Chapter 5

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I stared at them. Grayson Snape? Bella Rosales? I swore I heard those names before. Probably at school. "Oh, sorry. Where are my manners? I'm Ember Hill! And this is Alex Rodriguez." I turned around and looked at Alex. He still seemed sad, in a way. "Pleased to meet you!" I heard Grayson tell me as I spamming around again. "You can call me Gray!" I smiled. I was hoping I wouldn't have to call him 'Mr Grayson' or 'Mr Snape'. "You can call me Bella! Pleasure to meet you, Ember." I just smiled. I wasn't good at this socialization thing. Alex tried stepping forward, but I put an arm in front of him. I looked at him. "You'll have to excuse Alex. He's not in it today." Alex stared at me with a hard stare, probably a warning.
We spent the night telling stories at the camp fire near our tent. It seems this camp is on your own, or everybody for themselves. "Where is everyone, Maddie?" She looked at me. "We'll talk later, Em." We went to our tents. I was the last one to leave because I was cleaning up, at least, I thought I was alone. After I put out the fire, I started to my door, but was stopped by footsteps. The amber of the fire shone thru the darkness. "Ember. . ." I turned around, and there he was. That, same boy. . . Alex.

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