Mr.Melody lead us into the forest to embark on what called a "needed experience". I don't really see why though, the only things to look at around here are trees, trees, trees, and more freaking trees. It bored the living hell out of me. I began to wonder how my friends were doing at DJ Fest, they were probably having the time of their lives not even caring that I was dying of boredom right now. They better at least bring me back a CD signed by DJ Unrated, though I doubt that they'd even do that for me. Stuck up pricks.
I must have been voicing my thoughts a little loudly because Tavi tapped me on the shoulder, "Are you alright, Vinyl? You seem to be complaining an awful lot."
I sighed and looked at her, "I'm just a little pissed, that's all."
"Why, did something happen? Did I do anything to make you angry? Because if I did, I apologize for it."
"It's not you. It's just my friends are off at DJ Fest and I'm stuck here. They probably don't even care that I'm dying of boredom as we speak."
"Well, if it worries you so much, how about you try giving them a call."
"I would, but I doubt my phone would get any signal here in the middle of nowhere."
"No need to worry about that, you can borrow my phone," she reached into her back pocket and pulled out her IPhone 5S and handed it to me.
"Thanks, I owe you one."
"Remember that the next time you pleasure yourself in our cabin."
"Will you let that go?"
"How can I? I walk in thinking that you're having some kind of nightmare, only to find out this morning that you were doing that!"
Everyone looked back at us in surprise and annoyance.
"Do you think you could be a little louder?" I snapped, a faint blush coming across my face.
"Well sorry, I was only voicing my opinion on the subject. If you don't like it you can talk to someone else."
"That's what I was planning on doing before you brought that up."
"Well get to it, I'm not stopping you."
I cursed her under my breath and began to dial my friend's number. It rang, and rang, and rang forever until finally she picked up.
"Hello, who is this?" asked a somewhat annoyed voice.
"Hey Pinkie, it's me. What's up?"
"Vinyl? Do you even realize what time it is right now?"
"It's uhhh..." I looked at the phone screen for a second, "it's about a quarter after ten."
"Well, it's a quarter after midnight here."
"Sorry, didn't mean to wake you up."
"Look, the next time you think about calling me this early in the morning. Please don't."
"I didn't even know it was that time over there."
"Whatever, I'll call you back as soon as I get some more sleep."
"This isn't my phone so I wouldn't try that."
"Fine, just call me some other time," she hung up.
"Bitch," I handed Tavi her phone back and continued along the nature trail, still being bored by the sight of all these godforsaken trees. Someone just kill me now.
All of a sudden, Mr.Melody stopped us and pointed up into an old tree, "See there kids, that's an abandoned wasp nest. From the looks of it, it's been abandoned for weeks now."
I looked up into the tree and spotted the nest, as well as a few things flying around it. Mr.Melody picked up a long stick and held it up towards the wasp's nest, "Um...Mr.Melody, I wouldn't do that if I were you."
He turned to face me, "It's alright, Vinyl, I can handle it."
"There are still wasps living in that nest."
He ignored me and began to poke the nest vigorously with the stick, causing a loud buzzing noise to emanate from the nest. Everyone began to panic as wasps began to fly out of the nest by the hundreds. People started screaming and running off back towards camp. Not thinking, I darted off to my left as best I could on my crutches, not even hearing Tavi calling after me.
"VINYL, THAT'S NOT THE WAY BACK TO CAMP!"
I couldn't think straight out of fear, I just kept going deeper and deeper into the forest, not even paying any attention to the turns I was making along the way. From behind me, I could hear the faint sounds of foot steps coming towards me, only making me move faster to try to avoid them, thinking it was someone being followed by wasps. After about five minutes of what could pass for running in my condition, I managed to find a small place to catch my breath. I sat myself down on a large rock and looked up into the sky. The sun was beating down harshly on me, causing me to sweat more than I already was. I leaned back against the tree behind the rock, managing to get a little bit of shade.
I closed my eyes for a second, only to jolt them back open at the sound of a snapping twig. I looked over my shoulder to find a shadowy figure standing behind me. I began screaming at the top of my lungs, only to have my mouth covered up immediately by some random hand.
"Vinyl, calm down. It's just me," said a familiar voice.
I pulled her hand off of my mouth, "Damn it Tavi, you scared the shit out of me."
"What did I tell you about watching your language?"
"You should be lucky that I didn't punch you in the face."
"Look, we need to get back to camp before it gets late. And judging by the look on your face you don't even remember how you got here."
I stared blankly at her for a few moments, "Not really...but at least you have a phone that works out here. Why don't you pull it out and get on the navigator so we can find our way back to camp?"
