The long new chapter, as promised (:

Chapter 9

The water park was bigger than I was expecting. It was also emptier than I was expecting.

"This may be harder than we thought." Macey said as we glanced at the handful of cars in the parking lot.

"Well, we aren't going to get it done just standing here." Liz said as she started towards the entrance.

Zach came up behind me and grabbed my hand. "So Gallagher Girl, what's your plan?" He asked.

"Wish I could say but, I don't want you stealing my idea." I answered.

He placed a hand over his heart. "Me? Steal an idea? I am hurt Gallagher Girl." He feigned shock but his face quickly burst into a smirk. "Eh, that's alright, I'm not going to tell you my idea either." his smirk momentarily morphed into a smile.

"Good," I said as I leaned over and kissed him. He eagerly kissed back as we walked into the park.

"Be careful Cam, you might need a single status later." Bex said with a wink. I laughed but let go of Zach's hand. She was right.

He gave me a puppy dog look but I stood firm, I stood in between Bex and Liz and took a look around. The park was as barren as expected, there were a couple of families and one couple. This was going to be hard.

"Don't worry, more people will show up." My mom whispered in our ears. As she said this we heard a bus pull into the parking lot.

A huge group of teenagers climbed off the bus and entered the park right behind us. They were a rowdy bunch but they looked perfect for our mission. Zach and the guys went with Solomon somewhere to the right and The girls and I went with my mom to the left. We laid our towels out on the grass and took a look at our options.

There were a significant number of girls in the group from the bus, but there were plenty of teenage guys for us to pick out of. We watched them discreetly for a few minutes before Liz found a good group of prospects.

"Oh! What about them?" Liz exclaimed while gesturing to our right. Right next to our boys was a group of four, admittedly gorgeous, guys.

"They're perfect!" Bex exclaimed.

"Alright girls," Macey instructed "First thing's first, get there attention."

I let out a small squeal and jumped backwards towards my towel and as expected one of them looked our way. As a small sidenote, so did our boys.

"Beautifully done Cammie, alrighty, now we need to hook their interest." Macey continued as she pulled off her cover up to reveal a stunning white bikini. The one boy that had looked up nudged his friends. The other three looked towards us to see Macey's gorgeous body.

"Alright, Bex, then Cammie, then you Liz." Bex reached down for the bottom of her cover up and pulled it off over her head showing her athletic figure and electric blue bikini.

Bex looked meaningfully towards me, I forced down a blush and quickly shed my cover up. Macey coughed slightly. I sighed and leaned forward for my toes in a faux stretch. When I glanced up, all of the boys had bug eyes. I pulled my hair over my shoulder and glanced at Liz as I leaned back on my elbows.

Little Lizzie pulled her cover up off slowly to show off her hot red bikini. She shook her hair out of her bun and let it fall loose over her shoulders. I made eye contact with Macey and I knew what she was thinking, neither of us expected that from Liz. The boys friend nudged the others as the huddled for a minute and then walked towards us.

"Hey, I'm Garrett, and these are my friends Chase, Joey, and Matt." Garrett was a good looking blonde with one heck of a smile. Chase was a tall dark and handsome black haired boy who seemed too cool for anything more than a head nod in our direction, Joey was a good looking brown haired kid with a friendly face, and finally Matt was a hunk with spiked dark brown hair.

"Hi, I'm Bex, this is Macey, Cammie, and Liz." Bex replied for us.

"Well, Bex, Macey, Cammie, and Liz, how would you mind hanging out with us for a while?" Joey asked. The girls and I exchanged looks.

"I guess we could." Macey replied seemingly bored.

"Excellent." Matt said with a smile. He moved to help Macey up, while Joey moved to help Liz, Chase went to help Bex, and Garrett helped me to my feet.

"Have you guys ever been here before?" Garrett asked us as we shuffled off towards the slides.

"Nope," I replied with a smile.

"Really? Well then you're gonna have a blast." Joey said.

I was puzzled as to why the park was some empty, it was a huge park with tons of water slides, wave pools, hot tubs, and even a lazy river.

They took us to the tube counter and we got 4 double tubes.

"Come on, we're gonna go on my favorite ride first." Garrett said to me as he led me up a set of stairs. "That is, if you don't mind heights." He grinned at me and winked.

I smiled back "No problem" I replied.

"Oooh, risky, dangerous, I like it" He said as he took off, full speed, towards the tallest slide.

We climber several flights of stairs before finally reaching the entrance to the slide.

"Alright, you sure you can handle this?" He asked with a mischievous grin.

