Jake screws his mouth up and runs his hands through his dark blond hair. “No,” I say, taking two steps away from him. Shaking, I grab his forearm and untangle his arm around me. “Come on, babe.” He shakes his wet head back and forth, slinging water all over me. Jake laughs in my ear, nibbling on my earlobe. Maintaining straight A’s is harder than it looks-especially when you spend most of your nights hiding from your nightmares. I need the money for my books for classes in August, since I lost my scholarship my second year of school. When Cassie, my roommate, suggested we take the job as camp counselors, I couldn’t wait to start.
Most of them too busy fondling each other behind the cabins to care what activity we’re doing that day. Camp Awesome is a summer camp for teenagers. We only have thirty minutes before we have to get back to camp.”Īll the more reason not to go back. “Aubrey, you said you were going to jump. Not having control around water frightens me more than anything in my entire life. It’s like swallowing acid to talk about it.Ī warm arm stretches around my stomach and pulls me back against a hard chest. I didn’t dare tell anyone what happened four years ago. It seems too close, like every step back I’ve taken the cliff inches closer, wanting to pull me down to the black abyss of water that’s waiting to swallow me whole.Ī lump forms in my throat. I can’t seem to make myself look the other way. I clench my fist as I take a step toward the edge. The endless bottom is staring up at me, its rushing rapids hitting hard against the cliff I’m standing on. The familiar smell registers within me and my knees weaken.
The breeze from the water below smashes into me like a brick. The chill that’s overtaking me is the chill that used to thrive in me.
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