Zack

Heather thought back to earlier in the day, when she'd teased Zack with her undone bikini. As fun as it had been, it'd also confirmed something: Zack didn't know what he was doing with girls. At least, not as much as he should. If he was going to stand any chance against Kurt, he needed more experience, and especially more confidence.

The various ways she'd do this flashed through her mind, and she tried not to grin as she looked at Zack across the table. Between helping Zack with his problems, getting Vicky away from Kurt, and having some fun, herself, this plan was sounding better and better.

After lunch ended, Brandon, Ashley, and Chloe went to their rooms, while Gavin went out to sit at the deck. Zack and Heather sat in the living room with Victoria and Kurt, while they talked, sitting very closely. Soon, Kurt started making jokes that weren't very funny, and Victoria laughed. The whole time, Heather stealthily watched Zack's face.

Finally, just as Zack was about to burst, Heather stood up, and stretched. "I think it's still too early in the day to just lounge around. We should do something."

Kurt looked up at her, annoyed. "We're not the ones napping. Why don't you talk to the people who went back to their rooms?"

"I don't know about Chloe," Heather said. "But I really doubt that Ashley and Brandon are napping after what they did at the lake."

"Heather!" Victoria said, indignantly.

Heather giggled. "Fine. If you two want to stay in here, Zack and I can go for a walk."

"Wait, why me?" Zack said.

"Well you didn't object, did you?" Heather looked at him, and just barely stopped short of winking. "Besides, we're room-mates! We might as well spend some more time together."

Zack looked between her, Kurt, and Victoria. And just as she predicted, he clearly couldn't stay there another moment. "Let's go," he said. Good boy.

Kurt, clearly overjoyed at being left alone with Victoria, went right back to telling awful jokes.

Zack didn't know why Heather had been so insistent on getting them out of there, but he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. He waved to Gavin as they passed him, and Gavin barely looked up from his phone game long enough to wave back. Heather was walking really fast, too, and Zack had to rush momentarily to keep up. He stayed behind her.

For some reason, Zack instinctively waited until they were out of sight to make conversation. He looked around. "You know, this place is really gorgeous."

"So were your abs at the lake, today," Heather said, turning back slightly.

"Uh...thanks?" Zack said.

Heather laughed, and turned all the way around. "What did you do after you tied my bikini top, and I went to the lake?"

Zack blushed and looked away.

"You took a while to meet up with us," she said, and he realized she wasn't going to let up.

"Why are you acting like this?" He asked.

"At least a little bit because it's fun," Heather said, slowly moving closer. "But you don't know how to respond, do you?"

"What's your point?"

Heather pouted. "I don't want my cousin to be with Vicky any more than you do. And if someone's going to prevent that, you're the prime candidate. But you were almost too embarrassed to tie my bikini top." She was right up in front of him now. "I expected teasing you to be easy, but not that easy. How's Victoria going to fall for a guy who jerks off after helping a girl put on her swimsuit?"

Zack wanted to yell at her, but he knew the things she was saying were true, and he couldn't. He'd had a crush on Victoria for over a year, now, and if he had the capability to do anything about it, he already would have.

"Yeah," he said. "You're right. I don't know what to do."

Heather smiled. Then she wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled him in as she kissed him. He was shocked, but when he felt her tongue prodding his lips, he opened just enough to let it enter. She pushed in, and circled his tongue, then pulled back and egged him on. Despite his hesitance, he entered after her. She let out a small mmm... as he copied what she'd done, and they were so close that he could feel her legs rubbing each other. He realized that he was rock hard. It'd happened so fast he hadn't even noticed.

Heather pulled away. "Not bad," she said. "But you were still a little clumsy. We'll practice."

"I don't understand," Zack said, even though it was dawning on him. He just couldn't believe it was happening in real life.

"Don't worry, Zack," Heather smiled. "By the end, you'll understand everything."