Prepping The Boat

Zack made his way over to Brandon who still slept on the couch, "Yo, man wake up," Zack said as he gave Brandon's foot a little kick. Brandon let out a low grunt and continued to sleep, "Come on dude, rise, and shine." Zack continued while reaching down and shaking his shoulder,

Brandon let out another low groan and opened his eyes slowly, "Fuck...you..." Brandon comically grunted out through his squinting eyes,

Zack let out a chuckle, "Sorry, but unfortunately I need your help." Zack explained,

"With what?" Brandon mumbled back as he rested his arm over his eyes, blocking the sunlight,

"I need some help getting Heather boat from the boathouse. It shouldn't be that hard, but I need at least one other person." Zack explained as Brandon let out a yawn,

"Why do you need a boat?" Brandon asked as he moved his arm to look at Zack,

"Well I was planning on taking Chloe camping on one of the lake islands but Heather wanted to join, and that kinda led to her wanting everyone to go." Zack explained, "Oh yeah, by the way, you're going camping today." Zack said with a smirk,

Brandon let out a little sigh as he sat up and let out another long yawn, "Alright, whatever, let's go." Brandon grumbled out as he got to his feet and followed Zack to the front door where they got their shoes and headed outside.

The two made their way down to the small boathouse that say just on the edge of the lake, next to the dock. "So, how'd you sleep?" Zack asked, attempting to make some small talk,

"Alright, I guess," Brandon replied with a shrug, "Woke up a few times, though."

"I would have offered you a spot in Chloe, and I's room but...well honestly I don't ever know what's going to happen with us at any given moment," Zack said causing the two to share a short laugh,

"Good for you man," Brandon said as he gave him a little slap on his back, "Ain't anything better than having a girl obsessed with you."

"I don't know if I'd call her obsessed, plus that sounds a little crazy," Zack replied with a little shake of his head, "But, uh, I think that I...I think I love her man."

Brandon's brow raised, "No shit?"

"Yeah," Zack nodded sternly, "I've already said it to her a few times, and I actually meant it every time."

"Fucking hell, that's awesome man!" Brandon suddenly exclaimed,

"Is it? I don't know if I'm jumping the gun or something." Zack replied a bit pessimistically,

"Hell no, you're not. You and Chloe have been friends forever; you already loved her as a friend, it's not too much of a jump to love her as a girlfriend." Brandon instantly said, "And as you said, you told her you loved her and meant it." After a moment Brandon peered over to Zack, "What'd she say by the way?"

Zack lowered his head and warmly smiled, "That she loved me too."

"Well then there you go," Brandon said with a chuckle, "My buddy Zack's got himself tied off after only four days." He announced to the world, "That's right women of the world, eat your hearts out, Zack Bishop is now taken!"

Zack let out a laugh and lightly elbowed Brandon, "Okay, that's enough asshole."

Brandon returned the laugh as they reached the boathouse, Zack opened the door and started to walk in only to stop as he heard Brandon speak up again, "But seriously man, I'm happy for you. Hope it lasts a long time."

"Thanks." Zack sincerely said as Brandon stepped past him, entering the building. Zack lowered his head in complete shame. The longer he talked with Brandon, the more and more he couldn't believe that he betrayed him in such a way with Ashley. Brandon was one of his best friends, and he screwed him over.

"Now let's see here...there's the boat but...where are the...paddles?" Brandon's voice said as he looked around the boathouse, snapping Zack out of his thoughts. Zack quickly walked into the building and saw the small wooden rowboat leaned against a wall. It wasn't large, and at the most could only take three people at a time. "Ah, here we go!" Brandon said as he found a pair of wooden paddles leaning up in a corner,

Zack closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, "Brandon, I gotta...I gotta tell you something." He lightly muttered out,

"Oh yeah?" Brandon asked as he tossed the paddles to the ground, "And what's that?"

"I-' Zack started to say only for both Kurt and Gavin to enter the building,

"Morning gents, here to help get us all set up on the water." Kurt said as he looked around, "Fuck, that boat is a lot smaller than I remember."

