Part One

"You don't want to do this man." I say jokingly.
"I don't know, I mean, it's pretty tempting... What do you guys think?" Danny turns his back on me to face the kids, "Jury? What is the verdict?"
The kids all scream back in unison "Guilty! Send him to the bottom!" with the occasional "No! Don't do it!" contradicting the laughter and giggling.
Danny turns back around, facing me now, and says with an expression of mock sorrow "Sorry man, I gotta' please the court." as he proceeds to step closer.
"C'mon Danny, don't do this, please let me go, it'll never happen again." I plead with sarcasm.
Danny, stepping ever so closer, plants his foot on the dock, outstretched both his arms and makes contact with my chest, pushing me in to the lake. I grab him at the last second by his wrist and pull him in too. We both tip over the dock and fall into the warm lake water while the kids shout and scream in fake terror.
The lake itself isn't that deep but we both put on a show for the kids, thrashing around and spitting out water, pretending to be in trouble. Danny and I climb over ourselves trying to get a better position in the water. The entire time I'm hearing the kids yell to Danny, "Take him down! Make him pay!"
After a few more minutes of putting on a show, I finally accept defeat and let myself fall to the lake bed.
Danny stands up in the shallow water, the lake is only about up to his knees, and throws his arms above his head and yells, "I am the Master Commander!"
I swim to the surface and get some air before I answer his shout in a humorous manner. "Good game man, next time maybe we can switch it up and I take you down."
"Next time maybe you won't get caught stealing our flag, huh?" He laughs.
"Alright fair enough, wanna' go get me towel then? Make yourself useful and whatnot?"
"Sure man, be right back."
I make my way to shore and climb out of the water with my shoulders slumped and my head down in mock defeat. A few of the kids and other counselors are waiting for me under a tree. I notice Jared hanging out with Gabby at a picnic table to my right, holding hands with their faces inches apart, no doubt thinking about kissing. I shout over to them, "Get a room you two!" and Jared replies by waving his hand at me, completely blowing off my comment.
I reach the tree and sit down between Kiya and Bailie, trying to dry off as much as possible while still getting them soaking wet. As soon as I sit down they both jump up and Kiya jokes with me, "Hey! Go dry off! No reason getting both of us wet you jerk!" a smile creased into her face.
I walk over to the kids and shake off some of the remaining droplets of water from myself getting them wet too. They all cover their faces with their hands trying as much as possible to keep from getting soaked. Off in the distance I see Danny walking up with a towel, I start running to him but turn my head back and say to the kids, "Dinner's at Six 'O' Clock, don't forget, we're playing a game afterwards so be ready!" and continue my jog to Danny.
We both greet each other by extending our right hands and forcefully grabbing the others hand with a vigorous handshake. "So, how was it?" I ask.
"The kids loved it, they're back in the cabin still excited about the whole thing."
"Great! Thanks for the towel, how much time until dinner, Danny?"
"We've got about an hour until Six so go dry off and have some relaxing time man."
"Alright sounds good. See you at dinner then!" I say and instantly turn back and run to Kiya, towel around my shoulders. It's obvious that I haven't even made an attempt to dry off so she reaches out in front over her with both arms trying to stop me. I duck to the right and pick her up by the waist and spin her around with a hug.
"Brandon! Put me down! You're getting me wet!" She says. I put her down but still hold her in my hug. We're both smiling at each other. "You really should dry off, we've only got about an hour before we have to be at the mess hall." she says.
"You're probably right." I reply while swinging the towel off my shoulders to wipe myself dry. "You ready for tonight?" I ask.
Having had time, she sat back down underneath the tree, "You know it! Danny and J-Rod's cabin are going down!" she yells enthusiastically, loud enough for Danny to hear.
I hear an answer from behind me and know who it's from as soon as it hits my ears, "You two don't stand a chance tonight!" Danny obviously wanted to get the last laugh with that.
I chuckle and continue drying myself. When I feel that I've done enough, I ask Kiya to come check me out, just to make sure I didn't leave any wet patches. She confirms that I am all dry but points out how wrinkly my clothes are now. We both walk to our cabin to get a change of clothes for me. She waits out front on the deck while I change in private. I pull on my nice shorts and A Day To Remember t-shirt. After I'm dressed I slip out the side window and follow the deck up to the front, ready to scare Kiya. To my surprise she isn't there. I stand there with a puzzled expression plastered on my face and feel two hands grab at my sides. I jump up and scream loud enough for the whole camp to hear. I turn around and find Kiya rolling around laughing on the ground, holding her sides and kicking her feet.
"You're so funny." I say, a little distaste in my tone.
"Sorry, I knew you'd try that again so I snuck around while you were dressing. That scream made my entire night though!" she says.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's just go before we get caught up with the campers."
Kiya and I sneak off to the other side of the lake. Last year we found a little clearing in the woods and that's been out hang out place ever since. She and I just sit there in silence looking up at the clouds passing by. After about half an hour, she sits up and says, "We should probably get going, don't want to be late to dinner!" She stands up and offers her hand to me. I take it and she pulls a little while I do most of the work getting myself up. I stand in front of her, smile, and give her a quick peck in the cheek before we start heading off to our cabin to pick up our campers.