[girlxgirl] When Summer Ends

Chapter 2

"Look if I'm totally honest I would never say a mean thing about anyway unless they deserved it."
"So you think half the school deserve it? You think I deserve it?" I interrupted her, starting to get a little irritated at her lame explanation. She could hear the annoyance in my voice and quickly spoke up. "Look, let me finish. I'm the basketball captain. For some reason that makes me someone in this messed up hierarchy we have. And apparently that meant I didn't get to choose my friends. I find myself having to hang with the cheerleaders and the football team and for whatever reason they enjoy putting other people down. I know hand on heart," her right hand moving to cover the left side of her chest, "that I have never said a mean word about you in my life. But I wouldn't put it passed the rest of them, which I am truly sorry for 'cause clearly you're a cool person. I just smile and go along with everything waiting for basketball practice or games and then the moment I can, I run out of there and head home. I hate all the parties they all throw as it's just another way for them to all bitch about people from school I don't even know exist but they go out of their way knowing just so they can be horrible to them." She sighed clearly having more to say but just not wanting to have to explain it to me.

I bit my lip a little feeling guilty for some reason as there was clearly sincerity in her voice, and when it came down to it I don't ever recall her ever actually even speaking to me, so it's not possible she could have said anything mean to me. Noticing she was clearly a bit annoyed while she was lost in her train of thought I decided to break the silence. "So it's your turn to ask a question," I pushed hoping she wouldn't stay in a bad mood. She looked back at me a little dazed before smiling, "yes it is." Let me tell you now I didn't like this smile. It was evil, suspicious, in one word it was... naughty. "So since we know each other a little better now. I was wondering who you have eyes for in school?" Her eyebrow raised a little and then a lot once I gulped, feeling a little uncomfortable. Looking around the room to avoid eye contact, my eyes caught sight of the time. It was now 8.30. "Hey it's half eight, I guess we should go get ready for breakfast," my voice sounding a little shaky. "You won't get away with that one Henderson, saved by the bell some may say." She winked at me before jumping off the bed and heading towards the wash basin and splashing water on her face. I rolled my eyes at how smug she seemed that I was little embarrassed by her question before grabbing my stuff and heading off to take a shower.

During breakfast I sat with Rick and Silver joking about how bad Rick was at doing the limbo and talking about how amazing our group of kids were going to be when we meet them later. Every now and again though I drifted from the conversation and found myself staring at Taylor burning a hole in the side of her face before she made eye contact with me and then we both quickly looked away. I couldn't help but think about what she said to me earlier, she was clearly a nice girl but it still didn't mean she had to hang out with those awful people. But then again if she didn't she'd be just like me, getting teased like the rest of us. Arguing in my head I noticed someone waving there hand in my direction. Snapping out of my thoughts I turned to see Dean smiling at me. "You in your own little world there Rachel?" he asked, beaming his incredibly white teeth. Laughing I just nodded and joined into the group conversation which had grown in size from just being my group, to having the addition of Dean and his other group.

Once breakfast was over we were given a talk on protocol when it came to being with the children and we were also given a list of all the activities we'd be taking part in. The list consisted of things like treasure hunts, rock climbing and loads of water sports. I noticed there was also a lot of intergroup competitions which surprisingly excited both Rick and Silver. I on the other hand didn't care too much; competition was definitely not my thing. They also handed out our uniform tees and badges. I'll admit now, my photo was gross. My glasses were bent and my hair was down covering most of the tiny box my head was in. Sighing, I accepted defeat and placed it round my neck.

We were then told we could relax as the kids would be here between 2 and and 5.30. Looking at the time it was only 11.30, I decided it was best to go take a nap before they start arriving. Leaving the main cabin, I went back to the cabin I shared with Taylor. Knowing Taylor was still in the main cabin I quickly sent a text to my mother telling her that the kids were arriving today and that I missed her before crashing down onto the bed. Staring at the cabin roof, I couldn't help but think about what Taylor asked me earlier. No one knew I was a lesbian except my mother, her sister and my close friends. Not that I was ashamed of who I was, I just knew I'd get a lot of unwanted attention and definitely a lot of teasing from people and that didn't seem worth it, especially since I was single. I couldn't help but think that Taylor was cute though. Her body is shaped so perfectly, her smile is amazing, I even liked the way she pushed strands of hair behind her ear.

Lying on my bed I couldn't help thinking about all the things that were so right about Taylor and then she walked through the door in nothing but a sports bra and a pair of baggy shorts. Her hair was pulled back and it looked wet. Giving her a questioning look, she quickly spoke up while I admired her kissable toned stomach, "your silly friend Rick wanted to start a little food fight. I was looking round to see if I could get you wet," that line making me take in a sharp breath, "but you were nowhere in sight. Then I thought you were probably in here catching up on sleep which made me kind of jealous so I washed off and headed back here." Smiling a little I finally took my eyes off of her stomach and made eye contact with her. "You guessed correctly. I don't want to find myself knackered by eight tonight," my eyes slowly drifting back down. I think she knew I was staring because she giggled a little before lying down on her bed so she was facing me. She smirked at me, definitely in a seductive way, well that's how I interpreted it anyway. Feeling a little flushed I turned over so I was facing away from her to fight the temptation to just get up and straddle her. Closing my eyes I told her to set the alarm for half one if she was also going to take a nap. She grunted in compliance before sleep finally took over me.