I hauled my bag and slung it over my shoulder, walking into the cabin. It was nice, very open, and I walked upstairs, knowing that that’s were the rooms were, then I realized, there were only three rooms. 

Shit. 

I knew exactly who I was going to be roomed with, and Nathan, Kate, Lyle, and Zeke had already claimed their rooms. 

Lyle and Zeke’s room was the only room that help two separate beds, and I cursed as I walked into what was soon to be me and Allison’s room. 

One single, Queen sized bed. 

Allison dropped her bag behind me, scaring me and sighing, “Hope you don’t mind sharing.”

In all actuality… I didn’t. Not with her anyway… Kate on the other hand… yes, she was such a heavy sleeper, and she was a stealer of the covers. 

I knew Allison wasn’t.

I turned, “Guess not… just don’t steal the covers.”

She smiled devilishly, “Hmm… maybe I will.”

Then she disappeared out the door, and down to the first story. I turned, inspecting the room, we were the room with the balcony, and I remembered I needed to find cell phone reception. I pulled it out, and I had none in the room, then I walked out on the balcony, shutting the glass doors behind me. 

Then I had three bars, and I sang happily in my head. 

Thank God.

I eased my racing mind a little and walked back into the room, feeling a little relief being lifted off of my shoulders.

Then I remembered where I was. 

Malum Lake Cabin.

It didn’t sounded scary, but knowing what happened to me in that stupid gas station… well, I had a change of heart. 

Maybe I needed a drink, maybe all the cursed and haunted stories were just myths… not true. Just some stupid town rumor that no one had the balls to find out. 

Lyle called from downstairs, “Brooks, get your bathing suit on, we’re going to the lake.”

I sighed, Lyle… he always reminded me that he thought I was sexy. He acted like a complete dog when he saw me in my bathing suit… I thought it was cute. 

But I never paid mind to it… it’s not like I liked him.

I tugged my shirt off, and then my bra, and Allison came into the room, her eyes found my chest and I blushed. 

She had seen me naked before, but it had been awhile. 

She smiled, looking at my eyes, “Do you need help?”

I smiled, feeling the heat rush to my face, “Sure, you can tie my top.”

I put it over my boobs, and I felt Allison’s hands on my back, she whispered, “You always had the softest skin…”

I felt my face redden more, then I remembered she never apologized… I retorted, “Thanks.”

I turned around, then her eyes found mine, she sighed, “Brooklyn… I’m sorry…”

There it was. 

I kissed her, all I needed to hear was that, and I was ok. I missed this so much, I had been with plenty of girls… searching for someone that actually made me feel something special but all of them failed the test. 

But Ali… she was so different. She was just right, exactly what I wanted. She understood me better then the rest, connected with me better, and even though she was lost and confused when she met me… she wasn’t confused anymore. 

She flipped me on my back, wedging her leg between my legs and a moaned escaped through my lips, she looked at me. 

“I would’ve apologized sooner if I would’ve known you’d accept it this way…”

I smiled sheepishly, feeling a little better about this weekend, “I just need to know you mean it.”

She nodded, becoming serious instantly, “Of course I mean it, Brooks.”

I blushed at my nickname, I loved the way she said it, “We need to get down there, or they’re gonna come looking for us.”

She sighed, “I can’t wait to see you in your bathing suit.”

She pulled me off the bed and I stripped, noticing Allison’s eyes lingering on me as she changed as well. Me and Allison had both been into sports, she ran track, but I quit earlier. Even though I quit, it never stopped me from actually running and staying in shape. 

So her and I… well we were sexy. I was confident, and she was to, obviously, the boys were going to drool once they saw us three girls in our bathing suits… 

Ali walked over to me, “C’mon, I wanna see you get wet.”

My heart fluttered, she was something else… I knew that. She was trying to get me comfortable and I already was with her, I knew that eventually one thing would lead to another, but I wasn’t nervous. 

I was actually looking forward to it. 

We walked downstairs and knew that they were all at the Lake already, so we were alone in the house. But before we walked out the door I heard something upstairs, I snapped my head towards the stairs but saw nothing…

What the hell.

Allison looked back, “You ok?”

I nodded, “Did you hear that?”

She shook her head, “No?”

I sighed, maybe it was just me… I was psyching myself out, the old woman probably did that on purpose, scaring me like that.

But the bathroom… no that wasn’t just fun and games, that shit was real. 

I was escorted out of the house, finding Kate already laying out and Zeke and Lyle lighting something on fire back by the pier. Nathan looked at me and smiled, “There they are, what were you two doing? Helping each other get dressed?”

Allison winked, “You know it.”

His face turned from a smirk to a even bigger smirk, he mumbled, “Hot.”

I pulled a drink out the cooler for me and Allison and I popped the cap, trying to ease my thoughts. There was nothing to worry about, we were here, surrounded by people I loved, and we would have a fun weekend. 

Then Nathan picked Kate up, Kate let out a yelp, “Nathan I swear! You better not!”

Then I watched as Nathan ran down the pier, jumping in with Kate in her arms, and I heard a loud splash. I laughed at Kate came up out the water, shivered, “You… little… shit!”

He laughed as she swam over to her and engulfed her into his arms, “You know I had to.”

She tried to break away from his grip but there was no use, he was laughing and then all of a sudden Nathan screamed. 

“Ah! Shit!”

Then he was gone, underwater. I screamed, where the fuck did he go!

I saw no bubbles, Kate screamed, “Nathan! This isn’t funny!”

Still nothing, and it had been an entire thirty seconds… I couldn’t even hold my breath for that long underwater. 

I screamed, “Kate find him!”

She became frantic, “It’s deep! I can’t touch!”

Oh God, this wasn’t good… what if something got him? I was about to jump in, there was no way something bad was already happening to one of us! I couldn’t just sit here and let Nathan drown to death!

Then before I could jump in he emerged, laughing, “You guys are so gullible!”

I felt my anger flare, “That was so not funny Nathan.”

He laughed, his dark hair soaked and clinging to his hard face, “What you thought a fish actually pulled me down?”

I rolled my eyes, Kate was obviously annoyed, and everyone else was still shaken up. It wasn’t funny, and they didn’t understand why I was so jumpy. Apparently no one else had put two and two together… the deserted gas station, the empty tank, the car trouble… and the creepy little town.

Was I the only one getting a bad feeling about this weekend?