I wake up in my new cabin with Laylani. We have the whole day off so she can help me get more familiar with the camp. Then I realise I haven't really bathed in almost a week. EWWWW!
"Laylani!" I yell waking her up.
"Apocalypse! Monkey Tree!" She says waking form her dreams "What?" she asks realising it was just me.
"Where do you guys bathe?" I ask kind of a weird question.
"Well we have this shower thing but because it is hard to get water up here you have to bring up your own."
"Ugg. I have to at least was my hair though" I groan. I think I may have said this before, but to emphasise it I am VERY lazy. LIGHT BULB "wait i have an idea." I huddle with Laylani to make sure no one is listening, and start to devise my master idea.
We run around grabbing things for my plan. Soap and a towel from the cupboards and a bungee jumping cord from the main building. Luckily everyone else was out doing their survival thing.
We swing out to the far away platforms that are set up for hunting, we pass Brandon he looks at us funny, but shrugs it. I'm guessing he was thinking something around 'pfft girls they are so strange.' We make it to the farthest platform and tie the bungee cord to the branch above it. We push the knot out to the end of the branch so the cord is at least a foot away from the platform This may not be the smartest thing to do with my fear of heights and all but I have been itching for adventure and this is the closest I can get. I look down at the river below 'here goes nothing' I tie the other end of the cord to my foot. Praying that the cord is above the river I jump.
There is no describing the adrenalin I feel as I fall imagine a roller coaster times 100 because you are upside down the whole time and you might die. I fall full speed towards Earth my cheeks being squished from the force. My arms flailing to one side or another. I stop my head just above the water and my hair just gets wet. Then like with any other good bungee cord I bounce back up. I am back up in the trees for only a few seconds. Just enough time for a ready Laylani to shampoo my hair. Then back down I go, this time I control my arms and start scrubbing my hair. This time when my hair enters the water I vigorously rub my hair trying to get all the shampoo out. Up and down I go until the cord only just brings me to the river, and my hair is fairly rinsed out. Best part about washing your hair this way no need to worry about getting soap in your eyes. I manage to grab the rope and climb out my wet hair all over the place. When I get up there I look at Laylani and we both break out laughing. IT WORKED!!
We make our way back to camp we swing to one platform, and a voice calls from behind us "Laylani!"
Worrying that we had been caught I keep talking to Laylani. Then I grab a rope and swing off calling, "We left." To whoever the person was, and Laylani follows. We make it to the dining cabin just in time for lunch. An angry girl that I haven't seen before marches up to us while we are waiting in line for food. Seeing that the only girl I haven't met at the camp yet I am guessing that it is Jenna who probably just came back with Rolland.
"Thanks for not even turning around when I called to you guys." she say agitated
"I told you we left." I say great first impression we must have of each other.
"I didn't hear you." Laylani says throwing her hands up in the air as if to prove she is innocent.
"I'm not mad at you," she says matter a factually, "I am mad at her." she says pointing to me
Great I think
"I'm Fern, by the way." I say holding out hands to say no hard feelings.
"hmmph" she says and she doesn't say another word to me.
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The Last Star
Science FictionLet me be quick my name is Fern Wickson. Ever since I was little my hopes were sky high well technically star high. I adored the idea of wishing on a shooting star, but I would always miss them. The day I finally see one all goes wrong.
