4 years before…
"Alright, everyone. We're here." Mr. Lindquist says, "Don't do anything brash, we're headed to dinner in about 2 hours, so you have time to just walk the grounds of the camp and get your rooms ready."
"Hey, Melody, want to go up to my room with me?" Jaden asks, knowing exactly what he wanted to do."
"No, you're not allowed to do that, Jaden. We know full well what you want to do, and I'm confident that it's unchristian behavior." Mr. Gifford scolds.
"Yeah, but I need help carrying my luggage up there…" He points to his extremely large duffel bag, whose looks deceive the viewer.
"That's a one-person job, Mr. Haldane, and you know it. Besides, you can get Jason to help you carry that bag if you're so inclined to ask for help."
A dejected Jaden leaves Melody's side, bringing his light duffel bag up to his room with little to no help from Jason. He's in Room #1273, with Martin, Diego, and Jason, conveniently.
"You know that wasn't going to work, right?" Jason says.
"It was worth a shot, you know…" Jaden tries to defend his actions in vain.
"But you know… There's a really shaded spot off the left side of the mountain, you could 'talk' with her there. A bunch of trees, too."
"Huh. I'll try that."
After mysteriously disappearing for 30 minutes with Jason, Jaden makes his way back to where he supposed Melody would be. Lo and behold, his predictions were correct.
"So, do you want to take a walk with me?" Jaden asks.
"Where?"
"Just in a random direction where we definitely won't get eaten by mountain lions."
"Okay, sure I guess."
All of this was going according to his plans, and he was mentally and physically prepared. With a condom of course! The couple walks out of the hallway where they joined up, and they exit the building. Exploring the nature outside in a seemingly arbitrary path, though Jaden still knew what he was doing, God decided that 3PM was the best time for things to get dark. This only helped fuel his confidence in that he wouldn't get caught again.
"Jaden, did you bring a flashlight?" Melody asks with a tone that grew increasingly concerned.
"Nope, didn't think it'd get dark at 3 PM on a Monday."
He found the spot that Jason pointed out to him, and set to work making sure the ground was at least reasonably soft enough not to break bones. A slight rustle and a footstep that did not come from his making really startled him, but he brushed it off thinking of it as the wind or some wild animal messing around.
"Jaden, what are you even doing?" she asked.
Jaden thought of this moment for a while now, and formulated the perfect answer to her question.
"You."
"What?"
Jaden pulls out the condom. He could still hear the commotion behind him.
"No, not right now…" Melody tries to pull away, but Jaden silences her with a kiss.
[muffled noises]
Jaden found a nearby tree to pin her against, but Melody managed to get out of his grip.
"JADEN WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
"Uhh…"
"I thought I told you that I didn't want things to happen this fast!"
"Melody, it's been 5½ years, I think it's already time for things to at least have progressed further than just 'holding hands'."
"Do I need to remind you that we go to a Christian school?"
"Fuck that, I need you."
There were some even louder noises coming from the bushes behind him and even a bit of giggling, but the two of them ignored it.
"If you can't respect my privacy, then we're done."
"What do you mean! You can't do that!"
"You have to remember that I'm as much a part of this as you are."
"B-but…"
"Bye." Melody says hurrying away with tears.
And just like that, the love of his life walked away. He couldn't believe he screwed up so badly. To think he lost the one person that made his life better, that made his life special, in the span of 5 minutes.
He hated how badly he screwed up.
He hated how he couldn't even mend what was lost.
He hated how selfish he was.
He decided to sit at the tree and cry himself to sleep.
The confusing rustling from the bushes stopped, however, and footsteps started approaching the sad mess of a human.
"W-Who's there?" he asked.
No answer.
He really should have brought a flashlight.
The footsteps slowly got to where he was sitting.
Looking behind him, Jaden could see a dark figure.
"Well, that looked pretty harsh. And I thought that you could do better."
"M-Melanie?" Jaden got up, "Were you watching the whole time?"
"Uh, yeah. Jason told me to watch you guys and film it for those PornHub views, you know? But I didn't think you'd screw up that badly."
"Jason, that bastard."
"Eh, don't worry about it. I got nothing juicy, so no one's going to see your absolute failure."
"..."
"Did I go too far? I'm sorry…"
"No, it's just that I'd never think that I'd hear those words coming out of your mouth."
Silence ensues for a good 5 minutes.
"So, uh, what do you think I should do with this?" Jaden says waving the condom in the cool, 3 PM air.
"Your choice… but I would put it to some good use~"
"Wait, what?"
"I guess you could take it out for a test drive."
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"...take a guess…"
"Aw, hell yeah!" he says with a grin…
Jaden takes off his shirt and begins to remove his belt.
"Aw fuck, it's really cold out here."
"I guess I'd better hurry up then, huh?" She says smirking.