The Pond

Chapter Four: What Friends Are For

     So, since yesterday didn't go very well, Wyatt picked where we went to study today. After the bell rang, he texted me from across the hall, which I sense will become normal now.

     "Meet me at the park, I know where we can go so nobody will see us today." And just as I did yesterday, we gave a nod and we were off to our study place.

     Once I pulled up at the park, I got out of my car with my book bag and met Wyatt at his car.

     "You're sure nobody will find out we're here?" I really don't want him to have to up his game from kissing me yesterday.

     "Yes, I'm positive. But you don't even know where we are going yet?"

     "No, but I mean where can we go?"

     "You'll see. I had to be picky today, considering I was let off the hook yesterday. I had to tell them I had an awesome hookup with a girl from geometry." I laughed while Wyatt explained to me his cover-up story.

     "Yeah, you better have picked a good spot."

     "I did. Follow me, and keep a low profile."

     Wyatt pulled a bag out of his trunk as we talked and then closed it, motioning for me to follow. We walked across the park and I just kept asking him where we were going.

     "Can you get any more annoying? Like, how much more clear can I be?" Wyatt complains about my curiosity as we stop at the edge of the park.

     "You led me to a trail in the woods!" I am not looking forward to this.

     "Yeah, what?"

     "We are not studying in the woods. Are you crazy!"

      "It's not as bad as you think. Get ready, Pretty-Girl." Wyatt laughs at me, so I give him a simple eye-roll and follow. And after ten minutes of walking, I regret the part about following him.

     "Are we almost there yet, Wyatt?"

     "Almost, will you stop complaining for a minute?"

     "I don't want to walk anymore." I look up from the ground and pull my bag up on my shoulder to see that we are walking along a creek. The creek is widening as we walk, so I look further along the path and it opens up into a pond.

     "Woah, this is pretty." I'm almost in awe as I look up. There is a small waterfall coming off of a cliff. The water is blue and clean, but it looks like nobody even knows this place is here.

     "Yep. I found it one day after school."

     "How do you just find something like this?"

     "Where I used to live, I loved walking in the woods. But here, there's not much around my house, and this is the only place I saw forestry. So, after school one day, I stopped by and peeked around."

     "Okay wait, this is great, but where are we actually going to put our stuff?"

     Wyatt reaches down in his bag and pulls out a blanket. "I got us covered."

     We throw our bags down and pull out our books, as we do every day. But it's different being out here. The first thing I notice is how peaceful it is.

     "So today, I was wondering if we could work on reviewing some things. I didn't pick up much from the beginning of the year and I didn't pay much attention in class." Wyatt is sitting cross-legged and flipping through the pages in his book, while I lay on my belly and haven't even pulled mine out yet.