I wasn’t sure how I felt about going away for the weekend with my four friends, I mean, getting away was always  good. Right? North Dakota, a camp, apparently there was a lake and everything… but would we be out in the middle of nowhere? No cell-phone reception?

I wasn’t sure if I could survive without that. 

Just having the thought of not being able to get in contact with someone in case of an emergency frightened me. It made me really uneasy, and it’s not that I didn’t want to go but it was just that… I really didn’t want to go. Although, I knew Kate wouldn’t take no for an answer, and I wasn’t enjoying the thought of trying to weasel my way out of this one. 

Me and Kate have been friends since the 7th grade when she moved to our small town from an even smaller town and we were in all the same classes. Explaining me and Kate’s relationship… it was weird. We were weird, but she was so much different from me. 

Outspoken, social butterfly, sexy, and a complete complementary of me. I was introverted, and even though I wasn’t completely shy, I usually kept my life a mystery to people. It wasn’t my fault, I had a lot of family problems and that taught me not to trust anyone. 

Kate was the only one I really trusted. 

Well her and Lyle of course. Lyle Lanely, he was just like Kate, I was surprised they haven’t gotten together yet, probably because Kate was the popular social butterfly while Lyle was the kind of guy that accepted mediocrity. Kate liked the socially drink while Lyle liked to get completely shit-faced and not be able to recall the night before. 

They were alike, yet they were completely different. 

But they were two of my closest friends, and the more I started to think about getting away from this town  and hang out with my two best friends… the more I convinced myself to continue to pack. 

Sure,  I knew it was going to be five of us, not just me, Kate, and Lyle, besides… I knew what Lyle would try to accomplish with me and Kate if it was just the three of us. And personally, I didn’t like the idea of that one bit. 

Nathan and Zeke were tagging along with Lyle as well, but we all were familiar with each other. We went to school together, and we had hung out a couple of times before… but it was one of the reasons I was uneasy about the entire situation. 

We would be an odd number, but the good thing about it was, there were more guys then girls, so I felt more safe. 

I wondered if Kate was going to hook up with Nathan, I knew they both had done it before but never made it official. Kate wasn’t a slut, don’t get the wrong idea, she just fell head over heels for Nathan and Nathan was to oblivious to see it. 

Typical guy. 

I rolled my eyes at the thought, maybe they could sort out their mental frustrations… and their sexual ones as well. 

We were taking two cars, I was guessing me and Kate in one and the guys in the other. That part didn’t seem to bad, we wouldn’t be crowded for the hour and a half we would have to drive to make it out there by night fall. 

I felt a vibration in my pocket and I pulled it out, reading a text from Kate: “In your drive, better be ready!”

I groaned as I lifted my bag off my bed and slung it over my shoulder, I had packed a couple of pairs of clothes, my iPod, phone charger, and a bathing suit. My other necessities were there to and I made my way downstairs to Kate’s car. 

Kate’s blonde curls falling loosely around her face and down her chest. Her sunglasses resting on her head, and then something in the backseat of her car caught my eye.

Kate must’ve noticed and she spoke, “I invited one more person…”

I gave her a stern look, “Who is it?”

“Allison Bennet.”

And with that I slung my bag back over my shoulder and started back toward my house when Kate tugged on my shirt. 

“C’mon Brooklyn, it won’t be that bad. You’ve talked to her, I don’t see what the problem is here!”

I rolled my eyes, in all actuality I used to like Allison, but when she continued to play with my feelings I grew fed up with it. I turned, annoyance written clear on my face, “Kate… you know why I don’t like her…”

She sighed, grabbing my bag off of my shoulder, “Sooo… fix it this weekend.”

I held her gaze, “Did she know I was gonna be tagging along?”

Kate smiled, “Well yea, I think it’s the only reason she actually came to be honest.”

I was still uneasy about it, but maybe it would pan out in my favor. What did I have to lose? It’s not like I was planning on doing anything else this weekend. Maybe this was going to be a fun weekend, and maybe I should just let go of all the worries.

I groaned, “Fine, but I’m sitting in the front.”

Kate chirped in excitement and started back toward the car. I didn’t know how I was going to approach the who Allison situation, but I wasn’t breaking the ice,  either she or Kate would have to do that. Although I’m sure Kate would have no problem doing it. 

I threw my bag in Kate’s trunk and shut it, climbing into the passenger seat and buckling up. I had barely caught eye contact with the familiar girl in the backseat but I wasn’t talking first. Hell no, she still owed me an apology in my head, and I didn’t want to talk until I heard it. 

In a way I wanted to strangle Kate for inviting her, but then I could never be mad at her. She knew I was a big girl, and that I could handle this situation. She didn’t want it to be an odd number, and the more the merrier, right?

Then Allison spoke, “Are we meeting the guys at Zeke’s?”

I looked at Kate and she nodded, “Yea, they’re waiting, and they better be ready because if they’re not I will kick some ass. If we don’t leave on time we might not make it before dark, and I’m not to sure where this place is in the first place.”

I rolled my eyes, Kate was never good with directions, but now that she was taking all of us into the boonies… well I had the uneasy feeling. 

Last thing I wanted to do was get lost in the dark, in the middle of nowhere. 

Kate must’ve noticed my tension and she sighed, “Don’t look at me like that, I’m not gonna get us lost.”

I gave her a “yea right” look and faced forward, then Allison chirped up from the backseat once again. “Scared of a little adventure, Brooks?”

I tensed at my nickname, no one ever called me that besides Kate, my family… and her. I sighed, not even looking back at Allison, “No, I’m scared of getting stranded in the middle of nowhere and getting chopped alive by a psychopath.”

I heard Kate’s uneasy laugh but Allison was quiet in the back, I knew she heard my bitterness in my voice but I really didn’t give a shit. She needed to know I was still hurt because of what she did, and I wasn’t going to change it until she apologized…

Even if it was a month ago. 

We made it to Zeke’s and they were all sitting on the tailgate of Nathan’s truck, The Three Amigos, as they liked to call themselves. I thought it was cheesy, and stupid, but hey, whatever floats their boat, right?

I got out of the car with Kate and Allison and the boys hopped down from the tailgate, Kate sounded up, “You guys better be ready to leave or I’m gonna be mighty pissed.”

Nathan stepped forward and I saw Kate’s sternness quiver a bit, I laughed to myself, “Babe, everything’s ready to go.”

Kate tried to look tough but I knew when he called her babe she practically melted inside. Kate shoved him, “Then let’s go before it gets dark dammit!”

Lyle nudged me and spoke, antagonizing Kate a little more, “It doesn’t get dark for about three more hours Kate, calm your tits.” I laughed out loud this time and he leaned over, “Sure you don’t wanna ride with us? I have some shit that’ll really trip you out.” 

He flashed a blunt in front of me and I rolled my eyes, punching him, “You brought that shit?! Lyle!”

He smirked, hopping into the backseat of the car, “If they don’t legalize this shit within the next year… I’m going to lose faith in humanity.”

I rolled my eyes as I hopped back into Kate’s passenger seat, and with that we were off  towards our adventurous and exciting weekend.