We were going off-trail, Adam leading us, I following him with Ryan after me, the three of us running like madmen.

We stopped at the entrance of what seemed like a cave. It was at least 6 feet tall. We could hear muffled voices from inside the cave, so without giving a second thought we entered, I going in first, followed by the guys, who were bending down due to their height. As we moved further, the height of the cave increased and it took  2 minutes to reach the point where we could see the flashlight of a phone directed at us.

We directed our phone's flashlight in front of us, where we could see Olivia in Carter's arms, him holding the phone in the other hand looking around the cave in a hurried manner, while Olivia hugging him as if she had seen a ghost.

"What happened, guys, Olivia are you okay? , Carter?" Adam said.

I moved towards them, and hugged Olivia, she was scared and was crying. "hey, what happened Olivia?", she hugged me tightly and I looked at Carter, waiting for an explanation.

"I don't know, w....we....we were just kissing when she screamed and started crying."

"Carter did you......?"Adam said looking straight at him, furiously.

"No, he didn't do anything.... I.......I th... I think I saw someone, It was scary, I don't know what happened, the phone was in my hand and the flashlight was on when I ... kissed him..... I saw someone sitting in the corner........... The face....... It was old and the smile was ............scary" Olivia said, sobbing.

I couldn't help but feel helpless for Olivia who hugged me, she trusted me the most, and I wanted her to feel safe but she wasn't. I looked at Olivia to find blood on her cheek, and then looked at her hand to find blood there as well. It was a small cut, maybe she got it from a rock outside the cave, I thought.

I saw something on the rock behind Olivia when my flashlight pointed there, seeing something like symbols and, ancient drawings, what was that?

The boys asked us to leave the place due to the creepy vibes it had and the lack of natural light in there. I held Olivia close to me, and noticed she was still shaking due to fear. The guys exited the cave following us. We went back to the benches, and  I asked Olivia what took them long, to which she told us that the two of them were talking and walking around the forest before and didn't know the time. I cleaned Olivia's face off the blood. I wanted to look at her hand, but to my surprise, there was not cut, just blood. I checked her hands next to find a cut, but none! 

I didn't say anything, just cleaned her hand off the dried out blood next using the wet wipes that were in Olivia's bag.

(Lucy and Olivia in the image above)

Adam was looking at me, sensing the confusion I think, I looked at him and mouthed to him 'after', to which he gave me a reassuring nod, and turned to talk to Carter.

We picked up our stuff from the spot and headed back to the golf course where we saw our families were in melody.

None of us showed any signs of what had happened as it would make it difficult to explain it to them . So we sat down mingling with everyone, our mothers helped us with the food and juices. After savoring every last bite, I saw Olivia sitting with her mom, Carter by her side, and I could see normalcy in her tone, which means she was fine now. I looked at her hand which was placed on her neck, supporting her neck. It was fine, no cut. Was I paranoid?

"Is something wrong?" This was Adam. He came, and sat down right next to me on the mat, looking at Olivia, and then back at me.

"Uhmm..m... No everything is fine, I guess"

"Somethings not right Lucy, spill it"

This was something I admired about Adam, he was the backbone of our group, the one who knows everything about everyone, who knows when something is wrong.

" Adam, there is something, but I feel......" Before I could finish

"Hey cupcake, hey handsome, what are you guys doing?" This was Adam's mom, Mrs. Grant, she is pure joy. I love her and I think she adores me as well.

"Hey mom, we were just discussing school stuff, " says Adam.

I smile at her and she admired us sitting together.

"Hmmm, I believe you, son" She looks at Adam and laughs."Lucy, would you like some chocolate, sweety"

"Yes, Mrs. Grant, I'll love it actually"

"Here, I'll head over to your mom now", said, Adam's mom after handing me a bar.

"Yes, Mrs. Grant"This was me.

"So what is it?" Adam asked me, and just as I wanted to tell him, I saw Olivia, getting up with her bag, going somewhere. I panicked, I don't know why but after I saw her shiver with fear today in the cave, I couldn't care less about her.

"Adam, I'll be back", I told him, still keeping my eyes on Olivia.

He heard me and didn't follow.

I rushed after Olivia, seeing her heading towards the lady's room. As soon as I entered, I saw her leaning over the wall, keeping her head back, tears flowing on both sides. I knew something was wrong, but I haven't seen her cry like this ever before. She was scared. I hugged her, and as a reflex action she pushed me, but after looking at me, she jumped to me, like a lost child would do to seek his mother's comfort.

"Olivia, are you okay?"

"I don't know, Lucy, It's like I saw something, but there was no one there, ......' sobbing'..... but I just can't take out the picture from the head, it's like the picture is haunting me, .............Please take me home, Lucy"

"Hey, I'm here, let's go home", saying this I fixed her face so that when our parents see her they don't sense anything, and held her hand, leading the way.

Adam and Ryan were waiting for us, outside the lady's room, and as soon as I saw them, they understood the seriousness of the situation, and didn't say a word, just followed us.

"Take her to the parking, we will excuse you guys from the event," said Ryan assuring us that he will handle all the questions about us leaving so soon.

I looked at the place we were sitting before, trying to spot Carter, and I did spot him, he was talking to Olivia's dad, both of them looking at the golf stick closely, discussing the technique maybe. He had no idea about Olivia's condition at the moment, and I thought it would be better if I stay with Olivia right now, instead of him.

I moved towards my car, still holding Olivia's hand. And then I realized my car keys were on the mat where I was sitting, along with my phone.

"Adam, I forgot my car keys and phone on the mat, I suppose."

He looked at me and said, " Ryan will take care of it",

"Ryan, listen I'm taking the car with me, get Lucy's car and phone to Olivia's after", Adam was on the phone.