I knew that I shouldn't have been scared, but I was. I definitely was. I felt like a little kid, but could you blame me? I was terrified!

Delinquents were actually going to be at the camp today. Everyone else brushed it off like it was nothing, but I definitely didn't. Delinquents!

This just felt so ridiculous to me. Wouldn't it to you? Were they even safe? I didn't feel like they were going to be. I mean, come on! Four delinquents, who were so bad that they had to go to a school for their kind, were going to be hanging around!

"Jesse's cousin is probably insane or something," Lexi said to me as we sat on the steps to our cabin, waiting for Jesse to show up with Marnie and the four delinquents. "Who would actually hang out with a delinquent like Seth Haven, someone who's killed before? And then she goes off and hangs out with another three delinquents, too? What's up with that?"

I shrugged, not really knowing what to say. I wasn't going to start judging Marnie until I met her; I was probably not even going to judge her then. I didn't know what she was like; I didn't even know what she looked like.

She could have been a really sweet girl who just got mixed into the wrong things. That was totally possible and probably what happened. Because, seriously, who hangs out with four delinquents?

"I wonder if they'll be nice," Chelsea sighed, coming up and sitting next to Lexi while AJ came to sit next to me. "I sure hope they're nice. It's fine that they're mean if they just leave me alone. I don't want to get mixed up with any juvenile delinquents."

"They could be nice," AJ suggested, pulling her knees up to her chin. "There's always the possibility that they're innocent or something."

"Not really," Chelsea, Lexi, and I all said flatly in unison, causing us to burst out laughing.

"How are things with you and Dallas, Jordan?" Chelsea asked, changing the subject after we all had finished laughing. Ugh, why did she have to bring him up? I didn't want to talk about him! I felt my cheeks burn, but I shook my head, as if that would make it go away.

"Th--there isn't anything going on..." I stuttered, continuing to shake my head as I bit the inside of my cheek, as if that would stop my blush. I knew that it wouldn't, but it was worth a try, wasn't it?

There wasn't anything going on between Dallas and me, was there? I mean, we had kissed twice... But he thought I was going out with Jesse! But Dallas had to like me, right? Why would he kiss me if he didn't like me?

"You can't lie to us, Jordan," Chelsea grinned, leaning forward so she could look over Lexi and at me. "There can't be nothing going on if he's kissed you twice. But what about you and Jesse? He interrupted you both times and he seemed pretty jealous and angry about it."

"He was just acting like a jealous boyfriend on purpose," I told them solemnly with a shake of my head. "Dallas thinks that we're going out, remember? Of course Jesse had to keep up with the act and ruin everything. He's just... ugh. Don't even get me started or I'll go on a complete rampage."

"What if Jesse actually likes you?" Lexi questioned, her eyebrows furrowing. "I mean, it is possible, isn't it? He's a guy, you're a girl, he's jealous whenever you're with Dallas..."

"He was only pretending to be jealous!"

"Do you know that for sure?" Chelsea grinned once again, leaning back now. "He could be really hurt that you and Dallas just might be getting together. He could really be upset, you know."

I snorted. "Yeah, right."

"I don't think Jesse has a crush on Jordan," AJ sneered, her eyebrows furrowed. "He seems to be interested in Aimee."

Lexi rolled her eyes, reaching over me and patting AJ's knee. "Jesse isn't interested in Aimee. She may be interested in him, but he definitely isn't. He seems like he just wants her to fall of the face of the earth."

AJ sighed, crossing her legs now. "Scott says I need to get over this stupid fight with Aimee... And I know he's right, but I just can't get over it. I can't believe Aimee did something so horrible to Lexi."

Scott was probably one of the sweetest guys that I had ever met, and I thought that AJ was super lucky to have him. I wished that I had had a boyfriend that cared about me as much as Scott cared about AJ, but I started to think that that wasn't possible. It felt like I wasn't ever going to get a boyfriend at all.

"Look, they're here!" Lexi cried, jumping up from the steps and making her way toward the six people that were so far away that they looked like ants.

Chelsea, AJ, and I did our best to try and keep up with her, but it was kind of hard to beat the queen of the track team. So we kept our slower pace as we made our way closer and closer to Jesse and the five people that walked behind him.

"Hi!" I heard Lexi say to them as she stopped in front of them. "I'm Lexi Lightle, a friend of Jesse's!"

