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Serenity in the Storm

Chapter 1.3 - The Good Old Days

Chapter 1.3 - The Good Old Days

Sep 15, 2025

Each camp day was a new adventure. I ended up falling out of a canoe (Thanks Leah...) and scraping my knees all in the same day.

This was today, Thursday. The second last day.

I was currently standing outside my cabin in a soaked t-shirt and swim shorts. My glasses were inside, so I couldn't rely on my sight.

I knock on the door and look through the open window to see JC and Edith inside.

"You can come inside." JC says. Edith opens the door and sees my sea creature self.

"Kyrie, what happened?" Edith asks. JC finds my towel and tosses it to me. I wrapped it around myself and walked in carefully, staring at the ground.

"Leah jumped into our canoe and I fell out, then when I was walking here I tripped and scraped my knees." Edith looks at me worried. "I'm gonna go and get changed." I grab some clothes and Edith heads off to find some first aid stuff.

I get back inside where I see JC teasing Edith.

"Come on, you can't deny it!" I see Edith flustered. His cheeks were turning red.

"Don't make it obvious!" I shut the door and they both stare. "Um... hey Kyrie. I got you some first aid..." I sit on the edge of my cot. Edith hands me the spray then starts to shy away. I spray without hesitation, I was more angry at having to sit in the middle of our canoe and Leah almost murdering us. Not to mention those unmentionable snobs next door ruining our canoeing experience. Though my cut stung, I quickly clean up my wound before wrapping it up with a bandage. I take the rest of the things and hand it to Edith before leaving the cabin.

"She looks pretty ticked." JC says.

"Was it something I did?" Edith asked.

"Probably just Leah's doing. Or maybe the other girls..."

I storm out and finally find Candace.

"Candace I want revenge." I grab Candace's collar. "Those pieces of crap need a teaching."

"What are you going to do for revenge?"

"Simple, I will wait for the right moment... Maybe if I confess to Edith then we can team up together, plan a romance scandal or something..." Candace shakes her head.

"Or, you can wait till summer so we don't get in trouble then confess to Edith later when you aren't going to kill someone." She turns me around. "Leah can help you with that plan. That is if you aren't still angry."

"I'm angry with Gwen and her crew, Leah is a minor threat." That's when Candace gave me an idea...

-

Today was the last day, we were all up bright and early packing our items into our backpacks and suitcases.

I see Candace grab her camera and start filming. It was becoming more of a normal thing that I couldn't recall how many times she filmed during this trip.

"Today is the final day of camp. Here we got Alyssa who is already done packing and is sweeping the cabin. Here we have Leah playing games on her PSP. Leah, what game you playing?"

"Sims 2, your character is busy peeing the floor." Candace laughs before she realized what Leah had said.

"Moving on! JC is busy trying to stuff his suitcase and failing..." She looks over to see Edith now trying to zip it up while JC sits on it. "I don't know how everything fit at first..." I see her point the camera at me. "Kyrie! Your thoughts while you zip up your backpack?"

"Camp was an interesting experience. It was nice to know what it would be like if we lived together. I just hope we can have another trip like this." Candace nods and move on to talk about her camping experience outside. I sit on my cot and look over to Edith. I never got the chance to say what I wanted to. And realizing how I acted about Leah, maybe I hurt his feelings.

Alyssa sees me look in despair. She sits beside me.

"Things didn't go in your favour huh..."

"If anything I think our relationship is worse than when we started this trip."

"Well, I'm sure if you talk with him about it, things will be resolved. I mean, he's pretty reasonable. You probably know him better than I do." I nod.

"You're right. Thanks." Alyssa takes her leave before running after Leah who was outside on the patio with Candace balancing on the railing we used for our towels.

"Hey! Leah get down! We don't want to have to add another concussion to your medical record!" Leah sighs then jumps down.

"I'll be back, I have to use the washroom quick." I say.

"Go through the back door, it's faster." JC says.

"Thanks."

"Okay mom." Alyssa rolls her eyes. "Candace, are we really going to do this?" Leah whispers.

"Yeah, it's for Kyrie. After all she got pretty ticked after that day... We gotta do what we gotta do..."

"I'm bailing if any staff sees us. Alyssa, where are the buckets?" Leah asks while looking around.

"Under the patio. It was very heavy lugging that when JC needed to pee." Alyssa shows them down with Candace continuing to film her vlog. "Where did you and Edith put the other buckets?" Leah scratches her head.

