The Gang Adventures : The Cannibal Woods

Chapter One: Summer Vacation

Its funny how night and day can change a scenario. For example, walking out in the woods during the day is called hiking, exploring, and fun; but walking out in the night is considered scary and not safe. Only brave teenage kids go out in the woods at night. Teenagers like me and my few friends, Haley, Nik, and Patrick. Needless to say, we all have our different personalities, that’s why we’re all such great friends.

Haley gets scared easily; we use her as our pranks victim, but I love her to death. She’s not much taller than I am, so about 5’4, and her hair color seems to change every few months. Nik, he’s one of those guys who think they’re all that, even though they’re not. He’s tall, skinny, and has blue eyes with blond, spiky hair. Nik is easily hung up on any hot girl he sees but he is a great friend and always makes an occasion ten times more fun.

Patrick, I don’t even know how to describe him… He’s the complete opposite of Nik. He doesn’t think of himself like Nik does, he’s just here to have fun and not worry about anything. He’s the type of guy you could go to for anything. Patrick is tall, but not as tall as Nik, with brown hair and eyes.  I’m the goody two shoes of the bunch, but get me with people who I’m comfortable with and that fades away. I’m the shortest of the group and have long, dark brown hair and eyes.

Today Nik is taking us up to his parent’s cabin. Since it’s a longer drive, we’re stopping at an American Inn hotel when we’re half way there. Sitting by my bay window with Haley, we see his red truck pulling into my drive way. I get up from my spot next to Haley and grab my blue duffel bag from my bed. Turning back to Haley, I notice she has a worried expression.

“What’s wrong?” I ask her.

Her green eyes look at me, “I’m not sure if we should do this.” she pauses, “Is it safe?”

I roll my eyes and grab her arm to pull her up and away from the window. “Of course it’s safe! They’re our friends remember? And this is coming from me!”

She smirks, grabs her pink duffel bag and follows me out my bedroom door. “Yeah I guess”

“You have to stop second guessing everything you do. It’ll be fun, I promise.” We meet my parents at the bottom of the stairs.

“Be safe. Don’t do anything you’ll regret, we’re trusting you.” Mom says as she hugs us goodbye.

“I know, I know, you don’t have to worry, mom.” I open the door and Haley and I walk down the sidewalk while mom closes the door behind us. I face Haley before we get to Nik’s truck in the driveway, “Do we have everything?”

She glances over our bags, “Yup!”

“Are you girls just going to stand there or are we going to leave?” Nik shouts from the window.

“Shut up Nik, we’re coming.” Haley says while continuing to walk down the sidewalk.

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Sitting in the back seat of Nik’s truck, Haley and I jam to Maroon 5 blasting through the speakers. Meanwhile, Nik and Patrick talk about every hot girl we pass on the road. More like Nik talks and Patrick agrees. The hours pass by and the car ride is starting to get long.

“Nik are we almost to the hotel?!” I whine from behind Nik who lazyly sits in the driver seat.

“Still about another 20 minutes.” He replies.

Patrick turns to face Haley and I, “20 minutes of all this.” He says as he strings his fingers down his chest.

We all laugh, “Uh, yeah, Nik, please drive FASTER!” Haley teases. 

“Oh, what? Do you not want any of this?” Patrick says with hurt.

“No one does” I say as I pat his head, resting my hand on top of his soft, light brown hair. We all laugh some more.

“Well apparently you did not too long ago” He smirks and faces forward in his seat.

I can hear Nik’s voice coming from the seat in front of me, “BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRN”

I slap Nik’s shoulder, “Shut Up!” as Haley just giggles. They all know I use to have a thing for him but thankfully they just make a big joke about it, saving me the embarresment. 

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            We arrived at the hotel at about 7:30, checked in, and went to our room. It’s a usual hotel, not too fancy but not a complete dump, especially our room. It’s large enough to comfortably hold all of us. “I call this bed!!” Nik drops his bag and runs to the bed closest to the window and lays back on it, “It’s mine! All mine!” he continues to rant as he spraws out his whole body to cover as much of it as possible. Patrick walks up to the bed and throws his bags on Nik.

“You’re sharing the bed dummy.”

“Oh, I know. Its ok, you don’t need to be ashamed. Everyone wants to share a bed with me.” He say's with a cocky smile.

Haley and I laugh at Nik’s typical douche comment as we put our bags on the other bed.

“Trust me; you’re the last person I’d want to share a bed with.” Patirck says back. Nik puts his hand to his chest and pretends to feel hurt. 

Once everything was all situated, we pushed the two beds together and formed a circle on it. Haley then proceeds to take out a stack of cards, “BS anyone?” We're hesitant at first, we all know how these games end up, but eventually we all agree. She grins from ear to ear as she sorts out the cards. "I'm kicking all your asses." She claims and she whips her blond bangs out of her face. With that, the game begins.

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            It’s only been a few minutes into the game but there’s already a huge stack of cards in the center. I guess nobody has the guts to call BS. Haley lays down three cards into the stack, “3 aces’”

Nik looks up at her, “BULLSHIT!!” he yells.

I scold him, “For the fifth time Nik, just say BS!”

Haley smirks while reaching out her hand to flip over the three cards. Sure enough, there’s 3 aces’. “HAH!” she yells back. He looks down in shame and takes in the huge stack of cards, spending the rest of his turn organizing it all.

            The game continues with laughter and frustration. Nik yells out bullshit so many times that I give up on trying to stop him. At the end of the game we separate our beds and get ready for bed. In our PJ’s, Patrick turns on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He rolls down his red "One Act" sweat pants and jumps onto the bed. As soon as Nik notcies what Patrick put on TV, he pulls his white t-shirt over his face to hide. 

“Dude, no. No we are NOT watching this!” He says, while taking his head out of his shirt and moving it under his pillow. “You know I don’t do gore!!”

“You’re losing your man card Nik” Haley says from my right, closest to the wall.

He takes his head out of the pillow, “How?!”

“You’re hiding under your pillow!”

He shuts his mouth and puts his head back under the pillow, “We don’t tell anyone about this!” He yells through the stuffed pillow, muffling his voice. We all laugh and continue to watch the movie, soon falling asleep. 

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The next morning we pack up our things and continue on the road. Just four more hours of Patrick’s nonsense and Nik’s comments on every girl we pass, and we’ll be at the cabin.