There was a rumor that people would go missing if they went with someone to the museum in the forest behind the only supermarket in town, only to turn up next to the person they were with years later, which is why it was off limits, but that didn't stop teenagers from disappearing every few years. Angela Monty, the cousin of my best friend, Isaac Roman, was not an exception. She had gone with her best friend Sofia, but only Sofia came back and she begged Isaac to bring me to investigate. Which led to this point where Isaac and I lied to our parents about going camping with other people, even though we were going to camp for the night by ourselves at 13.
"What if something happens to you or me?" I asked as we entered the forest.
"I think we'll be fine," Isaac said, "They never said that lovers would be separated."
"Isaac, you know as well as I do that these doors don't care," I said, "As long as there's two of us, one of us will vanish."
"That was me asking you out dummy," Isaac said.
"Oh," I said. I did like Isaac romantically, but I wasn't planning on confessing or anything like that, due to the fact that our families were from different worlds. His family is very rich as his grandfather is the third generation CEO of a company, his mother is a lawyer, and his father is next in line for the company, whereas my mom works as an accountant for his grandfather's company and my dad is a police officer in town.
"And your answer?" Isaac asked.
"Yes, of course," I said, "But I'm still worried."
"Why are you worried, Benny?" Isaac asked.
"Because I don't want to be away from you," I said, "What if one of us gets tired of waiting? You know how impatient you are."
"I have to save my cousin," Isaac said, "Her best friend gave me this mission and if I let her down, I don't think I'd be able to live with it. Especially if I just chicken out right here."
"Why you?" I asked, "Aren't Sofia and Angela 16? Why couldn't Sofia ask someone her own age to do it?"
"Sofia only has Angela," Isaac said, "And since she knew I was Angie's cousin, she asked me to do it. The confession was something I decided to do at last minute, but I have a feeling that one of us is still going to disappear. If you disappear, I promise to wait for you, will you promise me the same?"
"Of course," I said, "But it's a little nerve wracking to go to this place together knowing that one of us is going to leave here alone."
"How about we do something that we'll remember for a long time before we go in?" Isaac asked, "Something that lovers do?" I wasn't sure how far he wanted to go, but I wouldn't admit it aloud that I wanted to go all the way.
"Let's set up camp first," I said. Isaac smirked. I took the tent out of my backpack and Isaac helped me put it together. We put our backpacks in the tent. Isaac zipped our sleeping bags together to make a big bag and I took out the food, which was beef jerky, apples and water.
"I think we're all set," Isaac said.
"Yes," I said. Isaac grabbed the side of my face, pulled me closer, and kissed me. I knew that I should've expected it given what was said before, but I was still caught off guard because I had never kissed before. I kissed him back and we started making out.
It soon started to rain, causing us to stop, but we had put the water resistant rain protector on the tent so we didn't have to worry about being rained on. Isaac's stomach growled.
"Here," I said as I handed him a bag of beef jerky.
"I didn't even realize I was hungry," Isaac said as he opened the bag and then started eating.
"Well, aren't you glad that I brought food?" I asked. Isaac nodded as he ate. I started eating the jerky too.
After we finished what we had to eat, Isaac and I got into the modified double sleeping bag. I thought we were just going to cuddle like we used to when we were younger, but apparently that's not what Isaac was thinking.
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