Beyond My Reach

"As I was saying.." I grinned widely, purposely trailed off my announcement, I look at Lilian—my bestfriend— face as it shows eagerness, "Mom and Dad said yes!" She squealed loudly as she jumps on top of my bed, knocking out all of the books as well as my pillows that was organized, before. As soon as Mom blurted out that we have a lot and a cabin inside the woods somewhere out of town when we invited her for dinner, she has been pestering me to ask my parents to let us camp there when summer break finally comes. And that's what happened just now. They let us have fun without them, reluctantly. "Calm down, would you?" I giggled as I took the pillow and throw it straight into her face. "Oomph!" She scowled, slowly taking the pillow that was thrown at her. "Oh no no, you wouldn't do that." I stare at her, wide-eyed. I already know what's her next move, "I still have announcement!" She narrowed her eyes as she waits, readying the pillow to choke me to death. "They will let us, if—" I smiled, "Nathan come along with us." She sat, hugging my pillow. "That wouldn't be a problem, I'll choke him if he gets on my nerves again." She sighed, massaging her temples. I smiled, knowing that will not going to happen. Nathan is another bestfriend of mine, we know each other since grade school. Though, he's quite popular in campus because he is a basketball captain and indeed have a good looks, he's still Nathan, he didn't let that popularity gets on his head. Another thing, he is also a joker. However, I am quite a nobody myself. I don't like being a center of attention and I hate being talked about so I always kept a low profile for my very own good. "I'll keep that in mind." ~*~ "Take care, sweetie. Don't ever come out of the cabin at night." Mom hugged me dearly, "And be safe on the road, you three." I nodded, I took my bags and things for the camp. I remember her warning the night before, that the place have rumors about mysterious people appears in that woods and disappears deep in that place again. That, very much, sounds like a ghost. I chuckled at my thoughts. "I'll remember that, Mom!" Nathan, chimed in cheerfully. Taking our bags and putting it safely inside the trunk. "She's not your Momma, Nate. She's my mother!" Lilian exclaimed, hitting him on his back, hard. That earns her an 'oww' from Nathan. "Gosh, are you a rock?" Hitting him again. "No, I'm hot." He answers with a wink, posing like a model, placing both of his hands on either sides of his waist and smirking. "Hey, what'cha doin?" I remembered, Flinn Ryder in the movie named, Tangled. They both look the same face. "Mga feelingang frog." I laughed, remembering the famous lines of Filipinos my mother taught me. Mom's family side have a Filipino's blood that's why she knows that much about Philippines. She also inherits their skin tones and littles of features. However, I still wonder why I didn't got neither of my parents genes. From the hair to the face. I, sometimes, ask Mom about it but she always brush it off so I just let it pass. I was thrown back into reality when I see both of them looking at me, weirdly. As if three heads have grown out of my neck. "What?" I grinned widely, acting innocent. I heard Mom laughing hysterically upon seeing the faces of these two idiots in front of me. "Y'know, I think I need to call a doctor if my baby Agatha needs some medicines." Lilian dramatically place the back of her hand on her forehead while leaning on Nathan who nodded, feigning worried. "I agreed, maybe not, we should take her at Mental Hospital?" I scowled at the both of them, I heard Mom still laughing, that adds to my annoyed state. "Y'know Mom, it's your fault." I whined like a 10 year's old child, scowling at her. "Oh, no no, dear!" She chuckled as she pats on my back gently, "No more joke, you should go now!" Ushering us inside the car. "Take care, Mom. Tell Dad don't eat my nutella!" And that, people, we started our journey on the way to our camp. Not knowing what tragedy awaits us in the woods. ─────────── author‘s note : Yay! You've read the prologue of my very first story. I hope you like it, laloves! If you ever come across such typos and grammatical errors, I am sorry as English is just my second language. Let me know your thought about them. Hope you're enjoying Agatha‘s story!❤️