Camp Kimani (reyton short story)

Chapter 8: Treehouse

>Rowan<
Its been another 3 weeks here at Camp Kimani, and it's been great.
But for some crazy reason, my roommates decided to wake me up in the middle of my sleep to get me ready for something special. Its camp. Theres not many things to get dressed up for. I look outside and see that its still dark and that my clock read 9:00 pm. I barely went to sleep and they wake me up? I groan and flop back down. As all three of them frantically run around the room, looking for makeup, clothes and the curling iron, I grab my phone and tweet out to my fans.

@rowanblanchard:
what might my friends be planning for me I wonder? what do you guys think?

"Hey! No asking fans for answers. They might figure it out," Hazel shouted as she obviously read my tweet. I laugh and start scrolling through Instagram, until Sabrina pulled me out of bed and handed me a toothbrush. "Brush your teeth cause wow that stinks." I send her a glare as I get up.

I came back to have a white dress thrown at me. I decided to not even try arguing with the three, so I simply do what they say. I slip on the white dress and sit down to let Blaire put my hair into somewhat straightened curls. Then, Hazel pulled out a grey makeup bag and started to apply many products to my face. After maybe an hour of being man handled by three very eager teenage girls, I step in front of our mirror and smile. They did a really good job. I may not know where I'm going, but I know that I won't look half bad.

"Crap, its almost 10. Get out," Sabrina told me as she pointed to the door. I look at her with a confused expression? "What? You're going to wake me up, force me to get dressed, and then push me out the door without telling me where I'm going?" I ask. The three exchanged glances before in unison saying, "Yep."

They push me out the door while handing me a pair of black converse and my phone. "Converse with a dress?" I question Sabrina. "Hun, its a bit of a walk," Sabrina shortly explained as she pointed to a trail of arrows on signs. "Sabrina?"

"Hey, this is gong to be great okay. Trust me." I uneasily shake my head and slip my converse on. I wave bye to my roommates and begin to follow the trail. The signs of arrows seemed to be ever lasting. After almost 10 minutes of walking, I make it to a..treehouse?

*come up^^*
Reads another sign at the bottom.

What do I have to lose? I climb up carefully and open the hatch to find stringed lights, a platter of fruits and crackers, and a smiling Peyton. "Hey rowboat, how'd you sleep," he asked with that smug grin of his. I shake my head with a smile and run over to hug him. "Whats all of this?" "This..is simply another night at camp with an extraordinary girl in a lit up treehouse." I smile and don't question anything the whole night.

We talked for hours on end about all random topics that made their way to our heads. We laughed and smiled all night long, having a great time in each other's presence. The fruit and crackers were gone and the lights had almost gone out, yet everything still felt perfect. I lay down on Peyton's chest and watch him tangle his fingers in my hair as we talk about absolute nonsense.

I laugh, "Wait, wait- so let me get this straight? You walked into the wrong classroom, and then you tripped, and then you lost your notebooks, all on the first day of school?" Peyton face palms himself and starts to laugh with me. "Yes, I know, it's hilarious." "How come you've never told me about this?" I ask.

"I don't know really. It's kinda embarrassing." I turn around to face him. "All of us are embarrassed about something. Your failures show people that you're human, and that you're just like them. I like you're mess ups," I smile at him and he returns it. Peyton tucks a strand of hair behind by ear and intertwines our fingers. "You're beautiful row, you know that?" I can feel myself blush.

"Can I show you something?" Peyton asks me. Curiously, I nod my head and watch as he brings me back down the treehouse. He walks me to the back of the treehouse and watches as my eyes go wide. In big red letters are the words, Rowan will you go out with me?

>Peyton<
So far, everything has been going great with Rowan. She loved the lights and loved the treehouse too. Can't wait until I show her what's in the back. I bring Rowan down the treehouse and to the back, just to see her beautiful smile widen as she reads my sign. Within seconds, she wraps her arms around me tightly. "I'll take that as a-"

I'm interrupted with a soft touch on my lips. I'm surprised at first, but quickly kiss her back. This kiss was different from kisses on Girl Meets World. This kiss had meaning.

Rowan finishes my sentence after she releases, breathless, "-yes." I smile and pick her up, taking her back up the treehouse, leaving kisses on her lips with every step. I clumsily step on a broken ledge in the treehouse and send us both flying to the blanket. The both of us laugh. I smile as she kisses my cheek, "Yep, I definitely like your mess ups."

I can't lose this girl. And if I do, it surely won't be my fault.
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a/n: yaaaayyyy! finally updated! i actually know what im going to do for this book, so hopefully I will be updated a lot quicker. thank you for sticking around you guys. ily

- anaya