Of course this had made its way through camp. Was I expecting any less?
“Not my boyfriend,” I corrected half-heartedly. I was never going to be able to call him that again. That filled me with a sorrow I hadn’t anticipated.
“We know,” Kell-i jumped in. “It’s just camp love.”
I forced a smile. Camp love. Love that lasted a camp session and then went up in smoke the moment you returned to the real world. That was exactly what was happening to me, and it didn’t sting any less as an adult.
“Nothing happened between us,” I lied.
Kell-y raised her eyebrow, but the rest of the group nodded as if they believed me. They overlooked my glare-down with the incredulous blonde, which was good because I lost.
Fine, one camper knew. Not a big deal. Why was I even bargaining with myself? She’d be gone in a day.
“Did you hear about Diego and Breanna? They hooked up last night.”
“Since when did we involve me in this?” He groaned.
I wondered if I should add that to the shipping board but opted against it since it wouldn’t be enough to sway the results. Man, if I had gotten to be the one to pry that trophy from Leo’s hands…
“Was it good?” Irene asked.
Diego was all smiles. “It wasn’tnotgood… Okay, it was great. I didn’t know it was possible to do that with your tongue—and I’m cut off.” He dumped his remaining ounce of wine into the small firepit. The whole group busted up laughing.
One of the only drawbacks of being with Jamie throughout this session was that I’d had fewer of these moments with my pod. Less sitting around late at the campfire and seeing who was grumpy and who had bedhead in the mornings. I had spent my time with them in activities and dinners and campfire moments, but it was just slightly less thanks to my preoccupation with my handsome ex.
Had it been worth it?
My pod was great, but the truth was that campers came and went every week like clockwork, but he’d only been here for the limited time I’d had him, and so much of that had been wasted.
Kell-y was buzzing with excitement. “Oh my god, you know who I saw leave Ian’s cabin this morning? Sariah!”
Why was the good stuff just coming out now?
Kell-y’s eyes went wide. “I thought he was with Becca.”
Janna looked mischievous. I loved mischievous Janna. “Not since Monday after…” She paused a beat, considering if she should tell us of her misdeeds or not. “I may have seen Peyton and Braxton go into her cabin for a late-night rendezvous. I wasn’t peeking into their rooms, I swear! His window faces the pathway to the bathrooms, and he didn’t even draw the blinds. And if I’m gonna see what looks like a threesome, I’m gonna watch for at least a minute or two. You’d all do the same.”
Kell-i leaned in. “So did itlooklike a threesome, or…”
“Oh, it was definitely a threesome,” Irene confirmed.
I hid my laughter behind my wine cup. I had really been behind in the chatter, and either some staff were hiding their knowledge of hookups (which was poor form) or they’d been shirking their responsibilities as camp gossips as well.
“That’s nothing. Once, there was a full-blown orgy.” Well, shit. It looked like I needed to be cut off too.
Kell-y’s eyes went wide. “Wait, what constitutes an orgy?”
“I think more than two people,” Diego contributed.
Kell-i had her phone out and was reading it to us. “It looks like it needs to include five people or more, but that’s just Yahoo Answers, so…”
That got some laughs. Until Irene’s lips twisted. “Well, shit. Then I’ve definitely been in an orgy.”
Guess I got to cross that off on my bingo card.
“Okay, tell us, Autumn,” Diego started. “Where the hell is there enough space to have an orgy in this place?”
“Does that mean you’re looking for one?” Janna asked
I cackled. “Let’s just say it was under the open air and leave it at that.”
