Summer Camp

Jealous?

{Jay}

"Everybody who is fishing or boating needs to grab a life jacket!" Heather yelled at everyone.

Now was my chance to do something helpful. "I'll go grab the life jackets." I say to Alyssa smiling. She looked so beautiful. The wind blowing in her hair...her beautiful eyes on me...and the thing that got me everytime...her smile.

"Ok." She replied. "I'll grab the oars."

I run up the steps with her and grab the life jackets as she grabbed the oars.

"Thanks." She says while we go down the steps together.

"No problem." I say smiling at her again. I stare at her for a couple seconds, glad that she hadn't noticed me drooling over her, and then look at the lake.

I hadn't rowed a boat in a LONG time. I hoped I still knew how to do it.

I grab a boat and then Heather pulls us out.

"Um, are you sure you know how to do this?" Alyssa asked me.

"Um, yeah I'm sure." I say panicking on the inside. I was so embarrassed. 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

"Ok. What did you do this summer?" She asked changing the subject. I was glad she did.

"Not much. I just sat around and texted you basically." I said laughing. She laughs back at me. I pick up the oars and luckily pick up what I had learned when I was younger about rowing.

"Don't you text other people though? What about you're best friend?"

"Yeah, I texted her." I say smiling really big trying to mess with her.

"Oh..." She said her face turning gloomy and sad. She probably thought I liked a different girl.

"What's wrong?" I decided to ask her, curious if she would fess up anything. Not saying that she likes me because a girl like her doesn't usually like guys like me. Especially girls as perfect as her. If she did like me it would be nice to know though...I force my self to stop thinking like that. I didn't want to be disappointed if she says she doesn't like me. Besides, she was super athletic and sporty. I was just a guy who could plug a few numbers into a couple equations. I'm really smart but so is she. She's just not aware of how smart she is. She says I'm smart but she is taking the same classes I am.

"Nothing...It's just...so who's you're best friend?"

"I'll give you a hint. I'm talking to her right now."

She gives me a big cheesy smile and I start to laugh. She made me so happy.

I looked into her eyes and noticed how sometimes they look blue, sometimes they look green, and sometimes they look grey. They were really pretty. "Has anyone told you that you have beautiful eyes?" I say looking directly in her eyes. As soon as the words left my mouth every part inside of me regretted saying it. She probably thought I was a freak now.

She looked down and then at my face. "Yeah. People have told me that." She said staring at my eyes. I decided to stop rowing and just stare at her. Why waste a moment like this? Whether she liked me or not it was nice to be able to just stare at her. It was pretty awkward though so I decided to break the silence.

"What?" I say looking at her making my face serious and irritated looking.

"What are you talking about?" She asked me looking sort of hurt.

"Quit staring at me. It's annoying." I say to her looking away. I roll my eyes.

"I'm sorry. It's just I..." She started to say as her voice trailed off.

"I'm just kidding." I say deciding I had gone long enough. "I don't mind it when you stare at me." She laughs at me. I don't really know if that was a good laugh or a bad laugh or what it was but I hope I didn't creep her out.

I notice her look over at Bryce who was on a boat with a few kids. I've heard Alyssa and Bryce have a history and ever since then I have been watching him.

I decide to ignore it and look back at her. She was still staring at Bryce😞😠 A couple seconds later she starts to stare at me again.

"Soooooo." I say.

"Soooooo." She replied.

"Ummmm. So I was thinking...and I thought maybe sometime we could..." I begin to say as Heather cuts me off.

"EVERYBODY COME BACK!! BOATING AND FISHING IS OVER!!" Heather yells at the top of her lungs across the lake and all the way to us.

I row us back to shore. We didn't say a word to each other. I walked away from the boat and away from everyone else to go think. I acted like an idiot out there! 'Has anyone told you that you have beautiful eyes' I think in my mind replaying the moment. That was so stupid. I can't believe I said that.

That's when Nichole starts to walk towards me. Alyssa's best friend. I look away and continue thinking.

"Hey, you okay?" Nichole asks me.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah! I'm fine. Just spaced out for a second or two." I told her and she laughed at me. Maybe she could tell I liked Alyssa.

"So....what's going on between you and Alyssa?" She asked me doing this weird thing with her eyebrows and then giving me a small shove. I blushed. I couldn't help myself. I went absolutely crazy every time somebody said her name. I looked at the ground hoping she wouldn't see that I was blushing. I looked up at her and her face said it all. She knew I liked her and nothing I said was going to change her mind. "Please don't say anything?" I begged her helplessly.

"Alright, fine. But talk to her about it. Okay?" I nodded even though I didn't really want to talk to her about it. Sooner or later I was gonna have to do it so I might as well do it now.

We all start running up the stairs and I say, "Hey Alyssa!"

"Yeah?" She asked slowing down for me to catch up with her.

"I really really really li-"

"Hey you guys!" Bryce says running up to us giving me a deathly glare.

I roll my eyes and decided to just go away😒

Bryce and Alyssa talk for a while and I decide to stop looking back at them. It was just gonna make me mad.

"Hey Jay!" She calls for me running up the steps. "What were you gonna say?"

"Forget it. It doesn't matter." I didn't mean to be rude but if she didn't like me I didn't want to tell her. She most likely didn't like me. I was probably just a friend to her. Nothing more. Nothing less...

"Please." She begged.

"No." I felt really bad but there was no way I was gonna tell her. At least not right now.

"Fine." She said seeming kinda irritated. Great, now I made her mad. Good job Jay😞😒

"Nichole!" I hear her yell as she runs away from me. They whisper and I hear her say my name.😍 I guess I didn't really know if that was good or bad but...whatever.

-Thing 2