"It's fine, we'll just have to take a few trips," Gavin replied as he gave it a once over,

'Yeah that's true," Kurt agreed, "And besides Zack here did cook up one hell of an idea." Kurt said with a smirk, "I mean take your girl out on a little romantic camping trip," Kurt continued as he laid the boat down flat, giving it a quick check for any damage, "Someone is definitely getting fucked tonight." He added on with a laugh,

"I didn't do it because of that." Zack retorted,

"But it's a perk," Kurt pointed out while raising his finger, "You can't deny that."

Zack lowered his head and let out a breathy laugh, "I guess."

Kurt nodded his head and grinned, "Exactly," Kurt then looked over to Gavin, "And you get to reap the benefits too, I mean you and that tiny little peace have been glued to the hip." Gavin narrowed his eyes, no appreciating the way Kurt was talking about Victoria. Kurt instantly picked up on this, "Hey, no offense intended; I'm just saying you caught yourself a perfect ten and now you're gonna be shacked up at night, trying to keep warm." Kurt let out a wide smile, "She's gonna rock your world, man. Can't lie, I'm a bit envious."

"Alright, before you start ranting about me get that side, we should put this in the water." Brandon interjected as he knelt down and took hold of the boat, "Zack get the door for us, Gavin grab the paddles." Brandon said with a grunt as him, and Kurt lifted up the boat.

Zack quickly ran over to the door and pushed it open as Kurt and Brandon carried the boat out. As the two left earshot, Zack gave a little glance to Gavin, "Did I ever tell you how happy I am that you got with Vicky before that fucking guy."

"No," Gavin merely replied, "Though I think it was one of those things that didn't need to be said." The two shared a short laugh. "Actually I'm glad I got you alone for a second, I had something I needed to ask you."

"What's up?" Zack asked as he watched Gavin pick up the two paddles,

"It's something about Vicky and me, and since you already know everything, I guess asking you advice wouldn't be the worst thing," Gavin explained,

"Alright, shoot." Zack nodded,

"Look, Vicky and I got condoms because we didn't want to fuck things up, you remember that right?" Zack nodded back to him, "Okay, good, the thing is...we fucking hate using them." Gavin said with an annoyed look,

"Ah, I see," Zack nodded with a little smirk,

"Yeah, but we can't just go back to not using them, we're both too freaked out. So, I don't know, how do you and Chloe do it without freaking out?" Gavin asked, "I mean do you have some system set up or whatever?" Zack cocked his head and pursed his lips in some discomfort at the line of questioning, "Zack, I am just asking for help, not details."

Zack let out a sigh and rubbed his eyes, "Well Gavin, Chloe and I don't exactly...we don't usually have to worry about that problem." Zack tried to explain,

Gavin nodded and bit down on his tongue, unsure if he should say what he wanted to. Though after a moment the urge was too great, "So you two just do like what, mouth stuff? Because Victoria didn't let me return the favor last night, I think she's too nervous, and I don't want to be leaving her out to dry like that."

Zack let out a long sigh, "Oh god, uh, No Gavin that's not what I meant..." Zack replied while wetting his lips, "Chloe and I...we go...the route less traveled...get it?"

Gavin looked a little confused before suddenly going wide-eyed and diverting his gaze. His cheeks started to turn red as he hadn't exactly thought about his friends doing that together, "O-oh, um...wow...okay..." Gavin rolled his head and let out a soft groan, "Sorry, I know this is awkward, but she actually likes that?"

"Gavin, what the fuck?" Zack quickly replied growing weirded out by, what he perceived as a sudden interest in Chloe,

"No, wait, that's not-I wasn't asking about Chloe! I was just trying to ask...that's not uncomfortable for a girl? I just never imagine doing that, and I don't want to bring it up to Vicky if it's not good." Gavin quickly explained himself,

"Oh," Zack replied growing a little relieved, "Well, um, I imagine that every girl is different but Chloe...all I'm going to say is yes, she likes doing that and so do I. It's good for us both and obviously safe."

Gavin let out a slow nod, "Okay, thanks, Zack, I guess I can talk to Victoria about it."

Zack began to rub his eyes before a small smile grew on his face followed by a short chuckle. Gavin looked over at him and watched as he started to laugh at the pure absurdity of their conversation. The laugh soon became infectious as Gavin broke out into a tension-breaking laughter, the pair never thought that'd have to ask one another about moves to try on their partners. They both shook their heads and walked out of the boathouse just laughing at each other.