Emily Jones and I

Part 13 - Waterfall

She led me off through tress and over fusty pathways for a while. She ran round a corner and appeared out right after. She beckoned me to go round with her.
"this way!" she said pulling my arm. I stopped and looked up in awe.
"oh my..."
"surprise!"
She'd led me to the most stunning waterfall I'd ever seen. There was a picnic blanket and some sandwiches set out on top.
"this is beautiful" I said locking my eyes with Em's
"RIGHT?!" she laughed pulling me to come sut with her.
"how...what...why...?"
I had to many questions but I didn't want to say anything because it felt like such a special moment.
"don't worry about it, I wanted to surprise you" she smiled in response. I couldn't help but give her a hug.

We sat there for about an hour and a half just chatting and complaining about our problems
"Jack is so annoying, he just eats all the peanut butter. Literally piles it into his sandwiches. Luckily me and Adam always manage to prank him in revenge"
Little brothers are the WORST" I replied
"YESSSS" em said as we giggled.
"you know Emily, I've really enjoyed this. But why did you do it... For me?"
"Well, I'm not sure, I just really want to get to know you better I guess. Maybe get closer"
I grinned and I replied
"well, it been amazing, thank you so so much, but its getting dark already, we should probably head back now."
"if we can remember the way" she beamed.

We started walking, and to be honest it felt like longer than how long we had walked to get there. At this point, I was starting to worry. Emily clinged onto my arm and shivered. It was quite cold now.
"em do you k ow where we are?"
"not really..."
"uhmmm OK, maybe we could try calling for help, you got your phone?"
"no I left it at the camp"
I checked my pocket and felt the rectangular shape and felt relieved.

As I pulled my phone out, I checked the signal connection. It was low.
"no signal"
"what now?" Emily asked, she seemed terrified.
"I'm not sure" I replied as we started yelling
"GEORGE?"
"ISABEL?"
"ELLIE?"
"JACK?"
"MUM?"
"DAD?"

We continued walking until we heard a stick break in the distance.
"... hello?..." I whispered
"THERE YOU TWO ARE!" a tall figure exclaimed as the came round a tree. It was George.
"where were you?"
"we were looking around then for distracted then couldn't find our way home" Emily said in a very rushed tone as she ran to goerge and gave him a hug.
"here, I bought you two coats" he handed us the coats, "y/n I didn't know where you're was so I gave Emily Adams jacket and you've got Emily's, hope that's OK."
We walked back in silence then as soon as we arrived at the camp, wnet straight to the tent and fell asleep almost instantly.