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"It feels a wavy brown hair away froh water that covers his ankles It’s not as though I’ kicked off the soccer team, he still has a beautiful soccer body--one that he’s coraer selfies But he’s now infor the shorts to swiht?" he says, grinning atand tries to re in, Zorie?"

"I don’t know," I say I brought a bathing suit, but where aan calls out, sitting down to unlace her boots Then she says toclose and coo keep hily so She knows Lennon and I don’t talk She doesn’t know about the Great Experi on the hike Not flirting All he did was adjust uilty? I double-check that Lennon is out of hearing range I think he is He’s already found a flat piece of land for his tent and is unloading his pack

"Don’t you agree, Brett?" Reagan says louder

He cups his ear "About what?"

"That Zorie should help Lennon," she says louder

Oh My God Please shut up!

"If Lennon wants to play good little Boy Scout, let hiht now, I’ about a line Kerouac wrote in The Dharma Bums: ‘Happy Just in my swiing, swigging wine, spitting, ju--that’s the way to live’ " Brett wads up his shorts and gestures towardthem midair Brett cheers, and then swivels around and wades into the waterfall pool

"For the love of God, put your eyes back in your head," Reagan tells me

My attention snaps to her "I’ boots, and then says in a lower voice, "I told you before we ca aard You promised it wouldn’t"

"I didn’t ask him to throw his shorts at me!" I whisper back

"Just watch yourself"

I’m irritated now And suspicious What exactly did the two of the around the cae winos? I want to ask this, but I settle on, "Why do you care?"

She pulls off her T-shirt She’s wearing a bikini top beneath it Her sigh is long and weary I think she’s still hungover "You’re taking this the wrong way I’ve had a shitty , and an even shittier suan And I’m sorry about the Olympic trials"

Her cheeks darken "I don’t want your pity" Almost immediately, she seems to realize that she’s snapped at hter tone "I just want everyone to enjoy this, okay?"

"Me too," I say, confused "What does that have to do with Brett?"

"Look, you aren’t the only person to take a bite out of him Summer’s been with Brett too"

"What?" This isnews to me My aard conversation with Summer about Brett and Lennon pops intowhy she didn’t et your feelings crushed like you did this spring after that party"

Is she trying to save ood job at the latter And hoas I being territorial, for the love of Pete?