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A/N: Again thanks to the people that are reading this, especially to hellfire45 for reviewing this story in every chapter.

Chapter 10: Swimming at the lake

"I can't believe that you win," says Joel while walking through the forest. "I know that you cheated. Is no way that you have those cards."

"Really… How I can cheat if you were the expert on that game. So stop whining, I win in a fairway. Besides this is not so bad, I could make you do something worse." Said Ellie while continuing following the trail that takes her to her favorite place.

"Yeah, I bet you cold…" Joel continued walking behind the girl. He can't believe that she won the bet. "I know that you win, but we should not do this today. I hear on the truck radio that it is going to rain all weekend."

Soon Ellie hears Joel, she looks up to the sky to check if that was true. "Really… Did they say that? Because I don't see any rain clouds up there. It looks like a beautiful sunny day to me," They continue walking and after they pass the big fallen tree Ellie stops and turns around. Ellie looks at Joel with a confused expression. "Why didn't you tell me that you have a phone?" she asked out of nowhere.

Joel stopped and looked at her with a surprised expression. "What? Who told you that I have a phone?" he asked, trying to be clueless.

"Miss Margaret. She lives a few miles from us. I did an errand for her yesterday and she told me that ``If my aunt needs a handyman, the man from the hardware store has a number of the new man in town that does that kind of work." Ellie put her hand on her wait and put a mad expression. "So, when you're going to tell me...? You know that I asked for your phone number and you said that you don't have any. So why did you lie to me?"

Joel looks at her, asking himself why she is mad about that. "I didn't lie. When I told you that I don't have a phone I didn't. But as you suggested I buy one because I will need it if I will do some work around here." Joel doesn't know what else to tell her. He just forgot about that.

Ellie lowers her hand. Yes, she suggests he buy one if he was going to do some work."You should tell me. It is easier for me to go to your house if I know that you will be there by calling you."

"Yeah… sorry about that. I just don't want to give it everyone... because… I don't want people calling all the time... and… and… why are we talking about this now?… Let's get to the lake before it starts to rain," Joel grabs his bag and continues walking in the direction of the cabin passing beside Ellie.

Ellie turns around and follows him. "I'm not every person. Besides is not true, I will not be calling you all the time… just… just… when I need to." She was now walking beside him.

Joel turned his head and looked at her. "Do you really believe that?"

"Sure… besides, that is not the point. I am your friend. And friends share the phone number... Anyway, now that you have one. I can give you mine… and you give me yours. So that way I can call you and see if you're home or not. You can call me anytime you want and if you need me for something you can call me too." Ellie was so excited now. Knowing that Joel has a phone now it was great for her...

"Just let's get to the lake and we can talk about this later okay." They continue walking for 15 minutes until they arrive at the abandoned cabin. "Ahhh, finally this kind of work is going to kill me." He said dropping his bag and the cooler on the floor.

"What are you talking about? I saw you working and you're in good shape." Ellie started to think about the time Joel told her not to come to the house and she did it anyway. She stayed hiding behind a tree, why she observed Joel cutting some wood. She took some pictures of him that day, he was shirtless and Ellie was surprised by his body. She felt like a stoker... but it was worth it. He was at a good distance, so she couldn't see much of him. So even if Joel doesn't need her in the house, she goes anyway.

Joel looked at her and didn't say anything. He didn't really want to know why she just said that he was in great shape. "Anyway, what do you want to do first? If you're hungry, we can eat something."

"Nah… let's put our things inside the cabin and get ready to swim." Joel grabbed the things and started to walk toward the old cabin. Soon they entered, Joel put the bag and cooler down in the middle of the cabin.

Ellie took her backpack off and opened it. She starts looking for her swimsuit until she finds it.

"Okay, I will go to the bathroom and change. You can do it here if you want or wait until I finish." She just stayed there waiting for Joel to say something. "Joel!"

"Hmm…?" Joel was a little distracted. He now that Ellie won the bet, but agreed to this? He is not sure about that.

"What are you going to do?" she asked.

"Oh right… don't worry, I will wait until you finish," said Joel taking out a few things from his bag.

"Okay, I'm not going to get long in there. "Ellie grabbed her swimsuit and walked away. She stops at the entrance of the bathroom that doesn't have any door. She turned around and looked at him. "I will be changed inside, so no piking!" She gave him a smile while her face started to turn red.

Joel looked in her direction. "Don't worry I will stay here unpacking a few things," said Joel putting the food they bring and other things on an old table that is still in the living room.

