Camp Kimani (reyton short story)

Chapter 1: Polaroids

>Rowan<
"We're here!" my mom yells. Me and Sabrina let out a high-pitched squeal and run out of the van. We quickly grabbed our bags and hug our moms tight before having to leave. "Have fun girls! You know where to go right?" "Yes mom, we'll call you when we get to our cabins," Sabrina told her mom. We gave them one last hug before running towards our new home for this summer.

"Hellooo summer camp," I said excitedly, linking my arm with Sabrina's. "And helloo hot guys," she said as her eyes followed multiple boys. We both let out a slight laugh and look through our information packet. "We're in cabin 16."

Both of us begin to scan for our cabin, while also looking at a few activities going on around us. People were swimming in the lake, others were climbing a nearby rock wall. "Cabin 16!" Sabrina called out. We speed walk to our cabin, and open the door with a squeal. "Its so cute!"

As I'm looking around, I see that there are four beds. Two on one side and two on the other. The two on the left side of the room are already covered in personal sheets and luggages. Theres a variety of posters on the wall, but the one thing I'm not seeing is the people who own all of this.

"I call this one," Sabrina jumped on one of the beds and started unpacking her belongings. "I guess this one is mine then," I tell her as I let out a laugh.

After about an hour of getting situated into the cabin, we're finally done. Sabrina has a light blue cover with lace patterns engulfing it. Mine was beige with white trim. Our side of the room was pretty plain, so we decided to hang up some of our polaroids from a few years ago. As I'm going through the pictures I slowly lift up one of them. It was a picture of me and Peyton.

We never dated or anything, we were just best friends. He knew everything. He knew more than Sabrina. I told him every last detail to every story and situation. All the embarrassing moments, all of my secrets. I smile, thinking back to all our good times.

But immediately my smile fades, remembering why those memories don't mean a thing. I trusted Peyton. I gave him my 100% trust, right from the beginning. And what did he do with it? He destroyed it. A while after we finished Girl Meets World, Peyton told me that he had to move and I was absolutely heart broken because my best friend was leaving. I had liked Peyton before and I wanted to tell him before he left, so I went to his house quickly.

I collapsed in his arms and told him that I would miss him and all, and after that I confessed my feelings for him. I was expecting for him to comfort me and tell me everything would be okay and that maybe he would tell me that he like me too, but thats when all of his friends came out.

*Flashback*
"and one more thing....I-I like you Peyton. I wanted to tell you before you left." I explained. He immediately starts laughing. I'm so confused. I don't know whats going on. Then all of a sudden, I see a group of guys come in, dying of laughter. "W-what is this?" I ask.

"Wow Rowan, seeing you cry was priceless and you confessing that you like me just makes this all better." I give him a questioning look, not knowing what was happening. "The whole thing was a joke Rowan. I was never going to move. We all just wanted to see how pathetic you could be. And seriously? Like I would ever go for someone like you. Oh and while I'm still talking, this whole friendship was fake, just letting you know." They all continue to laugh at me while the tears continuously pour dour my face. "Great secrets you have, doll," I hear one of them say before doubling over in laughter.

"I can't believe you would do this to me?!" I yelled. "You're way too gullible," he told me.

With that, I left his house crying my eyes out. As soon as I got home, I made my way up to my room, slowly slid down my door, pull my knees up to my chest, and sob.
*Flashback over*

He's tried apologizing before, but I knew that he never meant it. I clutch the picture and walk to the door, "I'll be right back, I need to blow off some steam." "Are you okay?" she asks. "I wish.." I say, and quickly run out of the cabin, throwing the polaroid on the ground.

>Peyton<
Me and Bradley just got dropped off at Camp Kimani, and dropped off our bags in our cabin. We decided to walk around the camp site and check out the place. It seems pretty cool, but I'd rather be back in L.A. than over here.

I decided to take a seat at a a bench nearby and checkout the girls that are around. "You find any Peyton?" Bradley asks me. "Ehh, they're all decent. How about you Brad?" He shakes his head, "Nope, I still only have one girl on my mind." I scoff before speaking. "How long have you been hung up on Sabrina? Try out a few girls man. Plus, you guys haven't talked for ages."

"Yea, thanks to you," he says as he stands up and walks away. "What's that suppose to mean?" "You already know what I'm talking about Peyton. Rowan and Sabrina are best friends. I want to be with Sabrina, but then you and Rowan might see each other. If you weren't such an ass to her, than maybe I could actually talk to Sabrina without Rowan getting mad because she thinks that I'm a horrible person for being friends with you. And you already know that I'm no player. I actually want a healthy relationship."

"It was just a joke," I exclaimed. "It was a messed up one Peyton," he told me and then walked away, leaving me by myself. He was right. What I did was wrong.

It all started out as a bet between me and a few of my so called friends. They wanted me to get close to Rowan and crush her in the end. I stupidly said yes to the challenge.

At the beginning, it was all just some bet to me, but after a while, me and Rowan created a great friendship. But that doesn't matter now. I ruined it. All of it. She gave me her trust, and I let it slip through my fingers.

Seeing her so hurt that night broke my heart, but I kept laughing with the guys. Was it to keep my reputation? Was it to seem cool? I don't know. All I know is that I lost the greatest friend.

Nothing has been the same since that night, and I'm to blame. If I wouldn't have made the bet in the first place, then none of that would've happened. I wish that things could change.

I eventually get up from the bench and walk around to clear my mind. As I'm looking at my surrounds, I feel myself step on something. I look down to see the back of a..Polaroid? That's weird. I pick the picture up and flip it over, and I'm shocked yet confused to see me and Rowan. We took this picture a few years ago back at the set. It was the day we shot for Girl Meets Yearbook. God, that episode was weird.

I wonder why it's here.. I decide to knock on the cabin door that's close to where I found the Polaroid. As I'm about to knock, I hear someone from behind me. "Peyton?" I turn around and see her. "Hi," is all that I can manage to get out.

"Why are in front of my cabin?" she asks. "Um.."