Gone.

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My heart thumped against my chest as I scrambled to my feet again. Fighting the wave of dizziness that washed over me, I ran in the direction I saw Landon leave.

“Mia where you going?” Derek called to me.

I ignored the sound of my name being called as I entered the tree line. A trail winded through the forest, and without thinking twice I broke out in a run. Even though I was a little tipsy I was able to run pretty fast.

Until my foot hit a tree root and I practically flew three feet before landing on my hands and knees. Cursing under my breath, I got back up and brushed the dirt from my knees.

“What the hell Mia?”

I spun around to face a very confused Gavin. “I have to go,” I said before turning back around.

Gavin grabbed my arm and pulled me back so I couldn’t escape. “What is going on? Stop this what the heck!”

Squeezing my eyes shut I tried to block out the constant thumping in my head. Why did Landon have to see that? It was only a stupid dare. Hell, I didn’t even want to kiss stupid Daren or whatever his name is. The only thing I could even think about was Landon and now everything’s ruined.

“Mia will you listen to me?”

I opened my eyes and looked at Gavin. Holding back the urge to scream out in frustration I shook my head. “I knew I should have stayed in.”

Gavin shrugged his shoulders. “The kiss was a dare I’m not mad.”

“I don’t care that you saw the kiss Gavin! He saw it!”

The words slipped from my mouth before I could even think about them. The hurt on Gavin’s face was clear as he turned to leave.

What are you thinking Mia? “No I didn’t mean that Gavin, I swear I just—“

“Just go find him and leave me alone.”

Without another word he spun around and marched back towards the party. Sighing, I slumped down onto the ground and slammed my fist against the nearest tree. Pain throbbed up and down my arm and tears filled my eyes but I barely let out any sound.

Great Mia, you just managed to ruin and two friendships and a possible relationship in one night. This is why you don’t go to stupid parties with stupid boys and stupid drinking games. I leaned up against a tree and held my throbbing hand close to my chest.

With my knees bloody and scraped I probably looked like one big hot mess. No wonder both Gavin and Landon ran away…

No they ran away because you are a big old bitch.

Why did I always have to go and ruin everything? I started tonight thinking I patched everything up with Gavin and now I just went and ruined everything we fixed. Yeah, I couldn’t help that he liked me but I didn’t have to be so mean about it. I really didn’t mean what I said; it just slipped out in such a desperate moment.

Why am I so good at messing everything up? It’s like my whole life I’ve only been good and ruining things. Ever since first grade when I accidently pushed Kyle Merks out of the school play set and he broke his arm I’ve been destined to mess up everything.

Lying my head against the bark of the tree, I squeezed my eyes shut happy that the pain in my hand was somewhat distracting me from everything. The dull throbbing up and down my arm somehow matched the beat of my heart and soon enough I fell asleep to the rhythm.

**

“Mia, what the hell happened to you?”

Peeling open my heavy eyelids, I winced from the amount of light that seemed to beat down from the sky. After a few seconds of blinking away black blurry dots, Owen’s figure materialized before me. He was wearing dark black running shorts and of course no shirt. Sweat dripped from his toned body, the liquid glistening the in early morning sunlight.

What did happen? Had I slept here all night? I looked down at myself and found that I was wearing the same bikini from last night. The same bikini that I was wearing when Landon saw me kissing Derek and the same bikini I told Gavin off in. Wow maybe I should get rid of this bikini it seemed like bad luck…

“Rough night?” Owen asked as I tried my best to sit up.

I nodded my pounding head and looked down at my hand. It was a little purple and swollen around the knuckles and there were some cuts but after moving it a couple of times I figured it wasn’t broken.

Owen reached down and pulled me up to my feet. I thanked him quietly and brushed off the dirk that stuck to my bottom. “Must have been some party,” he said looking me up and down like I was a hot mess. Minus the hot part.

I nodded my head in agreement. “Yeah it wasn’t the fun I had in mind.”

He laughed. “Clearly. Hey maybe you should take the day off, I think I’ll be fine in the kitchen.”

I practically got down on my hands and knees and kissed Owen’s feet. “That would be great, thanks.”

“Well I guess I’ll see you later, friend.”

