Roses

8

Authors Note: Thank you guys!  I'm trying to make some twists, just wait!!

1:30 pm. Done with all classes. Four hours of extracurricular or free time. We must stay on campus. Fine by me.
So I've been sitting on my bed for thirty minutes. It's boiling hot outside, so I'm preferring the indoors. Suddenly there is a loud noise as the door hits the door stopper, but I wouldn't be surprised if it hit the wall. Expectedly, a winded Ridley bursts in the room and nearly jumps on top of me.
"Gray-" she begins, collecting her breath.
"Yes." I interrupt wanting her to get to the point.
"Put on your bathing suit." She smiles and grabs her bright red one piece. The school has strict instructions and only one piece bathing suits allowed. Thanks headmaster Benson.
"Why?" I wonder while getting up. She groans.
"It's a surprise. Please!" She runs in the bathroom and puts her suit on. I pull my navy blue suit out and go into the bathroom once Rids comes out. I quickly put the suit on and tie my hair up and hurry out the door grabbing a pool towel. I'm not sure where the pool is but I know we have one. Ridley grabs my hand and pulls me out of the building and down the math hall.
"First of all," she points to the door on the left of the dining hall. "That leads to the pool. They say it's a janitors rooms, but that's the other door." I nod my head as she pulls me towards the science hall. My eyebrows knit together.
"I know you are confused; it's fine!" She drags me along out of the doors towards the forest.
"Umm, Ridley?" I look at her questionably.
"I know I know." She takes my hand again and pulls me towards the back of the school until there is a dirt path through the forest. She puts me in front of her and leads me to follow the path. She stays behind me, I can feel her presence and thank you for staying behind me. I shudder at the thought of getting lost. Where are we going?
Finally I see a clearing and I walk towards it I see a makeshift hut with Max standing in it.
"Hello Gray, and my little sister Ridley. I see you've made it!" He smiles at us.
"I guess we have." I shrug.
"We have." Ridley confirms.
"Well please walk to the left of Max's hut! It's quite magical in here." He rolls his eyes and gestures to a path on the left. I walk down it and it leads just behind the hut. There are three pathways. To the left there is a sign that says Relax & Chat. In the middle, a sign says Waterfall & Pond. And to the right, a sign says Campfire.
"Where should we go first?" I ask, not knowing where we are at all.
"Let's go to relax and chat." She shrugs and leads me down a path and into a clearing with chairs and slabs all over the sand. I see Liddy sitting next to Cody and Lucas.
"So this is relax and chat." Ridley waves her hand and leads me down a long path to I assume, the waterfall and pond. We turn left at a crossroad and see River and Ash sitting atop the waterfall. River waves at us and Ash just grins. There is a big natural pool of water with a waterfall and some big rocks around it. Ridley sets her towel down on one of the few chairs. I do the same, but on the chair next to hers. She takes my hand and I hesitate to be dragged, but I slowly give in and I come (almost) toppling over her, so unluckily I fall into the pond.
"Ridley!" I splutter as I emerge from the surprisingly warm water.
"Sorry!" She continues to laugh so I yank her foot and she teeters in over me, a shocked expression on her face. I risk a glance at River and Ash and they are grinning wildly. I whip around to see Ridley coming up laughing.
"That was good, Gray." She giggles. I smirk and I wade deeper into the water.
"Thanks Rids." I laugh. I see a figure flying through the air to create a giant splash. A second later, I see it again.
"RIVER! ASH!" Ridley yells and I cover my ears. The boys come up from the water laughing. I smirk and go under for two seconds.
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We've been splashing a while when River takes Ridley's hand, I'm unsurprised that they like each other, and they grab their highs and go to the campfire along the long path. Ridley waves back at me.
Great. It's just me and Ash.
My cheeks go a soft pink, I can feel them burning.
"Do you want to check out the waterfall?" Woah. He said that very sweet. I wasn't expecting that.
"I can show you around if you'd like." That was also really sweet.
"Sure! I'd like that." I smile at him and we wade towards the shore. We walk out and he attempts to take my hand, and I allow it, feeling the heat rise in my cheeks. Luckily he is facing the other way, leading me to the falls.
"So, it's a really nice view from up here." He says, looking down on my from a rock , the water runs over his feet and down the edge of the rock into the pond. I climb up into the rock and sit down on top of it. The view is stunning. You see trees for about a mile and then you see the school, but the sky is so blue and there are birds flying high, as well as butterflies.
"It's stunning." I whisper, amazed by how beautiful England really is. Ash mumbles something, but I don't hear it.
"Did you say something?" I ask looking concerned at him.
"Oh. No I didn't." He plasters a smile onto his pretty boy face. I smile back and he leads me down the rock.
"Hey Ash?" I ask.
"Yeah." He grumbles.
"What was that cord I saw when looking at the view?" I grab my towel and dry off.
"Come with me." He picks up his towel so I take mine and follow him back towards the relax area. We wave at Liddy, Lucas, and Cody as we walk past them into a small path in the woods.
"Where are we going Ash?" I ask as we walk up a wooden staircase.
"You'll see." He grins at me as we walk up the long, winding, staircase.