Week 7: Goodbye Week - Amy

After the events at the aquarium, Amy found it very hard to get to sleep. Every time she closed her eyes she saw Jake's face. She saw the sweet, hopeful look in his eyes when he confessed, and she saw the light leave them as she stuttered out her refusal. She slapped her palms to her eyes in an effort to kill the vision. She hurt him. He wouldn't admit it, but she did. Eyes don't just flicker out and faces don't just fall like that. He liked her. He even went so far as to specify that he liked her a lot. Amy's face scrunched up in the darkness.

Why did he like her? Wasn't she a total nerd and that completely lacked any sort of sexual appeal? Then again, his confession wasn't a complete surprise. The signs were there and she knew it, but still, it seemed surreal. Everything was always such a joke to him and yet, there he was, confessing his feelings.

Her own feelings kept her awake at night as well. Did she like Jake? Did she not like Jake? She wasn't sure one way or the other. She had feelings for him, certainly, but what kind of feelings? They were friends and she was fond of him. She initially thought he was cute and she guessed that was still true. He made her laugh and they had a lot in common. Did that constitute romantic feeling though? She went back-and-forth endlessly.

Eventually, her thoughts wandered to Jake winning the bet. She saw him gloating at her, then suddenly getting serious, taking her hands, and leading her into him. She saw him crash his lips against hers and his hands on her face.

She slammed her pillow against her burning cheeks, hoping to smother the fire it ignited in her. Well what did that mean? She wouldn't get all flustered if she didn't like him, right? Or was it because the idea of kissing anyone scared her into a blushing spiral of uselessness? Mercifully, this line of thinking had exhausted her and she fell asleep.

The day came for Jake and Amy's final battle for glory. They had worked out an elaborate set of games in order to go out with bang. They set up six separate games that put each camper head-to-head with one other camper. Each win gave the corresponding team one point and they set up a tie-breaker in case it was three-to-three. Both of them had separate meetings with their groups. Amy was absolutely desperate to win.

"Okay, guys. Listen up. I need all of you to summon the wrath of god during this showdown. We need to show them that we're the superior twelve-year-olds. This is for guts. This is for glory. The outcome of this showdown will determine how you live the rest of your lives. Are you guys going to be losers? Or are you going to be winners?" she said, blood pumping in her ear.

"Eh, whatever" Lauren said, bored. Amy glared.

"If you guys don't win, I'm going to make sure we run laps all day for the rest of the week"

"You wouldn't" Aaron said, fear in his voice.

"Oh, I would" Amy said, still glaring. Her campers looked at each other in panic. She smirked to herself and was sure she had gotten through to them.

The two teams met at the running track and prepped for the first competition. This one was simple enough. Jorge (playing for Amy) and Andy (playing for Jake) would run one whole lap. The one who reached the end first was awarded the point.

"Ready for the worst day of your life, Santiago?" Jake asked with a cocky grin.

"I don't know why you're acting so high-and-mighty, Peralta. You know as well as I do that Jorge is going to leave Andy in the dust.

"Andy's got some new tricks up his sleeve. Don't count him out yet" Jake said with a wiggle of his eyebrow.

Apparently Andy's "new trick" was to pretend he was being chased by a serial killer. Though a great idea in theory, Andy got a little too caught up in the fantasy and completely wiped out half-way through. Jorge crossed the finish line and won Amy her first point.

"Ooh, Peralta, not off to a good start" She said and she saw Jake grimace.

The next competition was Tyrell (Team Amy) versus Olivia (Team Jake) at a game of Risk. Amy had no idea how to play this game, but Tyrell assured her he knew what he was doing. She took that as a good sign.

Amy and Jake immediately regretted the choice to have Risk as a competition because it took twenty minutes just to set-up. For what felt like hours, Tyrell and Olivia sat in silence, moved their pieces, and nodded.

At long last, Olivia let out an exasperated sigh and announced she had lost.

"YES!" Amy shouted with a jump and a punch to the air, "You getting' scared Jakey?"

"It's not over yet! We're just gettin' started"

"Oh, are you?"

"Yeah!"

"You guys are weird" Lauren said with her signature stink face.

The next competition required help from Jake's friend Gina. She had selected seven pieces of Beyoncé trivia. Whoever answered the most questions correctly got the point for their team. Maria was playing for Amy and Gillian played for Jake.

"Alright, fellow disciples of Queen Bee, are you ready for your first question?" Gina asked.