She definitely wasn't a friend of Jesse's. She just liked meeting new people, and thought that it would be cool to actually meet delinquents. And she knew that it would have been weird if she just came up and started talking to them without a reason.

"I'm Marnie, Jesse's cousin," the light haired girl introduced with a smile, waving a little as she did so. Her green eyes were almost the same as Chelsea's, and she had light brown hair that I couldn't help but feel jealous over. I've always wanted light hair, but of course my hair was almost black.

She was standing next to a boy with caramel hair and blue eyes, and I assumed that this was Seth Haven. He didn't look as menacing or malicious as I had expected him to, but he definitely didn't look like a wimp or anything. He was actually pretty attractive, and I couldn't help but think that he kind of looked like Dallas, except Dallas's hair was lighter and blonde and he had brown eyes.

I looked behind Jesse as AJ and Chelsea were introducing themselves to see a blonde boy staring right back at me. He was grinning like a freak, and I couldn't help but feel strange. What was he grinning about? Did I have something on my face?

Before I could reach up and check my face, the blonde popped up right in front of me, that grin still plastered on his face. "Yo! I'm Rex! Who are you?"

I blinked, not expecting him to sound the way he did. His voice was deeper than I had been expecting, but it wasn't too deep. He seemed like he was hyped up on sugar or something, and I pretty much forgot what my name was as I stared at him, not knowing what to do.

"Her name's Jordan Emery," Jesse answered lazily from beside me as he gave me a strange look.

Marnie's green eyes snapped to me immediately after Jesse had said my name, and she was grinning like crazy. "Jordan? The Jordan?"

Jesse gave his cousin a look that I couldn't read, but I was sure that it was telling her to shut up. Marnie only giggled, coming up to me. "It's great to meet you, Jordan! Jesse talks about you all the time!"

I blinked. "He does?"

Marnie began to nod, but Jesse pushed her lightly out of the way. "To tell her how annoying you are and how you're ruining my life."

Oh.

I should have known.

I then turned toward the other two people that had come along, and I blinked once again when I saw the boy that was wearing all black. His black hair hung in his face, and he quietly stood off to the side. He scared me just a little, mostly because he was a delinquent more than a emo, but I didn't do anything to show my fear. Was he going to introduce himself?

I then noticed the girl standing beside him. I immediately felt intimidated when I saw how beautiful she was. She had the same color hair and eyes as me, but she was probably the prettiest girl I had ever seen. Even prettier than Marnie, or Lexi!

But what was she doing here? It was supposed to be only Marnie and four delinquents, right? Where was the other one?

"Oh, yeah, and this is my friends Delilah and River," Marnie told us, waving toward the two of them. "They're both pretty shy."

"I am not," Delilah said, looking kind of nervous as she squeezed her arms tighter over her chest. She scooted closer to River just a little bit, definitely looking like Marnie had described her. River said nothing; he only shoved his hands into his pockets.

Huh. I liked that name. River. It was original.

"Deli Sandwich is shy," Rex told us, jabbing a thumb toward his friend. "She might say she's not, but she is. River's just antisocial."

"I am not," River defended, his eyebrows furrowing under his hair.

They were definitely not what I expected. I thought they were going to have tattoos and piercings, and I definitely thought that they were all going to be boys. Did one of the delinquents show up? Did Delilah take his place? That had to be it, right?

I rubbed my arms up and down, cursing the chilly wind in my head as I continued to do so. It was late April, and I couldn't wait for the summer weather to come back. I wanted to be able to wear short shorts and tank tops without almost freezing to death.

As we all turned in the direction of Jesse's cabin, I heard a small scream escape someone's lips. We all spun around to see Delilah, eyes widened, staring ahead of us, as if she'd seen a ghost. She quickly blinked, shaking her head as if trying to make something go away.

"What is it?" I heard River whisper to her.

She looked back up at him, tears brimming her eyes, and she whimpered, "I... I thought I saw..."

What?

Rex immediately jumped to Delilah's side before she could even finish, and Seth was there in almost an instant as well. What the hell was going on?

"Everything's going to be alright, Deli Sandwich!" Rex called out, obnoxiously wrapping his arms around her shoulders as Seth gently put a hand on her head. For someone that had killed before, he sure did seem to care about Delilah. And both River and Rex seemed to as well. Were they really delinquents?

