iTrust You 1

Carly
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" Come on Sam." I say shoving Sam through the doorway.
" I don't like this class." She whines.
" Get in there!" I push her one last time getting her inside the class.
" Oh look, Freddie's here." I say noticing him.
" Have I ever cared if Freddie was here?" Sam says.
" I'm right here you know." Freddie says. Sam mocks his words and flicks him on the forehead. She takes a seat behind him. Mr. Howard walks in and starts writing on the blackboard. Sam mouths to me "Please kill me." I just smirk.
" As you know from your upper grade friends. Every year we have a self education junior trip. This year we were going to go to Washington D.C. to live and dress like our founding fathers but the school board has a stupid budget which we have to fulfill. So, this year were going camping but not just any kind of camping, trust camping." Mr. Howard says.
" What's trust camping?" Gibby asks raising his hand.
" Trust camping. Everyone in each homeroom will be split into partners based on the relationship between the two. It's to see if you two could…….trust each other." Mr. Howard continues. Sam raises her hand. " Yes Puckett."
" What happens if we don't wish to go?" She asks.
" You will spend the summer in summer school, full on detention and no graduation." He says. Sam still looked confused. " Let me dumb this down. You'll be stuck in High School."
" I see." Sam says.
" We will be leaving next week on monday. This trip is for four days. Now, before I had out the envelopes. I'm gonna tell you the partners. Keep in mind, Principal Franklin choose the partners." He says. Anyone but Gibby. Anyone but Gibby. Anyone but Gibby! " Gibby and Wendy." OH THANK YOU! " Kayla and Warren, Olivia and Sean, Leona and Joseph, Emme and Nick, Celia and Seth, Ashley and Hugh, Carly and Glenn," Oh dear lord. " Sam and Freddie, and Rose with Daniel."
Back at my house,
We all walk with disappointment on our faces. I'm paired up with Glenn! Ugh. Freddie takes a seat on the couch and pulls the papers out of the envelope.
" We have to share a tent, and trust each other." Freddie says groaning.
" Anything else?" Sam asks taking a seat next to him.
" We wake up up at nine o' clock. No running water. No electricity. No internet. Just nature." He says.
" Why couldn't have I gotten Warren as a partner?" Sam asks randomly.
" Oh so you do want to listen to rant on about how his back pimples make Michael Jackson?" Freddie says. I look at Freddie questionably. " I'm not kidding."
" Well, how about me? I'm with Glenn! He stalked me my first year of Ridgeway!" I exclaim.
" You know he's dating Rebecca Berkowitz?" Freddie says.
" Since when?" I ask.
" Since Gibby found them having a hot make out session in the janitor's closet." Sam says.
" Which was two weeks ago." Freddie adds.
" Is that why Gibby has been acting like," I ask.
" Yeah." They answer in unison.

Sam
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Does he sleep in his boxers? Does he sweat? Please don't tell me he……EW! Don't think of it. I can't stand the fact that I have to share a tent with him but I also have to trust him. How can I trust the nub? I finish packing my bag. I zip it up and think if I need anything. I have everything. Except the dignity to share a tent with him.

Freddie
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Does she sleep in her underwear? Does she snore? Does she move in her sleep? Does she cuddles in her sleep?
" Freddie!" My mom yells.
" What?!" I yell back.
" Patterned boxers or colorless tidies?" She asks.
" Stop packing for me!" I yell pushing her out of the room. I lock the door behind her. I'm gonna go with the boxers. There is no way that I am embarrassing my self. My phone starts ringing and I pick it up seeing that it is Warren.
" What is it Warren?" I ask.
" You gonna bring the stash?" He asks back. I roll my eyes and take the box off of my top shelf closet.
" Give me one reason why I should bring them?"
" Because there is a very hot girl named Kayla who is hot and single and who is sleeping in the same tent as me." I think it through.
" Fine but if I caught I will kill you."
" You rock Benson." He hangs up.

