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You were walking in the center of campus with Maxxie as you flipped your flipped phone open and closed subconsciously, though you quickly snapped out of it when you approached the group. Everyone was sat around in a circle with a new person with them, you sat down next to the new person and Maxxie sat beside Jal. Michelle leaned forward and spoke to you and Maxxie.
"How nice of you guys to finally join us, this is-" Michelle got interrupted quickly by the new girl.
"Hi! I'm Scarlett!" Scarlett said, turning to you then Maxxie with a huge smile. You nodded your head in acknowledgement, looking over at her and noticing her conventionally pretty face. Although you noticed her chest too, you didn't comment on it. Maxxie waved his hand as if he wasn't three feet away and spoke.
"Hello, Maxxie." Maxxie introduced himself, a small smile playing on his lips as he glanced at her. You sighed softly right before Michelle cleared her throat. "So, I was thinking.. for my birthday, I want to go camping." Michelle excitedly announced, though everyone quickly mumbled excuses besides Scarlett. "I would love to go camping!"
Was it surprising that everyone immediately switched up? Honestly, no. Disappointing? Almost. Michelle raised her left eyebrow and quickly spoke. "Sorry what?" Michelle asked,
"What? Can't a girl be outdoorsy?" Scarlett asked as if she didn't know exactly what she meant, and that irritated Michelle. "No, I mean like-" Again, she got cut off. This time, by Chris. "Actually, I think I can free up my schedule. I don't got anything too important to be doing anyway." He said, earning a scoff from you.
"Got something you'd like to add?" Chris turned to you defensively, you eyed him up and down and turned your head away. Shaking it slightly as you looked at Michelle. "So..next week? What's going to be our form of transportation?" You asked, Michelle paused to think and during that time Scarlett turned to you.
"I'm sure my father will let me borrow his car for two days, he practically let's me do anything." Scarlett replied, your lips twitched up slightly but you stayed silent. Michelle didn't seem too opposed by the idea. "Great, next week, we'll pick everyone up by one o'clock and be headed on our way." Michelle said, with that everyone went their separate ways.
/Michelle's birthday\
It was finally the day of the camping trip..and Michelle's birthday. You had gotten her a few hair clips since she always complained about her hair being in her face and also a necklace, though you were hesitant on the necklace since it may have been a bit much. You packed your bags and headed downstairs. You decided to wait in your living room since it was only twelve forty five.
A bit later, you heard some honking outside, that must've been the group. You got up from the sofa and headed towards the door, shouting bye to your mother on your way out. You walked down the porch stairs and past the mailbox as you stood a little past the sidewalk, Michelle opened the door from the back and you paused. Every seat and non seat was full, where were you supposed to sit? On someone's lap? No way.
"Good uh.." You trailed off while slightly leaning over to look farther into the car, searching for room to sit in. "Good afternoon..where am I supposed to sit?" You asked, not specifically Scarlett but everyone else as well. Even the back was full with Maxxie and Anwar.
Everyone glanced around the car for a solid five minutes before Michelle spoke up. "Why don't you just sit by my shoes? You'll have to cram but it could work." She offered, you hesitated but where else were you going to sit? On the roof?
After a bit of squeezing around, you finally plopped down on the cars ground near Michelle's shoes, your duffle bag sitting on your lap. You turned to Michelle and flashed a small smile as a sign of gratitude. She glanced at you and looked back outside her window.
/About halfway to the beach.\ After about fourty nine minutes of driving, Sid suddenly leaned forward to grab something. You got slightly irritated as he was leaning down in the only space you had but it was fine, Michelle and Jal on the other hand were complaining as Sid continued to dig through the junk on the cars floor. After what felt like a month he finally leaned back, unfortunately releasing gas from his rear as he did. Jal and Michelle groaned but everyone else just laughed it off, until it began to stink. That's when everyone pulled out their lighters, besides Scarlett because she was driving..and waved them around. Sid looked proud for some reason. The smell eventually went away and Michelle decided to speak up. "So what'd everyone get me for my birthday?" Which was followed by straight silence, you glanced at Jal then Maxxie who's face was visible past Sid's shoulder. Really? You turned to Michelle with what little room you had and spoke. "Why would we tell you right now? That'd ruin the surprise." You replied, nearly everyone in the car exhaled at your somewhat decent cover up. Michelle tilted her head to the side a little but accepted the excuse. /Twenty five minutes later, you all made it to the beach.