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1st July, 11:02,

Joelyn gets into her swimsuit and meets Hailie at the waterfall,

Hails: "Look who's here"
Stephan: "A goddess"
Joe: "Haha cut it off bitch, I ain't no goddess"
Stephan: "Really? You look like one though"

"That's fucking cold" Joelyn says after dipping her toes in the cold water.

Stephan: "Take my hand, you'd feel better"

Joelyn grabs the hand of Stephan and attaches herself to him as soon as she immerse half of her body in the water, shivering to the cold.

Stephan: "Relax, you gon get used to it in a while"

"Huhh I'm sorry, I was cold"

"Shhh it's okay, by the way, you don't need to be cold to hug me hun" Stephan says and glance at Hailie who chuckles.

Joe: "I won't need a hug but if I do, I know where to look for it now"
Stephan: "Come, let's go further up the waterfall and jump for a dive"
Hailie: "Follow me guys"

The 2 of them follow hailie who takes a muddy path away from the waterfall.
They climb some rocks and support each other to avoid any mishap.

Hailie jumps first and dive deep in the lake. Stephan looks at Joe who refuses to jump.

Stephan gives her a hand,

Stephan: "Here, hold my hand"

Joelyn grabs his hand and they both jump at the countdown of Stephan.

After floating to the surface of the water, Joelyn cannot spot Hailie and Stephan.

"STEPHAN!, HAILS, STEPHAN!" She screams as she causes ripples of water while making motions from where she floats.
Nobody was to be seen. Suddenly she feels something underneath the water.

Stephan rises to the surface lifting her by the waist and splash her back in the water. Joelyn gets back up and starts to punch Stephan in the chest,

"Who the fuck told you to do this to me, how dare you!"

Hailie who stood behind a tree came out laughing with a camera in her grip,

"Hails you too!?"

Hailie: "I'm sorry but I couldn't help it this time"

"I swear I'm gon kill you"

As she was about to move away, Stephan pulls her back to him and cups her cheeks and tells her.

"Shh, it's alright"

Joelyn calms herself as Stephan hugs her and pats her back.

Joelyn pulls herself away and gets out of the water.

"JOE!" Screams Stephan and Hailie in unison.

They race to the tents hoping to find Joelyn there.

Shannon catches sight of Hailie and Stephan rushing towards her.

She makes an attempt to lure Stephan like always,

Shannon: "Stephan, I was wondering if you cou..."

Stephan: "Shannon have you seen Joe?"

Shannon: "I don't think that pest needs you more than I do right now"

Stephan squeezes the arms of Shannon and tells her,

"Mind your tongue Shannon, where did she go!?"

"N...no Idea" Shannon replies, almost stammering.

Shannon was left speechless, she loses her cool as Hailie and Stephan leaves. She makes her way to the tent gets inside messing everything in her belongings. Stefie runs up to her with worry on her face.

"Omg cutie!!!! What are you doing, stoppp!!" She says gasping.

Shannon shoves a towel in stefie's face and tells her,

"Bitch lemme do what I want to and fucking leave from here"

Stefie: "But love, how can i leave you in such a state?"

Shannon gets out of the tent, squats down to grab a fistful of mud, she walks to the tensed poor Stefie and rubs it all over her face, and cleans her hand with Stefie's dress,

"Here's what you get for annoying me" She says leaving the girl all insulted even if all she did was to care about her.

On the other hand, Stephan and Hailie part ways to look for Joelyn. Hailie takes the toughest path as she is agile. Hailie makes her way near the river where the silt actually gets accumulated. She runs up the river bank to look for Joe but in vain and then decides to go find Stephan in the north.

Meanwhile Stephan climbs up a hill with no path to the top, struggling through the bushes he finally reaches the top. The view was beautiful, he checks to his sides and finally catch sight of what he calls perfection,

Joelyn sat on a rock with crossed legs under her admiring the horizon,

#POV of Stephan:

I feel something whenever I see her, she looks perfect, her brown hair loosely tied in a bun, her pale bright skin exposed, her perfect pink lips, these honey pool eyes she possesses, her perfect figure, her innocence and most importantly, her heart.

I approach her step by step and sit next to this beautiful soul,

Stephan: "Hey"

She looks at me with a faint smile and replies,

Joe: "hi"
Stephan: "Why you left from there?"

She turns away trying to avoid responding.

Stephan: "Joe, are you scared of me?"
Joe: "I'm not"
Stephan: "Then?"
Joe: "I don't want to be a burden upon anyone"
Stephan: "You're a perfection, not a burden"

She looks at me with her brownish bubbly eyes with few tears. I watch her staring down and rubbing her side arm, I cup her cheecks and rest my forehead against hers.
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Joelyn knows where it was going, she closes her eyes and allows Stephan to lead the kiss, he tenderly touches his lips with hers and let go to the ecstatic feeling of sharing a kiss with his crush. He latches onto her lower lip as Joelyn feels goosebumps rising her skin.

Suddenly the bushes start to shake from their places and out pops the head of Hailie who clears her throat and giggles to announce her arrival.

The 2 love birds pull away at the moment they heard Hailie, Stephan scratches his head awkwardly and laugh it off while Joelyn hides her face in her palms not knowing whether to blush or laugh in such a situation.

"Guys I knew this was gon happen anyway you don't have to get awkward lmao" Hailie laughs at the expressions of the couple.

Stephan: "Hails I'm gon kill you if you tell that to anyone"
Hails: "Oopsieee I think everyone gon come to know nowww!!"
Joe: "Hails!! Nooo!"
Hails: "Look at your faces guys, damn I can't wait to see the face of that bitch Shannon as she'd know that"
Stephan: "Duhh Hails"
Joe: "Exactly, duhh Hails"
Hails: "Aight then, do y'all plan to stay here itself?"
Joe: "Nada"
Stephan: "Let's go, I'm hungryy af"

Hailie helps them to stay on the track down the hill, they finally succeed their way out of the bushes and get to the camping spot.

Stephan and Joelyn intertwine their fingers while walking to the camp, engaged in small conversations, Shannon spots them from a distance and clench her fist knowing what might have already happened.

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