"Yes!" Maria and Gillian said in unison.

"Bey-once-iful. Okay, we'll start off easy. Who is Bey married to?" Gina asked and both girls immediately threw up their hands.

"Hmm, Gillian you were a little faster, what is the answer?"

"Jay-Z!" she shouted and Maria crossed her arms.

"Correct little dove. Okay, question two: What girl-group sensation was Beyoncé apart of before she went solo?" Gina asked. Maria raised her hand.

"Maria" Gina pointed.

"Destiny's child!" she exclaimed.

"Very good, point Maria"

"Who's Destiny's Child?" Andy asked. This made Gina, Maria, Amy, and Jake all gasp.

"Who are you, Andy?" Jake asked.

"Children disgust me, 'cept you Maria. You're adequate" Gina said.

In any case, it was Gillian's victory four to three. Amy could feel the physical presence of Jake's ego.

"Not out of the game yet, Santiago" he said and she scowled at him. She was a terrible loser.

Next, was a rapid game of PIG between Aaron (Team Amy) and Hannah (Team Jake). Aaron was absolutely terrible at shooting and made the word PIG within minutes. Amy sneered as she lost her lead, while Jake did a victory dance.

The fifth competition was a tennis match between Cathleen, fighting for Amy, and Mark, fighting for Jake. This battle was much closer than the others. Mark was a worthy candidate, but in the end, he couldn't compete with Cathleen's batting arm. On Cathleen's winning point, Amy started her own victory dance.

"Shaking in your boots yet, Jake? I only need to win this last competition and you'll be dressing down for the entire week" she said, her pompous smile growing bigger.

"You're counting your chickens before they egg" Jake said.

"Not even close to what the expression is"

"That's exactly what it is, but it doesn't matter because we're gonna ruin you in the next one"

The last game required assistance from Gina once again. Playing for Amy was Lauren and Ben played for Jake. The final competition required Lauren and Ben to send Gina a text written down on the paper in front of them. The text included capitalization, punctuation, and emojis. Whoever sent the text accurately to Gina first would win. Ben and Lauren both sat on a bench opposite of Gina with a single sheet of paper in front of both of them.

"On your mark, get set, TATUM" Gina said and the competitors flipped over their papers, typing away furiously on their phones. Everyone sat in excited silence, daring not to breathe.

A ping was heard from Gina's phone and was quickly succeeded by another. Both groups gasped and Gina picked up her phone.

"Lauren sent in the text first" Gina said calmly as she skimmed the text for errors. Amy's heart thumped loudly in her chest. This was it. If Lauren just sent it in without any errors, then she'd win. Amy crossed her fingers.

"Hmm, no, sorry boo. The paper clearly says heart-eyes emoji, not cat-ears-heart-eyes emoji. The text is disqualified. Ben, if you put yours in correctly, you will win the battle my friend" Gina said and Amy felt her heart drop. She was so close. There was still hope though. If Ben got something wrong they'd have to do another round.

Silence fell upon the group once again as Gina proof-read the text. After what felt like an eternity, Gina smiled and nodded.

"Ben's text is perfect. Jake's team gets the point!" she said and Jake's team exploded. Ben's teammates all gathered around him and slapped him on the back. Amy's team, on the other hand, all slumped in their spots. Amy couldn't believe it. She was certainly nervous now. Jake might actually win this thing and that meant…

She shook her hand to get rid of the thought and the shivers it gave her.

"It seems we have a tie everyone," Gina announced, "looks like we're going into sudden death, which means it's obstacle course time! Everyone meet at Amy's cabin for your assignments!"

The whole group migrated back to the girl's cabin, buzzing with excitement. Gina stepped up on the cabin porch and addressed her audience.

"Okay, little people. This is how it's gonna go: Your counselors have picked the order in which you will run and where you'll be going. A few ground rules: one, you may not ever touch your competitor. This includes kicking, tripping, grabbing, or groping. Two, you may not interfere with the race in any way if it is not your turn. No throwing things or doing weird crap to your opponents. That's basically it. Jake, would you like to explain the course? "

"Sure would, Gina. Okay, the first set will be from the steps of the girl's cabin to the tire swing. You cannot tag in the next person until you've successfully given yourself one good swing on the tire. That means butt on tire, back-and-forth. From the tire swing you'll head over to the tennis court and make one serve over the net, then tag your teammate. The next person will run to the dining hall, where Charles will have a PB&J sandwich waiting for you. You must eat the entire sandwich before you tag your partner. From the dining hall you will run to Director Holt's cabin and do ten push-ups before tagging your teammate. You'll go from Director Holt's cabin to the beginning of the hiking trails. As soon as you get there you will tag your last teammate immediately. The last runner will have to hike all the way up to the biggest tree house where Amy and I will be waiting for you to tag us. Whoever tags their counselor first will be the victor" Jake said, as if he was describing the plan for a heist.

