Miranda had never thrown on a bathing suit so quickly in her life. It was still a little damp from earlier that morning when they had been taking the swimming test. This mixed with the cool air made her flesh break out in Goosebumps almost immediately. She took her hair out of its messy ponytail and let it fall sloppily around her face. She walked outside trying to look sexy by swinging her hips. She must not have been very good at it because Wyatt chuckled when he saw her.

"Come on Miranda enough of that super model stuff" he said poking her in her side and causing her to giggle. They walked down to the edge of the dock and sat with their feet dangling in the water. The mist was rising of the water and the stars were shining above them. They both sat there for awhile in silence. Miranda kept thinking about how wonderful it would be to feel Wyatt's soft lips against hers. She had only known him for two days but she felt as if she had known him her entire life. The sound of a splash and a million droplets of water hitting her body brought her back to reality.

"WYATT!" she yelled half laughing.

"Come on Miranda the waters fine" he said while playfully splashing water up on her.

"FINE!" she yelled as she stood up and did a cannon ball, landing inches away from his head.

"Oh you wanna play like that!?" he teased as he picked her up and threw her back into the water. They continued splashing and dunking eachother for awhile. Wyatt told her the story of how he was the champion swimmer back in his hometown. Miranda had never been too good at swimming and told him so. Wyatt began talking about how much he disliked the training while floating on his back.

"How did you do that?" Miranda inquired

"Do what?"

"Float on your back"

"You don't know how?" he asked amazed.

"No." Miranda said laughing.

"Here ill show you." He planted his feet firmly on the sandy bottom and told her to come closer. Once she was standing next to her he told her to completely relax. She tried to do so and let her mind float off to la la land. He put his hand on her back and raised it so that it was parallel to the water's surface.

"Okay now don't kick and don't move your arms" she nodded in silent agreement. She loved his soft whispering voice when he was taking thins seriously and the touch of his hand on her back just added to her enjoyment.

"Easy now." he whispered as he placed his other hand on her stomach to keep her level. She hoped that she wasn't still bloated from eating all of those sloppy joes and hot dogs. The noise of something splashing off in the distance startled Miranda and Wyatt causing her to sink and his hands to retract from her. She came up sputtering and with water in her nose."

"Ahhh! I'm so sorry!" he said with concern

"Its okay" Miranda said laughing.

"Are you okay?" he asked while he brushed a stray hair out of her face and rubbed her back.

"Yeah I'm fine" she was feeling better than fine.

"Here" Wyatt said, "let me show you something." He grabbed her hand and pulled her into him so that his stomach was against her back. He reached his hand around her and tilted her chin up to the stars.

"You see that star right there," he asked

"Uhha" Miranda replied dreamily.

"Well I'm sure you already know this but that's the North Star, and back in my town it's the only star you can see ever. Even on the clearest of nights.

"That's odd"

"Well I guess I live in a pretty big city, and with the pollution and all you cant really see the stars, but now that I'm here I got all the stars in the sky to look at... and the prettiest girl in California to hold in my arms" he said with an adorable smile.

The combination of both the words and the smile made Miranda melt. He could feel his warm breath on her shoulder. She had never liked a guy this much before. EVER. She felt his lips kiss her shoulder softly and she turned her head to look him in the eye. He had the most gorgeous brown eyes. He put his fingers gently on her chin and pulled her face closer to his. They moved closer and closer. He looked so gorgeous. His wet hair was slicked back and since it was starting to dry his curls were beginning to become noticeable. She could smell his Winterfresh gum. It seemed that he was always chewing that blue gum. Miranda wanted to taste it in her mouth. Their lips were almost touching when the sound of a door opening made them both turn their heads. It was Ty coming out to get a drink of water. She looked as if she had just woken up judging by the sheet imprints on her face.

"Hey guys" she called

"Hey!" they called back. Wyatt had removed his arms from around her. Inter- counselor relationships were heavily forbidden and he couldn't trust anyone. He did hold her hand underwater though, where no one could see.

"Hey Miranda would you mind helping me find the bathroom?" Ty inquired.

As much as Miranda wanted to stay there in the warm water with Wyatt she knew just as well as he did that if Ty suspected anything and told on them that they would be in deep, deep trouble, so she said sure. She climbed up onto the dock and wrapped her fluffy pink towel around her. She told Wyatt goodbye and smiled and winked at him. He returned the favor. While Tyler went inside to grab a flashlight he kissed her on the forehead.

"Goodnight panda" he said in a voice so quiet that it was almost a whisper, "we'll have to make up for this later" and with that removed his hands from around her waist and walked back to his cabin. Miranda watched him all the way to his porch and then yelled "goodnight Wy!" by then Tyler had returned with two flashlights. After Miranda returned from accompanying Tyler to the washroom she pulled on her pajamas and thought about how wonderful her night had been. She noticed that Lizzie was still not back from her walk. She hoped that nothing had happened to her but she wasn't too concerned she knew Gordo was with her and he would never let anything happen to her. She rolled over facing the window and imagined Wyatt's smile until her eyes finally drooped and sleep came over her.

Kinda steamy at someparts eh? Too bad they didn't get that kiss. But don't worry something tells me that they will eventualy. WINK WINK thanks go out to : dancelvr336: thanks for the great review don't worry I don't think ill end up abandoning the story, therealxenocide: thanks for letting me know about the spacing. I fixed it up. Like-a-hurricane: thanks!!! Starcraze: ahh you are the best! You are one of the main people who keep this story going! Thanks guys! And keep the reviews coming.

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