One Summer

Chapter 36: A different game night

Chapter 36: A different game night

Hailey

When I felt myself regaining back to the present, I noticed that I was in a different position and that I was resting my head in someone's lap. I knew the answer of who was holding me when I opened my eyes again and saw Bryce looking straight into my eyes with so much affection that I almost forgot why I was running away from him. I would be lying if I said that I completely forgot why I was running away from him because when I looked straight into his light blue eyes, everything that happened before I blacked out came into my mind. 

"You're awake, princess" he said softly and I would've been blushing a lot if I wasn't so focused on what happened before I blacked out, so I felt the pain resurfacing again

"Don't" I snapped and I my eyes were already stinging with upcoming tears while I stood up from the ground with Bryce following me behind

"Hailey, please, I can explain" he said and when I looked at him, I noticed that his eyes held in a pained expression as well as if he didn't mean for any of that to happen

"Explain what? I think I saw enough, Bryce, so I don't want to hear it again" I snapped angrily and started to walk away from him as quickly as I could before he could say anything else. When I spotted Zach, who was looking at me with a worried expression, I walked past him as well without saying anything to him and I sprinted away from them

I didn't run towards the camp grounds, but instead continued along the path until I stopped right in front of what looked like an abandoned cabin. Instead of just walking away from the cabin, I decided to just go inside and maybe even stay there for a little while to clear out my mind. I was surprised with what I saw in front of me because the walls were painted as mural around me. It looked as if it was halfway done because there were many guide lines in the empty parts of the walls while some parts were filled with more details. 

The person painting in these walls is painting a skyline in the walls because the details resemble the buildings from Chicago. If I had my painting supplies with me, I could have finished this work since it looks as if it's been a while since the walls were touched. I would have been so grateful if I had my painting supplies because I could have been doing something to clear my mind from what happened today, but I guess nothing is in my favor today. 

My thoughts were interrupted with the sound of my phone ringing. I checked who was calling me and when I saw the caller ID, I immediately pressed the ignore button. Why couldn't Bryce understand that I didn't want to talk to him? Hasn't he hurt me enough as it is? This isn't like last time that he was kissing a girl I didn't even know because of a bet, but this was a girl in which he used to have feelings for in the past. This just made me realized that his feelings for me weren't as strong as he declared them to be. 

My phone rang once again after a few minutes and when I saw the caller ID, I hesitated but I answered nonetheless. 

"Hello?" I called out

"Hailey! Where are you?" Bethany asked quickly and I heard many people talking in the background really loud

"It depends on who's asking" I muttered and she groaned in frustration

"I'm serious, Hailey, everyone's worried about you and a stare down is happening between the triplets and Bryce because we all just found out about what happened. You really need to come and hear him out, please" she begged and I almost believed her, but I decided against it because how could Bryce not still have feelings for Brianna since he seemed to be happy while kissing her