The Chase of My Life

Chapter 9

(Melody's POV)

Today, we were leaving for the camping. All the teens were going, but only Athena's parents were coming with all of us. My parents had to work. Packing my things and getting into my red Dodge Charger. We drive over to Athena's house and we see that Jessica was there already, but Damon and Blake were not here. Derek and I saw Athena in the horse barn. She waved to us walking over. "Hey! Y'all excited?" She asked.

I nodded, "Yep, I haven't been camping in a long time. I just hope we don't kill anything." Athena laughed at me. "Well, you may have a hard time with that. My brothers are really wanting to get something to make some deer jerky before winter ends" She said.

We made our way inside and we set our bags onto the dining room table where the other bags were. That's when I saw Tyler, he was on the couch, watching t.v. I walk over to him and place my hands over his eyes. He smiled and laughed. "What are you doing?" He asked, grabbing my hands. Pulling them off his eyes and stared up at me. I leaned down and kissed him on the lips. 

"Just wanted to see if I could scare you," I say, and sit down beside him. He wrapped an arm around my shoulder and I laid my head on his shoulder.

"I heard you want to get kill some deer when we go camping," I mumbled to him.

He looked at me confused, "Is something wrong with that?" I give him a glare. 

"Yes, you are killing an innocent animal. Maybe if it was like a bear or some type of dangerous animal. I probably wouldn't care, but deer are so cute. They don't do anything to you." I say, pouting to him. 

He leaned forward, pushing me away from his side. "Melody, you know I hunt. Why hasn't this come up before?" He asked, looking at me with concern and worry for me. I look down and stand up, slowly. "I just never wanted to tell you because of this reason," I said as a tear slipped down my cheek. 

I always hated when I fought or argued with people. I never told Tyler this but I was in an abusive relationship before I found him. He was my anchor in this world, kind of saving me even though he doesn't really know it.

I walk away, going to the bathroom. I lock the door behind me and slowly fall to the ground. My back pressed up against the door and I leaned my head against my knees. Crying silent tears. I heard a knock I on the door and I didn't move. "Hey, are you okay?" It was Jessica. I slowly moved away from the door and unlocked it. Letting her in. She shut the door behind her and locked it again. She sat down beside me and wrapped me in a hug.

"Mel, what happened" I shook my head and cried some more. When I finally calmed down, Jessica helped me clean up. We walked back into the living room to find Damon and Blake there. As soon as they got their stuff in the car, we were leaving. "Okay, Damon, Blake, and Courtney. You are coming with me." Athena said.

"Then Jessica, Melody, Derek, and Michael. Are going in another truck." She finished. I grabbed my purse and looked over at Tyler.

He looked back at me with a blank face. I knew he would never know that I had been crying. He started to walk toward me, but Michael stopped him. Jessica and I then headed out to the truck we were assigned to.

(Athena's POV)

I noticed there was tension between Melody and Tyler. I didn't know if I should get involved in it or not. I then decided to split them up for the ride. To let them cool down for the ride. Hopefully, everything will go back to normal during this camping trip. 

During the camping trip, I had brought homework. I hop into the truck and start it up. Since I would be driving, Damon jumped up into the passenger seat. Michael and Melody sat in the back. I look through the mirror and see Melody looking out the window. She saw me staring at her and I smiled. She smiled back.

I saw my parents start to pull out and drive down the driveway. I then followed them and then it was Tyler. It was about a 2-hour drive to where we were going. About halfway, my energy was starting to slow down. I knew I needed coffee. I felt Damon, grab my hand. Making me glance at him. "Babe, do you want me to drive?" He asked.

I shook my head, "I just need something to drink and then I will be fine." That's when I felt someone touch me on the shoulder, and it was Melody. "Here, I have some mountain dew. If you want it." Damon grabbed the bottle from her and handed it to me.

I took a couple of sips and handed it back to him. "Thanks!"

We finally made it to the campsite. Driving through the check-in and going to our private area. Each sector of the camping area is about an acre big. So we won't have neighbors bothering us throughout the night. Also, my family bought the farthest one back. Since it was snowing, we had our Class A campers brought out to our site. We have two master campers. One for the girls and one for the boys. Pulling into our site, we all got out, unloading the trucks, and separating the girls and guys. We were soon all done and it was time to have dinner. My dad was cooking the meat in his camper and then the girls were making the sides. We decided to eat in our camper because I could already tell the guy's camper was a mess.

Sitting around the camper in different spots. Damon and I sat in the in the master bed, because our camper had two master bedrooms. I laid on my stomach eating while Damon sat up against the pillows. I faced him and I flung a grape at him. He looked at me and threw it back. I caught it in my mouth. He laughed, "So what do we have planned tomorrow?" He asked.

"I think we are going hunting all day, so hopefully you brought warm clothes," I said.

It was soon time to go to bed and Damon kissed me on the forehead. I saw Tyler and Melody were talking, and he hugged her leaving. Derek had already left to their camper. Soon, it was only the girls in the camper. I changed into my pajamas and crawled into bed. Curling up in the blankets and going through my social media. Soon falling asleep.