There she is. Who? His girl.

Part 6

The following day weather turned out really hot so Zack had to improvise and shorten his planned route and add new stopping points.

During their trip Zack discovered that Misha was mostly amazed by natural wonders and less excited about man made stuff. She did photograph most of the buildings and asked for a lot of selfies with everything they saw. She explained that it was not for posting online but for her mom that always insisted 'That she can buy postcards in her hometown from anywhere but she wants to see her daughter traveling'. At first Zack tried to decline but she had been persistent enough. As no one of them had taken a selfie stick and they have a rather big height difference they were always hugging or standing really close for those pictures and Zack sure as hell enjoyed that part even though he would never admit it out loud.

Right now they were at their stop before the last - Wall Lake in the Uinta Mountains. The water was freezing and Zack did not feel hot enough to swim but the cold did not stop Misha. He was sure she has to be chilled to the bone by now but she just kept swimming. After ten more minutes he stood up and shouted for Misha to come out but she just waved him off.

'You will get sick once again if you continue staying in the cold water!' he shouted.

'If you are so worried about my health, you should come get me! But oh no, it is so cold in here!' she shouted back with a laugh mocking him probably thinking that he won't do it and continued floating above water.

Zack however took it as a challenge and swiftly took his clothes off. Zack had chosen this spot as it had great views and the hiking trail was interesting and easy enough. He had not planned to go swimming today so he was left in his boxers to get Misha out of the water. Stepping in the water up to his knees almost broke his resolve. The water really was freezing but seeing her unmoving figure floating above the water with a content expression on her face he moved forward.

Trying to be as quiet as possible he swam to Misha and swiftly grabbed her by the waist. By her loud shriek he knew he had succeeded in scaring her. In her shock she chocked on some water but Zack kept her above water until she caught her breath. She was quite a lot shorter than him so here where she could not stand on the ground he still could.

The water was still freezing but Zack could not feel the cold as Misha was completely pressed against him and tightly holding on with her arms locked around his neck.

'You scared me!' She said while still spluttering a bit but smiling brightly.

'You said it yourself that I will have to come get you!' he replied standing still in the water.

'I did not expect for you to actually come after me.'

'Really? You weren't trying to get me in the water?'

She bit her lip sheepishly 'Maybe a little bit. A teeny, tiny bit' she repeated lifting one of her hand up leaving a small gap between her fingers.

'Why would you want me to come in the water?' he asked.

'Because I wanted you to carry me out.'

He lifted one of his eyebrows in confusion.

'The rocks are slippery and yucky I dislike the texture.'

'So you are going to use me as a horse.'

'I thought maybe you could give me a piggy back ride but I'll leave this choice up to you.'

'I'll carry you out like this.' At that Misha pouted 'What's the unhappy face about?'

'I was kind of thinking that this is a great opportunity to see you with no shirt on but like this I won't be able to see anything.'