My Short Stories

The Skinwalker

The summer of 2017. 

I went on a camping trip with four of my closest friends. Sam, Kace, Damon, and Mia. Damon also brought his girlfriend, Taylor. Just the six of us, alone in the woods, in an old cabin. 

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"Alright did you guys get everything?" I asked, loading everything into the back of my car. 

"Yes Cleo, for the hundredth time, we grabbed everything," Mia stood next to me. Her blue eyes met mine. 

"I'm sorry, just keep getting that feeling that I've forgotten something," I chewed on my nail, thinking. Did I forget something? Is everyone here? "Wait," I turned to Damon, "is Taylor almost here?" 

"Yeah she just texted me, five minutes," he didn't bother looking up from his phone. The light from the screen lit up his green eyes. 

"She's texting and driving?" Kace sat next to him on the wooden bench. 

"Yeah, so," Damon shrugged.

"Hah," I snatched his phone from his hands.

"Hey-" 

"There will be no phones on this trip," I also grabbed Kace's, Sam's, and Mia's. 

"Aw come on, I wanted to take cute pictures together," Mia whined. 

"Here," I handed her my camera, "take care of it, that thing wasn't cheap." As they got over the fact that I took their phones, Taylor pulled in. Her nice, new car. A car that we would dream of having. She stepped out, her pink heals sinking into the mud. She instantly got mad, it makes me wonder. Why was she even invited on this trip? 

"Babe, what are you wearing. We're going camping remember," Damon went over to her, pulling her into his arms.

"Yes I remembered," she had the look of disgust on her face, "I had to be somewhere before I came here." 

"Where could you have possible been at 7 in the morning dressed liked that," Mia said, quirking her eyebrow. Taylor pretty much had the clothes any preppy girl dreamed of. Pink jumpsuit, white high heals, white sun hat. Her style disgust me, its just a little too much especially for camping. 

Looking at Taylor then back at the rest of us, she really stood out. Me I dressed in my normal attire even though were going camping. Random band t-shirt, ripped blue jeans, with a red plaid shirt tied around my waist. 

Mia, my best friend, pretty much has the same taste in fashion... band tees and plaid. Damon wears whatever he feels like, some days he looks nice and others he looks bummy. Sam and Kace, the twins, have there own little style. Kace more of the dork of the group. He wears these glasses that are fake and pants with suspenders. Sometimes a fedora, with a bow tie. Sam wears the Star Wars and cat tees. Today Kace wore his suspenders, but he let them hang low. 

"I was in Star Bucks, I know those people and couldn't let them see me dressed like you." 

"Hmm," I nodded my head, "tell me this, why did you even come?" I cocked my head to the right, crossing my arms. 

She hesitated for a second, looking between Damon and me. "Well to spend the weekend with Damon of course." I know she's telling the truth just not all of it... "I'ma go change now, be right back," her smile bright, but only because of the whitening strips. Her blonde hair wavy, going side to side as she pranced into my house. 

Damon met eyes with me and shot us all an apologetic smile. "Damon remind us all why you date her," Mia said, resting her arm on my shoulder. I didn't bother meeting her glance.