The Bad Boy I Once Knew | G. D.

Chapter 9

The whole ride back to the cabin was silent, and very awkward. Everyone back at the cabin was also still up, and it was even awkward to face them after the carnival. But I tried playing it off saying I had to finish my studies for school, and I think they all bought it.

It was now the next day, and we all hung around in the lake today. I was changed into my black bikini, and I left my hair in a ponytail. All of us played games around in the lake, and took a few breaks in between to sit out in the sun. It was still fun, but it was a little awkward between me and Grayson because of last night. We only talked a little bit to each other, but not that much as we used to like the days before.

Us acting like this towards each other was actually starting to bother me... It's actually making me realize that I may have the full feelings back for him. All I could think about was our kiss last night, which was making me wanting to kiss him so bad. Maybe I could talk to him about us, but I don't wanna do it in front of everyone.

"Let's play chicken!" Jake exclaimed. All of us agreed to play. I just decided to wait until someone picks me. I would pick Grayson, but it might seem a little awkward between us cause of last night. And plus some of the guys might give us remarks about it. "Adriana!" Ethan called out, running towards me in the water. As he grabbed ahold of my arm, he ordered, "Your my partner. Now go on my shoulders."

"Bossy," I said laughing.

"True," he agreed, and laughed. He then went under water, and I went on his shoulders. He held onto my thighs, and I put my hands on his so I can catch my balance. I then noticed Julia on Nate's shoulders, so I guess we're trying to push them off. I even took a glance at Grayson, and he didn't look too happy with me on Ethan's shoulders. I jut tried to shrug it off, and enjoy the game. "Ready...set...go!" Cameron yelled.

I started to try and push Julia off of Nate's shoulders, but it was pretty hard. The rest of the guys even rooted us on. About a few minutes later, I was able to push Julia off, and she felt into the water. We all laughed, and I got off of Ethan's shoulders. We all then started playing a few more rounds of chicken. It was until Grayson said, "I'm gunna go inside and get a quick drink." We all nodded, and he got out the lake to dry himself off. Maybe this can be my chance for us to talk.

Once he headed inside the cabin, I started getting out of the lake to dry myself off. As I was walking towards it, I heard the guys saying, "Ooooh," and "Get it." I turned around rolling my eyes. "I'm going to the bathroom," I told them, and laughed a little. I soon headed inside the cabin, and made my way towards the kitchen.

I saw Grayson closing the refrigerator door, holding a Gatorade. "Oh, hey," he smiled slightly, as I leaned against the island. I smiled a little also, and said, "Hey."

"Came in here for a drink?" he said, opening the refrigerator door.

"No actually," I told him. "I came in here for you."

"Oh," he said a little curiously, and closed the door. "What's up?" he asked as he came closer to me near the island.

"Well, I wanna talk about us," I said. "I've been thinking about last night, and about us."

"What have you been thinking?"

"I think I've gotten the full feelings for you," I explained, and I saw his eyes light up a bit. "The reason why I didn't wanna be with you last night was cause I was getting so much mixed emotions... I wasn't so sure of myself if I actually started to get those feelings back for you again."

"But I thought about everything, and realized I do have those feelings, a lot of them. I've been dying to tell you about this all day..." I said giggling a little.