Stargazers// Corbyn Besson

5~ Lilith

"Please stand up when I call your name. Group Mercury is Jaxon, Lilith, Margaret, Daniel, Hannah, Dick, and Sophia." They all stood up. I have to admit, I was kinda sad that the Corbyn guy from last night wasn't in my group. I really wanted to see what he looked like but too bad for me. I stood around with my group as Mr. Chuck kept calling names. A tall guy with dark hair and deep brown eyes came over to me. "You're Lilith right?" "Yeah." I said looking him up and down. Not bad. "I'm Dick." I let out a little laugh. "You're name is Dick? Like, Dick." "Well, it's actually Richard but my parents decided to go with Dick as my nickname rather than Richie or some other random shit." "Ah. See, I'm named Lilith because I am a dangerous demon of the night, who is sexually wanton. Oh, and I steal babies in the night as well." "Ah, well nice to meet you." I smiled a smile that I tried to hide behind my long hair as I felt my cheeks heat up. "Nice to meet you."

We finally stopped at a group of picnic tables out by the lake at the front of the area where Camp Stargazers. "Well hello everyone. Welcome to your first full day here." Oh my god, they wouldn't drop it. I took a seat a table and Dick sat on the other side of me.I looked up at him and he gave me a little wink. I felt my heart flutter. "So let's go around the circle and introduce ourselves. Say your name, your age, what grade you are in, and then one other thing about yourself. Um, Jaxon, how bout you start." We went around the tables clockwise. I was the second to last person to go. "I'm Lilith Shane, as most of you know by now. I am 17 years old. I'm a senior. And one other thing about me is that I am a third generation Leo. My mom is a Leo, my grandmother is a Leo, and I am a Leo." "My turn?" Dick asked. "Hello everyone. I'm Dick Reid. I am 18 years old. I am senior. And another thing about me is that I am an Aries which are very compatible with Leos." "That's great!" Ms. Jenifer said and she began talking about what life is gonna be like for the next. Dick and I kept looking over at each other and he winked at me again. No level of makeup could hide how red I am turning.

We walked all over Camp Stargazers and we got back to the tables at 11:55. "Okay, let's go to lunch." Ms. Jenifer led the way as everyone followed closely. Dick and I trailed behind everyone else. "So, what brings the great Lilith Shane to Camp Stargazers?" "My mother. The rest of my family is in Europe right now. Stopping on grapes, speaking a horrifying mix of French, Italian, Spanish, English, and made up words to the poor unsuspecting people in Italy at the villa they are renting for three weeks." "Damn. Well I'm not a big space geek either but I once was but my dad isn't aware of that so here I am with my little sister." "Wait! Is your sister Isabella Reid?" "Yeah. I was waiting for you to connect those dots." "Wait, you didn't start going to school with us until last year though." "Yeah I was living with my mom in Fairfax." "Wow." "Yeah. Do you hate me now?" "No. what do you mean?" "Well my sister was the one that told the entire school that you-" "Yeah I know Dick. But that doesn't mean that I hate you for what she did." "Well that's a relief because I feel less bad if you wanna canoe with me this afternoon." "Are you sure you want to be seen with me? At a space camp?" "Yeah. Being seen with someone was beautiful as you is all I could want right now." I smiled. He laced his fingers in mine as we walked a little quicker as we had fallen pretty close behind. He stopped walking, "Wait wait wait." He said pulling me to him. I laughed a little. "If I'm being honest with you, I'm happy that your mom made you come here even though I know you don't want to be here and it's hard for you to be so far away from Star." "I'm glad she made me too." I kissed his cheek and ran to catch up with the group. "Come on Reid, I'm hungry." He rolled his eyes and ran to catch up with the rest of the group.

That afternoon, everyone got to pick what they wanted to do. I changed out of my all black outfit and into a black one piece. I walked out of the bathroom and did a small unenthusiastic spin. "13, 14, and 15 year old body dysmorphic self is hating this right now." "Well, you aren't 13 anymore. Who do you feel right now?" "Happy. Nervous." I haven't been on a date since..." "Oh yeah. Well, I am honored to be the first." He said bowing and sticking his hand out, "Shall we?" I took his hand, "Yes. Yes we shall."

Canoeing with Dick was really fun. We told stories about ourselves and our lives, some of his really cracked me up. I was paddling and I leaned over too far and fell out of the boat and he had to pull me back in but that just ended up with him falling in the water too. It was a really cutesy first date and even though it went pretty great, I just couldn't really feel a true spark. Don't get me wrong, Dick seems nice and all but I just didn't think things were gonna go very far. Plus the whole time he kept trying to make moves on me. Putting his hand on my thigh and me taking it off, him trying to put his arm around me so he can grab my boob. He acts like I've never seen Grease before. I just didn't know how to tell him I wasn't interested.

