CHAPTER FOUR: STRANDED

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Chapter Four: Stranded

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Chapter Four: Stranded

(Hackett's Quarry Forever, Part 4)

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Hayden leaned against one of the pillars supporting the lodge, Sarah next to her while Allison stood next to Kaitlyn, the girls watching the boys go over the phone battery debacle, a smirk playing across Hayden's lips.

"Don't worry Jacob, I got you," Dylan assured as he walked past Jacob and pulled out his phone. "I got a full tank a' gas so..."

The minute he looked at his phone, his face fell and he said, "Oh, fuck me."

At that, the smirk spread wide over Hayden's face, making an estimated guess that Dylan hadn't thought to leave his phone on airplane mode and now it was dead, as Jacob laughed and taunted, "Ahaha! Oh, idiot."

"Says the one who's phone is also out of juice," Allison sniped as Jacob kept laughing.

"Hear hear," Hayden agreed, still smirking.

"Does nobody own phone chargers anymore?" Kaitlyn questioned.

"I don't think the chargers are the problem—it's Mr. Hackett not letting us have our phones over the summer," Allison pointed out with a sigh.

"Yeah, and it's not like Mr. H would have charged our phones anyway, he has bigger things to worry about," Sarah reminded.

"Eh, and there's no signal out here anyways, dude, okay? This place is like patchy as balls," Jacob added.

"Your balls are patchy?" Dylan questioned sardonically.

Hayden tilted her head up, thumping it against the pillar. "Men."

"What? No!" Jacob instantly denied as Nick let out a laugh. Again, Hayden thumped her head against the pillar as she, Allison, Sarah and Kaitlyn exchanged an eye roll.

Dylan, however, was non-plussed as he shrugged and said, "It's okay. I'll just go get some juice from Mr. H before we go and..."

Hayden wrinkled her nose. "Dylan, do you think before you speak? Seriously, that wording choice..."

"Yeah, uh, ew?" Kaitlyn agreed, face also twisted in disgust.

Dylan winced, as if realising it could have been worded way better as the conversation lapsed into silence. As it did, Hayden pushed off the pillar and moved to stand next to her brother, arms still folded as she tapped her foot while Sarah remained leaning against the pillar and Kaitlyn turned to her phone, Allison leaning against the van as her eyes moved to Nick when he wasn't looking before hurriedly looking away. The moment she did, Hayden caught her brother staring back at Allison.

Hayden rolled her eyes, the romantic tension between them so thick you could cut it with a knife, and if Hayden was being honest, she was kinda getting sick of it. Never in her life did she want to scream at them to just tell each other than she did right now, but Hayden bit her tongue—she refused to push them any farther than she'd had this summer. There was a line.

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