The Exchange Student

Episode 28

EPISODE TWENTY-EIGHT

What happened last night was like a dream to me, I still pinch myself now to make sure that wasn’t a dream and thank goodness it wasn’t, which made me feel even more light-headed. Everyone is so comfortable with each other now, Haley and Kevin are always together with Cindy and Ryan. Jamie and Kelsey seemed a bit distracted but still friendly with each other. Of course Arden and I are spending as much time as we can with each other. We’re still not a couple though, we just think it’s too risky to be in a long-distant relationship besides we’re still in the moment where we just enjoy each other’s company regardless of what our status is.

At the moment, each pair is doing different things. Ryan and Cindy are by the lake, Haley and Kevin are talking and laughing, Jamie is teaching Kelsey how to play the guitar, while Arden and I are here, lying on the grass, just watching clouds pass by

“That one looks like a rabbit” Arden said pointing at the sky

“No it doesn’t” I answered “It looks like a hamster with antlers”

Arden laughed “a hamster with antlers? Really?”

“That’s what I saw” I grinned “and you have to admit, it’s cooler than a rabbit”

Arden giggled “yeah”

I then took out my phone and started the camera

“smile” I said as I took a picture, and one picture lead to a dozen more, each having a different expression from both of us, most are silly but that’s what we want it to be

“We have to get this pictures printed” Arden said “I’ll post them in my room when I go back”

I sat and wistfully looked at Arden “I still can’t believe you’re leaving next week”

“I still can’t believe it either“ Arden added “but I have to, we can still email each other, what’s the use of Facebook!”

“But it wouldn’t be the same as being with you and feeling your presence here with me”

Arden just sadly looked at me

Then we heard shouting mixed with laughter coming from the direction towards the lake, turns out, it was Cindy shouting “Stop it Ry!” as she ran away from her

Ryan that it would be fun to throw mud at her girlfriend and when he saw us, he decided that it would be more fun if he threw mud at her friends too. So another fight started, the muddy kind.

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After that mud fight, we quickly took a dip at the lake and went to our tents to rest. We talked and laughed about things in the past, every second was full of laughs that time seemed fast then twilight came. Since it’s our last night here, we decided to sleep under the starry sky, so we took our sleeping bags outside out tents and laid them on the grass in a circular pattern. After eating dinner, we had sang songs for a bit before going to bed. We all said good night to each other and tuck in

I laid on my sleeping bag and watched Arden trying to find a comfortable spot, when she finally found one, she noticed me looking at her then smiled. She then found my hand and intertwined her

I smiled and we both close our eyes and went to sleep

The next day, we packed our things but before walking back to Haley’s uncle’s house, we, of course, took lots of pictures, just to add more to our previous pictures from yesterday.

With everyone ready to leave, I took one last look at the place that brought me and Arden even closer than before and smiled. I’ll never forget this place