Marnie was frowning as she was staring at Delilah, obviously worried as well. I didn't understand what was going on, and obviously neither did Lexi, Chelsea, AJ, and Jesse, so we only continued to watch as the three boys and Marnie tried to calm Delilah down.

"I'm so sorry," Delilah apologize, turning to us and wiping her eyes. "I just thought that I saw... someone."

I blinked, curious now. What did she think she saw? It obviously terrified her, and I felt my curiosity getting the better of me as I asked, "Who did you see?"

Delilah blinked, obviously not expecting my question. I didn't know if it was rude or not, but I kind of felt like it was. She almost had a complete panic attack, and I just wanted to know the reason why. I didn't think that I would be able to help, but I definitely wanted to know.

"He's just... someone I knew a while ago," she waved away, shaking her head as she moved in closer to her friends. She looked really terrified... That definitely wasn't how I looked when I thought about meeting four delinquents...

I knew that I shouldn't question it any longer, even though I really wanted to know what the problem was, and we continued our way to Cabin B. I didn't know what we were going to do, but I was sure that Jesse had something planned. I hoped, at least.

Before we could make it to Cabin B, Lexi started to pull on my arm excitedly. "Jordan, Jordan, look, look! It's Alex, it's Alex!"

I looked over at the blonde, but my stomach immediately dropped when I saw that Alex was talking to his counselor... Which meant that he was talking to Dallas.

"Hi, Alex!" Lexi cried out, waving when the blonde turned around to look at who was calling for him. One arm wrapped around my own, Lexi continued to smile and wave as Alex did the same. The only problem was Dallas was looking right at us now. Or more like he was looking right at me.

"Can we just go inside?" I asked through clenched teeth, trying to ignore his piercing gaze as Jesse took out a water bottle from beside me and started to drink from it. Now I was thirsty... Damn it. "Can we go inside, please?"

"Why, can't stand seeing your lover?" Chelsea questioned, a suggestive look on her face.

Much to my surprise, Jesse coughed up the water he was drinking. What was that for? Huh. It must have gone down the wrong way or something.

"He isn't my lover," I snapped, hoping a blush wasn't on my face. Dallas wasn't my lover, was he? There was no way that he was... right? He was just a childhood friend. That was what he had always been...

"Really, now?" Chelsea grinned, side glancing at Jesse quickly before looking back at me, that suggestive look still there. "Then what was going on between you two last night? I didn't think you could yell his name so much... I never knew you were a screamer. And you were moaning pretty loud."

"You were what?" Jesse demanded, suddenly at my side. I almost jumped, but made sure not to. "What were you doing with him?"

I blinked, not knowing what I was supposed to say. I understood what Chelsea was doing, but I knew it was useless. Why would Jesse be upset if Dallas and I... uh... did it?

"We didn't do anything," I snapped, moving away from him and walking toward his cabin, ignoring Dallas's stares. "Chelsea's just messing around."

"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not..."

"Chelsea!"

"It sure seems like he wants you that way, Jordan," Lexi winked, smiling suggestively at me now. "He's kissed you! And he's watching almost every single move you make right now! Come on, you've known him ever since you were a baby! You could marry him now if you wanted."

"I'm seventeen," I snapped, in case she had somehow forgotten.

She only shrugged. "I think it's legal in some states. But still! He's watching you right now!"

"You make him sound like a stalker," I grumbled, and I could see Delilah stiffen almost immediately. I looked at her in confusion, but didn't say anything. I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to get an actual answer anyway, so there was no use in saying anything.

"And what's going on between the two of you?" Marnie giggled, coming up beside me. "It sounds pretty serious to me. Is it something serious?"

"There's nothing going on between her and Dally," Jesse muttered, shoving his hands into his pockets.

Marnie continued to giggle beside me. "So, who's Dallas? Your boyfriend?"

"Yep," Chelsea answered at the same time Jesse answered with, "She wishes."

Marnie gave me a confused look. "Wait... really? You're really going out with him? Seriously?"

Before I could answer for myself, Chelsea put her arm around my shoulders and answered for me. "Yep, she really is. Jesse even saw them kissing. Twice. He interrupted them both times, too."

Marnie turned toward her cousin, and gave him a scolding look, almost making me grin. "You don't interrupt a girl when she's kissing someone unless she's your girlfriend, you idiot. But, when it comes to you and Jordan, I know that you sure do wish that she was your--"

"And this is where I'm living," Jesse cut his cousin off quickly, getting behind her, grabbing onto her shoulders, and leading her over to Cabin B.