Ellie entered the room and put her swimsuit on top of a wooden box that she put in there when she found the cabin. The bathroom has nothing in it. The toilet and the sink were gone and what it was left of the bathtub, was all rusty and broken. Lucky for her the glass window was still intact and it provided light to the room during the day.

The place has a lot of garbage and broken things when she found it. But with time, she took a lot of that stuff and took it out, so that way the place can be a little more liveable. Ellie comes here planting time, even using the bedroom that was in better condition to pass the night. That room was empty too, she had to get rid of the bed and a few other things there. The cabin only has a few things on it. Things that she could save that were not broken or too damaged.

After a minute there Ellie looked at the door frame expecting Joel to show up, but after he didn't, she started to take her clothes off. Ellie grabs the bottom of her t-shirt and takes it off. She put it on the top of the wooden box that she uses for a table. Then she unbuttoned her shorts and moved them down her knees and took them off too. After that she was in her underwear, so she turned and looked at the frame door again to make sure Joel wasn't there. Even though she didn't want anyone to see her like that, she felt a little disappointed that Joel didn't try anything.

After that, she proceeds to take out the rest of her clothes. She takes out her bra and her panties. And now that she was completely nake in there, her face turned red just by thinking about Joel in the other room. This is not the first time she has had those kinds of thoughts. And after she realized that she likes him, she has a few dreams about him. Ellie wasn't sure if she had a wet dream while thinking about him was wrong. But that was something new for her and she can't help herself sometimes. Ellie walks toward the door frame while still naked and takes a pic to the living room. She saw Joel's back while he was checking one of the bags. She thought about getting out of the room and calling his name, so he turned around and saw her naked. But probably that is not going to be a good idea. So after shaking those thoughts out of her mind she moves her head inside and walks toward the wooden box.

After she put the two pieces of her swimsuit on, she took out her ponytail and let her hair loose. After she finished, Ellie walked out of the bathroom and walked toward Joel. "Okay I finish, you can go there and change too."

Soon Joel hear her voice, he turned around and he almost choked himself when he saw what she was wearing. Yeah, they come here to swim, but he wasn't expecting Ellie wearing a bikini. Holy... shit! "Ellie, why are you wearing that?"

Ellie looks down and watches herself. "What?" then back to him.

Joel tried not to look directly at her. "That!" he said, pointing at her. "That is not an appropriate swimsuit for a girl..." Ellie was wearing a light blue bikini that almost covered her parts. Joel does not want to admit it, but her body looks all grown upon that bikini. Her breasts were not big, but she wasn't flat earther, they're just perfect sides. And the bikini shows more of her curve. Joel doesn't want to look at her as a woman, but he can't help it.

"Why can't I use this…? you don't like it?" Ellie starts asking why she doesn't understand Joel's reaction. "I bought it two months ago, I just don't have the time to use it." Or the motive to use it Ellie turned to her side and grabbed her right arm and lowered her head. "I thought you would like it, I have never worn anything like this before… and I thought that you would think that it looked pretty on me," She said in a lower voice.

Now Joel feels bad for saying that. Of course, he thinks she looks great in that bikini, but he is not going to admit that. He doesn't think that it is appropriate for a 16-year-old girl wearing that in front of an old man like him. But he wants the girl to feel happy, and as this is going to be the last weekend of her summer vacation he doesn't want to ruin it. So Joel walked at her and grabbed her by the arm, making Ellie look at him. "Ellie, I didn't say that it looks bad on you, on the contrary, you look beautiful on it."

Joel can see now how Ellie put a smile on her face. "Do you really think that I look… beautiful?"

Joel smiled as well. "Yes, I think that you're a beautiful girl and smart. So not let other people make you feel otherwise."

A tear goes down Ellie's cheek, as she moves close to Joel and hugs him. "Thank you, Joel… that means a lot to me"

Joel doesn't know what to do. Ellie was hugging him tightly, he could feel her entire body on him. It feels like she was just naked. But he didn't want her to feel bad so he tried to bury all those strange feelings he is having right now very deep. So after a few moments, he hugged her back. He felt weird touching her naked back and long hair. This is the second time he saw her like that, because she always is with her ponytail, so it was strange to see her with her hair loose. "No need to thank me, I just tell the truth."

Ellie put her head on his chest and closed her eyes. She can hear how his heart was beating faster. She did not want this to end, feeling him so close was good, to bad that he was still wearing his clothes. Ellie knows that she is not supposed to think like that about him, but she can't help it. She never felt anything like this before and didn't want to end. But now she needs to get back to reality. So after a few minutes, she let go of him and move away. "I think you need to change your clothes if you are going to go swimming with me. Did you bring a swimsuit too?" she asked while looking at him.

