reply's

I look at him as he stares into the fire.

I felt awkward and weird sitting next to him alone.

"Your staring?..." he says

Him bringing this to my attention I look away

What's wrong with me? I think... Chase must think I'm weird

"I'm tired..." I tell him

"Ok..." he says. "You can sleep if you want... I'm gonna stay up for a little while"

I lay down, but still stare at him. I feel my eyes start to get heavy. I try to stay awake but can't. As I slowly close my eyes I see a tear drop from chase's eye. 

I wonder what's wrong?