Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews and keep 'em coming! I hope you are enjoying my first fan fic! I have realized that I may have to change the rating of this thing lol.

Evan Plummer Senior Will

To Jeremy I leave a trip to Vegas anytime with the guys

To Tia a crown for she who reigns above us all

To Andy your pool back and as thanks, I dedicate my first swimming gold trophy

To Conner I leave true friendship, a game of pool and silent understanding

To Jessica I leave subu noodles, okay, you are a feminist and the last half of that dance we never finished

To Elizabeth I leave a shoulder whenever you need it and an embarrassed blush

To Jade, my everything

Jessica Wakefield inhaled the salty, smoky air and smiled as her boyfriend, Jeremy Aames encircled her waist with his strong arms. It was Saturday, now less than twenty-four hours before she and her friends embarked on their first road trip as a group. Jessica could hardly wait. She looked around the bonfire she and her friends had set up, a kind of a last bash before they left into the great unknown. Jessica shook her head and giggled. Since when did she talk like that?

"What's so funny?" Jeremy asked.

"Everything." She turned to him and put her arms around his neck. "I am just the happiest I have been for a long while. It's been long overdue."

Jeremy smiled at his girlfriend, and planted a kiss on her nose. Jessica looked at him and wondered what she had done to deserve a boyfriend as sweet as he was. She put her head on his shoulder. At least she had ended up with him and not Will. She looked at Will, who was laughing it up with his buddies. They had just thrown Aaron Dallas into the water. What a jerk.

Looking at Will, Jessica suddenly felt an appreciative closeness to Jeremy. She pulled back from there embrace and pressed her body close against his. She put her hands on his neck gently. He seemed to understand what she was thinking and he pressed his lips against hers in a passionate kiss. He parted her lips with his tongue until his mouth was merged with hers. Jessica let out a little moan as his tongue searched her mouth. They sat down together on a piece of driftwood, as Jeremy leaned into her. As Jeremy's lips left her mouth and traveled down to the side of her neck, all Jessica could feel was her desire for him and nothing else.

"Whatever, Conner, it wasn't that funny." Elizabeth pouted. She and Conner were comfortably seated side by side on a large log with their backs to the fire. She gave him a playful shove, but his uncontrollable laughter continued.

"Liz-it was so funny. You should have seen yourself on that driveway with your shoes in your hand…" Conner burst into another bout of laughter.

Elizabeth giggled in spite of herself. It probably was really funny. Just then, Evan and Jade plopped down next to them.

"Hey guys," Evan nodded. "What's his deal?" He said, poking Conner, who, by now was struggling to breathe through his guffaws.

"Oh, he is just remembering Cherie's party where I got drunk." Elizabeth said nonchalantly, waving Conner off.

Jade giggled. "Oh, I remember that. It was like Breakaway Liz." Elizabeth whacked Jade on her shoulder.

"Yeah, all I can remember is that for a while, Liz was seriously considering jumping into the pool with her underwear alone due to a lack of a swimsuit." Evan could barely get his words out through his laughing.

This remark brought a fresh wave of laughing from Conner, who now seemed like he would never stop to Elizabeth. Not that she minded, because laughing was not a regular occurrence in Conner's world. She was thinking about how cute he looked when he was struggling for breath when Jade spoke again.

"I know, Lizzie has always been such a goodie- goodie."

"I have not!" Elizabeth said indignantly. Everyone looked at her with amused smirks on their faces. She could tell they all believed otherwise.

"Yes, you have Liz," Jade insisted. "I mean, it's only been this year since you've loosened up a bit." Elizabeth remained silent. What could she say to prove otherwise? Nothing.

"I mean, that's okay," Jade went on. "But it was nice to see the bad Liz for a while."

"Do you think you will swim in your underwear ever again?" Evan said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood.

But Elizabeth was in no mood to joke. She had to prove to Jade, Evan and everyone else that she was no obedient five-year old. She got up and took Conner's hand.

"Come on Conner. The water's looking good."

"What?" Conner said, standing up. "Liz, what are you-"

"Conner, if the girl wants to swim, you're gonna swim with the girl." Elizabeth said, walking determinedly toward the water, even though a loud voice at the back of her head was telling her to turn around and walk the other direction. The waters were practically black in the night sky and Elizabeth's imagination was running away with thoughts of creatures lurking beneath the surface.

"Wakefield, come on you are a big girl," Elizabeth muttered. "What do you think; a sea monster will get you?" Elizabeth and Conner stopped at the shore and looked at each other. Conner bore a big grin on his face.

He leaned over. "Liz, I don't know what you are doing, but I just want you to know," he paused, "that it is so sexy."

Elizabeth laughed. Conner had just given her the last shred of courage she needed.

She stepped closer into the shadows and pulled off her top, revealing her white bra. The guys at the bonfire started hooting loudly and began gathering around until Conner turned and gave them looks of disdain. Giggling, Elizabeth pulled off her denim shorts, and after a brief second of hesitation and self-consciousness, she began wading into the water. When she had made it in a good enough distance to hide her bottom half, she stopped and turned toward the shore, looking for Conner.

He was standing on the shore looking at her. He was smiling with awe, and then he quickly pulled off his T-shirt. He began wading out into the water to meet her. "Liz, you are so cool," he said when he was near her, smiling like a little boy.

"I know," she grinned and put her hands around his waist. "I keep trying to tell everyone that but, I don't know, they just don't believe me."

"I do," Conner said, pecking her on the nose.

"Come on guys!" Evan bellowed from the shore. "We don't want to see all this!"

"Get a room!" Jade yelled, a laugh in her voice. She and Evan walked away, waving Conner and Elizabeth off.

Elizabeth laughed at the scenario. Here she was, with her boyfriend, in fairly cold water in only her underwear. She looked at Conner. He had a mischievous look on his face.

"Hey, Liz," he whispered into her ear. He sounded so sexy, Elizabeth just wanted to grab him and kiss him like it was going out of style. "Want to get some privacy?"

Elizabeth looked at him confused. He continued. "Take a deep breath." He did the same and then he pulled her under the surface of the water with him. Before she could catch her bearings, he pulled her to him in a strong kiss. She could feel herself melt into him, and suddenly, the last thing on her mind were the creepy-crawlies that were probably lurking nearby.