Summer Camp (Conman/ Kleinphy fic)

Chapter Eight: Rough Waters

    Surprisingly, the rest of the group didn't ask many questions about why Alana and Jared never went on another date. A couple weeks passed without incident and Alana faithfully kept Jared's secret. There were games and crafts for Jared to do, but nothing too significant. That's why we'll skip ahead to the day Jared and Connor were paired up on the big rafting trip, where they were finally allowed to paddle down the river by themselves.

   The trip lasted around three hours, and Jared was thrilled to be spending that much time alone with Connor. The two boys were dressed in swimming trunks and shirts and had already prepared the inflatable raft for the trip. They had sunscreen, water bottles, two bagged lunches, and a variety of other items.

"Are we forgetting something?" Jared asked, climbing into the canoe. He threw his life jacket aside, no way was he going to wear that thing. "I feel like we're forgetting something."

"No way, dude." Connor began pushing the canoe into the water, equally ignoring the life jacket. "I'm pretty sure we have everything."

    "Okay, if you say so." Jared took a paddle and watched as Connor hopped from the water into the raft. They rocked to the side for a second before steading out.

"Alright, so I guess we just follow the river until we reach the dock." Connor sighed, leaning back. "So I suppose we can just chill for awhile until we arrive."

"That's boring." Jared frowned. "Seriously, is sitting here all we do?"

"Pretty much." Connor shrugged. "It's a raft, it's not really high maintenance."

    "Then, let's talk." Jared's heart was pounding, he tried to act normal. "Tell me a bit about yourself."

    "Jared, what the fuck does that mean?" Connor snorted, sticking one hand into the water.

   "Like, what's your favorite band?" Jared asked.

    "Nothing More" Connor immediately answered. "Best band out there, you should really check out the song Jenny." He paused. "Of course, I mean when we leave the camp."

    "Yeah, I bet it's a great band." Jared definitely made a mental note to listen to the band. "Um, what sort of after school activities do you do?"

    "None." Connor snorted, rolling his eyes. "What about you?"

    "Well, I go and play dungeons and dragons at the local hobby shop-"

    "Nerd." Connor chimed in quickly.

    "But twice a week Evan tutors me in English, I don't know if you would call that an after school activity though." Jared shrugged.

    "It counts." Connor said, leaning over to grab a paddle. "It's something, rather than sitting alone in your room for hours on end."

    "Yeah, I-" A bug landed on Jared's arm and bit him. "Holy fuck! Ow!" Jared slapped at his arm. "Get it off! Get it off!"

    "Jesus, Jared." Connor crawled over to Jared. "Calm down, we just need to grab the bug spray-" Connor reached down and began to dig through the bag they brought, he dumped out the contents of the bag and-

    Oh, that's what they had forgot.

    "I'm sorry, we don't have bug spray." Connor panicked, the bugs were quickly increasing in number now. They were swatting left and right trying to get them off.

    "What do we do?" Jared shrieked, scrambling back. The raft rocked to the side before flipping over, sending the two boys crashing into the water.