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Sunny Florida's Sunshine Camp

"I'll catch up with you guys later!" I said waving to my friends while heaving the canoe we just shared out of the water.

"You sure, Jess? We can help." Jolie and Janelle asked at the same time. I chuckled to myself, while straightening up. Jolie and Janelle were identical twins from Miami. Both with the iconic Miami body and tan with honey comb brown hair, but personalities far from what Pit-Bull made Miami girls seem like. They were hilarious and sweet, but could be loud and overly dramatic. They blame their Cuban culture for that feat.

I was about to answer when their facial expressions changed and they were no longer looking at me but at the figure behind me. I noticed the shadow on the dirt off the setting sun. I blushed and bit my lip. This musky scent hit my nose and there was no denying the figure standing right behind me. I sighed. Maybeck.

I laughed silently at their smug expressions. Jolie with her lips in a tight line fighting off a laugh and Janelle with her lips pursed. Janelle cocked her hip slightly.

"Thanks guys, but I think I got this one covered." I said, while gesturing my head towards the towering boy behind me.

Jolie giggled, covering her mouth with a delicate hand. Her sister nodded with a smirk and grabbed for her sister's forearm, turning them away. Jolie looked back at us while walking away and waved, speaking in a girlish tone "Bye, Jess. Maybeck."

I laughed out loud, throwing my head back but I didn't turn around. "Weren't you on the other side of the lake by the courts 5 minutes ago?" I asked, in an accusing, joking tone.

"Hmm. Seems to me like you were watching me, J." Maybeck replied leaning down over my shoulder and into my ear, his tone light and playful. I snorted.

"Sure, whatever strokes that ego of yours." I replied, turning towards the canoe that was only half out of the water. I sighed and began to pull it out again. Almost immediately, Maybeck grabbed and pulled too.

I looked up at him and couldn't help but admire the view. Maybeck wasn't just hot with nice muscles and a 5'11 stature, but handsome with a lean, strong jaw and newly cut hair. He looked up at me and smiled.

We finally got the boat out of the water and he helped me put it back with all the other canoes along the sanded/beach part of the camp. Maybeck did most of the work, honestly. I mean come on! I think with biceps like that, it wasn't much of a problem dragging a canoe 10 feet. But still, I smiled sweetly and said, "Thanks, Maybeck."

"Don't mention it, J."

"Alright." I said shrugging. I grinned and waved goodbye. "See you at dinner, then!" I then turned around and began away from the lake. I grinned at Hailey, a 17-year-old counselor who was leading the younger kids to the lake for swimming lessons. She waved back.

"Whoa, whoa! Wait up, Jess!" Maybeck said, running in front of me blocking my path. He acknowledged Hailey with a nod and she nodded back, while she reached into the plastic bin by the Towel Hutt to hand out floaties for the kids to pass around for one another.

"Um, yeah what's up?" I asked, confused. Maybeck looked dumb-founded by my reaction. I giggled. I actually knew what this was all about. He thinks I've been avoiding him since we got to camp with the rest of the Keepers, when the truth of the matter is that under camp regulations, "…a male and female camper can not be left alone in a cabin without a counselor or other campers present. No kissing in public, campers are advised to keep public displays of affection to a minimum."

Poor Maybeck misses my kisses. Boo hoo.

Maybeck sighed, "You sure know how to make a guy go crazy, Jess." I laughed and brushed a hand through my newly dyed dirty blonde hair. It was almost on the verge of "California Beach Blonde" like Charlene considering the amount of sun my hair has been taking in this summer. He caught hand, ran his hand up my arm and leaned in. We were standing pretty close already and I almost forgot the regulations… until I heard the giggling. Oh yeah, the life vest getting thrown at our faces was pretty hard to miss too.

Maybeck was the first to react. His head turned so fast I swear I almost felt the whiplash coming on. He was about to say something when he was interrupted by more giggles from the 6-7 year old class Hailey was counseling.

"Hey! You two! No P.D.A.", Hailey said in her "teacher" tone. The little kids giggled more as I blushed and Hailey put her hands on her hips.

"Right, sorry Hailey!" I said.

"Really, Hailey? I thought you were the cool counselor. Tsk, guess by default that position goes back to Derek." Maybeck said crossing his arms.

"News flash, Maybeck, I am the cool counselor. Now, as the cool counselor pick up that life-vest I dropped on both of your faces." Hailey said, sarcastically.

He sighed as I laughed out loud again, fixing my hair. He picked up the life-vest and chucked it to Hailey, who easily caught it and placed it under her arm. "Behave you two!"

"Don't count on it!" I said, as Maybeck grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the group of kids giggling even louder.

"Where to?" Maybeck asked while we were running up the slope, out of the lake/beach district, passing bustling kids and counselors.

"The courts! I saw you playing earlier and you suck!"

"So you admit to watching me?"

"Only if you admit to staring at my butt while I was pulling the canoe."

"…Touche."

"Big word for someone like you."

"You are truly a handful, Lockhart!"

I stopped, heaved him to me by the hand, went on my tip toes, and placed a chaste kiss on his lips.

"I know." I said smugly, winking.

"I SAW THAT, YOU TWO! DON'T MAKE ME WRITE YOU UP!"

"Sorry, Hailey!"


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