So . . . Want the next chapter? Yes? No? Maybe? Well, I guess I'll go ahead and give it to you. I think you'll really like this chapter. I hope so anyway, lol.
Chapter 4
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"Aaagh!!" They screamed as the boat flipped over, sending them into the water. Sydney was engulfed in the dark water, she could barely make out the shape of Michael a few feet away. She started to swim toward him and had gone several feet when she felt something. 'Oh my god!' She thought, as she felt something slip around her ankle, pulling her down.
Michael surfaced and glanced around for Sydney. 'where is she?' He thought worriedly. He couldn't see her anywhere. He dove under the water trying to see, a hand, a foot, anything just so he could find her. He looked until he felt like his lungs would burst, took a short trip to the surface and then went back under.
Sydney kicked her leg as hard as she could hoping to get free of it's grasp. She felt her foot connect with something fleshy. It quickly let go and she swam as fast as she could to the surface.
When she came up she took a deep breath, reviving her lungs. Her eyes searched franticly for Michael, dashing about wildly. 'Oh no! He isn't here!' She started to panic. 'what if that thing got him!' She was about to go under to look for him when she felt something touch her shoulder. She shrieked, surprised by the sudden contact and turned around to see what it was. Michael's head emerged from the lake as she spun around. Michael felt a deep sigh of relief go through his body when he saw her.
"Where were you?!" He demanded to know. Sydney looked at him.
"What do you mean where was I? Where were you ?" Michael looked at her.
" I was looking for you! When you didn't come up I got worried and went back under to look for you!" Sydney's eyes softened. 'He was worried about me? Hmm . . . I kinda like that.' She glanced back at him
"Something's under there!" She told him, pointing to the water. "Something was pulling me down, but I finally got away after I kicked it in the face." Michael looked at Sydney, a look of shock on his face.
"Really? Are you alright? Are you hurt at all?" He bombarded her with questions. Before she could answer a large, sputtering shape came up out of the water.
"Damn Sydney! Why did you have to kick so hard?" Eric complained, holding a hand to his nose. Blood was seeping through his hand, dripping down into the water.
"That was you!" Sydney exclaimed in shock.
"What were you thinking?!" Michael shouted at him.
"You could killed me!" Sydney lunged at him, and was about to land a punch on his jaw when she felt Michaels stop her. Sydney looks at him, and after seeing the look in his eyes, calms down.
"We'd better be heading back" He flips the canoe over and climbs in.
"here." he extended his hand toward Sydney and pulled her in.
"Thanks" She, smiled shyly.
~~~~~ Later that night ~~~~~
Sydney was talking to Angela when she heard someone calling her name.
"Hey Sydney!" She looked towards the voice. 'Oh great, Eric' She sighed before walking up to him.
"Yes?"
"Well, umm . . . I just wanted to say I'm sorry, and that I didn't mean to hurt you or anything." He looked waited nervously for Sydney's reply. She reluctantly decided to forgive him.
"That's okay. Just don't do it ever again, understand?" Eric nodded his head vigorously.
"Good" With that Sydney went to get her dinner. 'hmmm . . . ham or pepperoni? I think I'll go with the pepperoni' She took her pizza and went to sit down next to Michael. She eyed his pizza, almost choking when she saw it.
"You like anchovies!" Sydney cried out in disbelief, shock, and horror.
"Yeah, so? They're yummy! Really" He tried to convince her.
"Yeah, umm . . .I'll just have to take your word for that" She looked down at her food and started thinking maybe she wasn't so hungry after all. Michael, who had just polished off the last of his pizza, looked down at her plate.
"Syd?" She looked up at him.
"Yeah?'
"Are you going to eat that?" He pointed to her pizza.
"Oh! Umm . . . No, I guess you can have it if you want"
"Thanks!" He reached over and grabbed the pizza, his arm brushing against Sydney, causing her to shiver.
"Are you cold?" he asked concerned.
"No, I'm fine" She gave him a little smile. "just got the shivers for a minute, ya know?"
