- "how are we going to get to the outside?"
- "we're going to get a shuttle. Being a colonel's daughter has its advantages."
-"excuse my father is only a lieutenant" she said with a disdainful air to laugh
-"We don't have the same values" added Andrea to tease her a little
-"No, it is on we are not all Italian models! " She replied
- "stop you saw yourself? You are magnificent, you have a body of dream, muscular and a glance in the colors of the sea of the Caribbean" says Carina to her
- "Is it hot in here or did I miss a step? " Travis asked.
-"Do you know that a girl can compliment another girl without any implication? "Maya asked. Obviously she wanted to keep a cool head but Carina's compliments had gone straight to her heart.
- "So what do the 'Mosses' do?" asked Dean, impatient.
-"I think they're coming," Jackson said.
-"To us, the beautiful Italian girls! "Jack said as he got into the van, earning him an eye roll from the girls.
---
-"Maya, you don't know anyone, let me introduce you to Josephina".
- "Jo please! "
- "Maggie, Isabella but call her Izzie and Lexie" before turning "and there they are Alberto and Levi"
- "Nice to meet you," she said shyly.
-"Are we going to the beach to make a campfire? "asked Alberto.
- "si perfeto" replied Carina
'I love it when she speaks in Italian' Maya mused.
---
They were all around the fire. Dean had brought his guitar and was playing. Other young people had joined the group. They didn't all speak English, but no matter, Maya and Carina hardly let go of each other. If Carina had been asked, she would have simply said that she wasn't going to abandon the person she had invited.
The two girls were chatting with Maggie and Izzie when the latter went to get a drink.
- "your friends, do they know about Arizona?"
-"You know Italy is a very macho country... Here it is not very well seen to be ... Like me"
- "hmmm I see"
- "Jo, you know... Well, partly, I had a crush on her. We kissed once but that was it... She liked my brother and I liked her. But I trust her, this was before Arizona and nobody ever told me about it."
This revelation made Maya jealous.
- "umm ok"
- "and you then. Are you going to tell me your sexual orientation one day when I have to find out for myself? "
- "It might be interesting, you finding out for yourself" she said with a smirk while raising her eyebrow. "But, I like... Drum roll... I like girls."
- "Interesting to know," Carina said before taking a sip of her drink to hide her smile. "And you have someone? In France or somewhere else...."
-"I dated a French girl, well two actually. But it didn't last. I think love is not for me. Both of them said I love you but the problem was that I wasn't going to lie to them or tell them to make them happy... So I was honest. Neither of them liked it. And if not, there are other lesbians on the base? "
- "in the military yes, even if it's frowned upon. After our age, I don't know. I don't have a very good gaydar"
This made the blonde laugh.
- "So what's it saying here?" Travis asked as he sat down heavily next to Carina
- "not much and you? "
- "I didn't remember Levi being so hot, he's got a little nerdy look with his glasses I love. Do you know if he ... Date anyone?"
- "not to my knowledge. You pick the one guy who doesn't speak your language well! "
-"Love is universal, darling. His tongue I'd need it for something other than talking if you know what I mean" he said, raising his eyebrows a few times
-"And you're not going to tell me that the little American girl doesn't have an effect on you" he slipped into the Italian's ear so that only she could hear.
- "What?!" She said shocked
- "stop my gaydar spotted you at 100 kilometers. He said again in her ear, which made her blush. "But don't worry, I'll keep it to myself" he said with a wink as he got up
- "he told you what?"
- "nothing nonsense as usual"
- "è la tua fidanzata?" Jo asked as she sat down with the two girls
-"no, una amica"
- "Maya, how long have you been in Sicily?" Jo asked as Maggie and Izzie returned
- "a little over three months"
- "and have you seen things you like here?"
- "the landscape is beautiful! I love it! "
- "she wanted to know if you liked a boy," Maggie said.
- "she especially wanted to know if you liked Andrea" Izzie bid
This earned an embarrassed look from Jo towards Carina, a look that had not escaped the American
- "Oh no... And no. Not Andrea, not another boy."
- "Are you a lesbian? You know like that other girl you used to bring in, the one with the state name, like Minnesota or Georgia?"
-"Arizona" Carina specified by lowering her head to look at her fingers which she was triturating herself
- "would that be a problem?" Maya asked
- "no, it's actually pretty cool, here young people don't assume too much, old Sicilians can sometimes be closed-minded"
Lexie who had joined them added: "I wouldn't mind trying it with a girl. Besides you're pretty".
