It Started With Hello

Chap. 42

Blake leads them deeper through the woods it was completely dark. It's was slightly creepy to her she was never a fan of complete darkness. Despite her uneasiness she continues to follow close behind Blake he seemed to know exactly where he was going. She shined her flashlight forward lighting their path he would look back every so often to make sure she was still behind him. With a dumb grin on his pink lips he whispered "Stick close now we're almost there" facing forward push a branch out his way. She looks around bitting her lip "Where exactly are we going?" she couldn't help but ask looking up at the stars "Can't tell yah" he said simply she could hear the playfulness in his tone making her smile. She scoffed slightly "And why not?" she despised surprises she liked order a nice structured plans was always her go to. He turns walking backwards while talking now "Would ruin the surprise...now keep up don't wanna lose you to a bear" he joked while turning to face back forward. She holds up the flashlight tempted to bop him on the head with it for having such smart comments "Don't even try it Em" he said while holding up it finger shaking it side to side. She was sure this man had eyes in the back of his head he could always tell what she was up to without even looking. Pouting slightly she points the flashlight back forward he walk "Ok here we go this is right this way" with a smile he moved past a few trees she followed through "Oh my goodness" was her first response as they step through the tree into a beautiful clearing. The grass was brightly green a huge crystal blue lake stretching across the land to the wooded area across. Looking up the moon shinning high in the sky along with shimmering stars this area seemed completely hidden from the rest of the camp site she doubted anyone else would be able find it unless you really searched. She stands to the edge of the lake looked around with a smile "Wow Blake this place is magical how did you find it?" he lays back onto the grass sighing with his arms underneath his head. She follows his lead laying beside him sitting her flashlight in the mirror "As you know....I'm a loner a lone wolf really" he starts looking over at her while pointing a finger at himself. She lets out a little laugh at least he knew who he was and had no problem saying so "On my first family camping trip I wondered off and found this place. My family seem to understand I need my me time of course they freaked out when I went missing without letting them knew where I went. But after they saw I was fine they didn't press for information about my secret little spot I come here sometime when I wanna be alone" she nods her heart warmed that the thought he brought her out her with him. She was suddenly curious if he ever brought anyone else here before "So I'm the only one that knows about this place other than you?" he shakes his face while rolling his eyes "Nah one time I came here Chris followed me and found out about it but promised he would keep it a secret and leave me in loner land. To be honest the name kinda stuck so I kinda just call this place loner land now" she couldn't help but laugh of course Chris would be the nosy person to find this place. He laughs out a laugh pushing his hair out his eyes "I kinda hate it tho" his statement making them both laugh Emma knew even though he may say he hates the name he probably liked the dorkiness of it. He had his special place and she had hers and now they both trusted each other enough to show them to each other "And you really can't beat this view at night" he points up at the sky she followed his fingers looking up. She gasped while looking at the thousands of stars over head "Wow it's beautiful" while she looked up admiring the view he was watching her the twinkling light reflected in her dark eyes the gentle breeze pushed her bang to the side "Yah it's pretty beautiful" he whispers finally pulling his eyes from her to look up. He sits up looking over at the lake "Wanna go for a late night swim?" she sits up tucking her hair behind her ears "I don't know how" she looks down picking blades of grass as he stands fully. He reaches out a hand to her "I can teach you" she grabs his hand and he effortlessly pulls her up still holding her hand while leading her closer to the lake. She was debating if it was a good idea or not she was scared "I don't have any swimming clothes" she said trying to come up with a excuse not to go into the cold water. He looks down at her clothes finally noticing she was still wearing his Green day shirt it makes him smile slightly. He tilts his head to the side "You could swim in that but I really don't wanna swim in my night short" he looks down at his shorts her eyes follow his. He was playing with the band around the top making her bite her lip "So if you don't want a free show I would suggest looking away" she blushed she knows she should probably look away but she honestly wanted to see him undress that thought made her blush. He laughs softly before pulling his shorts down slowly over his hips leaving on his black boxers making her lick her lips. He puts the shorts to the side before slowly getting into the water "You gonna get in with me Em the water is great" he wiggles a finger at her with a grin to get in. She swallowed hard it seemed unfair that he took off his pants in front of her and she didn't. Letting out a slow breath she grabs the sides of her shorts underneath her shirt slowly slightly them off making him whistle lowly while she put them over by his. Walking closer to the edge of the water she looked down at him he slowly puts his hands on her waist "One step at a time Em I got you" she steps on leg into the water feeling nothing underneath it. She holds onto his shoulders to balance herself while sticking her other into the cold water Blake slowly lowers into the water still holding her waist "How are you feeling?...scared?" he asks assuming the worst. Honestly she was expecting herself to afraid right now but she wasn't she know he would never let her fall she felt safe in his arms "I'm ok I'm not scared" she says unconsciously playing with the hair on the back of his hair while looking into the water below.