Hey guys, I got this idea a while ago and now I finally have time to write it. Hope you like it! BTW, Derek and Casey have not met yet. They will meet eventually though. Eventual Dasey does occur.
Casey was so excited. She was about to spend spring break in the Bahamas with her best friend Emily. It was a school marine biology trip, so there would be learning going on as well. But a week in the Bahamas, snorkeling, sunbathing, and the promise of beach volleyball was enough for Casey to sign up, whom of course dragged Emily with her. There were about 40 people going.
Another school, about 20 miles away, was also planning a trip to the Bahamas, and a couple of students there were going on the trip. A group of 6 people, not very many, but enough to have an awesome time. Sam, one of the trip members was a closet science buff, although he was known as one of the school players had convinced his friend Derek to go, with the promise of girls in bikinis. Derek's high school was to leave the day before Casey's.
(a/n I will be following Casey for the story, not much of Derek's general details unless he is around Casey)
Andiris Island was the name of the island and Casey was excited. They took a bus to Ft. Lauderdale and taxi planes from there. Casey was in the first group; the flight left at 7:30 in the morning. And they got to the island around 8:30. They took a Taxi to their residence; a research facility called Borbar Field Station. It was gorgeous. The water was crystal clear and the sand was fine. It was only 9 in the morning, and the feel of the sun was already about 75 degrees. Their luggage would not be arriving until the last of the group came so they grabbed what they needed from their suitcases ahead of time. Casey had grabbed a cute halter bikini that was green with yellow accents. She went to her little hut to go change and then have some fun in the sun. She layed out for a while, but she proved to eagar for that and grabbed a Frisbee and forced some of the other girls to play with her.
While all of this was happening, Casey noticed a group of 6 or 7 people who were playing beach volleyball and then left shortly for the bus.
Soon others began to arrive, while the sun warmed the water and the day grew hotter. It was above 90 degrees by the time everyone had arrived. They had lunch and then were off to go swim with the fishes. They took a boat accompanied by two teachers and one of the station counselors. They went to Pigeon key, where they surveyed the rocks and had their first snorkeling experience outside of a swimming pool. They actually swam around the ENTIRE cay. When they returned to the station, they showered and hung out in the lodge. It was large with big comfy chairs and a couch and the dining takles were available to play cards as well. It was at this time that Emily noticed the cute guys that were hanging out in the lodge as well from the other school
"Let's go hang out with those guys from the other school," Emily said to Casey.
Casey was unenthusiastic. "Whatever," she replied not really caring. "why do you want to anyway?"
"Because there is not a bad looking one among them."
"Go ahead if you want to."
That was the end of that discussion. Dinner went fine, and after that Casey taught Emily how to play Euchre (yes euchre is a Midwest thing, but it is like the best game ever, so just pretend they play it in Canada ) quite unsuccessfully. After a while the lodge closed and everyone headed out to the beach to hang out until they decided to go to sleep. Some people wanted to get up early to watch the sunset including a bunch of people in Emily's cabin. So she headed in early with the. Casey, however, decided to stay out and see what her classmates were up to. They were playing hot seat. A game where when you are on the "hot seat" anyone from the group could ask you any question they wanted and you had to answer. One of the guys from the other school decided to play and we learned his name was Ronny and that he was adopted and the school he went to was Clark High School. They also learned he was a break dancer.
Casey noticed that some of the other members of Renny's group were hanging out on the deck with everyone else, but were keeping to themselves. Casey decided to go talk to them.
"So do you guys not want to join the rest of us?" Casey asked.
"No we just aren't very good at social interaction." One of them responded.
"Well I'm Casey." The three introduced themselves as Sam, Derek, and Bobby.
"They started talking about anything, where they were both from and soon learned that this group of students attended a Montessori school, that is the guys of course. Casey went to prep school. They both lived in the Ontario region, which was a strange coincidence. Somehow religion came up and Derek and Casey both revealed that they were agnostic. Bobby said that if he was the All-American child. He grew up in Cincinnati where he was the bastard son of a catholic and a jew, and had black cousins, not to mention he was an eagle scout as well. They even talked about conspiracy theories jokingly about how Canada was getting all the smart people, and sending all the dumb people to the United States, making the US dumber, and Canada the next super power. It was a joke of course.
Casey also learned that these guys had been to the island before, although they had been in eighth grade and they were now seniors. It was a good talk. At some point though, Casey dropped a necklace she had been holding and Sam made the comment "you didn't do that on purpose did you?" as she bent down to pick it up. Casey was a feminist and took offense to the comment and walked away, but Derek, intrigued by the beautiful brunette with sparkling blue eyes, beckoned her back; dazzled by her smile, and telling her that Sam was just an asshole and he was a beach bum anyway so it was not like his opinion mattered.
Casey and the guys soon realized it was close to midnight and decided that since they needed to be up at seven, to head to sleep. They went their separate ways to see each other tomorrow.