"uh, yeah . . . Sure" He looked at her. "I . . . I think I know what you mean." conversation paused for a moment, neither sure what to say next. Before to long the bell rang, announcing that dinner was over.
"Well . . . I guess I'll talk to you later?" Michael asked picking up his plate, and Syd's. He was about to walk away when he had a sudden idea.
"Hey Sydney! Wait a minute!" He quickly walked over to where she stood. "Would you like to go on a walk tonight?" Sydney, caught off guard, stumble for a second.
"Oh! Umm, sure" Relief flooded Michael's face when she accepted.
"Okay. Let's meet where the paths to our cabins separate at 8:00, okay?"
"Sounds great!" Sydney turned around and sauntered over to Angela.
"Why are you smiling like that?" She glanced curiously at her expression.
"Like what?" Sydney asked, trying to act nonchalant
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. You know, the smile that's been on your face since you talked to Mike?" Angela laughed. "You have the hots for him, don't you."
"No!" Sydney looked at her in awe. "how could you think that?"
"Oh come on! How could you not fall for him? He's like a Greek god or something!"
"Okay well, maybe I have a little thing for him, his is kind of hot I guess." She slowly admitted.
"I knew it!" Angela shouted.
"Shh! I don't want the world to know! Sydney put a hand over Angela's mouth.
"Okay." She pulled Syd's hand away from her mouth. "Now tell me why you're smiling all goofyish" Sydney smiled slyly. "Well, he asked me to go on a walk with him tonight"
"And . . . ?"
"And what?"
"What did you say!" Angela rolled her eyes. Sydney laughed before replying,
"I said yes, of course!"
"good" With that Angela and Sydney headed back to their cabin.
~~~~~ 10 minutes later ~~~~~
"Aaaargh!!! What do I wear?" A frantic Sydney was throwing clothes right and left out of the dresser..
"Well umm . . . How about this?" Angela picked up a blue tank top, a pink cargo mini , and a white windbreaker. "Perfect!" Sydney squealed. She hugged Angela and then went to change.
'Well' Angela thought smugly. 'At least I'm good at something.'
A few minutes later Sydney came out all dressed, and ready to go.
"I guess I'd better be going. Thanks for the help Angela!"
"No problem, really." Angela assured her. "Now go have some fun!" She gave Sydney a push towards the door. Sydney waved goodbye and then went to meet him.
Michael was standing at the bridge, nervously waiting for her. He looked at his reflection in the river and ran his hands over his hair smoothing it out. He heard someone clear their throat behind him and turned around. 'Oh god! Did she just see me primping myself? I hope not" Vaughn thought worried for his pride. Sydney had a slight smile on his face from catching him, and walked over to him.
"I think you missed a spot." She reached her hand up and ran her fingers through his hair. His hair was silky under her touch. She didn't want to let go of it, but after a few seconds she reluctantly did so. She gave it a final pat fixing it. "There you go" She gave him her nod of approval. He stood there staring at her for a few seconds, still revealing in her touch. He suddenly snapped out of it.
"Ready to go?" He asked eagerly.
"Yep!" They started walking.
"So . . . " Michael tries coming up with something to talk about. "What are your parents like?"
Sydney halted for a minute, as her memories drifted far away.
"Uh . . . Sydney? Sydney!" She startled and came out of her trance.
"Yeah?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring back bad memories or anything." Michael was looking at her, with worry.
"Oh, it's nothing." Sydney told him.
"Really?" Michael wanted to make sure.
"Really" Sydney assured him. "So what are my parents like?"
"Yes?"
"Well, my dad's really sweet and caring. His job keeps him quite busy, but he spends all his free time with me to make up for it." She told him.
"My dad's like that too. He isn't home much but when he is he does lots of stuff with my mom and I"
"That's cool. So what about your mom?" Sydney wanted to know.
"Oh, she's great. She's always doing something for me or helping me out with something. What about yours?"
