Carmel Crest» n.h. | Discontinued

Two

Painful Reminders
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Two:

I walked slowly to the main hall for an assembly. In my hand I carried Niall's shorts. I decided I would just deal with the consequences of his pervertedness. If he was a jerk about the whole thing, his lively shorts were taking an eternal dip in the lake.

Mari stayed behind, planning to skip out on the assembly. I told her Melody, the camp supervisor, would not be pleased, but she refused to listen. So like a best friend, I told her I'd laugh in her face if she was caught.

"Evie!" I heard my boyfriend, Auden call. I spin on my heel facing the blonde haired boy with a smile spread on my face. He grabs ahold of my hand and kisses my cheek. "How was your first night? Mine was pleasant." He looked down at me, his braces shining in the sun.

"Mine was... Counterproductive." He frowns slightly but understands I don't want to talk about it.

The Main hall is crowded when we arrive. Everyone is scattered into their cabin groups. Niall and his group of friends stand up in the front with Melody, and the rest of my cabin mates minus Mari, are there also. Auden and I walk over to the group and Niall catches my eye. I can tell he is holding in his irritating laugh, but he only smiles. He looks down to Auden and I's hands intertwined. His smile fades, and I know exactly what he's thinking. Too late now.

He opens his mouth to say something, but I know better than to let him speak in front of Auden about last night.
"Can you just not? Please?" I plead.

"Oh, I think but your in the wrong place, Tumblr is actually a couple miles back." Niall ignores Audens presence as expected.

"Well, the pot of gold is actually on the other side of campus." I mused as he rolled his eyes. I throw his washed shorts at his face.

"I got my gold right here." He smirked.

"Ahem.." Melody announces into the mic.  In her other hand she's holding a clipboard. "Okay guys, we'll meet here every week to go over the itinerary. Just a warning, I'm a bit OCD. So, this week, we're going to be canoeing, going on a hike, having a free day, constructing, and the dying shirts. You'll receive more details through the loud speakers on the day of, and you'll get cabin checks every three days. Saturday's and Sunday's are also free days. So go have breakfast, and we'll begin the first activity." Crew love by drake starts faintly playing in the background as everyone clears out to the dining hall where there was French toast and fruit.

"Counselors, start preping the canoes." Melody demanded before leaving the building. Everyone grumbled before stalking off to the lake to prep the canoes.

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"Keep your legs and feet inside the canoe, don't rock the canoe, and do not push each other off." Amy explained the rules while all the councilors were on the sidelines.

Niall stood beside me, Auden with Melody, somewhere else. I hoped he wouldn't take long. I was going to need him if Niall was going to be here.

"So, I had fun last night." Niall whispered.

"Mhm." I wasn't going to give into his charm like that. Not again.

"I'm looking forward to spending summer with you." He pushed in further.

"Mhmm." He turned to me with a slightly annoyed look, but I didn't turn back.

"Why are you ignoring me?"

"It was a long time coming." I said truthfully.

"Why?" He sounded like he was begging. But I knew better, than to fall for his tricks.

This gathers up my anger and makes me explode. I turn to him and snap,"You know why, Niall Horan. Don't act so clueless."

"Are you ignoring me because you got rejected?" He chuckled as if it was the most unbelievable thing in the world.

"No! You know why I'm upset. It was practically your doing!" I whisper screamed. His eyes turned dark and his heart turned to stone at that moment.

"You played half a part. You can't blame me for that. You brought it upon yourself. In fact, you did most of the work, if I remember that night perfectly." He thinks back thinking about my terrible actions.

He is unbelievable. I stomped off, leaving him there with his thoughts. I'm sure Melody won't notice two of us gone.

Deep in the woods there's a large rock overlooking a small stream. Nobody knows about it except me. It's where I do my thinking. My feet dangled off the rock, and the only thing that could be heard was the running of the water.

A crunching made me turn around and the one and only Niall Horan trudged down the steep hill. He sat next to me on the large rock and for what seemed like hours, we stayed silent. A comfortable silence, where no bickering, laughing, or crying took place. Then Niall whispered so quietly, you would think only he would here it.

"Why do you hate me Evie Oberlin." But I ignored it. I didn't wanting to disturb the calmness anymore. You know why Niall, my subconscious painfully whispered. 

"How about a deal?" He suggested.

"What?"

"For you to forgive me." I opened my mouth to rebut his idea, but was interrupted. "Please." Niall begged, his eyes flash with a twinge of pain and guilt.

"One minute." His face contorted into a grateful smile.

"A prank war." His smile grew once he heard his clever idea. "We pick teams, and the for the rest if the summer here, we prank each other. The pranks have to work and can't be one of those dumb glue a penny to the floor pranks in order to gain a point. The team with the most points by the end of the summer wins. If I win, you have to forgive me. If you win, you have a choice. You can either forgive me, or we can forget everything that has happened in the last year. Forget forever."

"Everything?" I raise my eyebrows.

"Everything." He drags his word out.

"Deal." His eyes dance in amusement that I actually accepted his challenge.

"You have until tomorrow to pick your team." He smiles mischievously.

"I'll meet you at the docks." I knew my team, and we are, the mischief squad.

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"You picked a partner." Niall stood with his team which included, Liam and three other boys.

"Yeah, when I win, it'll be funnier when you lost to two girls." I smiled. Mari stood behind me analyzing the five. She
cringed at Niall and smiled at Louis.

"Have it your way. My team will consist of Harry, Zayn, Liam, Louis, and me." He pointed to each of them, as he announced their names.

"Well, you know Mari."

"How could I forget." It's Nialls turn to cringe. The four boys look at each other confused. "Okay, there are no rules, and we have until the end of the Summer camp. The team with the most points wins." We all nodded, understanding. "Good luck Evie."

"Good luck, Niall."

"Let the games begin." Niall smiled mischievously, giving me second thoughts about the whole thing.

Let the games begin, Niall,
Let the games begin.