Chapter 4: Confessions

Mike's POV


I went back to my cabin, after we got a lecture from one of the head councillors. It wasn't that bad, all we got was a lecture on how bad examples we were for kissing in front of kids and how we were going to get kicked out if we do that again.

I was just lying down on my bed, listening to my music and just thinking about what could've been possibly going through Tina's mind when she pulled that off. I seriously don't get it right now, she has a boyfriend, she better than that, and she deserves better than me. I mean, I want her but I don't know if I should've read between the lines or not or that was just an unexpected moment that was meant to be. Whatever the reason may be, I'm still confused. I seriously don't know what to do anymore.

That's when my phone rang, it was a text from Tina.

Tina: We need to talk.

Mike: Okay

Tina: Meet me at the docks in 5?

Mike: Sure, I'm on my way.


I made my way to the docks and there she was just sitting there staring at the water.

"Hey, I'm here," I said.

"Hey," she said quietly not making any eye contact with me.

"So…what did you want to talk about?" I asked.

"I'm sorry." Tina said as she turned to face me. "I'm sorry for doing what I did, I didn't mean to get you into trouble. I didn't even know what was through my mind when I did that."

"Wait, what? Tina, I didn't really care for the trouble. All I care about and I need right now is an explanation on what made you do that," I said, slightly getting angry. Is she pretty much implying that she regretted that? All of it?

"I knew this was coming. Mike, I like you. I don't know when it happened or how it happened. It just happened and after my apology, it looks like that you're thinking that I regretted what happened this morning. But I don't, trust me. I don't. I'm just confused with what happened, "she said.

'Kay, this is all wrong. Shouldn't I be making the first move? Well, I don't really care about that right now and I might as well tell her what I feel too. I owe her that much because I bet it took her a lot of courage to even say what she just said straight up to my face.

"Tina, I like you too. I knew it, and felt it halfway through camp. I just didn't want to tell you because you're with Artie right now and I don't want to be that guy who hooks up with one of his friends' girlfriend behind his back. I'm not that guy, and either way, you deserve so much more than me. Look, you have Artie. He may be paralyzed from the waist down, but he can sing and all that stuff he can do. Me, all I'm just this quiet, Asian kid who plays football to fit in and loves to dance, "I said as I looked deeply into her eyes.

"Mike, you got to stop being so hard on yourself. For the past two weeks that we've spent together so far, and each day we spent together, I found out that you're so much more than that. Artie may have his own qualities that I love, but he can never give me what I need the most right now."

"What's that?" I asked.

"Your time, patience, understanding. Everything that you've done for me these past two weeks and more is all I can ask for right now. That's why I broke up with Artie today," she said calmly.

"W-What? Why?" I asked, I felt my eyes widen at the thought. Did she tell him that we kissed? I like Tina but I don't want to be the rebound boy of the Goth chick that broke the kid in a wheelchair's heart. It's just not right.

"Don't worry, it's not because of you. He preferred to play Halo than answer my phone calls or texts and all he wanted was to watch Coming Home over and over again, every time I was around. I swear I never got sick of a movie in my entire life," Tina explained.

"So, where do we stand?" I asked.

"I don't know, but I think you should make your redemption to find out," Tina said jokingly.

"Okay, you asked for it. Tina Cohen-Chang, would you like to be my girlfriend?" I asked sweetly, I threw in my puppy dog eyes for the sake of the moment.

"Yes, I would. But with one condition." she answered.

"What's the condition?" I asked.

"That we tell no one about this until I say so," she smirked.

"Hmm… I can live with that," I said with a grin.

To finish off my redemption, I leaned in closer to her and she leaned in closer too. Our lips finally met and fell into a deep kiss. It was like for a few moments than we finally pulled apart. I held her in my arms, we just sat there in each other's arms. No words necessary, just the silent sound of our breathing and the sound of nature as we watch the sunset.

This year's camp was the one I'll never forget.