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after matt left i stayed out for another hour until i felt like it was necessary to go back in. i feel asleep shortly after but had to wake up an hour later.

"group b wake up! we're leaving in 20 minutes. group b!" one of the counselors yelled. haley was still asleep so i got up and quickly got dressed. i changed into a gray nike tank top and white nike shorts. i threw my hair in a messy bun on top of my head and put my sneakers on. when i was done i looked over to see haley still sleeping.

"haley wake up and get dressed we're leaving shortly." i say shaking her. she stirred a little before fully waking up and getting dressed. while she did that i went outside with my toothbrush.

"hey anyone need to go brush their teeth?" i asked walking up to some of the people at the picnic table. a girl replied to me and went back into her tent to grab her toothbrush and stuff. we walked up to the bathrooms and talked about stuff.

"so what's going on between you and matt?" she questioned.

"nothing, he just keeps bugging me. i don't know why he does though."

"i bet he likes you." she said wiggling her eye brows. i laughed at her.

"yea right. all he wants is to get his hands in girls pants." i say rolling my eyes.

"i don't know. he seems really determined if that's all he wants. but you can think of it whatever way you want." she says shaking her head. i shrugged as we arrived at the shower house. we brushed our teeth quickly and walked back. behind me i noticed matt was following us.

we arrived back at the campsite and left toward the dining hall to eat breakfast.  when everyone arrived, some of the other counselors had us sing a song and move around to "wake us up". i didn't participate because i'm not a morning person and don't have any energy especially at this hour.

after a half an hour of waiting outside they allowed us inside to eat. we all ate sang a song and went to hike up mount pain. mount pain was a hill that we had to hike up and it had a step incline. by the time we all got to the top we were out of breathe. but we still had to keep going down a trial to our first activity.

"alright so we are going to be here all day. just so you know and this is the first activity. so what you're going to be doing..." eve started to explain what we're going to be doing and how.

basically we had to walk across a thin piece of wood with a partner. but it had to go boy girl. the boys were allowed to go back twice each. fun i know.

each of the boys went across once with a girl and then came back. four girls were across and two guys came back to get me and the last girl. matt and the other guy who's name is eric came back. eric took the other girl while matt took me. where's the shock and surprise there.

"why are you always mean when i try to help you?" he asks still guiding me across the wood. i kept looking at my footing so i wouldn't fall off as he waits for an answer.

"i have my reasons. k?"

he huffs as we reach the end and got off. the counselors took us somewhere else to sit and discuss what we did and how we could put it into the real world. this went on for the rest of the morning. doing activity after activity and matt pestering me about why i don't talk about my personal life or why i don't want anything to do with him. it's only the second day but i wish it were the last.

mid day we went back to the diner to eat lunch. lunch is where you go in grab what you want and go. no songs, no waiting, just eat and go. we went inside and grabbed something to eat. i wasn't very
hungry so i just had a salad with carrots and croutons. i sat down at the table while the rest got something to eat. the first one out was of course matt. he sat down beside me.

"so i see you got your salad." he observes.

"wow, who could've guessed." i said. he chuckles and picked up his fork starting to eat his food.

"look i'm sorry for pestering you earlier. is there anyway for me to make it up to you." he asks.

"no, just leave me alone." i say. he lets out big sigh.

"fine. be selfish." he mumbles under his breathe. i shook it off not wanting to make a big deal out of it. but it never got out of my mind. was i being selfish? i was just putting up a wall and defending it. that's not being selfish that's just protecting yourself.

the rest of the day went by quickly. soon enough we're back in the diner waiting for dinner to be served. we all were talking amoungst ourselves and matt was sitting next to me. of course.

"so how was your day today?" he asked. i looked over at him and looked back at haley.

"sounds good. why are you ignoring me?" he asks. haley smirked at me as i rolled my eyes.

"maybe because i don't want to talk to you." i say turning back around with my back facing him. he huffed and i felt him turning away from me as well while mumbling something underneath his breath. probably something about me being selfish again. haley nudged me making me look up at her.

"what's going on between you and him?" i sighed.

"nothing. i'll tell you later." i say. she nods as someone brought out the food. we all started to help ourselves. i personally didn't find what they had out appetizing so i made myself another salad. i could feel eyes watching me as i got up to go to the salad bar. when i was walking back i noticed it was matt. i glared at him and he turned away.

during dinner the counselors sang us two more songs. we got sent back to our campsites to get changed and have another campfire. during the campfire i met the rest of the girls there and we all became inseparable. we talked amoungst ourselves and we made friends with the people in the other group. girls only in our group and then all the guys in the other. we all were enjoying ourselves until we had to go bed for the night.

we all went to our tents and laid down. tonight wasn't as hard to fall asleep as the night before. but it wasn't easy either. i stared at the top of the tent for awhile before i finally felt myself going to sleep.

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