FOREST

14 - breakfasts and lakes

"Kade?"

He could barely hear the voice.

"Kade? Do you want to go to breakfast?"

Even though the voice was louder, he couldn't bring  himself to answer.

"Kaden, get your ass up!"

Kaden felt a hit across his face, and even though the surface of the item he was hit with was soft, he instantly woke up from the shock.

"What the fuck?" he rubbed his eyes, Layla and Spencer standing in front of him.

"You two are both lazy as hell! You should be the ones sharing a tent," Layla threw the pillow back onto the bed, making Kaden realize it was empty.

"Where is Zoie?" he asked, standing up.

"Everyone's already at breakfast. I had to wait for this idiot, and now you," Layla put her hand on her hip, and Spencer pulled her closer by her waist.

"Look who's all grumpy today," Spencer kissed her and she rolled her eyes, but kissed him back.

Kaden walked passed them and started getting ready, quickly grabbing his toothbrush and exiting to the bathroom. After he got dressed, they headed to the food tent in the yellow zone. Cara, Landon, Tamara, Melanie and Zoie were already sitting around a big, circular table, their plates filled. 

After settling on fruits and toasted bread with jam, Kaden joined them. 

"I'm definitely going to that party tonight," Melanie said, then took a sip of her orange juice.

"I think we all are," Cara said, "but that's not the problem - what are we going to do for the rest of the day? There's no way I'll just stay in my tent."

"I could keep you occupied," Landon put his hand on her thigh, but she just smacked it away.

"You can keep me occupied after the party."

"Okay, enough about your sex life," Layla sat down, "We could go swim in the lake?"

"Yeah, we could," Melanie agreed.

*

"When did you wake up?" Kaden asked Zoie as they started walking back to their tent after breakfast.

"I don't know, I think it was around eight," her hair was up in a ponytail, only a few loose strands hanging on the sides of her face.

"You know you could've slept longer? This is supposed to be a vacation."

"I don't like sleeping in," she replied, just as they arrived to their tent, "When did Layla say we are meeting up?"

"In half an hour."

"Okay," she said, walking over to her bag. She pulled out her black bikini and exited to the bathroom, returning only a minute later.

Kaden was going through his bag when she entered, searching for his swimming shorts. Once he managed to find them, he turned around, failing to move.

"You, uhm, know that you can wear something over the bikini before we arrive at the beach?"

Zoie was retying her hair, "I know idiot, I just need to find the clothes."

"What's up with all of you girls calling us idiots?"

Zoie smiled and walked over to her stuff. Kaden couldn't peel his eyes off of her body as she selected the clothes she was going to wear - he was just standing in one spot, his swimming trunks in one hand.

Once she selected the jeans she started putting them on.

"What's your problem?" she asked, buttoning them, as he stared at her breasts.