Chloe forced down the urge to fidget as she awaited Darius’ response to her question. To occupy her hands, she slid them into the pockets of her jeans. It wasn’t something she would do normally but she was feeling quite awkward at the moment and the need to do something forced the uncharacteristic gesture on her. When Darius casually took off his sweater, she couldn’t help but glance at his body. He was tan and his arms were well toned, hinting at the fact that he most likely worked out. Heat rose through her body and her eyes quickly snapped to his face when he responded to her question at last. ”Great!” she heard herself respond casually enough before he extended his offer for her to stop boy his campsite if she needed anything. ”Thanks, you do the same,” she responded, mentally cringing at her awkward response. What could she possibly do to help him?

Chloe moved back away from the car to give Darius more space to pull out and waved once as his car got underway. She watched him drive away until his car turned the slight bend before walking over to where they had deposited her things. Sitting down on the grass next to her pack, Chloe leaned back against it and closed her eyes, feeling the quickened beating of her heart and the warmth of the sun on her face. This trip had already turned out to be more than she was expecting. When her mind wandered back to Darius’ response to her s’mores offer, she couldn’t help but blush again. Though his voice had been playful and possibly joking, she couldn’t help accentuate the word “date” in her mind.

Almost laughing at her own naive fantasies, Chloe opened her eyes and sat up a minute later. It was late afternoon and she had quite a bit of work ahead of her. Standing up, Chloe pulled a hair tie from her pocket and did it up in a ponytail before kneeling down in front of the tent. Unzipping the bag it came in, she turned it over and unceremoniously dumped the contents out onto the ground. Rifling through them, she found the instruction booklet and set it off to the side before methodically sorting the contents of the bag into groups of the same object. That accomplished, she finally took a look at the instruction booklet and began the difficult task of setting up her shelter.