Real life

Chapter 9

Brooklyns POV

I woke up and Tanner had been replaced with Hannah. I wish he could have stayed the whole night but he had his own cabin to deal with. I was still not feeling good but I decided to get myself up.

I walked over to my suitcase and grabbed a t-shirt and shorts and went into the bathroom. I washed my face which felt so good and refreshing, I brushed my teeth, put on some makeup, brushed my hair, and put on my favorite perfume.

I walked out of my room and into the living room. I glanced at my watch. It was only 6:00 and the sun was just rising. I went to the door, slipped on my sandals and walked outside and took a seat on the porch swing.

The sunrise was bright orange and yellow and the top of it was pink. It was so beautiful. Watching the sunset/sunrise was one of my favorite things to do. I went back inside and grabbed my book from my nightstand and went back out.

I started reading my book. The main character's finally became enemies to lovers. I get so excited when it happens even though I bought the book because it was enemies to lovers, my favorite trope.

I looked out towards the camp. Seeing all the cabins align in a circle shape around the giant oak tree. On the second night before the last everyone gathered by the oak tree and we had a campfire, roasted smores, and just enjoyed each other's company.

I looked over to the cabins. A few light's starting to flick on which means people are starting to wake up.

"Hey whatcha thinkin" Hannah says, opening up the door and coming over to sit beside me. "Just thinking about how beautiful the earth is" I tell her. We sat there for a few minutes. Taking it all in.

The only thing that would make this better is if Tanner were here with me.

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"Hey" tanner walked up to me standing watching my kids play games at the volleyball court. "Hey" I said, smiling at him. "Do you want to go to the snack house with me and walk around?". "How could I resist the offer of food"

We both laughed.

"Thank you" I said to Tanner when he handed me my ice cream cone. I took a lick. "You remembered," I said looking up at him. "Remember what" he said acting like I didn't know what he was talking about. "You remembered that I only like vanilla because chocolate makes me sick". "I know I remember you going feral after the ice cream truck every time it came by"

"I did not" "uh, you little liar, you don't remember that one time you broke your arm trying to push me out of the way so that you could beat me to the ice cream truck".

"I broke my arm because you tackled me to the ground," I said. "Ok I have to admit that". "And I have to admit that I am the biggest foodie that you will ever meet" I say and we both laugh.

"So what do you do now besides eating food?" he asks. "Hey! I am a hairstylist. I went to Georgia and got my cosmetology degree". "Y0u still live in Georgia?". "Yep, I stayed there after college to be with my family". "Oh yeah, how's your brother doing, I haven't talked to him in years?" he asked.

"He's good, he's going to school to become a doctor". "Dylan becoming a doctor, that's not two word's Id ever thought I'd hear in the same sentence."

"Well he took a gap year to travel. He's getting married at the end of the year to one of my best friends". "Wow, I can't believe that," he said.

"Enough about me. What do you do?" Well I graduated from NC State last fall with a business degree but I don't know what I am going to do yet." "Do you have any ideas?". "No but my mom and dad keep nagging me to figure it out."

"You should be proud of yourself for graduating". "It's not that I'm not proud of myself, it's that I feel like a failure".

I stopped and grabbed his shoulder so that he would stop with me. He looked at me. "You are not a failure" I tell him. "Thanks"

He gave me a hug. I loved Tanner's hugs. They were always comforting. Even though he is solid as rock with all his muscles he feels like hugging a big teddy bear because that's what tanner is a Big Teddy Bear.

"So what are you doing tomorrow?" I ask. Tomorrow is the fourth of July and we have the whole day free and then at night we watch the fireworks and eat hotdogs and watermelon.

"Spending the day with you, that's only if you're free" Holy shit there it is again...the butterflies. "Hmm let me just check my calendar" I paused to act like I was thinking for a second. "Let's see I am meeting the queen for tea at lunch and I have a date with the hottest guy on earth in the afternoon so ... .I'm all booked up" we start laughing.

"So I'll take it that you're free then". "Yes, I'm free" I say. "Awsome, I'll see you at breakfast."

"Sounds good" I say walking back over towards the volleyball court where my cabin is.

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