I pretended to think about it for a second. I bit my lip and looked over and the slide and looked at where it let out. It was a pretty long slide, looked like it had a lot of twists and turns and it started out pretty steep. I looked back at face to see an expectant look in his eye. I looked out at the park once again before nodding.

His grin grew even wider, if possible. "Awesome! You're the first girl who's let me take them on this!" he exclaimed.

We walked over to the mouth of the slide.

"Heaviest person in front, put your legs under the armpits of the person in front of you, no leaning into the curves, stay on the tube, and as always, have fun." The lifeguard instructed as the tube moved down the mouth of the slide.

The tube started moving down the slippery slide and Garrett let out a whoop of excitement. The slide started off with a steep decline to gain speed then we were launched around corners and down and even back up the slide, it was insanely fun. Throughout the ride I gave little girly screams to make it seem like I was scared, I couldn't have him thinking I was too tough. At one point in the slide I wrapped my legs around his waist, pulling me closer to him, he laughed and put one hand on my leg. When we reached the bottom, we were launched out of the slide and we skidded across the water towards the stairs.

Garrett hopped off the tube and turned to face me. "What did you think?" He asked with a smile.

"That was incredible!" I exclaimed honestly "It was so fun!" I smiled back at him and let him help me down from the tube and into the water next to him.

We climbed out of the water and he ditched the tube on the way back to the lines. "Next we're gonna go on my second favorite, its less intense than the other one, but its a lot faster." He lead me to a set of purple slides.

These slides had about 10 feet of going straight down then they went straight for a few feet then it dropped the rider off a cliff into the pool below. When we reached the slides, I heard of a familiar voice behind me.

"Hey Cammie!" Bex called to me and she walked towards me and Garrett with Chase following behind her.

"Hey Bex!" I called back to her. "How's it going?" I asked.

"Good, we're having a ton of fun!" she replied "How about you?"

"It's been a blast." I said making a 'sneaky' glance at Garrett. "I'm having a ton of fun."

"Good, are you going on this?" Bex asked gesturing to the purple slides.

"Yeah, planning on it." I said with a smile.

"You'll have fun," she said knowingly, "I've been on it three times already." She gave me a sly smile and I started to get nervous. "Don't tell me you're backing out Cammie." She said teasingly.

"No way!" I protested, "I'm not scared!"

Chase gave an unconvincing "Sure."

Garrett stepped in to put his friend in his place "I doubt she's scared, we already went on The Cyclone."

Chase gave me a look of respect and nodded his approval, "I know grown men who won't go on that." He said.

"Sounds like my kind of slide." Bex said "Can we go there next?" She said giving Chase a pleading look. It looked like he might say no, but then Bex tilted her head every so slightly, and he caved.

"Sure, sounds good." He said reluctantly. She gave him a sweet smile and he perked up a little bit.

"Alright Cammie, do you wanna race me or Bex?" Garrett asked.

I thought about it for a second. I could go with Garrett, and work on my 'summer homework' assignment, but this summer was supposed to be about me and the girls having fun together.

"I'll race Bex." I said with a challenge in my eyes. She met my gaze and agreed to the race.

"Alright girls," Garrett said as we settled on the slides. "This is easy, we have Chase down at the bottom of the slides to judge the winner, whoever hits the water first wins. On your mark, get set, GO!"

Bex and I launched ourselves forwards on the slide. The rush of adrenaline that came from the steep slide was amazing, I felt myself go flat as I approached the drop off. I pulled myself into a ball as I prepared for a cannon ball. I hit the water with a huge splash and began kicking to the surface. I surfaced and turned to my left to look for Bex just as she turned to look for me. We smiled at each other then glanced at Chase. He motioned for us to come towards him. We swam towards Chase, who met us at the bottom of the stairs.

"Who won?" We asked as soon as we reached the stairs.

"You know, I hate to say it, but I think you tied." He said sheepishly.

"No way, one of us has to win." Bex argued.

"Well you hit the water at the same time. As a matter of fact you left the slides towards the water at the same time too." He countered.

We heard a huge splash behind us as Garrett dropped off the cliff. He swam towards us skillfully.

"Who won?" he asked as he came up to us. He shook his hair and water droplets covered us.

"Apparently, we tied." I said glaring at Chase.

He held his hands up in surrender. "Don't shoot the messenger, you did hit the water at the same time."

"Lame." Garrett said looking over at me. "You can always go again," he suggested.

"How about I race you instead?" I suggested.

He smiled. "Sounds great, will you guys judge?" he asked Bex and Chase, they nodded their agreement.

"Do me a favor Garrett, beat her on the way down." Bex said teasingly.

"I'll do my best." He said as we climbed out. We made eye contact and he winked at me.

