It was the end of summer. The heat was dissipating in the evening sunsets as the locusts rattled all around. Soon, the grass would slow its growth, the leaves would turn shades of orange, brown, and red, and the air would smell crisp and cool when you took in a deep breath when you looked at a landscape outside.

I loved fall. What I loved even more was a good camping trip! Fall was the absolute best time to go! So, I couldn’t resist setting up a weekend trip to get away and go camping!

Bddddddd. Bdddddddd. Bdddd-

“Hello?”

“Gina. It’s me.”

“What’s up girl?!”

“Well, I have a great idea! Why don’t we get some ppl together and go camping this weekend?!”

“What like...outside?!”

“Yeah!”

“In a camper?”

“Nooooo, in tents.”

“Um. Your serious aren’t you?”

“Of course I’m serious! It will be so fun! I promise!

A long pause came between them over the phone. I waited patiently for Gina’s response.

“Ok, fine.”, she said reluctantly.

“Yay! I’ll call some ppl up and arrange for the camp site. You get packed. I’ll call you later!”

“See ya!”

As I hung up the phone, I tried to think of who else would be fun to have on our trip. Right away, I thought of Sou and John! Sou Chin was the smartest girl in school! And the sexiest! This girl should be a supermodel, accept that she was 5’5”. She was mostly legs, and the rest looked like she was created in a lab! She was by far the hottest Pacific coast women, either one! That has ever lived!

John was the football star and was chiseled like a Greek God. But, he wasn’t super intelligent. I thought Sou could do much better. But, he was still kind and fun to be around.

Of course, I couldn’t forget Amber! The head of the cheer squad. Also one of the sexiest girls in school! And probably the girl that partied the hardest. She was a blast.

Last, but not least, there was Connor and Dynasty. Connor was an artsy type, but still very social. He was definitely hot! But, kind of under the radar hot. And his girlfriend Dynasty was from Detroit. She came here when she was in 3rd grade. A tall Tyra Banks type, she turned every head when she walked by. But, she lacked confidence, which we tried our hardest to break her of.

So, that was it! Me, Gina, Sou, John, Amber, Connor, and Dynasty. A group that would make this a night to remember.

I made a reservation at a campground about 40 minutes away. It was a secluded place that had almost no one staying there. The tent sites were very far apart, and I got the site furthest from everyone else.

We got there at around 5pm. The place was deep in the woods. As we drive in, the place looked abandoned. There were no campers, no people, no activity, nothing! We stopped by the check in and small general store. I walked in as the others waited outside.

“Hello? Is anyone in here?”

I walked around slowly, looking at old cans and boxes of dry goods with a thin layer of dust on them, some with cob webs in between the.

“Why, hello there!”, an old women’s shaky voice said quietly. “Welcome, how can I help you?”

“I made a reservation.”

“Ah yes! The tent site! Number 13. Here’s a map, there’s firewood already stacked there, and there is water there, but you need to boil it before you drink it! That very important!”

“Thank you! That’s great!”

I paid the old woman and turned and started walking out the door. I stopped and turned back to face her.

“By the way, how many people are staying here this weekend?”

She looked at me and gave me an eerie smile.

“Just you guys! Yep! And I close up here at 6 and don’t come back til Monday. So, if you need anything, get it now. Oh! And just leave when you’d like dear.”

I looked at her for a second in strange thought. Then, thanked her again and walked out.

“Um guys, we will be the only ones here this weekend. I mean, ONLY!”

We all looked around at each other with questioning looks on our faces. Then, just like her, Amber broke the silence.

“Wooohooo! Paaarrrtyyy!!!!”, she yelled as she raised her hands in the air in victory.

I realized right then and there, that we had complete and total freedom. This could turn out to be a very, VERY wild weekend!

To be continued