Catherine

I loved every part of that small, crappy house I shared with my friends, the wall full of Polaroid pictures, the TV we never got around to mounting, the cat we adopted off the street curled up by my feet. I was going to miss it all. We would all be graduating from college in just a couple weeks, and then our little gang would be disbanding for the summer.

I loved every part of that small, crappy house I shared with my friends, the wall full of Polaroid pictures, the TV we never got around to mounting, the cat we adopted off the street curled up by my feet. I was going to miss it all. We would all be graduating from college in just a couple weeks, and then our little gang would be disbanding for the summer.

It would be nice to spend some quality time with friends before we all had to grow up and enter the real world." sure i agreed why not let's go mikey fist pumped a little too forcefully and sloshed his drink onto my jeans autumn giggled and raised her cup what the hell i'm in too so even though we all preferred the sanctuary of our dilapidated college house to the great outdoors

It would be nice to spend some quality time with friends before we all had to grow up and enter the real world." sure i agreed why not let's go mikey fist pumped a little too forcefully and sloshed his drink onto my jeans autumn giggled and raised her cup what the hell i'm in too so even though we all preferred the sanctuary of our dilapidated college house to the great outdoors

We had moshed our half-empty solo cups together and agreed to a trip up the mountain. After Friday classes surrendered their hold on us, our group of five piled into Mikey's old van and took off into the mess of patchy forest that surrounded campus. The balmy April air and the gentle jostling of country roads quickly put me to sleep as I rested my head on Josh's steady shoulder.

We had moshed our half-empty solo cups together and agreed to a trip up the mountain. After Friday classes surrendered their hold on us, our group of five piled into Mikey's old van and took off into the mess of patchy forest that surrounded campus. The balmy April air and the gentle jostling of country roads quickly put me to sleep as I rested my head on Josh's steady shoulder.

It was the kind of sleep that never fully took hold, making me aware that I was going somewhere but completely unaware of where that somewhere might be. When the jolting dip of a pothole shoved me back into consciousness, we were on the third hour of our journey.

It was the kind of sleep that never fully took hold, making me aware that I was going somewhere but completely unaware of where that somewhere might be. When the jolting dip of a pothole shoved me back into consciousness, we were on the third hour of our journey.

The old van shook as we climbed the steep mountain toward the campsite, and the overgrown gravel road we were following looked as if it hadn't been driven on in years. In the seats in front of me, Autumn and Sylvia were looking out their respective windows, admiring the deep ocean of trees that flew past us as we drove.

The old van shook as we climbed the steep mountain toward the campsite, and the overgrown gravel road we were following looked as if it hadn't been driven on in years. In the seats in front of me, Autumn and Sylvia were looking out their respective windows, admiring the deep ocean of trees that flew past us as we drove.

Eventually, our gravel path disappeared under a suffocating layer of encroaching vines, and Mikey pulled the van to the side of the road. "'Rise and shine, campers,' he called back to us. "'We're hiking the rest of the way up.' After an hour of trudging over rocks, weighed down by our heavy backpacks, we crested the summit."

Eventually, our gravel path disappeared under a suffocating layer of encroaching vines, and Mikey pulled the van to the side of the road. "'Rise and shine, campers,' he called back to us. "'We're hiking the rest of the way up.' After an hour of trudging over rocks, weighed down by our heavy backpacks, we crested the summit."

the top of the mountain was idyllic a flat expanse of untrampled grass that felt like it had been tucked away just for us the rocky ground plateaued out into a perfect clearing curtained off by a dense border of tall tangled trees It felt like our own secluded paradise high above the rest of the world. I shrugged off my bag and breathed in the clean forest air. We had made it.

the top of the mountain was idyllic a flat expanse of untrampled grass that felt like it had been tucked away just for us the rocky ground plateaued out into a perfect clearing curtained off by a dense border of tall tangled trees It felt like our own secluded paradise high above the rest of the world. I shrugged off my bag and breathed in the clean forest air. We had made it.

We wasted no time setting up camp. By the time the three tents were pitched and the fire was built, we were all exhausted, but none of us wanted to be the loser who went to sleep first. So we sat around the campfire for hours telling ghost stories and cracking jokes. Somewhere in the middle of Mikey's third story about Mothman, I turned to Autumn. "'How did you find this campsite, Autumn?

We wasted no time setting up camp. By the time the three tents were pitched and the fire was built, we were all exhausted, but none of us wanted to be the loser who went to sleep first. So we sat around the campfire for hours telling ghost stories and cracking jokes. Somewhere in the middle of Mikey's third story about Mothman, I turned to Autumn. "'How did you find this campsite, Autumn?

Have you been here before?' "'No, I haven't. I just asked for campsite suggestions on Reddit, and someone suggested this place.' She shrugged, her blonde curls bouncing over her flannel-clad shoulders. "'Because that's not sketchy at all,' Josh laughed."

Have you been here before?' "'No, I haven't. I just asked for campsite suggestions on Reddit, and someone suggested this place.' She shrugged, her blonde curls bouncing over her flannel-clad shoulders. "'Because that's not sketchy at all,' Josh laughed."

autumn gave josh a defensive shove and he snatched her up into a playful headlock their embrace collapsing into a mess of giggles as sylvia jabbed at them both with a pointy stick she had claimed off the ground you've heard the stories about this place though haven't you sylvia asked us arching an eyebrow

autumn gave josh a defensive shove and he snatched her up into a playful headlock their embrace collapsing into a mess of giggles as sylvia jabbed at them both with a pointy stick she had claimed off the ground you've heard the stories about this place though haven't you sylvia asked us arching an eyebrow