"Thank you," she replied.
"You're welcome."
"This is beautiful, AJ. I haven’t been here since I was a little girl. It’s so peaceful."
"Yeah, it is, but it’s even better because I’m here with you." he said, kissing her neck softly.
They were walking for quite a while until Jesykah playfully kicked sand at AJ.
"Hey! This means war." He said, throwing sand at her.
She started to run away, trying to throw sand at him at the same time. AJ suddenly came up and tackled her from behind.
"What are you gonna do now?"
"You’re such a meanie head."
"No, I’m not!" he said, pushing a piece of hair out of her face and then kissing her gently.
"Hey come on, I have an idea." She said heading for the ocean. She started to throw off her clothes.
"Jes, baby, what are you doing?"
"Going skinny dipping. Are you coming or what?"
Oh, God, the alcohol must be getting to her head, he thought. "Jesykah, I don’t think you should be doing this."
"Why not? Whose stopping me?"
"I’m not, I just don’t think it’s a good idea."
"AJ, come on! Have some fun!"
"Oh, fine." He said. Once he got in the water he replied, "I’ve never done this on a first date."
"Who said it was our first date?"
"God, I can’t win with you."
"Sorry, just come here." she said, pulling him close to her and kissing him passionately. AJ then remembered they hadn’t had any alcohol at the club, she was actually skinny dipping with him and knowing fully what she was doing. He had to admit he liked the wild streak in her.
"I’m getting cold, let’s get out." she announced.
"Okay," he replied. They each got out and quickly threw on their clothes. "You just wanna sit for a while?"
"Sure. I’m still cold though, so I don’t know for how long."
"I’ll keep you warm." He replied, sending her a smile.
AJ sat down and patted the sand in front of him. Jesykah took that as her cue to sit down. She leaned back against his chest. "What did I do to deserve you?" she asked
"Nothing, you’re just you, and that’s what I love about you."
AJ was singing quietly in Jesykah’s ear when he noticed she had fallen asleep. He picked her up, trying not to disturb her sleep. He sat her in the front seat and buckled her in. AJ drove to the camp.
"Jesykah, hun, we’re here. You gotta go inside." He said. She stirred slightly. "Jesykah," he said shaking her.
She got out of the car slowly. "I had fun tonight," she replied.
"Tomorrow do you wanna go on our first official date?"
"Sure, what should I wear?"
"Dress nice."
"Okay, I’ll have to go to the mall tomorrow with Bekah and Jules, to get an outfit."
"All right, well, I guess I’ll talk to you tomorrow then."
"Goodnight, AJ."
"G’night Jes," he said, intending to kiss her quickly on the lips, but not succeeding. Jesykah watched as AJ walked back to his camp. She turned around, and saw the faces of Juliana and Rebekah in the window. She gave them a look, then quickly hurried inside.