"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."

George Bernard Shaw

Carmen stepped bleary eyed off the plane. Paul saw her at baggage claim, and waved.

"Your dad wanted to come, but he had to work," Paul explained when she came closer.

"Well, its good to see you Paul," Carmen smiled.

Paul blushed, "Thanks, you too. Want to go play some tennis?"

"Sure.. Lets get my stuff to the house first."

"Okay."

"Ready?" Paul asked Carmen once she had set her stuff down and changed.

"Yeah."

"Okay," he said, "Lets make a bet."

"What kind of bet?"

"If you win, I will give you an undisclosed prize. Believe ,me, its good. If I win, I have a favor to ask you."

"Okay. Its a bet"

Carmen served, Paul returned. Then Carmen got the first point. Paul ended up winning.

"Here is the question," he paused, "Carmen," he said heaving a sigh, "I want to share something with you that I haven't shared with anybody else," Carmen knew what was coming next, but Paul didn't know she knew, "I'm going to visit my Dad in two weeks, and I want you to come and meet him. Not as my stepsister, but as my friend. Dad doesn't know Mom is re-married. My Dad has a drinking problem. If I told him about Mom's new family, I don't know what he would do."

"Paul, I am honored that you're sharing this portion of your life with me. If you want me to go, I will go."

"You will? Thats wonderful!"

Carmen smiled at his enthusiasm.

"Just for that, I will give you your present anyway," Paul whistled.

Carmen looked the way Paul gestured. A person was coming in their direction.. It was Win with a huge smile on his face. She ran to hug him.

"I thought you were interning with a doctor up in New York!"

"I don't start for two weeks. So I got a hold of Paul, and he told me when you were getting in here."

"That is so great! It is awesome to see you."

Win pulled Carmen into him and kissed her.

"Dinner is in an hour and a half," Paul broke up the kiss, "We need to get back. Mom and Al know Win is coming."

"Great," smiled Carmen.

They walked back to Paul's truck, Carmen and Win holding hands. Win explained how he hid in the back of Paul's truck on the way to the tennis courts. Carmen smiled. She thought that that was really sweet.

"When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield."

Quintilian

"Eric Richman," Joe began, "you have a boys team. Your activity is hiking, your partner is Diana. You have Monday lunch, Wednesday snack, Thursday breakfast and Friday dinner. Saturdays you monitor the camp theater," Bee's eyes went wide when she realized that she and Eric were not partnered together, "Bridget Vreeland, you have a girls team this year. Your activity is rafting and kayaking. You have Monday dinner, Wednesday lunch, Thursday lunch and Friday breakfast. You are partnered with Billy Klein," Bee's eyes went even wider than she thought possible. Joe could not have just said that. She looked at Diana, who also had a shocked look on her face. No, Bee was not having a nightmare.

"Joe!" Bee got his attention.

"No!" he replied without looking.

"Even if I--"

"No!"

"have someone I can switch with," she continued meekly.

"I know your type. Its your second year here, your boyfriend is here, you think you own the camp. You don't. I'm paying you to do this. I make it a point not to put couples together. All they do is lay around, and don't do what I pay them for."

Bridget wanted to say that all she and Eric did last year was lay around and talk while assigned to rafting and kayaking.

"You wanted to change at first last year, and you know how that turned out," he winked, "I'm sure you'll work great with Billy. He's new, show him the ropes, and be nice."

"But why mess with a winning team?" Bee snapped back

"Because I know you can make the most of it."