Into the Woods

11. |part 1|

🍂| C A M P

Do you ever think about how your friends are feeling truly? Having those deep thoughts at night wondering if those people truly enjoy the thought of you being alive. Even if they put up with you everyday, but what if that was a chore for them.

Gabby awoke in her lovers arms. A soft smile was on his face as he dreamt, Gabby forgot Tyler stayed the night in her dorm. So when she finally awoke fully, she heard whispering and giggles. She stuck her head out of her bunk to see al the girls shut up. Kelsey gave out a squeal, clapping her hands. "Tyler is in our cabin!" She was bouncing up and down as Wellarose rolled her eyes. "It's not like it's Josh or something." She mumbled as she pulled up her covers and went back to bed. "Both of you shut up." Gabby said sharply as she looked under her covers to see she wasn't wearing a shirt, but thankfully she was wearing shorts so that means they just cuddled. "Tyler is still sleeping, let him rest." She said sinking back under the covers as she took a deep breath. She felt Tyler roll over and then a soft touch of his arm could be felt on her bare shoulder. His hands were pretty cold surprisingly so she gave out a shiver as she sunk deeper in. She began to think, did Tyler really love her for who she is? She raised her hand and looked at the ring that was glinting on her finger.

It seems all couples go through a doubting phase, even if it's just one of them. Doubting if their lover cared for them as much as they cared for them. Gabby didn't enjoy the feeling of doubting Tyler, she cared a lot for Tyler. But so many girls liked him, and he's Tyler. She glanced over at the boy sleeping soundly and rubbed his shoulder to wake him up. The boy opened his eyes slowly and raised his head from the pillow looking as if he was brought back from the dead. Gabby grabbed a random shirt from under her bed, slipping it on. "Good Morning b-beautiful." Tyler said rising up from the bed as he rubbed his eyes. "Good morning sleepyhead." Gabby said joining him by rising up from the bed to join him. Kelsey was pretending to not pay attention but the whole time she was pushing her head as close as she could to hear them talk clearly.
"W-What did we so last night, after you gave me the ring." She asked trying to figure out why she was shirtless when she woke up. "Hmm, we went back here and then we just cuddled as we listened to music together. Nothing really that big." Tyler said shrugging his shoulders. Gabby must've taken her shirt off herself to just to take it. She nodded her head, she felt a bit better though. She thought Tyler only enjoyed her because of her body, the worse thing that could happen to someone. Tyler grabbed his shirt and threw it on, rubbing his hair. He looked at Gabby and did the goofiest grin unknowingly. "You just woke up and you already look better than me." He said planting a kiss on her cheek. "Today is the hiking trip for cabins 3-4." He said stretching, meaning Gabby and Tyler would be in the scorching heat along with two other counselors and whining children. Tyler slipped out of the bed. "I'm going to-go-wake up the boys." He said waving
goodbye. "Bye...Kelsey?" He said pointing at the girl who was staring at him and then trotting out of cabin to his. He was excited to look at the view with Gabby and goof off, this was the third time he went hiking at the camp. But it was his first time as an official counselor so he was excited to show of his skills to Gabby, snow he would be a great dad in the future. He always thought a kid won't be nice even though he's not really strong enough to attack a robber, he'd probably just beg for it to leave and give him all the red bull. But in the big picture he wanted to just have a good time with Gabby.

The brunette girl awoke in a bear hug from Josh. His head on her shoulder as their legs were intwined with each other's. Cabins 1-2 had a free day since the other cabins went to go hiking, so they didn't have to worry about a time to wake up. As she opened her eyes she saw that this wasn't her cabin, they must've crashed at Josh's, At least none of the kids seemed to notice. She turned over to where Josh and her nose were close to touching, she was praying in the inside that her breath didn't stink because she we trying to be cute. "Josh, wake up." She whispered rubbing his shoulder, he was shirtless which made her jump back a bit. But she knew they didn't do it because they stayed up all night looking at the stars and looking for constellations. Soon Josh eyes opened up and he looked a bit dazed as he moved around his hair was a mess and he looked a bit confused. "We should go fishing." Kate suggested as she rubbed her hand against his cheek to wake him up more. Josh grinned as he rose up from the bed and threw his arms out to stretch. "Yeah, we should go fishing." He said slouching as Kate slipped out of the bed, she was wearing pajamas thankfully. They must've stopped by her cabin to grab some PJ's, Josh got out of bed too and stood Infront of her. "I'll meet you at the lake." He nodded his head as he pulled her into a hug. She grinned and planted a kiss on his chest. "Okay.. See you in 10 minutes." She said slipping out of the cabin and sprinting to her cabin before anyone saw her.