"She uh, she died when I was 6. In a car crash." Sydney mumbled quietly. Michael looked at her.
"I'm sorry"
"Why?" She looked at him imploringly.
"Well, umm … " He searched for something to say. Sydney laughed.
"I was just kidding, I know your sorry, and why." Michael sighed.
"You know, that wasn't funny. I thought if I said one wrong thing I'd have a crying girl on my hands." Michael shuddered at the thought. Sydney just laughed at him.
"I wouldn't have cried" She told him, indignantly.
"Whatever you say" Michael said to her, grinning. Sydney slapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Hey!"
"Well, you asked for it." She looked over at him, and smiled. She got butterflies in her stomach when she saw him smile back. They walked in silence for the next few minutes until they reached the lake. They walked up to the edge where the water was rolling onto the sand. The moonlight made a path across the water, the trees casting shadows everywhere. Sydney slipped of her flip flops and waded into the water. She motioned for Michael to follow. Hs removed his socks and shoes and waded in next to her. Sydney stood their looking at the stars. She was looking for the big dipper when she felt water splash all over her.
"Mike!" She shrieked. "You got me wet!"
"Really?" he replied, grinning. "Want to tell me something I don't know?"
Sydney bent down and sent a huge wave crashing onto him, then ran before he could splash her back. They spent the next 39 minutes chasing and splashing each other and laughing. Sydney was running after Michael, when he slipped and fell. She toppled over and landed on top of him in a compromising position.
They stopped laughing, their breathing becoming the only sound, other than the waves lapping the shore. Michael looked into Sydney's eyes, losing himself in them. Her face slowly moves closer to his. They feel each others warm breath, and chests rising and falling. Their lips inch ever closer, they anticipate their lips meeting, joining in a blissful kiss. Michael moves his arms to her waist, and she wraps hers around his neck. They look into each others eyes for one last second, before their lips crash upon each others, creating a perfect first kiss. Lips melted together as they continued, in ignorance of the world surrounding them.
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A/N Enjoy J ? R&R! So the next chap won't be up for maybe a week. But since it's spriong break, who knows! lol. Later!
Chapter 4
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"Aaagh!!" They screamed as the boat flipped over, sending them into the water. Sydney was engulfed in the dark water, she could barely make out the shape of Michael a few feet away. She started to swim toward him and had gone several feet when she felt something. 'Oh my god!' She thought, as she felt something slip around her ankle, pulling her down.
Michael surfaced and glanced around for Sydney. 'where is she?' He thought worriedly. He couldn't see her anywhere. He dove under the water trying to see, a hand, a foot, anything just so he could find her. He looked until he felt like his lungs would burst, took a short trip to the surface and then went back under.
Sydney kicked her leg as hard as she could hoping to get free of it's grasp. She felt her foot connect with something fleshy. It quickly let go and she swam as fast as she could to the surface.
When she came up she took a deep breath, reviving her lungs. Her eyes searched franticly for Michael, dashing about wildly. 'Oh no! He isn't here!' She started to panic. 'what if that thing got him!' She was about to go under to look for him when she felt something touch her shoulder. She shrieked, surprised by the sudden contact and turned around to see what it was. Michael's head emerged from the lake as she spun around. Michael felt a deep sigh of relief go through his body when he saw her.
"Where were you?!" He demanded to know. Sydney looked at him.
"What do you mean where was I? Where were you ?" Michael looked at her.
" I was looking for you! When you didn't come up I got worried and went back under to look for you!" Sydney's eyes softened. 'He was worried about me? Hmm . . . I kinda like that.' She glanced back at him
"Something's under there!" She told him, pointing to the water. "Something was pulling me down, but I finally got away after I kicked it in the face." Michael looked at Sydney, a look of shock on his face.
"Really? Are you alright? Are you hurt at all?" He bombarded her with questions. Before she could answer a large, sputtering shape came up out of the water.
"Damn Sydney! Why did you have to kick so hard?" Eric complained, holding a hand to his nose. Blood was seeping through his hand, dripping down into the water.