That Monday
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Around late afternoon, We all get on a giant school bus with our bags tied up on the roof. I take a seat next to Sam across from Warren. Sam pulls out her iMelody and starts listening to her music. I do the same thing. I watch everyone else occupy themselves in their own special way. Warren taps me on the shoulder.
" What is it?" I ask.
" Can I have them now?" Warren asks.
" Why now?" I ask back.
" Cause,"
" Fine." I look around and see Sam fast asleep. I stick my hand into my backpack and grab them. I look around and hand them to Warren. I kept two for my self but he will never know. I pull out of music and start listening to it. I fall asleep. Sooner or later, I wake up when the bus comes to a complete halt. I look down at my shoulder and see Sam's head placed there sleeping. She looks so peaceful.
" Out!" Mr. Howard yells. I nudge her.
" Sammie, Sam, time to get up." I say nudging her. She opens her eyes.
" You two love bugs. Off the bus!" Mr. Howard yells pointing at us. Sam wakes up. We get off the bus and they hand us our bags. I look around. Completely wooded and coming close to dusk.
" What's going on?" Sam asks sleepily.
" Your first exercise." Ms. Briggs says. This just got worse. Mr. Howard passes out these papers.
" This is your map. No compass. Find your tent. Each map has your tent number on it. Have fun." Mr. Howard says. Everyone stands and looks at each other. " There's gonna be a rain storm!" He exclaims. Everyone starts running in random directions. I go with them but Sam grabs me by the collar.
" We're going west. Not north Benson." She says. She lets go of me and we start walking. After walking for twenty minutes, we find tent number five. Not even made, still in the bag. I drop my bag on the ground and open the tent bag. I pull out the instruction.
" So apparently the metal thing goes through the sling, and….." I look over to Sam who has gotten everything under control and working.
" Your capabilities should never be questioned." I say. Sam smiles and continues to what she is doing. I take a seat on a stump.
" Well, when I was eleven my mom took me to Woodstock. Her boyfriend at the time showed me how to build a tent. I have learned a lot of life lessons from mother's very many boyfriends." Sam says. As the sun comes down, Sam finishes pitching the tent. We each take turns getting ready for bed. Meaning by I stood outside as she put on her p.j.s. I enter the tent once she had announced that she was dressed.
" Do I smell sour cream and onion chips?" I ask entering.
" Yep." She says popping one into her mouth. I look at her and see that she's wearing loose pink shorts and a black t-shirt.
" Pink shorts?" I ask.
" There Melanie's!" She scowls. I roll my eyes at the statement. Sam and I pull our sleeping bags out.
" Why are you sleeping the other way?" I ask Sam.
" Cause when I wake up in the morning I want to see your sleeping-bag not your face." She replies.
" Be nice Puckett."
" Shut up Benson." We go to bed sooner or later. We both didn't know that at night the woods are absolutely cold. It was like Titanic cold. Especially when your not in a RV. I could hear Sam's teeth chattering. How is she sleeping in just shorts and a shirt?
" Sam?" I ask lightly.
" Wwhat Bensson?" She replies.
" Do you want to sleep in my sleeping-bag with me?" I ask.
" Noo thankss I'mm goodd."
" It's no longer an offer Sam. Get out of your sleeping bag and into mine!" I say. Sam doesn't refuse. She gets out of her sleeping-bag and un-zips mine entirely.
" What are you doing?" I ask.
" Making a sort of a bed Benson." She flats out her's and makes mine like the covers. We 'climb' into 'bed'. We face back to back. I turn around to Sam.
" Good night Sam." I say randomly twenty minutes later. Sam shivers. I put my arms around her, moving her closer to me.
" Hold me closer Victor." I hear Sam say. She does read the Midnight Series.
I woke up in the morning to see Sam's arms around me and her head on my chest. I couldn't help of smile. She looked so peaceful. I look at my watch and it read eight forty-six.
" Sam." I say rubbing her upper arm. " Get up."
" Five more minutes." She says with her eyes still closed. I feel her arm roam around me. Her elbow hits my area.
" Why does boy's sex drives go in full gear in the morning?" She asks.
" Why do girls get turned on my shirtless sweaty men?" I ask back. Sam lifts her head.
" Tu sha Benson. Tu sha." We quickly take turns getting changed. I find a map outside leading us to breakfast. We follow the map and find a wooden lodge. We walk in and everyone is eating. Sam grabs large amounts of bacon from the hot row and I just get cereal.
" Hey Freddie." Carly says as I take a seat in front of her.
" How was the tent hunting last night?" I ask.
" It took us two hours to find our tent." Glenn says.
" The app said it was state approved." Carly says.
" It was free!" Glenn says.
" Benson, odd couple." Sam says taking her seat with her plate of bacon. Wouldn't be surprised if she got sick. After breakfast we wait outside and meet Mr. Archfield. Dresses like a fisherman, balding, and has a beer gut.
" I'm Drew Archfield. I started trust camp after my third divorce.This is to basically help each other trust their partners and also their instincts. Today's exerszie is fear. We will be hiking up a rock. It will only be you two and a rope." He says and hands everyone a bag of gear. Sam raises her hand.
" We're not married old timer." Sam says.
" No but according to Mr. Howard hear you need to trust Mr. Benson. I know what I'm doing little Missy." He starts walking and we follow.
" If he calls me little missy one more time I'm gonna," Sam says.
" Grab you and make sure you don't kill him." I add. We come to this giant rock. Everyone opens their bags and gets on their gear.
" Men then ladies." Drew says. I start to climb up and I feel Sam loosen the rope as I go higher. I think it's a good thing. I reach the top the same time as Nick and Seth. I head down slowly and it was Sam's turn.
" Can we just fake that I did it." Sam says.
" You have to climb up Sam." I say.
" I'm afraid of heights and you know that."
" That's why the course is called fear. Just don't look down." Sam looks at the boulder and goes for it. That's the Sam I know.