Gabby walked out of the cabin, her girls walking behind her following in a line. Kate's dad stood in the middle wearing Khaki's and an underarmor shirt, behind him his daughter sprinting from Josh's cabin to hers. Gabby rolled her eyes as she realized she now needed to teach Kate how to sneak out in the middle of the night. She then saw Tyler follow out with his kids, he looked a bit annoyed as if something happened.

Something did happen actually, all the guys in his cabin would not stop talking about Gabby. But it wasn't in the good way, they were talking about her body. He did what any good boyfriend would do, he yelled at them crazily and told them all the other reasons she's great. Now the guys were all annoyed and didn't want to be there at all. The 12-13 year old guys looked as if death stared them in the eye since they had to go outside. Tyler walked up to Gabby and gave her a thumbs up, the girl rolled her eyes. "I don't want to be here outside either." She said elbowing him as she pointed at his kids. "They're going through puberty." He said shrugging his shoulders, he had a backpack hanging off his shoulder full of water, protein bars, and his ukulele incase they needed inspirational music.

As their journey began Tyler held onto Gabby's hand clicking his tongue to the rhythm of their arm swinging. The heat was slapping him in the face as sweat crippled down in every crease and crevice. "Does this heat Make my look fat?" He asked gabby putting a hand to his stomach. "Extremely, you should see a doctor about it." She patted his stomach. "Knew I should've laid off the Tacos." He said slamming his foot as he shook his head. Gabby rolled her eyes, Tyler was surprised her eyes weren't stuck up there since she rolled them so much. He then unzipped the bag and pulled out his ukulele as he strummed the tune of "I will Survive". Gabby just smiled and bounced to the beat as she heard Wellarose whining in the background. "I'm not fit to be outside, I will not survive." She groaned as she slouched while walking, her Feet scuffing against the dirt. Tyler looked over to the side and saw the view, the lake was glittering from the sun. That was probably the one thing that the sun did beautifully today. Tyler walked up to Kate's dad. "Am I allowed to take my shirt off?" He asked strumming the ukulele still. "Only if you stop playing that guitar." Tyler frowned and walked back to Gabby. "He called it a guitar." Tyler whined shaking his head. He zipped up the ukulele and grabbed two waters, giving one to Gabby. "Surprised he said that, he probably would've called it annoying instead." Gabby said shrugging her shoulders. Tyler then took off his shirt and tossed it into the bag. "Ahh, nothing more satisfying than taking your shirt off." Tyler stretched his arm out and pulled Gabby into a hug. "Easy for you to say." Gabby said tightening her ponytail and flapping her shirt as an air conditioner.

As they finally arrived at their destination they saw tents set up. Gabby was shocked, she just wanted to go back to her cabin. "Due to the heat, we set up these tents earlier incase something like this would happen." The priest said. "Just pick a tent and be smart." He said shaking his finger. Tyler led Gabby to one of the tents and threw the bag in. "Welcome to mi casa." He said opening the tent for her to head in. Gabby cringed a bit as she heard his attempt at speaking Spanish but she snuck into the tent, feeling a bit excited to have a tent just for her and Tyler. As Tyler snuck in behind her he gave out a sigh and threw himself into the floor.
"We can stay up all night, just look at the stars." He said laying sideways resting his head on his hand. "And maybe I can show you more of my music, I promise they're not all about Tacos." He said his cheeks turning a soft pink. "Why not?" Gabby said lying next to him but on her back. "It'll be delightful." Gabby added as she did a thumbs up. She was sweating so much her whole body was a sweat stain, she finished up her 5th bottle of water and gave out a groan. "I am melting." She whined as she waved her arms. Tyler rolled his eyes. "At least the heat doesn't make you fat." He said rubbing his stomach. Gabby looked at her own stomach, and glared at him. "Will you shut up." She said. "What, I think your stomach is cute." He said laying his head near her. "I won't be disgusted if you take your shirt off." He assured rubbing her arm. "You sure?" She was a bit self conscious about herself, she never usually showed anything that involved her stomach. But she was so sweaty, it was alms it disgusting to be soaking it in. "Yes I'm sure." He said smiling as he planted a kiss on her hand. Gabby gave out a deep breath as she took her shirt off and felt a bit better. "See, your stomach is cute." He said grinning pretty big. He was playing with the ring on his finger. She could feel herself blush. She couldn't believe she took her shirt off, but thank god she decided to wear her sport bra or that would've been really awkward for her. Tyler wrapped her into a hug from behind and rested his head on her shoulder. "I love youu." He said making a kissy face. Gabby rolled her eyes as she rested her head back on his shoulder and ran her right hand through his hair.

"I guess I have to love you too."