Selena stood there, body slightly angled, ankles crossed, arm draped across her breasts as her other hand flexed nervously at her side. Judging how much time had passed was difficult, but it felt like it should've been long enough for him to emerge. "Nick?" she called out, slightly lower than her speaking volume.

There was a crunch in the treeline to the right of where she'd emerged from the path. She smiled. Okay, he was taking it a little far with the stalking approach, but she could be into it as long as he wasn't an asshole about it.

More snapping happened a little further to her right. Her ear...