Chapter 43
"Oh that was good," Sam groaned after they cooked and ate the fish. Jake had built a fire and gutted the fish to cook.
Jake smiled at her. Sam smiled shyly back at him and Jake knew she was wondering what was going to happen between them while they were here. While both had made statements about wanting to make love to each other soon, Jake knew she was not exactly having second thoughts, but analyzing it all and wondering if she was expected to. He wanted nothing more, but it would be her decision. Jake would never pressure her. As far as he was concerned, they had plenty of time; the rest of their lives.
"When did you want to go swimming?" Jake put another log on the fire.
"I brought a bathing suit," Sam felt compelled to tell him.
"So did I," Jake glanced at her and saw her surprise.
"Rope burns," Jake teased and Sam blushed, but laughed.
"You don't normally wear one here do you?" she asked.
Jake shook his head. "Doesn't make any sense to when it's just us guys."
"Yet you didn't when I came along either," Sam reminded him.
"We were all pretty innocent then," Jake shrugged.
"Not the older ones," Sam said.
Jake chuckled. "No," he agreed. "I'm not sure they were ever innocent."
Sam laughed with him.
She glanced at the girls' bush.
"Go ahead, I'll meet you at the lake," Jake told her.
"Okay," Sam scrambled up then opened her bag to grab her bathing suit. She gave him a kiss and then headed for the girls' bush.
Jake stripped out of his clothes and put on his swimming trunks. They felt foreign to him since he didn't wear them very often. He was used to swimming nude with his brothers. He went down to the lake and dove in to wait for Sam.
When she came down, it was obvious that she was feeling timid in her bathing suit. Jake couldn't help but stare at her. It was a two piece, but definitely not a bikini. It was better. It had more material, but it accentuated her body.
Sam strode into the lake, then started to swim as it got deeper. She swam up to Jake and tread water next to him. She saw the grin the instant before he dunked her.
She came up spitting water at him, but laughing. Sam jumped on his back but Jake just went under with her.
This time she came up screaming with laughter as she tried launching herself at him to dunk him. He held her off with one hand.
"What's the matter, Brat?" Jake teased as she kept flinging herself at him.
"You don't play fair," Sam complained, then screamed when he dunked her again.
"Nope," he said simply, dunking her again when she came up.
They played this way until Sam asked him to stop.
"What do you say?" Jake asked, dunking her again.
"Please?" Sam begged when she came up for air.
"Nope," Jake dunked her.
"Uncle!" Sam screamed when her head popped out of the water.
"You remembered," Jake laughed.
"I just did," Sam splashed him in the face. "I had forgotten about that."
They grinned at each other.
"Ready for the rope?" Jake asked.
Sam looked up at the rope and then back at Jake.
"Sure," she nodded and the two of them got out of the lake and headed for the rope hanging from the tree.
