Prologue,
Danny opened his eyes. The dim light coming from outside the tent was from a now crackling fire in the brisk night. He shivered as he shifted upright, “12:30 a.m. and they’re still at it?” Slightly annoyed he got up from his sleeping bag and stepped outside the tent to see two men kissing half hazard while they smeared their mouths over the other in drunken stupor.
Danny swore under his breath, “oh bother.” As Brad and Trever continued their escapade, Danny moved over to the fire that still blazed hot with a dutiful Kelsy feeding the flames as a swirls of embers danced in the shallow breeze. “Came to watch the homo-erotica?” Kelsy glanced up with an annoyed grin, “Sorry I have no interest in those lesbians.” They both laugh riley, while the two now very slushed boys meandered to Danny’s tent. “dammit, now I’m going to have to sleep in that.” He was annoyed because they had forgot to bring a tent before they went across boarders just to camp out at this reclusive site.
Sighing deeply he turned to Kelsy who was now staring at the fire intently.
It was several minutes of low moaning in the background that Kelsy spoke up. “Have you ever wondered what kind of things in the world live out here?” Danny thought about it for a moment as he stared out into the ink of the night. His voice was almost misty, “if only it was like the manga I read.” Kelsy giggled which brought Danny back in the moment, “What brought that question on?”. Kelsy now composed shrugged, “To much time to think since were out here. Why not wonder while we can.” Danny smiled slightly, he knew she was a profound thinker but he didn’t know this light hearted side of her that much. She was a straighten arrow as far as he considered her. “Well what about you? What do you think goes bump in the night?” Kelsy almost looked stern on the ground before the fire, almost like the shadows of the logs dancing was bringing on some sort of bad memory for her.
“Probably some animal looking to get a bone.” She looked over, half grin on her face. For some reason, there was tension in the air after she said it. Danny felt a little uneasy but did not really feel like talking much after that. It was only when it seemed that kelsy was about to speak that Danny stood, “I’m gonna go for a stroll and see what goes bump in the night.” Kelsy frowned, “you should probably stay by the camp, or else your going to get eaten.” he waved her off as he started heading for the woods.
Kelsy only to aware that Danny wanted to be alone. The night before they arrived she had heard him while he slept at a hotel. He had been muttering something ineligible that she could only guess was a living nightmare. After loosing sight of Danny, she stood and walked over to her tent unaware that this would be the last time she would see him.
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