With a little smile, Owen took off down the trail and before I knew it I was alone again. Uh well that was weird. Owen’s taking the whole friend thing awfully well. Shrugging my shoulders, I looked around before heading left almost positive that it was the direction of my cabin. My whole body ached from sleeping on the ground all night and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Mia Fray—the girl afraid of any sort of bug—slept on the forest floor all night. I mean it might have been the fact that I was a little drunk but it was still something I never thought would happen.  Then again I was capable of a lot of things, like screwing up friendships left and right.

I finally made it to my cabin at about seven in the morning. Luckily, no one was out so I slipped in unnoticed. After taking the time to shower off I climbed into bed and shut my eyes. Thankfully I slept for a few hours, but my guilty conscience woke me up. After changing into some shorts and a t shirt, I left my cabin in search of Landon and Gavin.

Even though I really wanted to talk to Landon, I knew it was just as important to talk to Gavin. So I guess it meant whoever I found first. It was free time for the guys, and I knew Gavin would be at the lake for sure. Deciding to talk to him first, I made my way towards the doc. His things were sitting out on the wooden peer, and he was off a few ways in the water.

Gavin always looked so beautiful when he was swimming. Truthfully I didn’t understand how he swam freestyle and any other stroke without goggles and a lane. When I was in swimming I would always find myself swimming into the lane. As he slowly started making his way back to the peer, I took off my shoes and dipped my toes into the water.

Soon enough, Gavin popped out of the water just in front of me. He took in a huge breath of air before climbing up onto the peer and sitting next to me.

“Good swim?” I asked and he just nodded his head.

Sighing, I tucked my hair behind my ear and searched for the right words. It was hard enough telling him I didn’t like him, and last night I really was mean. “Look, last night was really messed up. I drank too much, and I said things I didn’t mean.”

The boy next to me nodded as if he already understood. “Yeah I know.”

“I really am sorry Gavin. I didn’t mean what I said. And I didn’t want to kiss Derek. Not in front of you or anyone else.”

Tears stung in my eyes when the thought of Landon seeing me kiss Derek came to mind. Why did he have to see that? The whole night I was looking for him, waiting to see his gorgeous face and he just had to come at the wrong time.

“Don’t cry it makes your eyes all puffy and nose red,” Gavin finally said nudging me in the arm.

Stifling a laugh, I whipped my cheeks. “Yeah I’m not a cute crier.”

“Yep that’s for sure.”

Smiling, I reached over and gave Gavin a light punch to the arm. “When did you become such a smartass?”

He smiled as if proud of himself. “I’ve always been smart and have a nice ass Mia, ask anyone.”

Both of us chuckled before a little moment of silence passed over. I looked out at the lake and sighed. Gavin was easy to forgive me, but would Landon even listen to a word I have to say? He was the most stubborn person I knew, maybe besides Owen but even the cook eventually gave up. Would Landon give up on me?

“Go find him. I can tell you want to, and I want you to be happy Mia. That’s all I want.”

Gavin’s words pulled me back to reality and I nodded my head. “I want you to be happy to though.”

He shrugged his shoulders. “I’ll be happy soon enough, it just takes time.”

Smiling, I leaned over and squeezed the hell out of him, ignoring the fact that he was still dripping wet with water. Taking my feet out of the water and pulling back on my shoes, I waved goodbye to Gavin and made my way towards Landon’s cabin.

The walk seemed to take forever, and when I knocked on the door no one came to answer. Frowning, I took off towards the soccer fields only to find that he wasn’t there either. Where the heck could this boy be? He usually took night runs, and was either in his cabin or out on the field playing.

Maybe Julie would know.

Walking towards the main building, I thought about what I would say to him. “Sorry I went and kissed another guy, it was just a dare?” Uh, nothing I could say would sound good but I would make Landon listen to me.

I opened the door to the rec room and cold air conditioning greeted my skin with pleasure. Julie was in her office sorting through files when I knocked on the door.

“Come in,” she called as I pushed open the door and smiled.

“What can I do for you Mia?”

Biting my lip, I began. “Uh do you know where Landon is? I need to talk to him and I can’t seem to find him anywhere.”

Julie frowned. “Oh he didn’t tell you? He left this morning. Family matters, I don’t know when he is getting back or if he is.”

It felt like someone threw a punch to my stomach and I tried my best to breathe normally. Nodding my head and giving her a fake smile I practically ran from her office.

What the hell? Landon left?

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