"Hey, Jesse!"

"Don't trip."

"I'd only trip because you're pushing me!"

Seth rolled his eyes, following after Marnie and her cousin. Rex came as well, and it looked like he was going to skip or something. I could tell that he was going to be very amusing, and he was someone that I would want to have around. He just seemed like such a nice guy, not delinquent material at all.

River followed his friends as well, having to pull Delilah slightly. She still seemed a little shaken up, but I could tell that her friends were there for her all the way.

Before the rest of us could make it to Cabin B, once again, we were interrupted. But this time, when the hand grabbed my arm, I was almost expecting it.

"Jordan," Dallas said, still gripping onto my arm. "Can I talk to you?"

I blinked, not knowing what to say. Yes? No? If I went to talk with him, the girls could get the wrong idea. And the last time I had left to talk to him, we ended up kissing, and Jesse interrupted us. I didn't want Jesse to ruin a good moment and have that happen again.

"Of course she will!" Lexi cried, bumping into me so I would fall into Dallas's chest. I glared at her, but she only smiled and waved before following after Jesse, AJ and Chelsea on either side of her.

The last time Dallas asked to talk to me, we didn't talk. We kissed. And I didn't think I would be able to kiss him again without wondering what I was to him. He had to have liked me; there was no way he couldn't have. He said he regretted never kissing me before he left for college so many years ago. So did that mean he liked me when we were younger, too?

Dallas took my hand, leading me away from my friends and toward Cabin C. Why were we going to talk in my cabin? I knew that Emily, Yolanda, Cindy, and Molly were all out doing something, so I knew that we were going to be alone, but what if Erica decided to just pop in? Even if we didn't do anything, being all alone seemed pretty suspicious as well...

After I shut the door behind us, an awkward silence filled the air. He didn't say anything, and I didn't say anything. He was the one who asked if I wanted to talk, so I had no idea what I was supposed to say!

"Are you really going out with Jesse?"

The question caught me off guard, and I really wasn't expecting him to ask me that. After what he had seen Jesse and me do, I was surprised that he still doubted it. Maybe he could sense the aura of hatred that floated around us whenever we were by each other...

"No, Dallas," I answered truthfully, shaking my head. "Jesse and I aren't really going out. He only told you that to get me angry and annoy me. We're definitely not going out. I hate him even more than I used to, and that's definitely saying something."

"But... that night at the dock--"

"Was only revenge from a prank that he had pulled on me earlier," I sighed, cutting him off before he could speak anything more. "I thought I'd be able to seduce Jesse and get him begging on his knees before I pulled away and laughed at him. But he figured me out immediately and was just playing along..."

"Wow," Dallas said, shaking his head. "I feel like an idiot."

I let out a short sigh. "Me, too."

"You don't like him though, right?" Dallas asked, and I almost choked on my own spit. Me? Like Jesse? Why does everyone think that?

"I definitely don't like him," I said, waving a hand in from of my face quickly. "Not at all! I can't stand him! He can go jump off the face of the earth for all I care. He's just stupid and annoying, like he always has been. I just can't stand him!"

Dallas smiled, reaching over and stroking my cheek lightly. When his lips brushed against mine, I wasn't surprised, and I was welcoming it. I wanted to kiss him, I really did, and I couldn't have been happier knowing that he wanted to kiss me just as much.

Just him kissing me seemed to make everything that had happened between us in the past just wash away. It was like he had never left me at his school at the prom for his ex-girlfriend, and it was like I was still a freshman and he was still a senior. It was like we were kids again.

When he pulled away from me, I didn't expect us to be on my bed, him on top of me. I didn't even realize that we had been moving toward the bed. That just showed how into it I had been, and how happy I had been that he had been kissing me.

He looked down at me, as if he didn't realize what had happened either. I didn't blame him... I hadn't ever been this close to him, even though we had been such great friends ever since I was in diapers. I couldn't believe that this was actually happening...

I ran my hand down his chest, not really knowing what I was doing. We were both fully clothed, and we were just staring at each other. We weren't kissing or anything, just staring at each other like if we looked away from each other, we would disappear.

And then he said that three words that I had been waiting for ever since I had met him.

"I like you, Jordan."

Okay, so maybe it was actually four words, and maybe it was like and not love, but it was definitely good enough for me.

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