Asha & OIiver (the acting retreat, part 1)

Today was the day! The drama classes were going on the district wide retreat up to the lodge. There would be workshops, performances, food. More importantly, we would all get to meet new people and hang out with the ones we already knew. The weather was stormy. As our little mob of misfits waited for the bus the sidewalk was pelted with droplets of rain. I wore only a thin grey cardigan over my white tanktop paired with leggings and black boots; the droplets of rain had really gotten my clothes soaked. My dark red curls were damp and I really didn’t want to be standing around out there anymore. “Hey! Asha!” before I had a chance to turn around, I was greeted by Kathlyn. She was a cool girl, a year younger than my 17 years and better dressed for a the weather than I was. Her green eyes flicked down my curvy body, a smirk forming on her pretty pink mouth although she said nothing. “Do you have a seatmate yet? We should sit together!” I hadn’t spent that much time with her and had been planning on just listening to my ipod the entire 3 hour ride up to the lodge, but she was an attractive girl .And I couldnt help eyeing the blanket she had tucked under her arm. That would certainly be helpful, instead of me having to dig through my luggage for something. I nodded my assent, and soon the bus pulled up.

We all settled in as a big noisy mess. Me and Kathlyn snagged seats in the middle of the bus, with me on the window side. Everyone around us was busy chatting or yelling to the others around them, but from the moment we sat down Kathlyn was intent on only speaking to me.