Hey guys, sorry this is so short, I just didn't want to leave you guys hanging any longer! School has gotten really crazy but I have a really good idea of where I want to go with this story, so I promise you guys won't be disappointed. Longer chapters are coming! Thanks for sticking with this story, you're the best. xoxo

I look up in shock. This can't be happening. I shake my head and pinch myself but this is not a dream; Bee is right in front of me, topless. Her long hair covers her body so I can't really see anything, but still. Didn't she say she wanted to be just friends? Every part of my logical being wants me to tell her to put her top back on and stop messing with my feelings, but I guess my teenage boy instincts have taken over. She's just staring at me with that mischievous grin and I want to grab her and kiss her and make her feel beautiful.

"I don't understand." I say, unable to articulate anything more complex.

"I just want to have some fun. We're supposed to be having the time of our lives and the past few days have been a drag. Haven't you ever gone skinny dipping?" Bee replies, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Never." I reply, shifting uncomfortably in my seat on the hot tub.

"Well there's a first time for everything. Come on Al, shorts off." She commands, and as much as I want to obey her, I restrain myself.

"I don't think that's a good idea."

"Why not?"

"Because people that are "just friends" don't casually strip in front of each other, Phoebe."

Her face falls slightly, and her forehead wrinkles as she processes the information.

"Oh come on, Al. Don't be such a baby. Pleaaaase?" She pouts at me. I roll my eyes and shift again, uncomfortably.

"Fine." I mumble, and I awkwardly remove my shorts while still sitting down in the hot tub. I cross my legs in an attempt to cover up because I feel extremely exposed, with good reason. This whole thing just feels bizarre to me. One minute she doesn't want anything to do with me, and the next she's begging me to take my clothes off.

Slowly she shifts towards me in the water, and my heart starts pounding as she steps slowly towards me. My breath becomes shallow as she gets closer, hovering over me. And when I think she's going to lean down and kiss me, she leans over me and grabs my balled up swim trunks that I had placed on the tile floor next to me. Letting out a loud giggle, she takes my trunks and dashes out of the hot tub, and jumping in the next door pool. She swims out to the middle and holds my trunks high over her head, waving them as a flag in victory.

"Come and get them!" She teases me, simply loving every moment of making me uncomfortable. I climb out of the hot tub and roll my eyes simultaneously. I run over to the pool and jump in, swimming over to her quickly. She splashes me and swims away and I swim after her, both of us now erupting in laughter. I chase her around for a while and we splash each other, having a great time. Finally I corner her and pin her against the pool wall so I'm able to grab my shorts, and somehow we both get caught up in the moment and our eyes lock and it's like an electric current shoots through my body. Then we're kissing and my hands are on her hips and she's running her fingers through my hair, and I feel the happiest I have ever felt in my entire life.

"I can't be just friends with you, Al." She says when we pull apart.

"Well then, let's be more."

The conversation gets cut off there, because we hear footsteps and start scrambling for our clothes. A voice yells from somewhere down the hall, and a man in a security uniform comes into view as we sneak out of the pool room from the other door. We laugh at our narrow escape, joking about how potentially awkward it would have been for us to be caught like that by security. Apparently the pool had been closed for an hour and we weren't supposed to be in there after eleven. We sneak back into the room, careful not to wake Teddy and Courtney. Bee and I change into our pajamas and she slips into the second big bed. I'm about to lay down on the couch when she calls me over, inviting me into the bed.

"Are you sure?" I whisper, shocked.

"Yes." She whispers back, patting the part of the bed next to her. I slip in beside her and she rolls over, and snuggles up to me so that we're spooning. I wrap my arm around her and fall asleep with my chin resting on the top of her head.