"That was you!" Sydney exclaimed in shock.
"What were you thinking?!" Michael shouted at him.
"You could killed me!" Sydney lunged at him, and was about to land a punch on his jaw when she felt Michaels stop her. Sydney looks at him, and after seeing the look in his eyes, calms down.
"We'd better be heading back" He flips the canoe over and climbs in.
"here." he extended his hand toward Sydney and pulled her in.
"Thanks" She, smiled shyly.
~~~~~ Later that night ~~~~~
Sydney was talking to Angela when she heard someone calling her name.
"Hey Sydney!" She looked towards the voice. 'Oh great, Eric' She sighed before walking up to him.
"Yes?"
"Well, umm . . . I just wanted to say I'm sorry, and that I didn't mean to hurt you or anything." He looked waited nervously for Sydney's reply. She reluctantly decided to forgive him.
"That's okay. Just don't do it ever again, understand?" Eric nodded his head vigorously.
"Good" With that Sydney went to get her dinner. 'hmmm . . . ham or pepperoni? I think I'll go with the pepperoni' She took her pizza and went to sit down next to Michael. She eyed his pizza, almost choking when she saw it.
"You like anchovies!" Sydney cried out in disbelief, shock, and horror.
"Yeah, so? They're yummy! Really" He tried to convince her.
"Yeah, umm . . .I'll just have to take your word for that" She looked down at her food and started thinking maybe she wasn't so hungry after all. Michael, who had just polished off the last of his pizza, looked down at her plate.
"Syd?" She looked up at him.
"Yeah?'
"Are you going to eat that?" He pointed to her pizza.
"Oh! Umm . . . No, I guess you can have it if you want"
"Thanks!" He reached over and grabbed the pizza, his arm brushing against Sydney, causing her to shiver.
"Are you cold?" he asked concerned.
"No, I'm fine" She gave him a little smile. "just got the shivers for a minute, ya know?"
"uh, yeah . . . Sure" He looked at her. "I . . . I think I know what you mean." conversation paused for a moment, neither sure what to say next. Before to long the bell rang, announcing that dinner was over.
"Well . . . I guess I'll talk to you later?" Michael asked picking up his plate, and Syd's. He was about to walk away when he had a sudden idea.
"Hey Sydney! Wait a minute!" He quickly walked over to where she stood. "Would you like to go on a walk tonight?" Sydney, caught off guard, stumble for a second.
"Oh! Umm, sure" Relief flooded Michael's face when she accepted.
"Okay. Let's meet where the paths to our cabins separate at 8:00, okay?"
"Sounds great!" Sydney turned around and sauntered over to Angela.
"Why are you smiling like that?" She glanced curiously at her expression.
"Like what?" Sydney asked, trying to act nonchalant
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. You know, the smile that's been on your face since you talked to Mike?" Angela laughed. "You have the hots for him, don't you."
"No!" Sydney looked at her in awe. "how could you think that?"
"Oh come on! How could you not fall for him? He's like a Greek god or something!"
"Okay well, maybe I have a little thing for him, his is kind of hot I guess." She slowly admitted.
"I knew it!" Angela shouted.
"Shh! I don't want the world to know! Sydney put a hand over Angela's mouth.
"Okay." She pulled Syd's hand away from her mouth. "Now tell me why you're smiling all goofyish" Sydney smiled slyly. "Well, he asked me to go on a walk with him tonight"
"And . . . ?"
"And what?"
"What did you say!" Angela rolled her eyes. Sydney laughed before replying,
"I said yes, of course!"
"good" With that Angela and Sydney headed back to their cabin.
~~~~~ 10 minutes later ~~~~~
"Aaaargh!!! What do I wear?" A frantic Sydney was throwing clothes right and left out of the dresser..
"Well umm . . . How about this?" Angela picked up a blue tank top, a pink cargo mini , and a white windbreaker. "Perfect!" Sydney squealed. She hugged Angela and then went to change.