"That was Edith's job. I have no idea." Leah heads back inside to get JC and Edith outside. As I come back in I see a deserted cabin, I looked through the window in confusion. I decide to follow them. "Yo Edith! Where you put the buckets of green stuff?" Edith starts to walk down from the patio.

"Right under the patio like you said." Leah looks at him in confusion.

"I never said to..." as I walk outside I am splashed with pond water and then covered in green grass and herbs.

I look to see my friends looking up and at the door beside ours. Gwen. For goodness sake.

"You son of-" Leah gets onto the railing to climb onto the roof. Amber was on the roof snickering then retreating after seeing the fury in Leah's eyes.

Katie tossed the bucket at JC's head when he tried running into their cabin. She locks the door and then barricades it. Candace shoves her camera into Edith's stomach before trying to climb through the window, as they locked both doors. Then getting stuck. She was pretty flat, not as flat as Alyssa but flat.

Alyssa takes my hand and takes me out of the scene. Edith was still filming. He tries getting Candace out of the window while JC covers his head in pain.

-

"I smell disgusting, and like fish," I say grabbing all the green grass and herbs off of my clothes and skin.

"I'm sorry Kyrie, they were trying to devise a plan to get revenge for you, but it backfired." Alyssa finished cleaning my glasses. "I'll go get a towel and some clothes, you can head into the stall." I nod, walking with my feet squishing against the smooth concrete.

I wait and then hear the door open.

"Kyrie, catch!" Alyssa tosses me my clothes over the stall which I set aside. She gives me a wet towel to clean the gross water off my skin. I then change and wash my hair in the sink. 

When I head back, everyone is back inside.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Well..." Edith starts. "Leah caught Amber by the collar and said somethings I can't say..."

"Why's that?" I ask.

"I am a servant of God-"

"I said that she's a h-" Alyssa takes her hand to cover Leah's mouth. I shake my head.

"JC got up and helped me get Candace out of the window." Edith continued.

"So what about...?"

"They took their stuff and left. Guess they want to leave early?" Candace says grinning. "Maybe we should go in there..." we all look at each other before entering their cabin.

"Gross, it smells like vape," JC says opening their windows and doors.

"Cool, I found some pictures and a notebook." Leah shows us her findings. We gather around to read the book. There are tons of crap about us. "Wow, they have no life."

"Neither do we." JC sighs.

"Lazy..." We see a picture of Candace sleeping at her desk.

"The hell? Look at this! Leah AKA stunt wannabe and addict - she doesn't know when to stop!" There's a list of all her injuries. 

"Hey! At least I'm not addicted to vaping, nice to see all my injures though. I don't even remember this one." She points to the firecracker one.

"Leah, we all remember that one. You probably don't after having so many concussions."

We decide to keep these things in Leah's house. She puts it into her bag as we all take our bags and suitcases. Candace gets a picture of all of us outside the cabin. We walk towards the truck and give them our suitcases and duffel bags. We hop on the bus, luckily Gwen and her crew weren't there.

Along the way, we start to sing more songs and talking about the summer. As we get back to our school I see our parents there. I was relieved when I walked off the bus. I see the sunset and breathe in the fresh air. I was relaxed.

"Kyrie!" I turn around, feeling the wind on my skin.

"Edith?" I look into his eyes. He looks away.

"I... wanted to talk to you before you go." I look behind him and see Alyssa helping JC with all of the bags that Leah and Candace left.

"Okay." We walk along the sidewalk and find a bench to sit on. "So... what did you want to talk about?"

"I wanted to apologize. I know how much you wanted revenge for Gwen and all. It just backfired." I shake my head.

"No, I should apologize for being so angry during that time. I wasn't angry at you... but I felt you thought that."

"I guess we're even then!" I laugh.

"So, what were you going to talk to me about?" I see him avert his gaze again.

"Uh..."

"Hey Edith!" I hear JC call from the bus.

"Hold on... Yeah?!"

"Come down here!"

"We'll talk later." I go over to Candace as Edith goes to JC.

"Thank goodness you helped me man..."

"What do you mean?"

"I was trying to confess to Kyrie. It didn't work. I don't know what to say.

"You'll know when it's right man."

For this was a memory I could never forget. We were who we were forever, at least I had hoped.
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