Too Perfect
Eventually
everyone made their way downstairs for breakfast. Well, everyone except
Nick. If it were up to him he’d sleep twenty-four hours a day.
Howie, sharing my thoughts, said, “Do you think we should wake Nick up?”
I saw a sly smile begin to form on Brian’s face. He looked at A.J. who
also began smiling.
“Oh
don’t worry,” Brian said. “I think he’ll be up pretty soon.”
A.J.
looked at his watch and then counted to three. “One, two, three.”
“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Holy SHIT!” Nick’s deafening screams came from upstairs.
The
next moment he was stumbling down the stairs looking as though he’d seen a
ghost.
“Okay
what did you guys do this time?” Kevin said rolling his eyes.
He
was and forever would be the mature one.
“Well,
we thought we’d set Nick’s alarm this morning so he got up with the rest of
us,” Brain supplied innocently.
“My
alarm???!!” Nick retorted. “You guys did more than that. I woke up
to Brian’s head sitting on my dresser! I thought some sicko had
decapitated my best friend.”
Nick
was still breathing hard.
“Guys,
that is sick!” Anita looked repulsed, but seemed to be stifling giggles.
“Hey
we are just getting him back for the time he put a dead rat in Brian’s dressing
room,” A.J. defended himself. “Frankly I think that one was worse, it was
real.”
I
just laughed this was so typical. The guys were always pulling pranks on
each other. Like the time they threw Nick out of the dressing room in his
underwear or the time Brian put pink hair dye in Nick’s shampoo. He had
fluorescent pink hair for two weeks. It was always funny to see what they
came up with.
“Where
in the world did you get a replica of Brian’s head?” Howie asked.
“Well
I have this friend that works at a wax museum in
Nick
just smiled.
“This
is war, Frick,” he said narrowing his eyes.
“You’re
on, Frack,” Brian replied.
“We’ll
whip you pretty boy,” A.J. added.
Anita
shook her head. “Well, while you guys engage in World War III, I think
I’m going to hit the lake.”
“Good
idea!” I said.
Everyone
else murmured in agreement and soon enough we were all at the beach by the man
made lake behind the cabin. I laid out a beach blanket and sat down in my
flowered bikini. Howie, Kevin, and A.J. were already in the water tossing
around a football. Anita was sun tanning and Brian and Nick were still
inside. I began wondering if they were all ready getting revenge on each
other. Usually I sat under the sun with Anita, but today the temperature
must have been at least 35 degrees Celsius. Too hot if you asked me, so I
joined the guys in the water. The water was cool but not too bad. I
made it to my waist. I looked around at the beauty of the mountains and
the pine trees, the crystal clear water and the bright blue sky. There
wasn’t a cloud in sight. I started shivering a little.
“Cold?”
a voice whispered huskily behind me.
I
felt Brian’s arms slip around my waist. He pulled me close to him. And
lightly kissed my neck. I shivered again, but this time it wasn’t because
of the water. I turned around in his arms so I could face him. I
looked into his blue eyes and suddenly the whole world melted away. Our
lips touched. The kiss was amazing. I could feel his hands on my
bare back. He pulled away.
“Better?”
he asked.
I
smiled. “Much.”
Then
he pulled me in again. The rest of the morning was a pretty typical day
at the beach, we played a few games of beach volleyball, sun
tanned and just generally had a good time.
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