Tell the truth! It's what you came for...

"Well," I said, "honestly, Linda, I came to see you. I was hoping you might be awake."

"Oh?"

"Actually, I was just over by Jimmy's tent, and I think Shawna might be in there with him, if you know what I mean."

Linda's eyes widened. "Really? Did you see them? Because I was just at her tent a little while ago and she was still there..."

"Not so much saw as heard."

"Hm. Well, OK. Then what am I going to do with this?" Linda held up a bottle of apple wine. "Shawna was going to help me drink it."

"Holding out on us, eh?" I said. "Well, let it never be said that I refused to step up when a lady was in need...."

"Sounds good to me. Shall we sit by the fire?" Linda walks toward the glowing embers of the campfire, carrying the wine with her. I followed and sat down beside her as she sat and stretched her long lean legs out on the sand. Linda opened the bottle and took a swig. "Hope you don't mind a few cooties," she said with a smile as she handed me the bottle.

"As long as they're yours," I replied, and took a pull at the wine.

We chatted back and forth while we shared the wine. Soon the bottle was nearing empty.