Hi im a girl! Oh and did i mention i was in an all boys camp?

Briana (Brian's) POV

I must have fallen asleep on the rock because when I woke up it was already night time. I probably missed dinner as well as lunch. Oh well, I wasn't really in the mood to eat anyway. I sat up and looked out at the lake. It was calm, and almost everything was quiet except for the tune that the grasshoppers played. The lake showed the reflection of the stars, like a mirror. I closed my eyes and inhaled to take It all in. I wanted to keep a mental picture of this in my head. This was…beautiful. At times like this I wish I could talk to my mom. All I can do now is look up to the sky and hope that she can hear me.

"Hi mom. It's me Briana. Gosh…I haven't talked to you in a long time. You know….ever since you…passed away. Mom I miss you. And I wish you were here right now to hug me. Not for any particular reason but…," I sighed, "This place…everything around here just reminds me of you. Haha you were like nature woman. Everytime you came home you smelled like pine trees."

A tear slipped from my eyes and I quickly wiped it away. "I'm not gonna cry. I know you don't want me too. You've been gone for a while. I've had plenty of years to cry, I've cried enough."

I felt a slight breeze and as if my mom was there, it brushed against my cheek.

"So…I guess you are here then…listening."

I sat there for a moment then asked , "Remember that song you used to sing every time I cried. I think it was called "close your eyes". I wish you could still sing it to me. Obviously you cant but…well maybe I could sing it now…"

I picked up my guitar and started to strum it.

"Tell me you had bad dreams last night
'Cause you were rolling in your sleep
Tell me you hate those bright street lights
Sometimes the shadows give you the creeps

Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you dont want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please
What keeps you awake

Tell me the air up here's too thin
You can't feel the wind when it moves
Tell me the stars are made of tin
And that they're bangin on the roof

Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you dont want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please
What keeps you awake

The sun will rise
And keep your mind at ease
So close your eyes
Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you dont want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please"


The wind blew as I finished up the song and sighed…"I love you to mom."

Cameron's POV

Everyone was asleep by now, except me. I couldn't sleep at all. I didn't want to be here. I shouldn't be here….

I got up and put on a pair of lee jeans. And a white beater. When I walked outside I looked up at the moon and wished that I was back home in California. I heard someone step on a twig and turned around to find Brian.

"Hey man…you've been gone all day where did you go."

He looked at me closely for a second as if he didn't recognize who I was.

"Oh Cameron it's you. Uh yea I guess I lost track of time. It goes by fast when your thinking…"


"Yea man. I know what you mean."

"So what are you doing up?"

"Same thing. Thinking."

"Mind if I ask you what your thinking about."

I kicked a rock and I sighed. "I'm thinking about how I don't want to be here. This is a waist of my time. All school year I've been waiting for summer. Waiting for Vannessa. She said she was coming back because her dad was being transferred back to cali."

"Is she your girlfriend."

"Naw…just a childhood friend. But even though I was only a kid last time we were together, I was crazy about her. I loved her. But then she moved to Germany."

We stood there in silence for moment.

"I bet I know what your thinking….how can you love sumbody when your only like 9. Well, I dunno man. I just did. And still do. Most people can be in there 30's or 40's be married and still don't know what the hell love is."

"No…I wasn't thinking that. And I do agree with you. A lot of people don't know what love is. I've seen it up close those. My parents…they were in true love. I remember one time I asked my dad, 'Why do you love mommy dad?'. And he said it would take an eternity to list all the reasons why I love your mom. If I wrote them all down in a book, the book would have so many pages in it, and it would be so high that it would reach the heavens. So high that god would be able to open it and read the first page. But I guess one reason why I love your mother is because she's my other half. Without her im not a whole. And when we're together we fit perfectly."

"You mom…she's-"

"She passed away when I was 10."

"Oh. Sorry man."

"It's fine."

"Wow. I never thought of love that way. I mean…I love Vanessa, I do. Vanessa was really pretty. Her personality was like a rainbow. So colorful and full of life…."

"Cameron you can love the person she was when she was 9 but a persons looks and personality can take a total 360 in 8 years. Your 17 right?"

"Yea."

"So yea. Don't worry about being stuck here. Its only for 2 months. When you get home you'll have a whole month left to spend time with her. But….don't expect the to be reunited with the same little 9 year old girl."

I gave Brian a weak smile.

We both walked inside our cabin and everyone was still asleep. I climbed back into my bunk with my clothes still on. I rested my head against my pillow.

"Night Brian." I whispered.

"Goodnight Cam."

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once again sorry for the sucky quality...im totally tired...