Ashley Johnson

Chapter 3

The kiss was amazing to say the least. It didn't last long, much to my dismay. He pulled away and stroked my cheek.
"I really like you. I know that I'm known for being a player. But I'm not. I want to show you who I really am." He said while taking my hand. He looked into my eyes, waiting for a response.
"Why me?" I asked him.
"Because your not like the other girls. Your not obsessed with your looks. You don't keep on talking all the time and you don't like one direction. That's just a bonus. You make me laugh. Your different Ashleigh. And that's good." He said, making me smile. But it soon faded.
"I live in George. You live in Pretoria. You do know how far that is don't you?" I asked him sadly.
"Distance is just a test to see how far love can travel." He said with a smile.
"Your a hopeless romantic! That's so sweet."
He kissed my forehead and helped me up. Exept I fell down again. I hurt my ankle when I jumped.
"I hurt my ankle." I said. But a evil smirk made its appearance on my face.
"What?" He asked.
"Your gonna have to carry me." I said with a huge smile.
"Oh you're evil. Doesn't bother me, now I can get to touch your ass." He said with a smirk.
"Hells to the NO. You're gonna give me a piggyback ride. Then I'll reward you with a kiss."
With that he jumped up and helped me up. I jumped up with my good foot and positioned myself to be comfortable. He then gripped my legs and started walking around the wall.
"From who were we running by the way.?" He asked me.

"Monique. She is fudging everywhere."

"Oh. So she's a stalker?"

"Something like that. Anyway, I try to ignore her when I can. But she's everywhere, so it's hard."

"Interesting." He said.
The rest of the walk was silent. It wasn't awkward, just comfortable. The sea breeze blowing my hair to my right. The fresh smell of salt. It was refreshing.

"Crap, we forgot our plates. It's still by the wall." Floris stated.

"Leave it. We had paper plates, we could easily get new ones."

"But,.... food....."

"We can forage at my group. Carien eats painfully slow anyway plus she never finishes her food. She will share."

"FOOD HERE WE COME.!" He shouted and I burst out laughing. He started running with me still on his back. We got a lot of stares from people but didn't gave a shit.
We stoped at the smaller wall that stretches along the beach. My friends were too busy eating and talking so they didn't notice us.
"Hey guys" I said while Floris lowered me down on to the ground. "Anyone spare some food?" I asked with a huge smile.
They all looked at me and ignored the fact that I got a piggyback ride from one of the hottest guys at the camp. "What took you guys so long?" Elizma asked raising her eyebrows questionably.

"We ran away from Monique. She spotted us. So we made a U turn to the big wall by the busses. Dropping our favourite food in the process." I replied. Leaving out the whole Floris kissing me ordeal. It's gonna freak Suné out.
"And I kissed her." He replied. Everybody was now looking at me as to confirm the incident.
"You fudging IDIOT!" I said while punching him on his shoulder. The whole group started laughing, except for Suné and I. She just shrugged and continued eating.
"Sooooooo, are you too together now?" Simone asked me, while Arno and Alec gave Floris high fives.
Stupid guys.
"I ... uhm... don't really know. We haven't discussed that actually." I said frowning at the sight of the guys tackling each other.
"They left their food!" I whispered. I went to Arno's plate and stole his chicken crumble.

"So what do you think we're going to do today?" Elizma asked.

"They said something about going to Hartenbos later today and then we are going to come back and pack for the cave."

"Oh yea. What are you going to wear.?"

"I have absolutely no idea. I will just pull anything on." I said going in for my second fork full. I'm really not one for fashion. But hey, gotta look decent at least.