Sooooo….There's like fourteen inches of snow outside right now….usually I like it, but this time not so much. Also, it kept my dad from coming home!!!! Ugh. And they're calling for more snow tonight…

Anywho! Here's the next chapter. Thanks for all the awesome reviews!

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Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot. And Adrianna.

Chapter 12

Automatically, Caitlyn surfaced, thankful she had hadn't ended up in an even deeper area-standing up the water reached her shoulders. For a moment, she only coughed and attempted to catch her breath, but then she caught Nate watching her. There was unexpected amusement on his face even though he wasn't smiling.

"Jerk!" she snapped, splashing him in the face where he stood only a couple feet away. Nate turned his head in attempt to dodge her splash but when he faced her again, water was dripping down his cheeks and he laughed.

Caitlyn was taken aback by his laughing, though, surprised that he was actually showing a good mood around her. All too soon she was fighting back a smile. Successfully hiding her own amusement, she headed for shore, a glare plastered on her face as she tried to bring the irritation back.

"Are you okay?" Nate asked from behind her, suddenly sounding serious and she whirled on him with an angry expression.

"No thanks to you." She stated.

"I was just playing around." Nate defended himself with a frown, "Guess you just can't take a joke." Caitlyn took him by surprise and threw herself at him, succeeding in her plan to force him under water.

When he surfaced coughing, Caitlyn tossed him a smirk, waiting for him to say something. Nate kept coughing, though, and she began to feel a little sorry for being so aggressive toward him.

"Maybe I shouldn't have done that." the words escaped her before she could catch them, not missing how Nate suddenly became quiet at her unexpected words and the hint of concern that was audible in them.

"Cait-"

"Shut up, I'm freezing." Caitlyn murmured, turning to walk out of the water, wishing she had been planning on getting wet-at least then she'd have a towel. His arm slipped around her waist, catching her by surprise as he easily kept her from going anywhere and pulled her back to him.

"What's the deal?" she demanded squirming uncomfortably at his arm against her, definitely not used to the contact. Even tutoring him they both kept their distance-a very wide distance, at that.

Nate just half smiled at her obvious discomfort and pulled her closer until she was against his chest. She felt herself blush and tried to keep her mind from freezing, wondering for the first time that morning if maybe it was all a weird dream.

The fact that her cheek rested against his shoulder, though, told her it was real-along with the fireworks going off in her mind and the butterflies fluttering in her stomach. Caitlyn swallowed nervously when Nate's other arm wrapped around her, too, and she had to keep from freaking out and pushing away.

The sun was pleasantly warm against their shoulders, and Caitlyn enjoyed the feeling of her face and neck drying from the now completely risen sun. Hesitantly, she pressed her hands to Nate's sides, blushing at the contact with his bare skin before slipping her arms to wrap securely around his waist.

It felt so right to be there with Nate-holding him and in his arms. She wondered why they had always acted so hateful-her mind refused to believe it was real at the moment- and gone through so much irritation with each other.

She kissed his neck and smiled slightly to herself at the feeling of Nate tensing. It wasn't until her lips brushed against his jaw that Caitlyn considered the fact that maybe she was jumping ahead of herself.

When Nate dipped down to press a kiss to the corner of her mouth, though, Caitlyn knew it wasn't just her. They definitely had something special-even if only for that passing moment.

Adrianna refused to worry. Caitlyn was up before her and that was unusual, but chances were that her friend just couldn't sleep. The sounds of the camp waking up were calming and she quickly dressed in bright blue jeans and a black t-shirt before slipping on some shoes.

There was a bit of a breakfast rush when she reached the mess hall, automatically finding her eyes scanning the crowd for a certain face-and not Caitlyn's. She hadn't seen Shane in a couple days-outside of class, that is. They were always polite and formal while teaching-it kind of took the fun out of it, too-and parted ways along with the students.

Admittedly, she had been avoiding him. Things were mixed up after that night and Adrianna honestly didn't know where she stood with Shane-let alone her own boyfriend! It was cheating, sure, but having Shane right there in front of her daily, but not having seen Mac in weeks seemed to make the issue seem less crucial. And this feeling alone she knew was bad.

Catching sight of Shane seated in a corner alone, Adrianna gathered up what little courage she had and crossed the room to sit down right next to Shane, turning to look him square in the eyes.

"Good morning!" she spoke in a singsong voice, wondering inwardly where her good mood had appeared from. It couldn't be Shane's presence cheering her so easily, that would be wrong.

Shane looked at her suspiciously, weighing her words and the situation at hand very carefully before speaking carefully, "Good morning."

"Where's your breakfast?" Adrianna asked, realizing he didn't have a plate or tray before him and no sign of food was in sight.

"I didn't get anything."

"Why not?" she raised an eyebrow, watching him carefully and feeling fidgety when Shane took that chance to search her face. He sighed. "Look." Adrianna scooted slightly closer to him so no one around would overhear her words, "I know things are weird between us-I get that-but can't we pretend that nothing happened and stay friends?"
"You want to pretend that…." she wasn't sure if he looked hurt or relieved at her words, "…it didn't happen?" At her solemn expression and curt nod, Shane slid further down in his seat and nodded slightly, "Fine."

"We still need to go over a couple things for class," Adrianna quickly moved the subject on to something else, pretending not to notice Shane's staring straight ahead and his tightened jaw. She hadn't made him happy and he wasn't listening as she went on to explain a few things about class.

"Okay, are you hearing anything I'm saying?" she sighed in annoyance a few moments later and Shane slowly turned to look down at her. His eyes looked dark and he was missing his usual smile.

"No." he spoke honestly. Adrianna held his stern gaze before abruptly standing.

"I'm going to go get some food." She stated simply, waiting until she was a safe distance away from him before sighing heavily and running a hand through her hair. What was the right thing to do? She thought what she'd done was right, but she really couldn't take Shane's quiet, angry self.

She hadn't known that one night would mean as much to him as it did to her.

I'm sure my Naitlyn fans were happy with this chapter… :)

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