The Free Weekend

Chapter 4 Holding a Breath

Seriously they turned into trees, what the fuck who just turns into tree ok this is getting weird.
"Is there a bed room?" I question trying to break the hard silence
"This way" Oscar says leading me off into another wing of the tree the roots spiral up into a shaped like passageway. We go though what looks like a door, Oscar steps in and moves out of my way.
"Here it is, I know it doesn't really look like a bed, but trust me it's the comfiest thing you have ever slept on once this has a sleeping bag" he says sitting down on the so called bed.
"How do you know about this place?" I question sitting down beside him
"I used to come here a lot" he says softly trying avoiding the conversation.
"HEY EVERYONE LUNCH TIME" Amber shouts from the other side of tree making me jump.
"What she said" Oscar says running out of my room. I guess he didn't really want to talk about his background story.
I put my backpack down next to my bed. I wasn't really hungry, I decided I quickly jot a few things down in my journal.

I go to the kitchen,
"hello?" I say no one replies they must have gone somewhere I say to myself. I see the food bag sitting by a round table and I look into the bag it was more like a black hole there was so much food inside. Bread and Corn-relish perfect I think to myself now all I need is some cheese
"Oh my god food" Ash says coming out of nowhere
"OH MY DUCK, YOU SCARED THE SHIT OUT ME, LIKE LIGIT YOUR LUCKY I HAD'NT FOUND THE CHEESE AND WASNT CUTTING THE CHEESE" I shout in totally and utter shock.
"Sorry miss hulk" he smirks knowing he had pissed me.
"WELL AT LEAST IM NOT THE TOOTH FAIRY, AT LEAST YOU CAN HEAR ME" I shouting even louder glaring at him. After about two minutes I forgive him. Seriously who can be angry at someone so cute
"Do you want me to make you a sandwich, like mine" I say eating it passionately
"Umm is this a piece offering" he laughed
"Yeah why not" I laugh I grab two pieces of bread stuffing the cheese and corn-relish inside.
"Here ya go" I say cheerfully He stares at it for five seconds but accepts it happily.

"I was never into cooking, but I'm great at it I can almost cook anything, desserts to formal dinners" I say devouring the rest of my sandwich in one bite.
"Yeah, I'm terrible never get me to cook you could die from food poisoning" he says laughing.
"Ash I don't think it's that bad" I say trying to make him feel better.
"Ok try this for bad, my whole family are like chefs well not chefs but they can cook quite well, when I was nine they wanted me to make the icing for my sisters wedding cake. Of course me not knowing I was the worst cook in the world, I went along with it, because I was nine I had no brain I swear I don't know what I was doing so I poured a whole packet of flour into a bowl with butter mashed up broccoli and newspaper for hundreds and thousands, also because I was nine and a cry baby nine year old is a scary thing people said the icing tasted the best, the worst thing is I only found out a year ago that half the people that where invited had to go to hospital" he says laughing.
"Oh my god, ok forget what I said earlier" I say laughing he smiles. I smile at him back looking at his white shirt with dark burgundy purple red shorts with van shoes there really not the best for camouflage either I guess I wasn't the only person who didn't once black clothes. I realise I was starring at him so I quickly look the other way.
"Umm" I say getting up from the my root seat
"If you need me I'll be in my room" I say zipping the food bag up. He just stares at me.

I quickly rush to my room, I decide to make my bed to keep my mind of my embarrassing starring stunt I pulled. I pull my sheets, pillow, blankets and my sleeping bag. I might as well have packed my whole room I think to myself.
"Done" I say happily looking at my finished work.
"I grab my small brown Dream Catcher out and two big shells from a beach I used to go to when I surfed before I went to boarding school. I stand on my bed hanging my Dream Catcher on a branch above my head so when I sleep it will be directly above my head. I jump of my bed and grab my big shells and put them on a tree shelf next to my bed.

A decide to face Ash and ask him about the rest of the gang. Getting of my bed, I walk out my room and into the kitchen where I last saw him he wasn't there.
"Ash?" I shout
"Over here Summer" he says I follow the sound of his voice which carries me into a small room like mine.
"Hi" I say sitting down on a tree chair in his room.
"Hi" he says finishing his bed making.
"Do you know where the others are?" I question
"Yeah they just went for a walk I was going to go but they wanted me to stay with you because there should always be more than one person in the tree, well that's what Oscar said anyway" Ash says putting his bag in the shelf where in my room I had put my shells.

We don't talk for a while. I decide get up
"Nice talk" I say dimly walking out of his room.
"Summer" he says stopping me from leaving. I turn around to see him right beside me.
He grabs my chin and turns it towards him and kisses me. I looked at him for a moment blankly.
"Here is the truth" he says quickly
"When first went to this school I meet Sim one of my best buds I have" he says grabbing my hand and walking into the kitchen.
"That next year you came, you where so perfect. Everything I wanted, but when you went out with Sanders, my heart snapped-"
"I hate him, he betrayed me" I say cutting him of but he still continues
"But when he broke your heart that day I told him to never come back to this school again and if he did I would bash the hell him up" he says taking a breath
"That's why he left?" I says brushing my side fringe out of my eyes

"So you like me?" I question as we sit down on a the root table
"More than that" he says holding my hand tightly
"Turns out I like you too" I say softly