We finally broke our kiss after five minutes.Reluctantly, we headed back to the campsite. I was in a state of shock. Katie liked me. Maybe more than l...iked. I wasn't a hopeless klutz. That night, Jon and I had to listen to another night of teenage sex. Listen, but not participate. We jacked off again.The fourth day we canoed to Lake Lavielle. It was a long hard day of canoeing and portaging. When we set up camp, Justin assigned Katie and I to find trees to hang the bear bags from. There weren't. We counselors were too busy to develop close romantic ties anyway. Not that it couldn’t be done. As a camper, I saw counselors coupling off. But now, as a counselor myself, I realized it took a highly developed sense of time management to pull it off, not to mention somehow finding the privacy, no mean feat in a camp with all those kids and staffers. Of course, that assumed that Becky was even interested—not something I’d bet on. I did look forward to speaking with her again, an opportunity. He was tired, mostly from the adrenaline rush rather than the short exploration trip. Throughout his investigation, his head turned constantly as he peered around, trying desperately to find a familiar sight.Finally, with a deep sense of fear, he returned to his camp. Now he was super glad Dean insisted on unloading all his gear. He didn’t really know why he did so, but before he did anything else, Todd dug out his pistol and rifle, made sure they were loaded then put the shoulder holster. She’s a really good kid.’ Thinking about it brought a smile to my face. ‘Just a second, I’ll get Jeff.’ Having to wait for him didn’t change my mind. ‘Hi.’ ‘Hi, Jeff. You doing anything tonight?’ ‘Not really. We’ll probably watch a movie here.’ ‘Good. I want to take you to a party.’ ‘What kind of party?’ he asked. ‘The kind I go to.’ ‘Wouldn’t I be kind of out of place there?’ he asked. ‘Not at all. You’d be with me.’ ‘I’m, stunned. Is this like a date?’ ‘No, not at all. This is a date.’ ‘Okay..