same junk as before still applies

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After finishing their hike and eating a quick lunch the team decided to go down to the lake and swim, hoping that it would help cool them down. Frank, Miles, and Stephen had already changed and were currently standing outside of the woman's bath house waiting for Natalie and Eva.

"What's taking them so long? They should have just worn their bathing suits under their clothes." Miles whined.

"You've obviously never lived with a woman before have you?" Stephen smiled at Frank's question and leaned back against the tree, kicking a pebble into Miles' leg.

"I had sister's growing up, four of them to be exact, but they never took this long."

"Let me rephrase that, you've never lived with grown women before have you?"

"And don't say your mother," Stephen pointed at him and smiled, "that doesn't count."

"Grrr." Miles banged his head back against the wall and sighed.

Five minutes later and the ladies exited the building, both clad in short shorts and tank tops. "Having fun gentlemen?"

"Loads." Miles growled as he grabbed Eva's arm. "Come on, its hot out here."

Laughing she stopped him and pulled herself up onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Okay you can move now."

"Finally."

A few minutes later and the team had finally made it to the water. Tossing down his stuff Frank whipped his shirt off and took off in a sprint towards the water, practically throwing himself into it.

"Someone's excited." Natalie smiled as she lay her towel down on the sand, tossing her bag next to Frank's.

Stephen laughed and laid his towel out next to hers before moving to sit down on it. "And Miles was one going insane because he had to wait."

She giggled and plopped down next to him. "You're not gonna swim?"

"Not yet. Are you?"

"Not yet." She smiled and pulled her tank-top over her head and tossing it down behind her, her shorts joining it soon after.

Stephen looked her up and down and was pretty sure that his heart was gonna leap out of his chest. "Wow."

Nat just laughed and pulled her sunglasses down over her eyes, lying back on the towel, her head resting on his thigh. "Close your mouth Stephen, it's not very attractive."

"What's not, my mouth or the fact that I'm gawking at you?"

"The gawking," smiling she reached up and ran her hand along his mouth, "you have a very nice mouth."

Swallowing, he gently slid his thigh out from under her head and stood, "I think I need to, um, get very far away from you."

Laughing she laid her head on her discarded clothes and kicked his leg gently, "Your loss." She smiled again and pulled her I-Pod out of her bag, putting her headphones in and closing her eyes.

A few minutes later and Natalie felt a body next to hers on the towel. Pulling her glasses up she looked over and was met by Stephen's face, a small smile playing on his lips. "Frank tried to dunk me one too many times."

She smiled and pulled one earphone out of her ear and handed it too him. "Poor baby."

Leaning over he placed a kiss on her cheek and she smiled, reaching out for his hand before knocking the sunglasses back down over her eyes.

After a few minutes Stephen reached over and removed the I-Pod from her hand, pulling the earphone out of her ear gently. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Getting you into the water." With that he placed her I-Pod in the bag and scooped her up.

"Put me down!" She squealed, her hands beating gently against his shoulder.

Once he got to the water he set her down in it, causing her to jump towards him, the cool water startling her. "It's not the cold if you just give it a minute." He whispered in her ear, wrapping his arms around her waist, his fingers loving the feel of her smooth skin. She gently wrapped her arms around his neck and waited a minute, letting her body adjust to the temperature of the water. After a minute she pulled out of his arms and stepped farther into the water, her hand reaching for his. "See I told you it wasn't that bad." She threw a smile over her shoulder before letting go of his hand and throwing herself under, emerging a few seconds later, her blonde hair matted to her back. "See." Laughing she reached for his hand again and pulled him under, giggling when he came up with a glare. "That wasn't funny."

"Neither was you carrying me across the beach and tossing me in." Smiling, she once again let go of his hand, this time moving further out into the water, stopping only when she could no longer touch the bottom without going under. "You coming?" She yelled.

"Yeah." Diving under he made his way out to her, grabbing her around the waist when he finally caught up with her. Coming up for air he placed his feet on the sand beneath them and pulled her flush against his chest. "I really am sorry about last night." He whispered, resting his forehead against hers.

"I know Stephen, you can stop apologizing already." She whispered as well, her hands moving to wrap around his neck, playing with his hair.

"I understand that you were hurt by me not wanting to talk, but I didn't mean anything by it, I swear." He looked down into her eyes and smiled slightly. "As much as I would have liked to have slept with you last night that wasn't all I wanted from you, I promise."

Nodding her head she fought hard to hold back the tears. "I know that now. I was just really upset that you didn't seem to have any interest in talking at all. I'm sorry that I acted the way that I did though, I over-reacted."

"No you didn't." He leaned down and pressed a kiss to her forehead, then her nose. "Tonight, we'll talk, I promise."

Her face lit up and his heart melted, "Good, I can't wait."

"Me either." With that he leaned down and gently captured her lips in his, tugging on her bottom lip with his teeth. A few seconds later and they pulled back, both gasping for air.

"That was…" She didn't have time to finish her sentence before his lips came crashing down on hers. His hands moved to her hips and pulled her up so that she could wrap her legs around his waist.

"Amazing." He finished for her after he pulled away. She nodded and he laughed, kissing her nose gently.

"I always thought it would be." With that he smiled once more before kissing her again, this time, however, they continued.

the end...

A/N: i might be tempted to write more to this if the reviews are high enough in numbers and if enough people want more... but unless that happens than this is all i've got