That night, I ate dinner alone. Dick told me that his friends and him needed to talk about stuff. I didn't mind though. At least this time two girls sat at the other end of my table. The only downside was that they were Ms. Casey and Ms. Jenifer. I got to throw my trash away and I passed by Dick's table. I over heard a little bit of their conversation. "So Dick, I saw you getting a little friendly with Lilith Shane. You tryin' to sleep your way to the top?" Jaxon asked. "Oh no guys. It's nothing like that. Her and I actually are getting along swimmingly. I might actually tell her I like her." "Oh don't be such a pussy dude. We all know you are just fucking her to mess up her life." "Dude." He said hitting Edward on the back of the head. "Don't be so loud. Sure, Ed is right but who knows, maybe me ruining her life will make her fall in love with me." He said puffing out his chest. All the guys started laughing and I walked away. I knew it. I knew something was off. 

When I got back to the cabin, I showered and put on a black shirt and some Nike shorts. I climbed into bed and I mocked being asleep. As soon as all the lights were out, I jumped off my bed, grabbed my almost empty box of Marlboros and a lighter and crept out of the cabin. I secretly hoped that the Corbyn guy from the night before would be back there. When I reached the top of the hill, he wasn't there. I couldn't say I wasn't surprised though. I guessed he had made a huge group of friends and had completely forgot about me. I saw someone running up the hill so I quickly hid in the trees. As I saw Corbyn bust through the trees, I let out a little sigh of relief. I decided to mess with him though, I watched from the trees and as slumped onto the ground and put his head in his knees. "What the fuck am I gonna do." He said. I felt bad for him so I revealed my hiding spot. I took my spot next to him and I was shocked when he stuck his hand out. I lit my lighter and brought it to his hand. I finally got a small glimpse of his face. He had incredibly fair skin, a small scar on his neck, and bleach blonde hair. But the thing that suck out most to me where his eyes. They were absolutely beautiful. They were a mix of the brightest blue in the world and the deepest brown. A small wind blew and the flame on my lighter went out.

He told me all about his day. I didn't even know Izzy was possible of that level of clinginess. "Shit dude. That sounds like it fucking sucks." "Yeah. I did. What happened to you today?" "Oh, I got caught kissing a guy in the bathroom while smoking weed and being on our phones for over an hour and now my dad is gonna be here tomorrow promptly at 9 AM to pick m up and bring me home." "What?! No! You can't leave me. Who the hell am I supposed to talk to in the middle of the night. Ugh! God this is awful." He said as he swallowed the smoke. "Okay first of all, you exhale the smoke. And secondly, I can't believe you fell for that shit. I actually found this guy I really liked only to find out that he is only trying to get with me to ruin my life just because me and his little sister had a falling out and she told the whole school a big secret of mine and I called her a bitch and fucking punched her square in the mouth." "Damn. That sounds bad. What was his name? He might be in my cabin." "Oh, his name is Dick Reid. He is Izzy's older brother." "Oh my god! I fucking know him." He exclaimed. "Really?" "Yeah, he cheated on my sister and my brother and I beat the shit out of him and then he transferred schools." "Holy shit dude. What a small ass world."

We sat in silence for like 30 seconds and then I busted out laughing. Corbyn hurried and put his hand on my mouth. "Shhh. Shut the fuck up, before some one finds out we are here." He moved his hand. "I'm sorry. I just can't believe you fell for that shit." "What do you mean I fell for that shit?" "I mean, I can't believe you fell for that made up story. You can kiss someone and smoke weed while you are kissing them. That's not who life works." "Well sorry for not knowing how kissing works. It's not my fault I've never kissed a girl." I could feel his embarrassment "I mean. I don't know how kissing works because I've only ever made out with girls." "Question, when making out with some one, how does it work?" "It, um. I um..." "Yeah that's what I figured. It's fine that you haven't kissed a girl." "Is it. Okay great because I didn't want to seem uncool around y-" I pressed my lips on his quickly. "Ou." He said breathlessly. I stood up and grabbed my stuff. "Welp, see ya tomorrow Corbyn. Same time, same place?" I said. "Yeah." He breathed. "See ya!" I called as I walked away with a giant smile on my face. Maybe this summer wasn't going to be as bad as I thought.