"Ready to go down?" I asked him as we climbed on the slides.

"Bring it." He said with a grin.

"Alright, 1-2-3!" I exclaimed as we shot off.

The slide was just as exhilarating as it was the first time. I hit the water in a perfect cannon ball. I kicked to the surface just in time to see Garrett emerge next to me.

"Who won?" He called to Bex and Chase while treading water.

"Cammie!" They yelled back.

He looked at me with a faux sad expression on his face. "I really thought I was going to beat you." He said

I laughed a little. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just too fast." I said confidently.

He gazed at me for a second before yelling "RACE YOU TO THE STAIRS!" He took off swimming incredibly fast to the stairs. I laughed and took after him. I made it to the stairs a split second after him, he was ecstatic!

"YES!" he exclaimed! "I have never been so excited to win a race!" He laughed and looked over at me. I couldn't help but giggle. "I've got to say, Cammie put up quite the fight, I thought she had me there for a while."

"I doubt that," I said with a smile. He winked at me.

"Now you're just being ridiculous, you're captain of the swim team, no one's beat you in years." Chase said with an eye roll.

"No, I'm serious, she is really fast." he said with a wink. I laughed and suppressed a shiver. Garrett noticed and smiled. "Hey guys, I think Cammie and I are going to go to the hot tubs now, we'll catch up with you later." He climbed out of the water and I followed.

I ran a hand through my hair as I followed him to the hot tubs. We climbed into the closest one.

"Alright," he said "let's play a game." he rubbed his hands together and I can tell he had an idea.

"Okay," I said tossing my hair over one shoulder "what do you want to play?" I looked at him mischievously, this was the perfect chance to get him to do something reckless.

"Name of the game is 'What are the odds', it's basically truth or dare without the truth. Have you played for before?" He asked. I nodded and he smiled wickedly "Perfect, I'll go first. What are the odds that you will...stick your head under the water for a full minute?" he asked.

'That's the best you got?' I thought "1-3" I said "On the count of three?" he nodded "okay, one, two, three!" He yelled the number 2 and I yelled 1, I didn't have to do it. I smirked at him.

"My turn, what are the odds you'll open your eyes under the water?" I asked him. He thought it over.

"1-7" he finally said. "Okay, one, two, three! FOUR!" I yelled just as he yelled the same number. He heaved a sigh and stuck his head under the water. His head shot up as he rubbed his eyes.

"Aahhh! I can't see!" I gave a small laugh at his reaction. "That was evil, my turn, what are the odds you'll sit closer to me?" he said in a flirty tone.

I smiled. "1-2, one, two, three!" As luck would have it, we both yelled 2, I slid closer to him so our thighs were touching. In the new position, the sun was really bright in my eyes, so I got an idea. "My turn, what are the odds you'll help me re-apply my sunblock?" I asked him with a flirty air, 'hey sometimes you have to get down and dirty' I thought to myself as I began to feel guilt.

"1-2" he said with a smile. "One, two, three!" Fate was on my side that day as we both yelled two again.

I climbed out of the hot tub and reached for his hand. "Come on," I said as I smiled at him. He grabbed my hand and I led him back to our towels.

My hair was mostly dry so I just let it sit on my shoulders as I dried the rest of my body off. "Here, come here." He said as he led me to where he had his towel laid out by his friends. I laid my towel out next to his and sat in the sun as we let it dry us off.

"While we're waiting, how about we keep playing?" I asked as I leaned back on my elbows. "It's your turn."

He smiled at me "Sounds good," He picked up a small rock. "What are the odds that you'll throw this over at Joey?" he asked.

I thought it over, and finally decided to make the odds a little higher. "1-9" I said as he tossed the rock back and forth in between his hands. "One, two, three!" He said 4 and I said 1. I didn't have to throw the rock but he chucked it at his friend that was down in the pool next to us anyway.

"OW!" Joey yelled as it nailed him in the head. I laughed out loud and Garrett joined in with me.

"Okay, now it's your turn." He finally managed to get out between laughs.

I took a deep breath "What are the odds you'll throw a rock at the guy sitting in between those two trees?" I said pointing to Solomon. He didn't look so sure.

"Are you sure? I don't know the guy." He protested, with a question in his eyes.

"Totally sure, I know him, he's my uncle and he actually did the same thing to me not to long ago and I was waiting for the perfect time to take revenge." I reminded myself to tell everyone else that later so we didn't have any mix ups.

He got an evil glint in his eyes as he gave his answer. "1-3" He answered.

"One, two, three!" I knew what number he was going to say so I yelled it too, we both yelled two and he picked up a rock and chucked it towards solomon. I was really glad to see his back was facing us. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Grant coming towards us with some blonde chick. Garrett let the rock fly.

