Summer Love

chapter 5

***morning

Waking up I look at the clock.
6:30
I get up and get dressed. I leave the cabin and head toward the field. This morning they are playing soccer and I always wake up early so I decided to go. I don't like playing score but maybe I can try playing. 

I get there and see my brother with his friends. I see a few counsellors standing there talking to on each another. When I get closer I see a counsellor with a baseball cap and glasses. I knew right away who that was. I jog ou to the counsellors and put my hand sneakily on the counsellors back. The counsellor turns slightly and looks down to see who it is. He sees me and smiles. I look into his eyes giving him a look that says that I need to talk to him. He understands and turns to the  other counselors.

"Hey I am going to bring Riley to the nurse to check out her foot. She twisted it yesterday and her counselors asked me yesterday to take."

The other counsellors nod and we start on our walk to the "nurse". 

"What's wrong Riley?" Ethan asks.

I sigh. "Last night I woke up at about 4:00am to this ringing in my ear. Then I started to hyperventilate and I was crying. I went to the washroom with Riley and calmed down a bit. I was crying and panicking because I am scared of the dark. Riley gave me a small light for the night but I have to find a better solution for it." I Looked up at him ready for him to laugh at me because what fifteen year old is scared of the dark. He stared at me for a few minutes. He then grabbed my hand and brought me into the lodge. No body was there but to make sure nobody walked in he dragged me to a back room only counselors can be in. He locked the door and turned to face me. He brought his hands to my cheeks and brought his lips to mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he put his on my thighs picking me up in the process. He broke off the kiss and started trailing kisses down my neck. His hands were going up and down my stomach underneath my shirt. I started to get a little nervous because I think he couldn't control himself anymore. We just started dating yesterday and I know we were already rushing things so we didn't need to rush it even more. 

"Ethan." I moan. He doesn't listen to me and keeps sucking on my neck. He reconnects our lips and starts to bite my bottom lip.

"Ethan. Please." He stops and looks up at me. "I don't want to go farther. We just met yesterday. I already like you a lot but we can't go further right now. Plus I'm fifteen and you almost eighteen."

"Riley? I need to tell you something but you can't freak out okay?" I nod. "I know we just met yesterday and you might think I'm joking but I love you. I really really love you. I have dated one or two girls in the past but I've never loved someone so fast before in my life. I knew I was going to fall for you but I didn't know it would be this fast. It's weird for me because it is really rushed but I don't think I could wait any longer."

I looked at him surprised. This guy was my first ever boyfriend, first ever kiss, in the last twenty- four hours and he is already telling me he loved me. What do I tell him? Do I love him? I don't even really know what love is! It's only been less than a day. But when I see him I only see him. When we were at dinner I just wanted to sit next to him and for everyone to disappear. After the camp fire I just wanted to cuddle with him and never leave him. Maybe I love him.

"I love you too. I really do. I had to think to make myself one hundred percent sure but I know I love you. Ethan I really love you. You are my first kiss, and first boyfriend and we are rushing this but I feel like it doesn't matter. We can sorta take it slow throughout this week and see where it goes, but I know I love you." I reach my lips to his and start kissing him. All of a sudden a knock is on the door.

"Is anybody in there?" Said a deep voice. I break my lips off of Ethan and open my eyes really wide. I know that voice. There is only one male counsellor who has a deep voice like that. My Uncle Arctic.

Small back story. Four years ago I came to camp and met a counsellor named Arctic. His real name is Collins. Anyways his cabin was next to mine so I kind of knew him. One day at the beach I was on Arctic's back and he was walking around in the water talking to people. He went up to this counsellor and told us we were siblings. She believed him and asked him how old I was. I whispered in his ear without her knowing that I was eleven. She fully believed that we were siblings. After a little bit of talking to her Arctic couldn't take it anymore and told her we weren't siblings. He said that actually he was my Uncle. She actually believed that to. Since then I've been calling him my Uncle and he calls me his niece. Back to reality.

I look at Ethan and nod for him to answer. "Yea Collins it's me Ethan I was just grabbing something."

"Okay, could you hurry up though, chapel is starting. I'll see you there." With that Ethan and I heard footsteps walking away. I let go of my breath and giggled a bit. Ethan looked at me like I was crazy.

"What are you laughing at. We almost got caught." 

I looked at him and smiled. I walked around him and opened the door. I walked out with Ethan behind me and we went outside. We started walking to chapel. While walking I grabbed Ethan's hand. Right away he let go with out even thinking it looked like. I frowned.

"Sorry Riley but anyone could see us." He saw my face and couldn't take it. He latched his arm with mine so no one would think we are dating, they would think that he is helping me. I caught on and started limping a little bit. We kept walking all the way to chapel. I looked up at him when we got to chapel and thought one thing. I was right. I loved him.