Carina, if she had been a cartoon character, might have had smoke coming out of her ears and nose. She loved Lexie, but she loved Maya very much and there was no way she was going to steal the American from her.
Maya had seen that Carina was not necessarily happy with the turn of the conversation and replied: "So yes, I like girls. For Arizona, I can't tell you I didn't know her. And thank you Lexie for the proposition, I'll think about it but being just a tryst for a straight girl is not really my thing" she said while throwing a glance to Jo who felt embarrassed. She had sensed that Maya knew about her and Carina.
- "My door is open to you anyway," Lexie said with a wink.
- "Obviously it's not your door you're talking about," laughed Izzie.
If there was one to always put her foot down it was Izzie. Talking and then thinking. But that was why they all loved her. She was the goofball of the group.
- "well, what about Maya. Are there any cute boys at the base? Carina never talks about anyone," asked Maggie.
-"Carina is really popular with the boys," she said to tease her friend.
- "Stop it?!" Says Maggie
- "she has to get hit on by a different guy every break I think. And of course they come back after a week. You'd think we were surrounded by 'Dory' fish" which made the group laugh
- "at the same time you saw that pair of twins! Who wouldn't succumb? "Lexie asked.
- "you want to do Maya and now you're talking about Carina's boobs..." Said Izzie
The girls burst out laughing
- "she was talking about twins like in Carina and Andrea" says Maggie
- "ooohhhh"
Maya kept sending Carina sidelong glances. Looks full of tenderness. This had not escaped Jo, Travis and Andrea who was never far away.
-"Are we playing a game? "asked Jack.
- "the bottle game?" Travis offered.
-"I was thinking more along the lines of truth or dare".
- "Okay I'll start... Andrea truth or dare?" asked Alberto
- "Truth"
- "are you crushing on someone right now"
- "Samantha Bello" he said in a sultry voice. This earned a sad look from Jo.
"Jack truth or dare?"
- "dare! "
- "ok, go in the sea... Naked"
- "deal, no one's rinsing their eye! "
He returned after 5 minutes
- "okay my turn... Hmmm Jackson, truth or dare?"?"
- "truth"
- "Do you still dig Carina or did that happen to you?"
He put both hands on his heart "I made up my mind".
-"I'm single," said Maggie with a wink.
- "okay, Izzie, truth or dare?"
- "dare"
- "okay you're going to have a shot of limoncello..."
- "eaaaasyyy"
- "on Alex's belly! "
- "houuuu it's hot" said Alex taking off his shirt
- "Maggie, truth or dare?" asked Izzie.
- "truth"
- "would you accept a date with Jackson if he asked you?"
- "You definitely saw his eyes! "
- "Dean, truth or dare?"
- "dare"
- "ok you do 10 pull-ups while lifting .... Carina"
- "easy! "
Once the action was done Dean asked Carina "what about you truth or dare?"
This was a big dilemma, she knew that one or the other could put her at fault
-"Uh huh... Action? "
A dark look from Andrea made Dean understand that he should not mess up on this one
- "ok uhh... I dare you to put a whole package of marshmallows in your mouth and forbid you to spit them out or throw up."
This challenge took longer than the others to complete.
Afterwards, Carina's jaw felt numb.
- "ahhh" she said, relieved by his pledge "Jo, truth or dare?"
- "umm Truth"
- "have you ever had an erotic dream about one of us"
Jo went from a tanned skin to a crimson red
- "we want details! "Says Travis.
- "that wasn't the question ... So I would just say yes." She said. "Levi, truth or dare?"
- "truth"
- "Do you like Travis?"
- "si" [yes]
- "He said what?" Travis asked.
-"he said yes" said Alberto
This earned a proud smile from the young man
- "Lexie? "
- "action! "
- "drink this whole bottle of coke and give us your best burp"
-"I always have glamour pledges with you... But okay."
She let out the biggest burp either of them had ever heard
- "okay Jack truth or dare?"
- "truth"
- "have you ever slept with an older girl?"
- "once said he happy. She was an officer's wife!" He said proudly
- "Maya... truth or dare?"
- "Action"
- "ok, kiss on the mouth, the person most likely to please you" says he with a Machiavellian smile
Maya hesitated for a moment, she didn't know if she should run away, go and kiss Jack to shut him up or another boy, or be sincere in front of these people she had only known for five days at most.
She took her courage in both hands. She turned to Carina who was on her left. She placed her right hand on the cheek of the beautiful Italian and kissed her.