Unexplainable [Original Version]

[chapter twenty-five: "follow your heart"]

I find Kev out in the yard, strapping a small cooler onto the back of his four wheeler. I whistle at him to get his attention.

"Lock the door behind you and get on out here!" Kev grins. "It's fuckin' hot!"

"Just give me a minute!" I tell him. I run back into the house and shove my cigarettes and my lighter into my pocket before joining him outside. I make sure to lock the door on my way out.

"It shouldn't take us too long to get there. Here, keep the bag on your back." Kev hands me a backpack and I slide it on. "Excited?"

"Of course I am." I jump on the back of the four wheeler and wrap my arms around Kev. I like this. I like this a lot. "I love water."

"So you won't be too upset if I just toss you in?" Kev jokes as he starts to drive us off. "I'll keep that in mind!"

When we get to the lake, I can't help but smile. It's in a big, beautiful little area that's off to itself; it's the kind of place that should have tons of people swarming it, but it looks like it's just me and Kev here today. There are already a few beach chairs set up, and as Kev gets the cooler, I walk over to them. I open up the bag and grab the sunscreen, then sit the bag on one of the chairs.

"This is a great little spot. Like damn, it's pretty." I comment as I pop open the bottle.

"It really is. There are a few of us that always come out here, but it's rare that we show up at the same time. It's just me and a bunch of my neighbors, you know? I've gotten a lot of free booze here over the years." Kev chuckles. He sits the cooler down and then turns to me. "Need any help?"

"I'd like to say 'no,' but I can't really reach my back too well." I hand the sunscreen to Kev. He gives me a smirk and motions for me to turn around; I do.

I try to act like his touch doesn't make me shiver, but it does. The way Kev's hands feel sliding over my lower back sends chills down my spine. Once he's covered my back, he gently pushes my head down with his elbow; I move my short hair out of the way the best that I can so that he can get my neck.

"Need me to get the rest of you, too?" Kev whispers deviously in my ear. I shake my head and turn around, snatching the bottle of sunscreen out of his hand. I smirk up at Kev and he grins. "You sure? I could work it into your shoulders, your legs..."

"Positive." I reply jokingly. Kev sends me a wink before walking over to the cooler. While I finish applying my sunscreen, Kev grabs us a couple of bottles of water.

"All right, so, do you want to get in the water, or do you want to just sit around for a while? We can build a fire later, do some cool shit." He cracks open one of the bottles and takes a drink before offering one to me. I twist the lid off and take a long drink, then I sit my bottle down in one of the chairs.

"It doesn't matter to me." I smile and take my cigarettes and lighter out of my pocket, sitting them beside of my water. "If you want to swim, I'm down for it. I just need to take my shoes off, and-"

"Or, you can just go as you are!" Kev cuts me off as he lifts me into his arms. I squeak as he quickly carries me over to the edge of the water and tosses me in.

It takes me a moment to come back up from under the water, but once I do, I gasp and wipe my hair out of my face. Kev's wearing this mischievous little grin; I glare at him.