Bridgehidien Forest

Summer June

"Wait, cabins?" Rowan asked.

Georgia nodded, as the band of misfits sitting in the library studying up for their finals for the summer classes, "It's tradition for students to pick out one of the cabins close to the forest," the seer mage replied, "you get to hang out with a bunch of your friends together and just have fun."

"So, we are going to a cabin after finals... how will we pay for it?" Rowan asked.

"We're not," Nemo mentioned, "My friend Soter has a large family cabin, and his parents are allowing him to use it."

"And he's invited all of us!" Georgia exclaimed before being shushed by the red-head librarian, "Do you wanna go?!"

It seems like fun, spending time with friends during summer vacation, "It will just be the five of us, Soter, his girlfriend, Bernadetta, and their friend Estelle," Elias informed seeing the slightest bit of apprehension on their face.

"Hey Elle is my friend too," Georgia remarked, "Rowan, if you don't wanna go that's fine—"

"If all of you are going, I'm obviously going!" Rowan laughed, "What am I going to do with the summer without you guys."

The students' library conversation led up to today, the early morning of a Saturday, where Rowan packed the last of their things for a week and a half of relaxing in a cabin.

I'm outside, whenever you're ready, blossom

Walking through Indigo and Calvin's quiet house and making it through the front door felt like they were sneaking out. Regardless, Rowan exited the lavish cottage covered in greenery and flowers and greeted Elias in the front yard taking pictures of all the plants and flowers.

"Indigo's going to look in your portfolio one day, see all the pictures you've taken of her house, and kick your ass!" Rowan remarked descending the step of the porch.

Elias chuckled, "It would be worth it. I imagine it would give Georgia a show."

Rowan let out a laugh before following him off of the Bookstone-Corals property, "Where are we meeting everyone, again? My phone finally stopped working last night, I couldn't check the chat."

"Outside of town, Soter said there is a road, mostly used for hiking, that leads to a bunch of the cabins in that area." Elias answered, "He and Georgia agreed that it would be fun to walk up there together last minute."

"Also..."

"Mhm..." Rowan hummed, looking over at him, seeing the blush on his pearl-white cheeks.

"I know you probably want to room with Georgia, and I get that it's cool, but Maverick and Nemo are obviously going to room together—"

"Obviously," They chuckled.

"—And I don't know Estelle that well, plus Soter and Bernadetta are going to room together, so..."

"You want us to room together." Rowan finished his sentence.

"It would be nice." Elias sighed with a smile.

Rowan thought for a moment about, all the possibilities that could happen flashed through their brain making their face hot, "I don't see why not..." they replied.

Elias exhaled placing his hand over his chest, "Do you have any idea how many days I've been psyching myself out?!"

Rowan giggled, "I can only imagine."

The linking of their fingers as they both walked toward town felt like a seal, unspoken proof that they would be sharing a room during this week-long trip as if this was another step in their relationship that they had gotten to climb. Even though they had talked on numerous occasions about the slow speed at which they were going to take things.