'Well' Angela thought smugly. 'At least I'm good at something.'
A few minutes later Sydney came out all dressed, and ready to go.
"I guess I'd better be going. Thanks for the help Angela!"
"No problem, really." Angela assured her. "Now go have some fun!" She gave Sydney a push towards the door. Sydney waved goodbye and then went to meet him.
Michael was standing at the bridge, nervously waiting for her. He looked at his reflection in the river and ran his hands over his hair smoothing it out. He heard someone clear their throat behind him and turned around. 'Oh god! Did she just see me primping myself? I hope not" Vaughn thought worried for his pride. Sydney had a slight smile on his face from catching him, and walked over to him.
"I think you missed a spot." She reached her hand up and ran her fingers through his hair. His hair was silky under her touch. She didn't want to let go of it, but after a few seconds she reluctantly did so. She gave it a final pat fixing it. "There you go" She gave him her nod of approval. He stood there staring at her for a few seconds, still revealing in her touch. He suddenly snapped out of it.
"Ready to go?" He asked eagerly.
"Yep!" They started walking.
"So . . . " Michael tries coming up with something to talk about. "What are your parents like?"
Sydney halted for a minute, as her memories drifted far away.
"Uh . . . Sydney? Sydney!" She startled and came out of her trance.
"Yeah?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring back bad memories or anything." Michael was looking at her, with worry.
"Oh, it's nothing." Sydney told him.
"Really?" Michael wanted to make sure.
"Really" Sydney assured him. "So what are my parents like?"
"Yes?"
"Well, my dad's really sweet and caring. His job keeps him quite busy, but he spends all his free time with me to make up for it." She told him.
"My dad's like that too. He isn't home much but when he is he does lots of stuff with my mom and I"
"That's cool. So what about your mom?" Sydney wanted to know.
"Oh, she's great. She's always doing something for me or helping me out with something. What about yours?"
"She uh, she died when I was 6. In a car crash." Sydney mumbled quietly. Michael looked at her.
"I'm sorry"
"Why?" She looked at him imploringly.
"Well, umm … " He searched for something to say. Sydney laughed.
"I was just kidding, I know your sorry, and why." Michael sighed.
"You know, that wasn't funny. I thought if I said one wrong thing I'd have a crying girl on my hands." Michael shuddered at the thought. Sydney just laughed at him.
"I wouldn't have cried" She told him, indignantly.
"Whatever you say" Michael said to her, grinning. Sydney slapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Hey!"
"Well, you asked for it." She looked over at him, and smiled. She got butterflies in her stomach when she saw him smile back. They walked in silence for the next few minutes until they reached the lake. They walked up to the edge where the water was rolling onto the sand. The moonlight made a path across the water, the trees casting shadows everywhere. Sydney slipped of her flip flops and waded into the water. She motioned for Michael to follow. Hs removed his socks and shoes and waded in next to her. Sydney stood their looking at the stars. She was looking for the big dipper when she felt water splash all over her.
"Mike!" She shrieked. "You got me wet!"
"Really?" he replied, grinning. "Want to tell me something I don't know?"
Sydney bent down and sent a huge wave crashing onto him, then ran before he could splash her back. They spent the next 39 minutes chasing and splashing each other and laughing. Sydney was running after Michael, when he slipped and fell. She toppled over and landed on top of him in a compromising position.
They stopped laughing, their breathing becoming the only sound, other than the waves lapping the shore. Michael looked into Sydney's eyes, losing himself in them. Her face slowly moves closer to his. They feel each others warm breath, and chests rising and falling. Their lips inch ever closer, they anticipate their lips meeting, joining in a blissful kiss. Michael moves his arms to her waist, and she wraps hers around his neck. They look into each others eyes for one last second, before their lips crash upon each others, creating a perfect first kiss. Lips melted together as they continued, in ignorance of the world surrounding them.
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A/N Enjoy J ? R&R! So the next chap won't be up for maybe a week. But since it's spriong break, who knows! lol. Later!