\ As Scarlett parked the car on the sand, everyone soon exited the car. The group stood in a line as they all took in the scene before them, the waves crashed occasionally onto the sand and the water seemed warm. Chris turned to the group and thought before speaking. "How about we all go skinny dipping and fuck it, why don't we-" Chris very quickly got cut off. "Skinny dipping?" Maxxie questioned, Chris nodded. Anwar walked forward and turned to Chris. "I'm up for it." He said, you rubbed your eyes tiredly, knowing this was going to be a very long day. You turned to Jal and spoke. "I'll be back." You mumbled and turned away, you walked to the car and opened the back door and grabbed your towel from your duffle bag. You zipped it back up and shut the door, quickly returning next to Jal to see a naked Anwar and a Chris who was dressed as if he was ready to go swimming. Jal nudged you with a small smile as the others laughed softly, for Christ's sake.. Jal snickered a bit more and pointed out how Anwar had been shaving, you couldn't help but chuckle as Anwar ran off yelling something ineligible. You noticed the others soon followed after, running towards the water and getting undressed. It was a surprise when nobody fell over. You stood by Michelle now, the group already in the water and splashing. It was a wholesome sight, but you quickly snapped out of it as you noticed Michelle look over at you. You side glanced her before looking back at the others, perhaps she was waiting for her gift. You looked down at your pockets and pulled a small box out, you always sucked at wrapping gifts so you didn't really bother nor have the time when you brought it. You handed it over to her before speaking up. "Sorry it's a small gift, but I assume you want to open your main gift infront of everyone." You said, your gaze shifting up to her eyes. She inspected the box before opening it, finding the custom hair clips. Her lips curled up as she pulled one out, they were nearly the exact shade of her hair, which she was greatful for. She clipped the front of her hair back a bit and looked up at you. "Thank you." She said, you nodded in response. Your gaze lingered on hers before you turned to the ocean, the others were still swimming and laughing. "You sure you don't want to swim?" You asked her, glancing over at some other strangers on the beach before turning back to the others. She nodded a bit, turning to the others aswell. "I'm fine, you can go off without me." She said, you let out a soft exhale in response. You scooted aside to strip down to your undergarments as you didn't wanna waste the opportunity to swim in this seemingly good day. /Inside of the water\ Chris and Jal teamed up to splash Anwar and Maxxie as Sid and Scarlett splashed each other, you were a bit farther into the water so you were alone. You were floating calmly on top of the water, taking short breaths so you didn't sink. You hadn't gotten your head entirely wet and didn't exactly plan on it, unfortunately the others were un aware of that as they swam over to push you under the water. Playfully of course, you would've sighed if you weren't underwater. Chris laughed hysterically but the others only giggled. You submerged from the water with a small smile on your lips. "What made you think that would be funny?" You asked, despite smiling and clearly not actually caring. "You can't keep up that nonchalant nonsense when you're smiling." Jal commented, you rolled your eyes playfully. Nonchalant nonsense? "Yeah, yeah." You replied, elbowing her a little as Chris spoke up. "Who's up for some volleyball?" He asked, everyone paused for a moment before some agreed, eventually everyone got out of the water and got dressed. It was only sixteen o'clock when the others started playing volleyball, the sun was still blazing hot and the sand heated up a little as well. He was laying on the sand with his towel under his head, not trying to tan but instead resting from swimming for about two hours. /Timeskip to about 18:12! / 6:12pm!\ The group had made a spot at the campfire, well most of the group as you were still lying down with your towel under your head. The sand had cooled down significantly, though from lying right there for a long time while wearing layered shirts, you had gotten a bit hot. You decided to swim one more time as a way to cool down, stripping back down to your undergarments and re-entering the water. You laid on your back again, floating on top of the water peacefully. Nothing could disturb you. A heartbeat later you decided to go under the water and swim, maybe even find a souvenir..who knows? While swimming through the murky water you failed to see a rock in the water, unfortunately you did cut your stomach, nothing too major. You submerged your head and groaned, partially in annoyance because now you have to disinfect it and partially in pain. You shouldn't have even gotten back into the water..who cares about cooling down? You got out and threw your jeans back on along with your shirt and shoes, atleast you packed aid so you won't get an infection. Thank your past self for that. You remembered where the group walked and headed in that same direction, slightly dragging your shoes. You arrived at the fire with the group sat around it, Scarlett was playing a song in Chris's guitar while singing..random but alright? You sat down next to Michelle and handed her her last present, ignoring the slight throb of the cut on your stomach. She quietly opened it, pausing when she saw the necklace inside. She smiled and turned to you, pulling it out the box and inspecting it. She could say she hated it, but then she'd be lying. She handed it to him for her to put it on her neck, her smile widening as you leaned in and lined the necklace up to her neck and put the hook in the hoop. You looked at her eyes before quickly moving back, it looked quite stunning on her. Though you only felt these words slip out. "Looks nice on you." You said, causing Scarlett to pause and look up, along with everybody else. Jal quickly spoke up. "He meant to say it looks amazing on you." She said, everyone mumbled a "yeah" or "mhm" "Thank you...alot." Michelle said, her gaze shifting to the group. And as the night went on, you soon felt tired. The throbbing of your wound had stopped and you were sure you could disinfect it tomorrow, it couldn't get an infection that fast..right? Right. You stood up after what felt like a year and mumbled "I'm going to hit the hay now, see you guys in the morning." You said, without waiting for a reply you flopped on a hammock one of your friends made. At this point, you didn't care where you were sleeping as long as you could sleep. With that, you closed your eyes and eventually fell asleep. Hand clutching stomach and all.