“Serena,” Evan whispered the next morning walking to the couch, “you awake?”

Sitting up at the sound of footsteps, Serena rubbed her eyes.

“Evan?”

“Did I wake you?” she whispered.

“C’mere. What happened to your voice?”

Evan walked over to Serena’s out stretched arm.

“The mountain air, I guess.”

“It sounds like someone is strangling you. Lay down with me.”

She moved over allowing enough room for Evan.

“Your feet are freezing!” Serena said nearly jumping off the couch.

“Warm them for me,” Evan smiled.

She pulled her legs up and opened them to cradle Serena.

“What,” gulp, ” are you doing?” Serena asked trying to keep her cool.

“Warming my feet,” Evan breathed.

“Along with other parts,” Serena muttered.

“Excuse me?” Evan asked innocently.

“Don’t. We can’t do this now,”Serena began to pant, “not with everyone a few feet away.”

“That’s not what you said yesterday,” Evan kissed.

“I… I mean it this time. We’re not in your room. They will see us.”

Evan stopped her assault on Serena’s skin.

“You’re right.”

“I know you want to be with me, Evan…believe me I want to be with you. But not like this. Not with the chance of interruption. I want to love you slowly,” Serena purred tracing Evan’s jaw line with her tongue.

“Stop. Please stop,” Evan panted.

Serena pulled away.

“Now can we just lay here without doing anything?” Serena asked the girl in her arms.

“What are you trying to say?” Evan smiled.

“Can you keep your hands to yourself?”

Thinking about it, Evan finally answered, “I’ll try. But I make no promises.”

“Let’s just hope I can keep my own,” Serena sighed.

*****

“Ah, God isn’t even up at this hour.”

“Alice, it’s ten o’clock.”

“But Tee, I thought this was suppose to be vacation,” Alice whined.

“And during this vacation, we are going hiking,” Tina stated.

“I would shut up if I were you, Al,” Shane whispered in her ear.

Alice opened her mouth to speak but shut it with a quick look at Tina’s narrowing eyes.

“Everyone has on layers? There’s no telling how cool it is.”

A chorus of yeahs came from the group.

“Water?” Tina asked holding up bottled water.

Yeahs, again.

“Let’s go,” Tina instructed walking out the door.