Dear Arkansas Daughter

🌿..does Alex not like me anymore?

I fell asleep that night OBSESSING over the next day.

Mostly, I was REALLY hoping Alex would react well!!

If he didn't, it'd be terrible.. what if he never wanted to be my friend again ?!

I would have ALREADY lost the only friend I had for a DAY.

that's pathetic !!

The next day, I went back to camp, and everything was fine UNTIL I saw him.

I spotted him sitting on his bed staring at the floor apathetically.

As I quietly went to him, I felt a wave of anxiety wash over me.

"Hey, Alex.." I smiled warmly as he cocked his head to me.

"Hey, Evelyn Smith." How'd he know my last name??!

His eyes shot pangs of rage at me, which made me incredibly anxious.

"..u-uh, about, about yesterday, and stuff, I ran out.." I stammered, voice wobbly.

"IT WASN'T MEANT TO HURT YOU!!" I blurted out.

His eyes went wide at my volume, but he stayed quiet.

Was this really the end of us ?!

"I ran out 'cause my mom called me... she.. she only calls me for emergencies!"

"What emergency did you have??" He snapped.

"Uh, well.. my mom, she's just paranoid about storms.. so went she heard it'd be really stormy she.. she called me. Yeah." My voice was shaky and anxious.

Why'd my voice sound like this this?!

Before walking out, he rolls his eyes at me and walks off.

"..what..??" I muttered nervously, in shock.

Why'd he just walk off?!

Did he just not like me anymore?!

A few hours later, I ran up to him anxiously and blurted a apology for running out.

"Hii Alex! It's really nice to see you again! I'm sorry for everything." I smiled brightly.

He gazed up to me sweetly, which gave to tons of butterflies as a surge of energy went through me.

For whatever reason..

"Hey, Evelyn, nice to see you around here. You're okay."

"..uhh.." I stammered, processing everything.

SO WE'RE BACK ON!! YESSSSSSSSSS

"Oh okay!! Thank you so much!! You're so awesome!" I giggled happily.