There's a ghost in all of us

One Year Later.

So a year later, Zak and I had become coworkers in Paranormal Investigations and working with Zak was evertything I ever imagined it to be. But now, I don't know I seem to have gained more than just friendship feelings toward Zak which I didn't want to do cause when I fall in love I get vunerable and I become weak and down right stupid doing stuid things that would probably get me killed if it means saving the person I love, then I don't care. I did that with my sister once.  She was only young and she walked out onto the road, a car was coming and I ran after her, the car hit me and it broke my shoulder blade, my leg and it cracked my hip. But if it was to hit my sister she would have died.

"Hey CJ. Do you wanna go for a walk?" Zak asks. "Just... me and you?" I ask. "Well Gracie too but yeah." Zak says. "Ok." I say, with a smile. So we get into m car which i had just recently bought. The model of the car is a 1967 Chevy Impala. And we drove and I take them to the edge of my favourite place to go when I want to think and... reflect.                                                                        "What's this place then?" Zak asks. "This is where I come back in high school and college to reflect on what I have done wrong that day or just to sit and look. But we have to find my place in this place first and it is quite a walk so I hope you are ready." I say. Zak smiles.

About an hour later, we arrive at my thinking rock, it is a rock that hangs over the edge of a cliff and running over the cliff is a waterfall. The waterfall wasn't too high, it is  jumpable.  "This is it." I say. I then take off my shoes and sit on the rock and put my feet in the waterfall. "This place is exquisite I see why you come here." Zak says, taking off his shoes and socks and siting next to me him to with his feet in the water. Gracie walks down the side of rock and jumps into the pond of water (it is a very big pond, its big for a pond but not big enough to be a lake) below us.  "This is a really nice place. Shame there is no trees blocking the sun I'm sweating." I say. "Yeah you're right it is hot isn't it." Zak says. He then without warning removes his shirt. "Well, I guess that's one thing a guy can do what a girl can't." I say. "What's that?" Zak asks. "A guy can take his shirt off in intense heat and it is accepted and sometimes considered sexy, but when a girl does it and she walks around in her bra it isn't acceptable and she is frowned upon." I say. Zak looks at me. "If you want to take your shirt off just take it off, I won't frown upon you. There's only me and you out here, and Gracie too. No one is going to see apart from me." Zak says. "You just want see me with your top off don't you?" I say, messing around. "Maybe..." He looks at the sky. "...Maybe not. " Zak says. While till looking at the sky he laughs. "Ok..." I stand behind him, strip naked and jump off the edge of the rock into the water below. Zak has a slight panic look on his face and looks over the edge of the rock. "CJ!" He shouts. I don't reply or pop up to the surface. Zak then runs down the rocks to the bank of the pond, he takes off his pants getting ready to jump in. "CJ!" He shouts one more time and I jump up and pull him in. He pops his head up and swims after me, I swim away with the biggest smile I've had on my face in a while. "Not warm now are we?" I ask. "I thought you were dead." Zak says. The smile slowly disappears off my face. I look down. "Sorry." I say. He swims over and hugs me. "Please don't do that again." He says. "I don't know what's more weird, you hugging me for skinny dipping or the fact that I'm naked and you are almost naked." I say. "Well..." He then removes his underwear. "...There now you're not the only one." Zak says. I laugh and swim closer to the other side of the bank. Zak just stares at me. "Are you ok?" I ask. "I'm just a little cold is all." He says. "Come here..." I lean with my back against the bank and Zak swims over. I wrap my arms around him and he holds me close. "...Is that better?" I ask. "Much." He says. I look at him and he looks at me with his blue eyes and a smile on his face. He leans towards me and pulls my hips closer to his and he kisses me. My hands move from around the back of his neck to the back of his hair and he pins me against the back of the pond. "Wait..." I push him away slightly. "...We can't." I say, putting my hands on his chest. "Why not?" He asks. "Well for one you don't have a condom, two, I don't want us to sleep with each other if it is going to ruin our friendship." I say. "So what are you saying?" Zak asks. "I'm saying if you want me... You..." "I need to make you mine and only mine?" He asks, finishing my sentence. I nod my head. "I've been wanting to do that honestly since the moment I laid my eyes on you, I was just waiting for the right moment to do so. I may not be able  to sleep with you right now but I am going to continue kissing you." Zak says. "Ok." I say with a smile. Zak's lips then meet mine for the second time out of many more to come.