"We will daddy" Alexis replied with her sweetest voice.
"Us be good?" she said to Bradin in a quiet voice "Not in a million years" she said with a smirk.
Bradin couldn't help but laugh. Alexis pretended like she was so innocent when her dad was around, but the second he was gone, watch out!
"Where are we going?" Bradin asked.
"There's a river about a mile and a half up the trail" Alexis replied.
"Is this another tradition?" Bradin asked.
"You bet" Alexis replied.
"Hey Alex come here for a sec" Lizzy called, she was walking a few yards ahead with Merika.
"I'll talk to you again later," Alexis said as she jogged up to her friends.
Bradin caught himself watching Alexis's every move. It was going to be a lot easier to get over Sara than he thought.
"You like her don't you" Halanna said.
Bradin jumped a little. He hadn't realized that she was there.
"I don't know what you're talking about" Bradin replied.
"I don't blame you" Halanna said, "She's every guys dream," she added.
"Don't hurt her okay," Halanna said.
"What do you mean?" he questioned.
"Well, I'm guessing you've realized by now that you're the only new guy here" Halanna said.
"Yea"
"That's because there was a guy named Richard that used to be a counselor here...and Alexis's boyfriend" Halanna said.
"What happened?" Bradin asked, all the while keeping his eyes on Alexis.
"Richard was a nice guy most of the time, but sometimes he got really violent, especially when it came to Alexis. He was a really jealous guy" Halanna explained.
"Did he hit her?" Bradin asked.
"I don't know. She would never talk about. She thought she was in love with him and that's all that mattered to her" Halanna replied.
"Then what happened?" Bradin asked, he was starting to get really intrigued.
"Gary walked in on them one time when Richard was yelling at her about some guy she had talked to" Halanna replied.
"What did Gary do?" he asked.
"He kicked Richard out of the camp and told him not to come back. That's why you're here" Halanna replied.
"So she doesn't see Richard anymore?" Bradin questioned.
"No, he lives somewhere in Canada and since he's not coming to the camp anymore she doesn't get a chance to see him" Halanna replied.
"So they're not going out anymore?" Bradin questioned.
"Nope, she's single" Halanna replied.
"So I'm guessing that means you're interested in her," Halanna said.
Bradin replied with a smirk.
They walked in silence for a few minutes.
"I think it's only fair to give you the 4 11 on everyone" Halanna said.
"There's a 4 11?" Bradin questioned.
Halanna gave him a 'when-isn't-there-a-4-11' look.
"You know Chad," she said.
"Yea"
"He and Merika dated for three years and they still hooked up every summer at camp. They're just not officially going out anymore," Halanna said.
Bradin nodded to show that he understood.
"Jackie and Jesse have been dating for as long as I can remember, but there's a dirty little secret to that relationship" Halanna said.
"What?" Bradin questioned.
"Jesse and Lizzy hook up every once in a while, behind Jackie's back" she replied.
"Jackie doesn't know?" Bradin questioned.
"No, everyone, but her knows" she replied.
"Jesse looks like he loves her so much though" Bradin said as he looked back at Jesse and Jackie who were walking at the back of the pack, holding hands.
"He does love her, he just needs the thrill of cheating I guess" Halanna replied.
Bradin shook his head in disapproval.
"Okay, moving along. When everyone is pairing off and hooking up Marshall and Lizzy are usually together" Halanna said.
"So that leaves you and Dustin" Bradin said.
"Yea, I don't have feeling for him or anything, but he just always seems to be there when everyone else is hooking up" she said.
"Does everyone hook up often?" Bradin asked.
"I guess you'll just have to wait and see" Halanna replied with a smirk.
"I see the river!" Alexis exclaimed.
"I can't wait to get in the water!" Halanna said.
"I know it's so hot out here" Marshall agreed.
It took a mear matter of minutes for everyone the strip down into his or her bathing suits and much to the guys satisfaction all the girls were wearing bikinis.
"Canon ball" Chad cried as he jumped into the water.
Lizzy and Merika screamed when the splash from his canon ball hit them where they were now lying on the rocks.
"My sun screen isn't water proof!" Lizzy cried.
"I thought you were sun tanning" Chad replied.
"Yea, but I don't want skin cancer" Lizzy shot back.
"Sor-ry" Chad replied with a mocking tone in his voice.
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"We should hurry up it's starting to get dark and Gary will kill us if we're not back by dark" Halanna said.
"There's no way we'll be back before it's dark. We still have 20 minutes of walking" Alexis said.
"Chill out guys. It doesn't matter that much" Dustin said, "When have we ever been worried about following Gary's rules" he pointed out.
"You have a point" Merika agreed.
"I don't want to be walking in here when it's dark though" Alexis said.
"What are you scared of the dark?" Marshall questioned.
"No, these bushes just creep me out and we forgot to bring a flash light" Alexis replied.
"We could jog the rest of the way home" Merika suggested.
"Not all of us are cross country stars like you" Chad pointed out.
"You have got to be kidding me. It's only like 3 miles" Merika scoffed.
"My point made 3 miles is pretty far" Chad replied.
"Why don't we jog until someone gets too tired" Lizzy suggested.
"Fine" Chad, said.
They all started slowly jogging down the trail. After about ten minutes Jackie cried as she hobbled on one leg and then fell to the ground.
They all stopped to see what had happen.
Jesse was crouched beside Jackie who was holding her ankle.
"I think I rolled it on a rock" Jackie said "Sorry guys"
"Can you walk on it?" Marshall asked.
Jesse helped her to her feet and she tried to walk, but couldn't.
"Just our luck" Alexis sighed.
"I don't really understand why we were running in the first place," Dustin said.
"Cause Alexis is scared of the dark" Marshall said.
"I am not!" Alexis replied.
"We always come into the woods at night" Halanna said.
"I know and that clearly proves that I'm not scared of the dark" Alexis said.
"Give it a rest guys" Lizzy, said.
It stayed silent for a minute while they looked at Jackie's ankle.
"I can just carry you" Jesse suggested.
"You won't get too tired?" Jackie questioned.
"Jack, you're like a total of 100 pounds" Merika pointed out.
"105 and it's only cause I'm so short" Jackie replied.
"Whatever" Merika said.
Jackie wrapped her arms around Jesse's neck and he lifted her into his arms.
TBC...
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Do you think that Gary should be mad that they're home after dark?
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