Max gets an idea

"Oh Dog! Oh Dog! Oh Dog!" Steph muttered as she and Alex practically ripped off their clothes and ran for the kiddie pool, climbing in naked as they began to scrub themselves frantically. "We gotta get this smell off now!"

"Hell no!" Victoria snapped as she marched over to the two. "After what you put me through, you two are going last!"

"Hey!" Alex barked as she poured ketchup into Steph's hair and began to rub it in, "It was you who attacked Steph! We wouldn't be in this mess if you hadn't!"

"Yeah!" Steph agreed as she looked over to Max, "Why didn't you call off your girlfriend much earlier, Max!"

"We aren't girlfriends!" Victoria shouted, face red in anger and humiliation. However, she did turn to face Max and shrieked, "And why didn't you save me from that?!"

"Apparently nobody cares that we're still naked outside in broad daylight..." Chloe muttered, pinching the bridge of her nose as she and the other two girls climbed out of the other bush.

"What I'm curious to know," Rachel began as she turned to Max, "is why did Alex refer to you as Victoria's 'girlfriend', Max?"

"Because we saw - "

"Because they took us by surprise and I slipped and fell onto Victoria. And we, accidently, kissed." Max quickly interrupted, hoping to not get either girl mad at or hurt with her. Again. "I never wanted to do it! I would never do it in a million years!"

"Neither would -" Victoria started to add when something popped into her head and she glared at Max. "Wait, what is that supposed to mean? Are you actually trying to tell me that I'm not 'good enough' for you?! You're not good enough to shake my hand, let alone kiss me! Especially after this!"

"I don't know about that." Alex commented as she began to scrub Steph's back. "Victoria, you were definitely aroused and liked it. In fact you are actually starting to enjoy the feeling of not wearing clothes. I do agree with you on the skunks though. Its fucking disgusting."

"How the hell did you -" Victoria began, only to catch herself halfway through and blush as she cleared her throat. "I-I mean, you have know idea what you're talking about!"

"Come on, guys." Rachel began, "Just because Max accidentally kissed Victoria, it doesn't mean she wanted to, right?"

"Shes right." Alex said. It was fun, but she could feel Max and the others sadness. She didn't want to be responsible for a breakup. "She didn't plan it, but she got caught in the moment."

"How the hell did you know that?"

"I'll explain later." Alex said as she dunked some of the tomato juice over her head.

"'Caught in the moment'?" Chloe asked in confusion.

"Yeah." Steph replied as she rubbed the ketchup into her hair, "She and Victoria didn't break away until after I called out to them. You can check my phone if you..." The girl looked around, "Where is my phone?"

Max paled. It was this exact situation that caused her to change the past just now, and she did not want Chole and Rachel mad at her again! If only she could go back and -

"That's it!" Max called out as she streaked towards the backyard.

"Max?" Chloe called out, "Where are you going?!"

Max made it into the backyard with a mad smile on her face. Of course! It was a brilliant idea! All she had to do was grab Rachel's phone and time jump back to when the four were taking a naked group selfie after streaking last night!

If she did, she could grab Rachel's phone before Victoria saw the skunk and panicked, resulting in their first skunking. If she stopped that, she stopped the girls from having to take a tomato bath in the front yard the following morning.

And if she stopped that, she could stop herself from accidentally kissing Victoria. And if she stopped that, then she stopped hurting and angering Chloe and Rachel!

Max bolted towards the pup tent and unzipped it. That's when the putrid smell whacked her in the face, the lingering stench of skunk causing her eyes to water and the girl to gag. The smell might have been slightly tolerable if they had been sprayed once, but after three skunkings? Max almost wanted to pass out.

Gagging, Max closed her eyes and held her breath, feeling around for Rachel's phone. When she finally felt it in her hands, she immediately jumped back from the tent and ran towards the front yard once more, coughing yet smiling with the phone in hand as she opened up the photo gallery.

In truth, it was a well thought out plan. A fool proof plan, even. Except, Max was unfortunately unaware that she had made two small errors in her efforts to get out of the smelly tent and fix everything.

Firstly, the girl had not picked up Rachel's phone. She had picked up Victoria's.

And second, the picture she had opened up was not from their naked selfie...