Sam
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I have Freddie's words planted into my brain. Don't look down. Don't look down. Whatever you do, don't look down. It's like being on the window-washer's platform. I look over to Carly for two seconds and I see the ground. I freeze. I squeeze my eyes shut.
" Sam? Sam? You okay?" Freddie says faintly. I'm so high up. I don't move.
" Sam, just push off the rock with your feet and glide down." I hear Drew say. I'm halfway there and I failed. Just glide down in dignity Sam. I start gliding down but I look down again and freeze up.
" Sam!" Freddie yells.
" Yeah?" I yell back.
" Don't look down!"
" I'm scared!"
" Don't be, I'm here!" It actually made me feel better when I heard him say that. I go again and I finally touch the ground. I sigh heavily. I turn around and run into Freddie's arms. I have never felt so safe.
" Group five has shown enormous amount of trusting." Drew says passing us. My stomach turns.
" Oh no." I manage to say. I escape the hug and puke behind some bushes. That's why I hate heights.
After lunch and two hours of stupid trust talk, it still wasn't over.
" Sam, have you learned today?" Drew asks me.
" Never trust the lady behind the counter if she asks if you want more bacon." I answer.
" Sam." Mr. Howard says.
" That your friends are always there for you." I say looking over to Freddie. Dinner came and went. Freddie and I took turns once again to get dressed. We both lied on the sleeping-bed occupying our selves in our own way. I woke up in the morning to find my head on Freddie's chest. Freddie's shirtless and hot chested. You knew he was so well built. His arm wrapped around me like he was holding a giant teddy bear.
" Freddie." I say lifting my head.
" Yeah." He says with his eyes still closed.
" Why are you shirtless?" I ask placing my hair behind my ear.
" It was hot last night. Remember? You slept in your underwear and I slept shirtless."
" Oh yeah." I remember how I complaining last to Freddie that I was hot. He agreed with me and we compromised.
" Also, Sam."
" Yeah?"
" Your underwear has too many words." He says opening an eye. I look down at my underwear and see XOXO all over them. " And your legs were all around me last night" I get out of Freddie's grasp.
" I'll go outside." He says unzipping the tent.

Freddie
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I get out of the tent and start looking around at the surrounding woods. I look back at the tent and see Sam's body as the sun hits it making a shadow. I was sort of get mesmerized how she arched her back as she put on her shirt. Next were her shorts which she kicked her legs to get them on. I would say after the fear experience we have gotten really close. After Sam was done we quickly went to breakfast. Drew then came in announcing our next exercise.
" The trust path. One of you guys will be blind folded and will be guided by your other partner. Half way you'll find the orange string where you will then switch." Drew says. " The ladies will be first." He hands out blind folds. Sam puts her on.
" Is he close enough that I could punch him?" Sam asks whispering.
" Not even near." I say into her ear. She moves her arms in front of her to see if I was right. I hear her curse under her voice.
" Language." I say.
" Language." She says mockingly.
" Here is the map, Guide your partners correctly. You never know what you might find." Drew says handing every boy a map. " Start trusting away!"
" Make a right." I say looking down at the map.
" Ow!" Sam exclaims. I look up and Sam is rubbing her forehead. " Yeah, right into a tree!"
This is going to be hard.