Chapter Five

 
The next few weeks passed by in a blaze of colors. It was now late June, and Marcie had informed us that today we would be kayaking with cabins 3 and 8. "Wear something practical!" Marcie said.
As we set out to the lake, our clothes said less "camp in the middle of the woods," and more "tanning at the beach in L.A." I was wearing a navy blue and white striped bikini, a pair of dark denim short shorts, and a dark blue see-through cover up. Skie was wearing a yellow one piece, which on most people would look like a brown paper bag covered in mustard, but some how made her look like a model. Zoey’s outfit consisted of a hot pink triangle bikini and flip-flops. Tess had on a pair of board shorts and a pretty tank top, with a green halter top swimsuit underneath. Arriving at the dock, we saw Tyler, Miles, Perry, and Zach, and some other girls from camp. The guys walked up to us. Tyler put his arm around my neck. “We need partners for the kayaking lesson. I was thinking you and I could partner up.” He whispered in my ear. I smiled and nodded. “Sounds good.” I looked up to see the four other girls staring daggers at us.
“Alright, ladies and germs, partner up! Once you’ve found your partner, please come stand in line to get a life vest.” The kayaking instructor yelled. Tyler grabbed my hand and pulled me, laughing down the dock to where the kayaks were. Once we were assigned to a kayak and, we pushed off. As soon as we were out of hearing distance from the rest of the group, I asked, “Who are those girls?” Tyler looked up. “From the other cabin? That’s Lacy, Ashlyn, Sarah, and Kate. Why?” I coughed. “Because they’ve been giving my the evil eye since we got here, and I’ve never met them before…” Tyler sighed. “Oh…sorry. Lacy…she went to my old school. We dated for a month or so and it was a pretty messy breakup…”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, don’t worry about her though.”
Just then, the kayaking instructor called out, “Alright kids, listen up. In 10 seconds we’re going to start a race. Everybody line up at the far side of the lake. The first pair to make it to the dock wins.”
“On your mark, get set, GO”
We were off. “C’mon Mia we got this!” Tyler yelled his brow furrowed. I couldn’t help but laugh. We were gaining on the other boats, when all of a sudden someone collided with us. I had a split second the look up and see who had hit us before our boat capsized.
It was Lacy.
And I can’t swim.