"Little side note: Jake, Amy you can't move even one foot when you see your last kiddo. Any attempt to reach for the tag will result in immediate disqualification" Gina said, and they both nodded.

"Okay, so here's the order for my team. Lauren, you'll run the first leg, Aaron is second, Maria your third, Tyrell will be fourth, Cathleen you'll be the fifth, and Jorge you'll take the last leg" Amy said, giving them all encouraging looks as she named them.

"My Team! First is Ben, then Olivia, Gillian, Andy, Mark, and then Hannah for the win" Jake said, punctuating each name by pointing at its owner.

"Get in your positions campers, it's about to go down" Gina said, and they all scattered. Amy and Jake headed to their spots together.

"You nervous?" Jake asked.

"Not as nervous as you" Amy said, giving away just how nervous she was. Jake laughed.

"Fine, I'll admit it. I'm nervous"

"Ha! Knew it. Not too keen to wear a speed-o now, are you?" she teased.

"More nervous about winning actually" Jake mumbled so quietly that Amy almost didn't catch it. Almost. They stopped teasing each other after that.

They reached the tree house and Jake took out his phone to text Gina that they'd arrived. Jake read out her text's to Amy.

"She says they're about to start and that she has a pretty good vantage point from the cabin so she'll give us as many updates as she can" Jake said.

"Oh, great. I was worried we weren't going to know anything"

"Yeah. She says they just started!" Jake said and Amy gasped. They waited in silence, their attention completely on Jake's phone. After a few moments, Jake's phone pinged.

"Ben and Lauren are done, Ben got to the swing first so Olivia has a lead on Aaron" Jake said and Amy cursed in her head.

"This is crazy nerve-wracking! I hate not doing anything" she said.

"I know it sucks," Jake agreed and his phone pinged again, "She says Maria and Gillian are running now and she thinks Maria's ahead"

"Go Maria!" Amy said as her heart beat accelerated. Some moments went by until Jake received the next message.

"Oh, oh my god, so Gillian totally devoured the sandwich and now Andy has a huge lead on Tyrell" Jake said, clenching his fist.

"What? No!"

"Better start praying Santiago" Jake said and Amy felt her insides flip. Second, minutes, or hours passed by and finally, Jake got the next text.

"Andy tagged Mark and he still has a considerable lead, but Cathleen is closing the distance a bit" Jake said and Amy noticed he was looking pale. He was getting nervous and she knew she had her best runner left. She might actually win this thing. Jake received another message.

"Gina says that Mark tagged Hannah first, but Cathleen wasn't far behind. She says she can't see anyone now and that they're coming" Jake said, putting his phone in his pocket.

"Oh, crap" Amy said as she got in position to tag Jorge's hand and Jake copied her.

"This is it, Amy. They'll be here in a couple of minutes" he said, a shakiness in his voice.

"Yeah, moment of truth" she agreed.

"Well, let the best counselor win" he said as he outstretched his hand for her to shake. She smiled and shook his hand.

"I will" she said with a smug shrug.

"Wow" he said and she laughed.

"Well, thank you anyway" she said as she looked straight ahead at the bridge in front of them. She strained to see the path past the bridge to maybe get a glimpse of anyone coming. It took a while, but she spotted Hannah coming up the path and towards the bridge. Her stomach dropped, but hope filled her as she saw Jorge not far behind. He was steadily catching up to her and by the time they hit the rope ladder that led to the bridge they were neck-and-neck.

They climbed the rope ladder and Jorge got a step ahead, but the unthinkable happened. As Jorge was pushing himself up onto the bridge his foot got caught on the rope and he fell forward on the wooden planks. Jake and Amy both gasped, worried for his well-being, but neither willing to move. Hannah got herself steadily on the bridge and ran. Jorge got himself up as quickly as he could, but Hannah had too much of a lead on him. Amy watched, almost as if in slow motion, as Jake outstretched his hand and Hannah slapped it, Jorge right on her heels.

