Love is in the air

The trek with Heather and the wrestle in the lake left Zack more tired than he imagined, because when he woke up, the sky already had a deep red tint to it. He yawned and looked to his left to find a smiling Victoria, already dressed in a red tank top, jeans shorts and a pair of white sandals.

“And he rises…” She teased as he moved to a sitting position.

“Hmm, a fine sight to wake up, you and the lake.” Zack said, making his girlfriend blush. “How long did I slept? Looks like the sun is already setting.”

“You’re right, you’ve slept the entire afternoon,” Victoria answered, cupping his cheek and caressing it briefly. “You were sleeping so peacefully that I didn’t have the heart to wake you up, so I applied a bit of sunscreen on you, showered and came back here to make you company.”

Zack became a little embarrassed at her report. “You didn’t have to stay by my side the entire afternoon.” He looked down.

She smiled at him. “Well, get used honey, ‘cause that’s the kind of girlfriend I am.”

Zack felt his heart fill with affection towards that girl, if before it was just a crush, now it had evolved into something a lot bigger. “I love you, Victoria.” He blurted out before he could stop.

Victoria looked at him with a gaped mouth and Zack panicked, thinking he had rushed things with her. But then she smiled brightly at him, her green eyes sparkling.

“You know, Zack,” She said, cocking her head. “When I broke up with my last boyfriend, I swore that I wouldn’t date douchebags anymore. Then I started paying attention to you when we spent time together and noticed that you were everything that I could want in a guy,” She paused, her voice wavering. “In less than two days here you already proved that to me in a big way.”

Zack half-smiled. “Victoria…”

“Let me finish, please,” She said, a single tear falling from her right eye. “Ashley told me what happened between you and Heather.” A worried look came on Zack’s face. “Do you have any idea how it is for a girl to learn that the boy she likes refused someone like Heather Ravers for her?”

At Zack’s look, Victoria continued. “She’s funny, beautiful, wealthy, the captain of the cheerleading squad and of course, incredibly sexy,” She rambled. “She’s basically everything a guy could hope for and yet, you turned her down for me. Why would you do that?”

Zack smiled. “That’s easy, Vicky,” He cupped her cheek. “She may be all of those things, but she’s not you.”

With that, Victoria broke down and launched herself into Zack’s arms, tears falling freely from her eyes. He wrapped his arms around her body and held her for various minutes on that dock by the lake, the setting sun and the reddening sky as the only witnesses.

After what seemed like forever, Victoria leaned back with a smile, her green eyes staring into Zack’s blue ones. “I love you too, Zacky.” And then she kissed him softly.

As he kissed his love, Zack felt like he couldn’t believe that it was really happening. Victoria loved him back. ”She loves me!” He felt like shouting so all the cabins around the lake could hear and share his happiness.

After they played tonsil hockey for a long while between laughs and promises for the future, they stood up and walked back to the cabin hand in hand and with the widest smiles that their faces could hold.

Zack and Victoria professed their love for each other, now what happens at night?