You Don't Know

Chapter eighteen

I was looking at my shoes, while I was slightly walking upwards a hill, away from the beautiful lake, we all rather wanted to swim in than walking up there. But it wasn't too bad, I thought, because I couldn't have enjoyed it anyway, knowing that somewhere around the lake Jack could've been.

I was lost in my thoughts, walking behind Lia, when she spoke again. "There it is."

As I looked up from the ground, I couldn't comprehend what those words meant, but when I saw light brown planks between the trees, my heart skipped a beat.

We actually made it. We had arrived at the hut!

Suddenly my body, from tip to toe, was flooded with energy, I didn't know I still had, as I was so exhausted from all the walking. But I started running as fast as I could, all the way up to the hut, anyway.

I only stopped running, when I touched the wall of it. I felt the rough surface of the wood in my palm, as I slowly moved along the wall, looking up the hut. It was actually a really pretty hut. There, I understood why Jack and Lia liked it so much to spend weekends or whole vacations with their grandfather there. It was amazing.

I finally stepped a little away from the hut, to get a better look at it, while the others came after.

But when my hand left the wall, everything suddenly began to spin, and I saw black dots everywhere. I felt dizzy and wanted to lean against the wall again, but I couldn't move. I struggled too much with staying on my feet. I heard the others coming closer, but they were still a little away.

The black dots started connecting and taking in more and more of my vision. I lost orientation and my balance, leading to me falling over. I couldn't see anything anymore and I didn't hear the others anymore as well. The last thing I felt, was the hard ground and my hands grabbing dirt, before I passed out.

*

Lia was the first to hear a thud. She looked up to the hut and couldn't see Ena anymore. Suddenly Lia had this unpleasant feeling in her stomach and drew the other's attention to Ena's disappearing.

"Hey, I can't see Ena anymore." she said.

"Maybe she went inside already." Collin replied annoyed.

But that wasn't good enough for Lia. She started walking a little faster, and after a few steps, she saw something laying on the ground. It was Ena.

"Omg! Ena!" she exclaimed and sprinted to her.

Finally, the others started worrying as well and looked what Lia was doing. As soon as they saw her kneeling next to Ena laying in the dirt, they started sprinting to her too.

"What happened?" Nick worriedly, almost angrily, asked Lia. But she had no idea as well of course.

Mona immediately took her jacket from around her waist and put it under Ena's head. Albert took her legs and held them up in the air. Collin kneeled next to Ena's head, taking her hand, and gently stroking her pale cheeks, while Nick sat next to him. In that moment, Collin didn't care about their fight earlier. All he cared about was that Ena would be okay.

"She probably was too exhausted from the walking, and the sun and the sprint up here gave her the rest. Maybe she's dehydrated?" Albert assumed. He was right, Ena didn't drink anything during the whole hike.

*

My head was pounding, and light was shining through my eyelids. When I tried to open my eyes, I immediately closed them again. My eyes had to adjust to the light first. I felt my back hurt as well. And my hand felt so heavy. Then I remembered; I had fallen over. I tried opening my eyes again and that time, I saw something being held in my sight. I thought it was a bottle. When I tried sitting up, I realized someone was holding my feet, and someone else pushed me back down, leading to my head pounding even more. Then I started hearing muffled voices, but with every second they were clearer. I looked around me and saw everyone looking expectingly. I looked to my side and saw Lia holding my left hand. Then I looked to my other side and saw Collin holding my other hand... Wait! Collin?