Jake had won the bet.

Jake was absolutely insufferable after that. Once they had all congregated back to the cabins, he got his campers to start chanting "Amy Sucks, Amy Sucks". They all high-fived and congratulated each other, while Amy's group looked up at her with guilty, puppy-dog eyes.

"So do we still have to run laps for the rest of the week?" Maria asked shyly.

"Oh, no! No way, you guys were great. I know you gave it your all. I'm super proud of you" she said and they all smiled at her. Amy sighed and was grateful she had some pretty great campers.

"Hey! Let's go get dinner, losers!" Jake shouted at Amy's group. Amy rolled her eyes and headed to the dining hall.

Once there, Amy sat herself across from Jake who had a grin on his face that would not go away. Amy looked over at him and felt a hurricane in her torso. He won the bet. He was going to kiss her. She tried to let go of the significance of a first kiss. This was just a transaction. Collateral for a bet lost. It didn't have to mean anything. And what was a kiss when all was said and done, anyway? It was just skin up against somebody else's skin. She had about as every reason to be nervous about this as she did for shaking hands. It was such a sensible argument and yet, she still got goosebumps thinking about the "transaction". She took a deep breath and looked at Jake.

"So, when would you like to uh, pick up your, uh, winnings?" she asked, trying to sound mature and business-like.

"My what?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You know," she said in an aggressive whisper, "your winnings"

"Ooh, my winnings. We'll wait until the night the kids leave. Meet at midnight by the hiking trails again"

"The kids don't leave for another five days! Can't we just get it over with?" she pleaded.

"Nope. I want to savor my win" he said as he took a big bite out of his burger. Amy mentally groaned. She knew she was going to get herself in a tizzy if she had to think about this for five days. This was going to be a nightmare.

Amy was wrong about it being a nightmare. After day two, she realized it was Hell. She couldn't stop thinking about it. She kept imagining different ways he'd do it. Maybe he'd keep it simple and just place his lips on hers for a couple of moments or maybe he'd be as gross as possible and just lick her all over her face. Maybe he would French kiss her and cop a feel. She admitted to herself that Jake probably wasn't that big of a jerk, but she couldn't help thinking of worst-case scenarios.

It really worried her that Jake wasn't gloating nearly as much as she thought he would. He barely mentioned it, actually. She worried he had some horrible, devious plan for her. She tried to reason with herself that Jake was still her friend and he wouldn't do anything to purposefully hurt her.

Jake's plan for the kiss was really only half of her concerns. There was a naïve, childish part of her that was worried about her own performance. She'd never done it before and she didn't want it to be bad. This thought led to a whole other line of thinking: why did she care if she was good or bad to Jake? Did that mean she wanted the kiss to go well? Or did she just not want to embarrass herself? Needless to say, these days were torture.

It finally reached the day of the campers' departure. It was actually way sadder than she thought it would be. At lunch, Holt and Terry both gave little good bye speeches. Terry was choking up a little and Holt was his usual, apathetic self. Still, they were both very nice and they made her realize she'd actually really miss her misfits.

After lunch, Amy helped all the girls pack and clear out the cabin. This task weighed heavy on her heart. Six weeks went by so quickly and now they were really leaving. Once all of the girls had their bags packed, they walked over to the bus stop where the boys waited for them. The bus still hadn't arrived so the fourteen of them sat in a circle and exchanged some of their favorite memories. Maria talked about how much she liked looking at Sea Jellies at the Aquarium, Ben shyly talked about how fun it was to be Belle, and Hannah talked enthusiastically about her epic win in the obstacle course. This got big cheers from the Jake group and few "boo"s from Amy's.

"Yeah, my favorite moment was definitely winning that obstacle course" Jake said jovially and Amy shook her head.

"Amy's turn!" Olivia said.

"My favorite part? Well, I think I'm just really glad to have met you all and to have made so many friends" Amy said, sincerely. She was greeted by a chorus of "aww"s and felt her heart lift. She was going to miss them.

Not long after that, the bus rolled in and they all stood up. Amy hugged and high-fived her campers as they told her goodbye. She watched as they all filed onto the bus and struggled with their bags. Then, in just a few minutes, the bus was full and was starting to pull out. Jake and Amy waved until the bus hit the street and drove out of sight. Amy let out a cheerless sigh.

