That Month at Summer Camp

chapter 4

"Time to get up." Shout the councilors. Everybody sighs and groans, it's only eight in the morning. Everybody in our cabin gets their clothes on and then we go outside to where they tell us what we're going to be doing that day.

 "Alright, so today, we're going to learn how to surf, this whole week will be devoted to surfing, learning and competitions." Everybody high-fives each other, and I look at Tristan, he is already looking at me back.

  "You will work with your team for this week, and then the next week we have something different planned. All of you should have swim suits, so I want you all to get those on and to be ready in ten minutes, let's all meet back out here and we can divide into our groups." Everyone heads towards their cabins to get ready. 

 "So do you know how to surf?" Asks Emily.

 "No."

 "I kind of do," she says. "Ooh, I like your bathing suit, I think Christian will like it too." Emily winks at me. I'm wearing a polka dotted pink bikini.

 Once everyone is done, I pull up my cover up that I brought with me, and I got my towel and we all started walking outside to be in our groups. As usual Christian and I walk together to the beach.

 "Okay, first we're going to grab a wet suit and a board, then we'll learn the basics." Says Ian. All of the teams go and get wet suits and surf boards. Ian tells us about paddling, ducking waves, and the position  you have to be in in order to get up. "Now go ahead and try it!"

 I start paddling out towards the waves, I'm doing pretty good so far. I duck a wave and the next thing I know, water is filling up my lungs, I try getting up various times, but the waves just keep on tumbling over me.

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"Hey, please Andrea please be okay." Cries Christian.

 I cough "I'm- I'm okay."

 "Oh thank God." Christian hugs me

 "What happened?" I ask confused. Christian tells me what happened.

 "Wait but then how am I still here?"

 "Because he saved you." Says Ian pointing to Christian. "With CPR."

 "Oh, well thank you." Then I whisper quietly, "I wish I was awake for that." Christian smiles at me. 

 "You were out for two hours, I was so scared but I wasn't going to give up, I didn't want to lose you."

 "I'm here." I touch his cheek. He smiles lightly at me.

 "Alright you guys, that's it for today!" Yells Ian. We all start walking towards the camp again.

 "Hey you should rest, okay?" Says Christian in concern.

 "No, I'm fine."

 "Okay, well how about those guitar lessons then?"

 "Yeah, sure." I smile. We go to the guy that is just starting to begin the class. He teaches us the chords and gives us a guitar to borrow for a month.

 "Lessons are once a week." Darren, the guitar teacher, explains to us. By the time we're done with that, it's already time for dinner. I see people heading towards the mess hall, and Christian and I do the same.

 "Your smile is so cute," I tell him. 

 "Your eyes are so pretty." My eyes are hazel and I get compliments for them all the time, it's the one thing I'm proud of In myself.

 "Thank you," I blush. 

 For dinner I decide to talk to Emily so she doesn't think I'm that crazy about boys.

 "You have the best boyfriend ever."

 "I know." I laugh.   

 "Has he asked you out yet?"

 "No."

 "But I mean he saved your life, he basically kissed you, on the lips, and you weren't even awake ugh!"

 "You're like a fangirl Em. Wait I can call you Em right?"

 "Yes, and I'm not just a fangirl, I'm a hard core shipper, I ship Chandrea." I laugh at that comment.

 "Long live Chandrea." We both laugh.

 It's about eight now and I decide to just go and read a magazine or my book in the cabin. I hear a knock on the door a little bit later when everyone else is still out somewhere.

 I open the door and Christian is there down on one knee, like he's about to propose to me, with a rose in his hand.

 "Will you be my girlfriend?" I smile the biggest smile I've ever smiled in a really long time.

 "Yes!" I run up to him and hug him. "I love you."

 "I love you too. I love you so much." It was a pretty cold night, and him hugging me made me really warm, this all just seems so right. It seems like we were supposed to happen, like it's going to last forever. "Hey, you have a phone right?" He nods. " Can I get your number."

 "Of course." He gives me his number and I put it down in my contacts book under Christian with two hearts at the end. "Well, I should probably go now okay? Text me."

 "Okay I love you."

 "I Love you too. Bye." We hug and he kisses me on the cheek, and then he leaves.

 I lay there in bed just waiting for someone to get back. I end up going to sleep one hour early, but not before texting Christian first telling him I'll see him in my dreams.