Joel was a little glad that she moved away because it was starting to affect him. "No, I was just going to use a t-shirt and shorts."

Ellie looks a little disappointed by the news, but who knows maybe she can still see him chestless before the day ends. "Ok, I will go to the dock and wait for you there." Ellie smiled at him and ran out of the old cabin.

Joel shook his head while watching her go. "Shit, I need to control myself. I can't have thought about her like that, she is just a kid," Joel can feel, how he almost gets hard. He was hoping that Ellie didn't feel it when they were hugging. So after what just happened, Joel goes to grab the clothes that he is going to use and walk to the bathroom that Ellie used to change.

Soon he got inside, he saw Ellie clothes on the top of a wooden box there. He moves closer and looks at them. On top of her clothes were her underwear, panties, and bra. He quickly turned around and tried not to think of them. So after he gets his mind in place Joel starts to take his clothes off and put on the one he is going to use to swim. After he finished he went back where he put his bags and grabbed two towels and walked out of the cabin. He walked toward Ellie when he saw her at the shore of the lake. She was kneeling, playing with the water with one hand. Her back was toward him, so when he got closer he saw all her butt as the bikini only covered her middle part.

He went to the beach a few times before he got married. But after that, he never got to the beach with his wife or with someone else after he got divorced. He tried not to look at her, but it was difficult not to. She was so beautiful and had a great body and sometimes it was difficult not to think of that. So he has to say to himself that she is just a kid and that it wasn't right to think about her like that. But after spending too much time with her the temptation was still there. He was taken out of his thoughts when he saw Ellie turning her head around and looked at him with a smile on her face.

"Hey it was about time, I thought you were going to be in there all day." She said while standing up and facing him. He just looked at her and hoped that she didn't notice that he was staring at her butt for a moment there. He never acted like this before. So now he just feels like a pedophile man that just likes kids.

"Yeah, sorry to make you wait… I bring the towels… thought." he said a little nervously.

Ellie just smiled at him. She knew that he was looking at her, but didn't say anything. "Yeah, I can see that.. thanks."

"Are we going in now? Or you want to go to the little dock and sit there for a while?"

"Oh we are definitely going in but not here, the water doesn't look very clean today." She moves closer to him and grabs one of the towels. But I know another part of the lake that is always clean."

Joel looked at the cabin and then back to her. "I don't think it is a good idea to move to another place. It is better to stay close to the cabin in case we need to-" He stops when Ellie grabs his arm and pulls him toward the cabin.

"Ahh, don't worry, it is not far from here, just like 5 minutes walking. But the trail is rocky so it is better to go and put our shoes on and take a couple of bottles of water."

Joel does not want to leave their things there alone, even if Ellie told him several times that no one comes to this place. But he doesn't know how it is so easy for her to convince him to do things. So they got back inside the cabin and grabbed a few things and put their shoes on and went out.

He followed Ellie through another path that was taking them a little up a hill in the forest. Ellie put her t-shirt on before they went out of the cabin. Also, she was carrying one bag and her towel on the shoulder. "You said it was only five minutes and we're been walking for more than ten." Said Joel while walking behind her.

"Don't worry about that now, we're close," after they passed some trees, Joel and Ellie entered a rocky part of the forest. "We're here," says Ellie running to the edge of the small cliff. Joel follows her and stops beside her. "Is this beautiful or what?" she said, grabbing his arm and leaning on him.

Joel started to look at the view. He can see half of the lake from there and the wood on the other side. He also can see the mountain at a distance. She was right, this cliff has a great view. After a few minutes, he looks down and watches the water below. "I thought you said that this was a good spot to swim?"

"It is," she moved away from him and took her shoes off and t-shirt and threw them down to the ground.

Joel looked at her surprised. "Ellie, what are you doing?"

"What do you think… jumping," then she ran to the edge screaming and jumped off the cliff and toward the water below. " Wohoooo!"

Joel moved to the edge and saw her get into the water with a big splash. He was worried after watching her jump and not surface yet. Joel was going to jump after her, but he stopped after he saw her surface again and shook her head. "Are you crazy? This must have at least 15 feet, you could get hurt by jumping like that. " Joel yelled at her with a worried tone.

"Relax Joel, it is not too high and I have done this before, so you don't need to worry." She yelled at him from below. Ellie started to swim away from the cliff rocks and after she was a little far she spoke again. "Are you going to jump? Or you're too old for this?'"

