Again by the lake

Victoria was getting seriously worried by now, as Ashley was still not in sight. Perhaps she'd simply returned to the cabin again, and quite possibly in a bad mood if she'd seen Heather and Brandon playing around in the water. But then they should've met her on their way out here...?

She still didn't speak of her worries though, as the others were talking and having a lot of fun in the water, so she simply tried to act like normal and try to keep an eye on the treeline for any signs of her friend. All this made her even more oblivious to what happened around her however, and she failed completely to notice how Chloe and Zack kept mentally circling around her.

Zack of course wasn't all that surprised about Vicky's complete lack of interest in him, and got himself more and more thinking that pairing up with Chloe after all these years might well be the better investment. It might be the right thing to do after all, though he realized his fears in doing so were based on losing her forever as a friend if a more serious relationship didn't work out at all.

It was a difficult situation, and he didn't want to hurt either Chloe or Vicky with his feelings for each of them. Then again, the later seemed to be floating even further out of the picture by now, and would hardly take notice at all if he chose not to try and pursue her any more.

Meanwhile Chloe was starting to panic. At the time they arrived by the cabin she'd found it such an excellent idea to try a little different tactic regarding Zack and Vicky, but now she'd realized it was turning into quite a mess.

Just like Zack she'd always been worried that she'd lose him forever if she ever tried getting into some serious relationship with him. Just like he did about her she really liked him though, and not just like a friend, which had caused them hours of grief over the years together.

All of this had become fairly obvious to the friends around them, and even Vicky - the true interest of Zack's loving - had noticed they'd work out well as a pair. Thus Chloe had decided to try and make Zack realize they had to put some distance between them, before he could even get close to Vicky. But instead she'd only made things even worse, and made Zack (and even herself) start seriously considering what to make of their relation.

And Vicky wasn't even interested in the slightest, at least not today when it was the most important, and it was easy to see in what direction Zack was leaning to...

A little further out in the water, Brandon was still uncertain of what had actually happened between him and Heather before the others had arrived. They'd been fooling around just like usual, with the greatest exception being his unruly hardon, and at some point she'd simply been bound to notice.

It'd started when they accidentaly bumped into eachother while swimming, and then they'd started playing around a little more than usual until she'd bumped into him again - this time almost certainly on purpose, and while standing upright, so that her buttocks had been firmly pressed up against the major hardness in the front of his pants.

"Oh, sorry!" She'd started with delighted little laughter, just like she did while up to some prank, but then she'd lingered just a moment too long. And that moment may well have been the most intense in Brandon's whole life, making him feel like he'd be ready to shoot his load with just that single touch.

And then she'd slipped away again, leaving him with the worst case of blue balls, and all he could do was continue following her around and reacting to her every whim. They'd touched a few times again, each one lasting a little bit longer than the previous, until it was obvious they weren't really doing this just for fun any more....

Heather was really split about something, for perhaps the first time in her entire life. Usually she'd just point at whatever she wanted and expect to get it delivered right into her hands...

But Brandon was something entirely new to her. At one hand she'd love to have his arms wrapped tight around her and his hardness poking firmly into the creak of her butt. But at the other hand she loved seeing him and Ashley getting along together, and knew it would split their tight little group forever if something like this got in between them.

Then again she could feel his lust for her, and at several times she both hoped and feared that he'd simply start ripping his way through her skimpy bikini and do what they'd both regret for a very long time ahead.

It was both lucky, and very unfortunous that the others had showed up when they did. If they'd been there a bit earlier, then none of this would even have happened. If they'd been later... Well, who knows what would've happened...? And if the rest would chose to get back to the cabin again... Would Brandon be staying in the water if she did...?