"Kinda sad, huh?" Jake asked looking at her.

"Yeah" she said, still looking at the spot where the bus disappeared. Jake wrapped an arm around Amy and rubbed her arm in an effort to comfort her.

"Hey, you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she said, and being here with him like this, she believed it.

"Jeez, what now?" He asked, releasing her. She laughed.

"I don't know. We have the rest of the day off, but I have no idea what to do now"

"Challenge you to a game of tennis!" Jake said, tagging her and running towards the courts.

"You're on!" she said and ran after him.

They kept themselves busy and Amy was grateful for that. In fact, it wasn't until lights out, when Jake and she were saying goodnight, that she was reminded of their plans.

"So I'll meet you by the tree at midnight, yeah?" he asked, and she felt herself go pale.

"Oh, yup. Yeah. I'll be there" she replied.

"Cool, I'll grab the lanterns and a blanket" he said and headed to his cabin.

"Blanket?! Why do we need a blanket? Is he planning, like, a make-out session?" Amy thought. She went inside her cabin and started pacing. She really wasn't prepared for this, but a bet was a bet.

Amy didn't know how she endured those last two hours, but she did. She wandered over to the trail in the dark. Every step she took she felt her heart beat race a little faster and when she spotted Jake in the distance it was beating at dangerous speeds. This was really happening. When she reached Jake he smiled.

"Hey, glad you could make it" he said, an odd sincerity in his voice. She expected him to be bragging about his win the entire night, but she couldn't detect any trace of that.

"I had to, remember?"

"Oh, yeah. Aw, well whatever, don't worry about that. I've got a surprise for you" he said, singing the last part.

"Oh, no. What?" she asked.

"You'll see" he said as he lit a lantern and handed it to her. He lit his own and held it in his right hand and tucked the blanket under his left arm. They began walking the trail and Amy felt a lump begin in her throat. She looked at Jake who was a few steps in front of her. She looked at the back of his head and paid attention to his hairline and how it met his hoodie. She noted the slight curl it had that would certainly have been a wild mess if he ever grew it out. Her face began to burn with a blush.

She took a deep breath and looked at his back. She didn't know why but, a lot of her fear seemed to vanish as she looked at him. This was Jake. Whatever he had planned, she knew he wouldn't do anything un-gentlemanlike. She trusted him. She took another deep breath in.

"Everything will be fine Amy" she thought.

"So what was really your favorite moment?" he asked, looking behind at her.

"Huh?" she asked.

"Earlier today you said it was meeting everyone, but I think you're lying" he said, smirking.

"Well, I mean, I wasn't lying. I just had something else in mind too" she said, her blush burning anew.

"What? What was it?" he asked, eagerly.

"I really liked seeing the tree house for the first time" she said and she almost thought she saw him blush.

"Oh, well, yeah I…that was kind of my real answer too" he said, looking anywhere but at her.

"Oh," she said, "yeah, that night was really fun"

"Yeah, totally"

They continued to hike and talk about some of their other fond memories of camp for a while longer. Amy felt herself relax the more they talked normally, but got suddenly nervous when they arrived at the tree houses.

"We're gonna keep going straight actually" he said as she was heading towards the rope ladder.

"We're not going to the tree houses?" she asked, following him.

"Nope. I found another trail over here that leads to some place cool" he said as he started on a much smaller and much less traveled trail between two big pines. This trail was at a much steeper incline and Amy felt her calves burn. They marched on for a couple more minutes until the land flattened out as they reached the top the hill.

"Wow!" Amy exclaimed as she took in the spectacular view, they were higher up than she had realized and they were able to see the side of a smaller neighboring mountain. The mountain was covered in trees, but what was even more breathtaking was the sky beyond the mountain. The clear dark navy atmosphere was absolutely covered in stars and not a cloud was in sight. Amy had never seen so many stars. She was stunned and overwhelmed. She didn't know how, but she felt both very big and very small at the same time.

"Crazy, right? We're so far up that there's basically no light pollution to cover-up the stars and it's a new moon." he said and blew out the lanterns.

"Oh, is that why you wanted to wait until tonight?" she asked.

"Yeah! Perfect opportunity for star-gazing" he said as he laid out the blanket.

"That's what the blanket was for?" she asked.

"Yup. Why? What'd you think it was for?" he asked with a teasing smirk.

