Into The Wild

T E N

Only three weeks left until we all get sent back to our hometowns and local schools, or colleges.

College.

Aria and I were accepted to the same college, thankfully. Otherwise, I wouldn't know how I'd be able to make it without her. And I know that being by her side will only cause more happiness and trust between us. Sure, we have some fights here and there, but that only makes our bond stronger.

Every day, me and the girls have been taking group selfies in our cabins. Although we started a week after camp began, we were still able to record ourselves and the fun we've all been having. Carly has been carrying around her camera, but secretly never showed any of us the pictures or videos she's made. That only made all of us even more curious.

It's crazy, really, when I think about it. When I think about how close we've all become. It was like a custom, waking up to see the same people every day. It even made me forget I had parents. They'd hardly check up on me, and I'd hardly check up on them, despite the every-now-and-then texts and phone calls.

I almost tear up thinking how far away Aria and I will be from the rest of our friends.

I stop writing the email to my parents when I hear a sharp knock on the door- the kind of knock that sounded a lot like Amber, remembering how she had knocked once before to ask where Madison was. I close Carly's laptop shut and stand up from her bed, opening the door to let her in.

It is Amber.

Her red hair is wild, curly, and has that look of fierce when her gaze lands on me. She looks past me to see if there was anyone else in the cabin. Unfortunately for her, there's no one. Carly and Madison left to do some swimming practice and Aria, when I asked her earlier what she was doing, said it was a surprise.

"Where is Aria?" she demands.

I shrug, I really don't know. "She didn't tell me where she was going when I asked her earlier," I say.

As she mumbles some words under her breath, Amber storms out the door.

Weird.

I bend down in front of Carly's bed and open the laptop, checking up on the email. It was an email attached with a bunch of pictures I took during the beginning of the second month of camp.

I finish the email with a short "I love you" message, before sending it.

Carly and Madison burst inside the room laughing and giggling. Carly runs over to me, tackling me down on her bed. I squeal when she lands on top of me, her arms entrapping my torso and her legs on either side of me. Madison laughs but scrunches up her nose when Carly raises her eyebrow as an invitation to join us.

"You will not believe what just happened, Olivia!" Carly says, leaving my body and sitting on her bed. I get up and look at her with an eyebrow raised.

"Let's all have a round of applause for Aria and her genius planning," she continues.

"Genius planning?" Now, I know Aria and I know she never planned for anything in her life. It either happened on the whim or she was made to do whatever it was.

Madison grabs a chair, making it creak when she slides it near us. She turns it around, kicking her leg around as if she's hugging the back. "It wasn't a plan, she just happened to have done it," she says with a roll of her eyes.

I look at the both of them with a blank face.

Madison clears her throat. "So, you know how today is Amber's birthday, right? Aria was sup-"

"Today is Amber's birthday?" I interrupt to ask with a slight rise in my voice.

Madison and Carly nod slowly, probably wondering where my head was the last couple of days.