44 : "Campout"

44 : "Campout"

Campout

44

I wake up, sweaty and breathless. I stared out in great confusion and tried to calm myself down. I look around me and I forgot that I was at the campout. I was just having a bad dream.

I was dreaming that I was lost inside a green forest at night, running and screaming for help but in my sleep, I heard voices calling out to me and one from the distinct voices from my dream was from Gage. But I couldn't find my way out of the deep forest so I ended up falling to my knees and cried until it got darker and darker.

Shivering, I pull out my phone and noticed that it was still ten thirty in the evening. I look back to the people at the campfire who were still singing. Mr. & Mrs. Toms passed by me and they offered me a mug of cold beer but I smiled back and turned them down. It was still too early for me to be drunk. Maybe a bit later, I'll take a quick sip from it and fall asleep drunk.

As I look at the stars, I remember Gage all of a sudden and how his husky voice