Hi~ Well here's chapter 6, I know chapter 5 wasn't that great, but I'm hoping this one will turn out better. And yeah, I know I wrote Louis to be just as immature as he was in 8th grade, but it's Louis! I didn't want him to grow up too much I guess. But anyway, please R&R.

*****On the Lake*****

Tawny fixed her hair and did the finishing touches on her makeup. Louis was taking her to the lake today. She couldn't believe she still had butterflies. She hated being nervous. What was there to be scared about? Louis had been her best friend since junior high. Good thing she decided not to become a psychiatrist, she couldn't even sort out her own feelings.

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Louis put down the oars to rest. He didn't want to tell Tawny, but his arms were so tired that couldn't go any farther.

"So Beans' cousin Chris got a gondola and I get a rowboat?" Tawny said playfully, pretending to be upset.

Louis smiled. "Yeah, only pretty girls get the gondolas." He added jokingly. Tawny punched him on the shoulder a little harder than normal.

"Hey are you ever going to take off that hat?" Louis said, nodding to the large straw hat she was wearing.

"Nope," Tawny said, "I'll get burnt with the sun this high and no cloud cover."

"Here let me help you," he said, grabbing the hat and putting it on.

"Hey!" Tawny said in protest. She lunged for the hat. Louis moved to the side to dodge her attack and flipped the boat. Tawny screamed, swallowing a large gulp of water at the same time. She went for the surface and coughed uncontrollably.

"Louis!....You...bonehead!" She managed to sputter out in between coughs.

Louis was floating face down in the water a few feet away. She frantically swam over to him, and turned him over.

"GOTCHA!" Louis yelled, smiling. Tawny screamed. Louis was laughing now.

"You honestly thought I was dead or something?" he asked incredulously. Louis was surprised to see fear in her eyes. Tawny splashed him in a mixture of embarrassment, anger, and relief. He was lucky she was in a good mood. Louis splashed her back and they started a mini water fight.

He splashed her one last time then wrapped his arms around her. Tawny laughed. "You're going to drown me." She grabbed the capsized boat for support with one hand, and wrapped the other around Louis. He pulled her into a deep, passionate kiss. Tawny enjoyed it for a while, then pulled back.

"I'm still mad at you," she said glaring at him playfully, but halfway serious.

They turned over the boat and retrieved their belongings. Louis dragged the boat onshore. He and Tawny sat under a tree.

"Let me help you out of those clothes," Louis said hopefully.

Tawny grabbed his hand and glared at him. "Don't even think about it."

".....Or not." He gave up. Tawny had always been strict about that issue. It was her unspoken rule that he was not to touch her until she had a very important ring on her left hand. Louis honestly didn't get the point of the rule though. He and Tawny would end up married anyway, but she was stubborn. It had something to do with church, but she never fully explained.

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Tawny handed Louis a towel in the bathroom.

"You know, you'll have to repay me for my ruining my shoes." Tawny said. Louis grabbed her chin and kissed her sweetly.

"That'll do just fine." Tawny said, after breaking off the kiss. She kissed him again on the forehead.

Louis numbly lowered his hands from her face and let them rest on her body. Somehow they found themselves under the edges of Tawny's shirt, touching her smooth warm skin. Tawny shivered slightly from pleasure then broke away, afraid he was getting to close.

She sat down at the edge of the bathtub.

"Now I have to change." She gave Louis a look. He stood there like a statue, wondering what she meant, then just smiled at her. Tawny smiled back and motioned for him to make a u-turn and scoot. He still didn't move.

"Louis! That means get out, I have to change!" she pushed him out of the bathroom and shut the door.

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Louis examined her dorm, realizing this was the first time he'd ever been in it. One side of the room was just a huge organized mess. Nail polish in all different colors, papers, lipstick, books, and even a bright red bra hung out of a drawer that he knew must be her roommate's. The other side of the room was much more simple. A couple pillows lined her bed that Louis recognized from Tawny's room from back home. Her desk had her papers and books neatly organized on top next to a large hanging mirror. Louis smiled, picking up a framed picture off her desk. It was their junior homecoming picture. She had her arms wrapped around him, and Louis was leaning into her with his proud goatee that he later shaved off because Tawny didn't like it. She looked so young in this picture! Tawny had always been pretty girl, but she had truly blossomed into a beautiful woman in her senior year.

Several other pictures had been pasted around the edges of the mirror. One was a picture of him, Tawny, Twitty, and Tom at the beach. Another one was a picture of their band, the Twitty-Stevens Connection from junior high. Tawny was playing the keyboard, Beans the bass, Louis the drums, Twitty the guitar, and Ren was singing. More pictures had Tawny with her family, but most of them were pictures of her and Louis from seventh grade on.

Louis was still reminiscing when Tawny came up behind him and put her arms lovingly around his neck. "Ready to go?"

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Hey, well that's it for a little while. Please R&R, I like hearing you guy's opinions, and I'm open to ideas for what should happen next in the story. Thanx!

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