She rolled her eyes and pulled out her phone, "Shit."
"And you complain about my language? What's wrong?"
"I don't even have a signal this far away from camp."
"You've got to be kidding me! You mean we're lost out here?"
"Well it wasn't my idea to run off like you did."
"Hey, I have a fear and allergy to wasps, so I do my best to avoid them."
"And that involves getting yourself lost in the middle of nowhere?"
"I didn't plan for it to happen."
"Of course you didn't. You planned on braking little pieces of bread and dropping them on the ground to follow back home."
"Are you just gonna stand there and bitch at me all day, or are you gonna help me up so we can find our way out of here?"
She scowled at me and gave me her hand and helped me up. We looked around for a few seconds to see which way we should go.
"So, any ideas?" she asked in a somewhat trembling voice.
I pointed in the direction she came from, "I guess just go back the way you came."
"Like I even remember the turns you took."
"Well it's our best option, take it or leave it."
"Fine, lead the way since you have such a great since of direction."
I flipped her off and started walking in the direction she came from.
"So, have you ever gotten lost out here before?" I asked.
"No, but I guess there's a first time for everything."
"And I also have to ask, did you really think I was having a nightmare last night, or were you just playing it off like that in front of your folks?"
She blushed deeply and looked away, "Well, to be honest, I knew what you were doing, I just didn't want to say anything about it."
"Why?"
"N-No reason."
"Don't tell me that you liked it," I giggled.
"I did not, I find that sort of thing highly inappropriate."
"Then why's your face red?"
"Sh-shut up!"
I burst out laughing and continued walking ahead of her, "So you do have the hots for me don't you?"
"Oh please, you're the last person I'd think of dating."
"Sure I am, then I guess the little moans I heard coming from your side of the cabin wasn't because of me."
"Y-You heard?"
"I'm not deaf, despite all the reasons why people would think I am."
She began blushing even deeper, "I-I didn't think you would notice."
I rolled my eyes, "I promise to keep it a secret if you do."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't know, but from the way you look, you seem to be begging me in your head to keep quiet about it."
She sighed, "You can read me like a book, can't you?"
"You're not that hard to figure out."
"Fine, I promise to keep your little act a secret."
"And I promise to tell everyone at camp that you did the same thing watching me," I burst out laughing even more.
"VINYL, THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!"
"Alright, I promise to keep it a secret as well."
She smiled and sighed in relief, "Thank you."
"That is until we get back to camp."
"That's not funny anymore, Vinyl."
We continued on in the direction that Tavi came form, only to find out we were getting ourselves even more lost.
"Do you think that we'll find our way back to camp?" I asked, turning around to find Tavi nowhere in sight. "Tavi? Tavi, you there? Hello?" I heard the slight rattling of leaves coming from one of the bushes and I crept closer, "Tavi are you back there?" The rattling continued to grow and I began to here the faint sound of water pouring onto the ground. I got up to the bush and pushed a few branches out of my way, "Tavi, what are you......"
She turned her head back, "VINYL!!"
I closed up the branches quickly and stood back up, When you gotta go, you gotta go I guess.
Tavi finally came out from behind the bushes and stared at me, "Didn't anyone teach you to knock?"
"In case you haven't noticed, there aren't any doors out here."
"You could've tapped on a tree or something instead of peeping in on me."
"I didn't know you would be taking a piss."
"I told you before I went behind the bushes."
"No you didn't."
"I specifically said, 'Vinyl, will you excuse me for a moment, I need to answer nature's call.' You said alright, so I went behind to take care of business."
"I didn't hear you then."
"And you said you weren't deaf."
"I was focusing on trying to find our way back to camp."
"Well you don't seem to be doing such a great job, otherwise we'd be out of here by now."
"Check and see if your phone is getting any signal."
She pulled her phone out and smiled for a brief second and then screaming at her phone the next, "Come on, you just had a little bit of signal."
"I guess that means we're getting closer, let's keep moving."
We continued following our path, having Tavi check her phone every few minutes to see if her signal was getting better, and sure enough, it was.
"I guess you were right about being closer to camp."
"What do you mean?"
"I can see some cabins in the distance."
"Where?"
She pointed in front of me and a little bit towards the right, and there they were.
"Well then hurry up," I began to walk as fast as I could towards the cabins.
"Wait up!" Tavi ran to catch up to me.
I continued walking until I finally reached to edge of site, stopping dead in my tracks.
Tavi finally caught up to me and looked at me, a concerned look growing on her face very quickly, "What is it?"
"I don't think this is Camp Crystal Lake."