The rock flew true, it nailed Solomon in the back and he whipped around and the first thing he picked out was a laughing grant. He glared at Grant, picked up the rock that hit him and flung it at Grant. He had perfect aim, it hit Grant in the gut. He turned to look at Solomon and gave him a 'What the Heck?" look.

I couldn't hold it in any more, Garrett and I burst out laughing. Grant and Solomon both turned to look at us as. They both gave me 'I'll get you for this' looks and Solomon turned to look at us, but I was laughing too hard to care. Garrett was laughing so hard he fell over into my lap. We sat there for a few minutes trying to stop laughing I nonchalantly played with his hair.

Eventually we stopped laughing and Garrett got a look of worry on his face. "You're looking a little red." He said "Let me help you with that sunblock now." He sat up and grabbed the bottle. He helped me rub the lotion into my legs arms and face, I insisted on rubbing it into my stomach but I needed his help rubbing it into my back.

I laid over on my stomach as he poured the cool lotion onto my back. He rubbed it in but it felt good so I let him rub my back for a few minutes.

"You know, it's my turn" He reminded me. I glanced back at him.

"Yeah it is, okay, what's my dare." I asked as I made eye contact.

"What are the odd's you'll kiss me?" He asked and I felt a small ball of guilt build up in my stomach, I quickly shoved it down, this was a job.

"1-1" I answered quietly as I leaned towards him and pressed my lips to his. He responded quickly. It was a small kiss, but really sweet. I hoped to everything that Zach wouldn't get mad.

We heard a cat call from our left. We broke apart to see Macey and Matt. I laughed a little as they came closer and sat next to us.

"Why Garrett, you little mastermind you." Matt said teasingly as I reassured Macey with a look, I would explain everything later.

"In my defense, we're playing what are the odds." He said defensively.

"Fun, do you mind if we join in?" Macey asked

"Not at all." I said with a smile.

"Awesome, I want to go." Macey said "Matt, what are the odds that you'll streak across the park?" She asked him. Well, I guess I knew what Macey's reckless activity was.

He thought about it "1-5" He said. I raised my eyebrows in surprise and looked at Garrett. He was stifling a laugh.

"Okay, one, two, three!" Macey yelled. It looked like Fate was on Macey's side today too, they both yelled 4. He sighed and climbed to his feet.

"You might not want to watch this." He turned his back to us and stripped off his trunks. I hurriedly covered my eyes as he started running. Garrett laughed at his friend as he ran out of sight and I knew I was blushing like crazy.

A couple of Minutes later, he came back towards us. "You can look now Cam." Macey said. I looked to see Matt being escorted back to us by a lifeguard, he had a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Keep it clean kids." The lifeguard said as he left Matt next to us. As Matt got redressed and Garrett laughed, Me and Macey looked at Solomon who gave a slight nod. Macey was in the clear.

"My turn," Matt said "Cammie what are the odds that you'll let me kiss you?" I held back a snort of disgust.

"One in a million." I said seriously. "One, two, three!" he said 12 and I said 7,000.65 he looked a little disappointed. Jerk. Garrett glared at his friend.

"My turn," I said changing the subject. "Garrett, what are the odds you'll run down the outside of the slide?" He looked baffled but seemed to seriously consider it.

"Umm…1-25" He said "One, two, three!" I was so glad for his predictability. We both said 12 and he shook his head in defeat. "I can't believe I'm doing this." He mumbled but he looked genuinely excited about it. He winked at me and put on a grin as he jogged to the stairs.

"Wow Cam, that's evil." Macey said but I caught her undertone, what she meant was 'Why didn't I think of that.' I smiled at her.

We sat in anticipation but we didn't wait long. Barely a minute later, we saw Garrett jump out onto the top of The Cyclone. He ran down the top as whistles filled the air. He reached about halfway down before he jumped onto a slide that ran under The Cyclone.

"Oh. My. Gosh." I said in amazement. "I can't believe he did that." I looked at Macey and Matt who looked just as surprised.

As he came into view, surrounded by lifeguards, Matt let out a cheer. "Woo! That's my boy!" He was laughing like crazy as he came up to us. He had a wild look in his eye.

"One more incident like this, and we're gonna have to kick you four out of the park, understood?" One very stern lifeguard said.

We chorused our yeah's as they walked away. I glanced at Solomon who gave me a nod and a look of respect. Mission complete.

Sorry it's not as long as it could be, but I really wanted to get a chapter up for you guys! And I'm sorry that it was wonky the first time I posted it! That was super weird!