They arrive

“You know what the best part of this date will be, Zack?” Heather asked as they moved away from the dock.

“Spending it with you, Baby,” Zack brown-nosed.

“Good answer, but no. The best part is that I KNOW you will be spending the next two hours looking at nothing but my ass while we paddle out to the island,” Heather smirked as she shook her caboose at him.

“Well, I did come on this trip to see some beautiful scenery, and there ain’t much around here more beautiful than that,” he replied.

The brunette sitting near the bow of the canoe used her paddle to splash water at her boyfriend. About twenty minutes later, Zack started paddling on the same side of the canoe as Heather. When she noticed the canoe was turning, she switched sides. Unbeknownst to her, Zack did the same, causing the canoe to turn the other way. It took the girl a few minutes to realize what the problem was.

“You ass!” she laughed as Zack smiled at her.

A short while later, Heather pointed out a bird to Zack. As he strained over the side to see it, Heather violently shook the canoe. Zack barely managed to keep himself from falling out of the boat. Antics such as these, is why the trip out to the island took almost an hour longer than it should have. At one point, the pair came dangerously close to capsizing the canoe.

After about two and a half hours, the pair finally approached the small group of islands that would serve as their home for the next twenty-four hours. Before they landed the canoe, they circled a few of the islands to see which one would serve their purposes best. The one they chose was about twenty-five yards running north south and about thirty yards going east to west. There were about a dozen trees in the center of the island with two picnic tables in between them. A fire pit was located near the western bank, which would be a perfect place for watching their first sunset together. The eastern shore of the island had a flat, sandy beach for them to land.

“You ready for this, Baby?” Zack asked Heather.

“Yup! Let’s do it!” she responded.

Zack told Heather to stop paddling and turned the canoe away from the island. When they were about twenty yards out, he skillfully turned the boat around and the pair paddled briskly. When they cut the distance in half, Zack called out to his girlfriend.

“Okay, RACK ‘EM!” he shouted.

The pair stopped paddling and let their momentum carry the canoe onto the sand. When it stopped moving, Zack held the canoe in place with his paddle dug into the rocks so Heather could climb out. When she exited the boat, she sat on the bow and held it so her boyfriend could climb out himself.

“Wow! Nice job, Ms. Ravers!” Zack complimented her.

“Likewise, Mr. Bishop!” she replied before wrapping him up in the biggest hug she had ever given someone not named Santa Claus.

“Now, if you can’t keep your hands off me, we’ll never get anything done around here,” Zack teased. Heather looked and him and pouted before smiling.

The pair made short work of pulling the canoe onto the beach. Zack propped a piece of driftwood under it to keep it from tipping its contents. After that, they spent fifteen minutes pitching the tent they would be sleeping in and filling up their air bed.

“Okay, the tables. I’m thinking we keep one in the shade and we move on closer to the fire pit. What do you say, Baby?” Heather asked.

“Sounds good to me. You’re the professional, I just work here!” responded Zack.

After the table was moved, the two coolers were put in position and Zack started a campfire. There was some deadfall from the trees as well as driftwood on the beach. A previous visitor had made a small pile near the pit. This all gave Zack enough wood to work with.

“Almost didn’t need to bring any of our own. Oh well, we can just leave it here for the next pair of horny campers!” Heather laughed as she watched her man work.

After heading into the tent to change, Heather set up a blanket on the ground and pulled out a basket of sandwiches that Gavin had made for them. Their friend had also placed some grapes, cheese and a small bottle of wine inside for them. Underneath the latter, there was a note. It read:

       Put this together for my friends to enjoy on their first of MANY dates! 
       Much luck and happiness to you both!
             -  G.