An Artistic Duo

Chapter 8

Tuesday, July 3

The trip to the Art Hall was going to be a three day trip, considering it was all the way in Pennsylvania. Instead of taking luxury flights (which would take like an hour tops and have good food) we were taking charter buses there. The original plan was to take those luxurious planes up there but I guess at the last minute they decided that it was too expensive and that we needed a cheaper mean of transportation, hence the buses. Now, also, different years were going on different days, starting with the fourth and fifth years today.

At five in the morning.

"I'm so excited," Alessa said as she finished zipping up her bag.

"Yeah, me too." Bianca agreed. "We get to stay in a hotel with free food and everything."

"Not really free," I muttered. "Tuition for this camp is a bitch"

They all nodded in agreement, and then there was an announcement on the intercom. It was Marcus. "Attention all fourth and fifth years, the buses are leaving in ten minutes. If you are not already down there, get there immediately."

"Well," Kelsey said. "Are we all ready?"

We nodded our heads and got ready to leave. "Oh, wait," I mumbled to myself and looked on my cluttered nightstand for my cellphone. When I found it, I contemplated on turning it on. It had been off ever since I saw all those missed calls from Michael.

"Screw it," I said and decided to turn it on. I cringed at the fourteen texts and four voicemails. Why was he doing this to me?

As I was contemplating my life, Bianca poked her way through the door. "You coming?"

"Yeah," I said and grabbed my bag and ran out with her.

"Finally!" I exclaimed and kissed the ground when I stepped off the bus seven hours later. That bus ride was one of the most terrible experiences that I've ever had. Sure, the bus was roomy and well air conditioned, but Eli spent the whole time annoying people (me) with the help of his possy and it was terrible. I hate to say it, but I would rather have him kissing Kelsey the entire time.

But luckily, Bianca and Levi didn't do that. It seems that they're feeling a bit awkward after their spin the bottle kiss.

"Okay, we're on a tight schedule guys! Check your papers for your room assignments and find your room. You've got two hours to be back at the busses. If you aren't there, you're getting left!" Marcus called out to us. "You're sharing rooms with your cabin mates, by the way."

We ran into the hotel like we had never been in public before and found our room.

"Whoa," I said when I walked in. The rooms were huge. It was actually two connecting rooms with two beds in each one and one bathroom in each.

"This is going to be awesome," Bianca and Alessa said in unison.

Suddenly, one of the bathroom doors slammed shut and we all looked to find that Kelsey was inside. "Call the shower!" She called from the inside.

As soon as the words left her mouth Bianca took the shower in the other room and slammed the door. "Called it!"

"Damn it," I muttered and sat on a bed. I mentally claimed it as mine and put my stuff down on it. Alessa put her stuff in the other room and put her stuff down then came to sit next to me.