Joel looked down and watched her swimming on the water again. He hasn't done this since he was a kid. When Tommy and he go on a field trip with their dad to a river in the mountain. That was a few years before their dad died. Joel hears Ellie teasing him and calling him a little baby or an old man. Maybe she was right and he was too old to do this. But he didn't come all the way here to sit down and watch her. He was glad to see Ellie so happy about it all this, so he is going to enjoy this too. So Joel moved away from the edge and started to take his shoes off and his t-shirt. Then he walked to the edge of the cliff again and looked down. "Are you sure that it is safe to do this?"

"Oh… c'mon just jump already. The water felt great," Ellie saw how he smiled at her, then moving away from the cliff. Ellie was a little disappointed because she thought that he changed his mind and wanted to go back to the cabin. But a few minutes later, she hears him scream and jump down the cliff into the water.

Joel hit the water with a big splash and a minute later he surfaces up shaking his head. "Shit, that was intense."

Ellie swims closer to him and smiles. "Man I almost thought that I would need to go back up there and push you off the cliff myself."

"Yeah, I bet you would… but now that I'm here… you deserve this." he splashed some water at her face.

Ellie turned her head trying to get less water on it. "Ohhh.. you on." She moves her hand and starts to do the same and start a water fight.

They swim and play on the lake for a while. They also jump off the cliff a few more times, before they get tired. Joel was surprised that they enjoyed this day so much. He felt like he was a teenager again. When all were simple and he was happy and not feeling any pain or being miserable. It was good to feel like this again. This girl was so special, she opened his heart and made him feel young and happy again.

A few hours later they get tired. So they get back to the cliff and sit there to dry off and enjoy the view. After a few minutes there, Ellie remembered that she bought something with her. So she stands up and grabs the bag that she brings with some of the things they need and starts looking for it. Soon she found it, she took it out. It was the sun screaming, but she took out her phone too. She walked back to Joel's side and threw the sun cream at him. I want you to put some on me. But first I want to take some pictures of us up here, I want to remember this day forever.

Joel caught the cream tube and put it aside and got up. "Do you think that is a good idea, to have pictures of us… like this?" He pointed to both of them. "Is not going to be good for us if someone sees them… especially your aunt."

Ellie rolled her eyes. "Why? We're not doing anything wrong… besides, she never looks into my phone."

"Yeah, but there is always a first time for everything and sometimes people always think the worst."

"Well you don't need to worry, I always keep my phone locked out and no one knows my code. Besides, you're the only person that makes me feel happy and love it, so I don't care what other people think about us… I mean, we have been friends," She passed her phone to him and moved to the edge of the cliff. "Now, I want a few of me alone with the view," She makes a few poses for Joel while he takes a few pictures of her. He feels strange taking pictures of a girl in her bikini, especially when she does a few sexy poses.

After he took a few pictures. Ellie walks back to him and grabs the phone and takes a few pictures of him. At first, he doesn't want her to do that, but as always she convinces him to do it. So she made him pose for her while she enjoyed it, making him do some funny pose. After she takes a few good pictures of him, she moves toward him and gets close to him. "Okay, now I want one of us together. I wish I could take one of a full-body, but a selfish one is the only one we can take for now."

Ellie moves closer to him pressing her body at his, for the picture. She grabbed the phone with one hand and put the other around his waist. Ellie told him to do the same, so Joel moved his left arm and grabbed her by her waist too. As Joel pulls her closer, he can feel her breasts pressing on his side. He hopes that she takes the picture faster or he is going to get hard very soon. But no, she moves the phone around trying to get the best angle. But while she was doing that, her body rubbed with his. He can feel her soft skin and her breasts press more and more at him. After a few minutes, she takes a few pictures of them and when she finishes she moves away from him.

"Okay, I think we are done with that." She looks at her phone and smiles. "Okay, now you can put the sun cream on me before I get a sunburn," She walked to where her bag was and put the phone back inside. Soon she turned around, she saw Joel jumped out of the cliff again. Ellie ran toward the edge and looked down. Hey! What the hell do you do that for? You were almost dry."

Joel hears Ellie talking, but he didn't have any choice, but to jump into the water again. He got hard after Ellie finished with the picture and he can let her see him like that. So the best way to lower it down was the cold water. By the time he dicks got soft again, he looked up and saw that the sky was getting darker. So he swims to the shore and goes up the cliff as fast as he can.

Soon he got there, he saw Ellie packing their things and putting her t-shirt on. "We need to get back, it is going to rain soon."

"Yeah, I notice that. I told you that it was going to rain, so let's hurry before the rain catches us up here."

"Yeah… let go."

A/N: Also I want to ask the people if you want me to do another story like this in the future or just another like in the game time. I will see if I can do a poll for this later to see what people think.