"Nothing. I had no idea" She said and sat on the blanket, crossing her arms for warmth. Jake laid down on the blanket and put both hands underneath the back of his head. He took a deep breath in and exhaled. They watched the stars in silence for some time before Amy felt confused. Weren't they here for his winnings? She really didn't want to put it off any longer.

"So…are we doing this, or what?" she asked, blood rushing to her cheeks. At this Jake sat up.

"Doing what?" he asked.

"Y'know, 'winnings'?"

"Oh, that. You want to now?" he asked.

"Yeah. You won, fair and square, so let's get this over with" she said, courage filling her.

"Okay. You have to close your eyes first"

"Okay" she said and obeyed. She relaxed her lips and waited for him. With her eyes closed she felt her other senses heighten. She could hear her heart pounding and she could hear Jake breathing. She felt the cold night air on her face and she felt the warm presence next to her. It seemed like hours had gone by before she sensed the warm body getting closer to her, closer to her lips. Eventually, she felt warm lips grace her cheek, gentle and sweet. Her heart fluttered and she thought how kind it was of him to ease her into this. When he pulled away, she was certain he was going to come back for her lips, but she felt his warmth inch away from her.

She opened her eyes and found Jake where had last found him: sitting away from her, looking up at the stars. Was that it?

"Um, Jake?"

"Yeah?" he asked, still looking up.

"Are you, uh, done?" she asked and he looked at her.

"Yup. Your debt is paid" he said with a smile.

"Oh, you didn't want, like, a real kiss?" she asked, still confused.

"Nah, it's your first one, right? I wouldn't want to take that from you" he said in his typical light-hearted tone.

"But you won"

"Yeah, yeah, but I don't particularly want to kiss a girl who doesn't want to kiss me back. Don't worry about it, Amy. I have had more than enough satisfaction watching you freak out about the kiss than I ever would have had actually kissing you. You're hilarious when you worry" he said, his smile turning mischievous.

"Oh, okay" she said, but she still felt very…unsettled? This turn of events was frustrating, like she was cheating or something. There was something else though, something else that bothered her about the entire situation and made her antsy. She tried to figure it out, combing her brain for the right word. It was like it was all very anti-climactic, kinda disappointing. Disappointing? Disappointing. Was she disappointed? She had been thinking so much about this moment and how it would go, but it was just a kiss on the cheek?

Amy realized that a part of her had been looking forward to this, really looking forward to it, if she was honest with herself. She looked at Jake as he looked at the stars and felt courage fill her bones once more. She shifted close to him, her folded knees just grazing the outside of his thigh.

The movement alerted Jake and he looked at her, not expecting their faces to be so close. Still, he didn't move back, he just looked into her eyes. Amy felt her chest swell like a balloon and something slowly drawing her closer to him. She saw his eyes move down to her lips and she looked at his as well. Then, before she realized just how close they were, Jake's lips were on hers and the balloon in her chest popped, releasing the millions of butterflies it held captive. His lips were warm and they kissed hers with tenderness. She realized she was holding her breath and exhaled, which somehow deepened the kiss. She tilted her head and moved her lips with his, slowly and tentatively. She felt the soft warmth of his lips leave, but she still felt hot underneath her skin.

She opened her eyes and saw Jake look at her in quiet awe, too stunned to say anything. She could tell he wanted to say something though, but she was much more interested in trying that again.

"Amy, was that..?" he asked, leaving the question in the air.

"Yes" she said.

"Because you really don't owe me anything, I mean it-"

But she stopped him with her lips. She had grown braver this time around. She put a hand on his cheek and another on his chest, pulling him closer. He reciprocated with just as much passion and wrapped his arm around her back. She felt every anxious feeling and heavy-weighted tension leave her body as they sunk deeper into each other. Her head was dizzy with his being: the way he smelled, the way he felt, the way he tasted. She wanted it all and didn't care if it was selfish of her or not.

And there, underneath the new moon sky, Amy realized that yes, she liked Jake Peralta.

AN: HOLY CRAP! This chapter is a freaking monster. I hope you enjoy because this took for-freaking-ever.

So during their night hike I had a few songs I listened to a lot:

Come Away With Me/Norah Jones

Your Hand in Mine/Explosions in the Sky

Skinny Love/Bon Iver

I think I have a thing about stars…it's actually one of the few things I miss about living in the country. New moon skies are the prettiest!

I got one chapter left for you! Thanks so much for reading and I love reading your comments! 3