Chapter 6: The Tree of Thoughts
By: iluvguygermaine00 & Cimmy

Tino: Ah, you're waiting for Adam to surrender to you? Yeah, that boy could need some action. Although he's still on that bet, so who knows what will happen to him? And Ken probably won't be a virgin for much longer. Just a thought.
Chelsea: Is this like an episode of Friends? I need to watch that show a bit more often. It's more of a Melrose Place kind of thing, him sleeping with her, she's killing his cat, he's pretending to be gay, and she marries a turtle. Just another thought.
plainjane: Yeah, let's just see how stupid the people get in this chapter, shall we? Guy's really good at being confused, and Catalina sure is stupid sometimes. But yay, Ken did get the girl!

Fred's POV
By: iluvguygermaine00

Guy just came over to talk to Connie, alone. So, I decided to take a walk, clear my thoughts.

I don't know. I mean I love or loved Catalina. Or did I? We made each other happy, but does that mean we were in love?

I know I at least liked Catalina at one point in time, but I really like Connie. She's perfect. Guy was lucky, but stupid to let her go. I wonder if he wants to get back together with her. I heard some of the guys talking last night, about he's supposedly planning a way to get her back…Nah, probably not. Connie's great, but Guy isn't the kind of guy to admit he was wrong or crawl back to others.

I stop because I see Catalina. She's sitting with Luis and Charlie is yelling at them. She's smiling and laughing with Luis. Then her head turns. Damn, she saw me. Her smile fades and she stares at me. I decide to turn around and walk away.

Maybe I should go with my feelings on Connie. I should give it a try, what could it hurt, right?

Samantha's POV

When I wake up, I find myself alone. This is sort of a disappointment, considering what I was thinking about last night. But overall, I'm happy. This is a good sign. It means I don't like Guy; I'm not falling for him. And even if I did like Guy, but I don't, I wouldn't try anything. That would go against what I said last night, on how Connie and Guy are meant to be. (Hey! That rhymes!)

I yawn and start to crawl out of the tent when something runs into me and I fall back into the tent, landing on a rock. "Ow!"

The something is Guy. "Sorry. Are you okay?" he asked as he helped me up.

"I think so. What's up with you?"

"Nothing."

"Whatever." I shrugged and started to walk away.

"Do you want to go get something to eat?" Guy asked.

"I don't eat breakfast." I turned around and reminded him.

"So, just come with me."

I roll my eyes. "Fine." I shrugged.

Why the hell is he being so nice to me? Before we come to South Carolina he'd barely even talk to me…

Charlie's POV

I can't believe Luis and Catalina woke me up this morning! I really think it was uncalled for. And of course they woke up Adam first, so he could help them. But he left as soon as I woke up.

This isn't the greatest vacation. First of all, Connie's not supposed to be here, then she and Guy start to fight, which leads Samantha to switch tents with Connie and Samantha's not happy in the morning. Then Connie forgets her pass and her and Fred never came back to the festival yesterday. Julie meets her 'dream-guy' and is pissed at me for making her leave last night. Portman is causing trouble with his advice and accusations. … People don't think I know what goes on 24/7, but I do, it's the captain's job. … Can this vacation get any worse?…

"Hey, who's that girl with Ken?" I think about loud.

"Katie." Portman growls and glares over to them.

Yes! I'm not the only miserable one, right now. "So, you're not happy that a girl likes Ken?"

"It's okay. I've got plans of my own." Portman gave a sly smile.

"I don't like that look in your eyes. Don't get yourself into trouble."

He just shrugged and walked away.

Guy's POV

Samantha and I are sitting at a table in silence while I eat and she stares at a tree.

"Are you sure you don't want anything?" I ask.

She doesn't answer.

"Hello?!" I say waving my hand in her face.

Samantha jumps back a little bit. "Huh?

"Are you sure you don't want anything?" I ask again.

"I'm fine." she says and goes back to looking at the tree.

"So, what does a guy have to do to get that much attention?"…Okay, so that came out a little sudden, but I guess it could be a conversation starter, I mean, I've never actually seen her with a guy, unless she's hanging out with one of the Ducks.

"What do you mean?" Samantha asked and took her eye of the tree.

"You're staring at that tree like you're in love with it or something."

"Sorry."

"What's so special about the tree?" Okay, maybe I'm starting to obsess over the tree a bit, but if she's staring at it that hard then there has to be something about it.

"Nothing"

"Then why do you keep staring at it?" Maybe I should just drop the tree subject.

She shrugged and looked away. "Why are you being so nice to me?"

"What do you mean?" Now I'm confused.

"You barely ever talk to me and now it's like you're my best friend."

"Just trying to be nice I guess. I am sharing a tent with you." I shrugged. "Why, is it wrong to be nice to someone?"

She shrugged…god there's a lot of shrugging going on today. "I don't know. Are you almost done?"

"Yup." I say as I start to pick up my stuff.

"I'll meet you back at camp, Kay?" Samantha said as I got up to throw away my garbage.

"Wait." I said and grabbed her arm.

She turned around. "What?"

We're really close together, just staring into each others eyes. So, I kissed her.

Samantha's POV

Oh my god, Guy's kissing me. He's a pretty damn good kisser. Wait this is wrong, I don't like Guy. I pulled away. "Guy what are you doing?" I said quietly as I stumbled backwards. I'm feeling really uncomfortable right now.

"I don't know, it just felt right." He shrugged and smiled.

We stood there in silence for about 10 minutes.

"I think I'm gonna go take a walk." I said and turned around and walked away.

"Bye." Guy mumbled.

During my walk I found this humongous rock to sit on. I sit there, thinking for a few hours.

Why did he have to kiss me? I keep telling myself that I don't like Guy, but he just proved me wrong. This isn't fair. Why do I have to fall for a guy who already has a match, a perfect match?

Why did he have to be my first kiss? Maybe it wouldn't have matter if he wasn't…but anyways, I'm so pathetic. I'm 17 when I have my first kiss…by a guy who has already found a girl. This is just great…

Guy's POV

So, I just kissed Samantha, but she pulled away. I think she felt a little uncomfortable 'cause she left.

So, I guess that helps with my plan to get Connie back. I didn't plan to do that, just yet, but I did. It was just the way we were standing, sort of like in the movies.

I don't know what to do now; I guess I'll go back to camp, maybe try to talk to Connie again.

I can't find Connie, but I found Charlie. "So what time are we leaving?"

"Shhhh!" he hissed. "Julie's still asleep, and I don't want her up. She'll just rush us around so she can go see that dude…Mike or something."

"Mark?" I corrected him.

"Yea, whatever." He shrugged.

I walk into my tent to start to get ready. Julie got us backstage passes, I can't wait.