Introduction- At this stage in my life I had been developing into a young man and coming off a freshman year growth spurt of what my mom said to be half to three quarters of a foot. It was the later part of June when we had time for going to the family cabin at a national park famous in our state. Our two week vacation would overlap with a week of sharing it with our cousins and aunt; we were very close even though they lived four hours away we’d grown up together. So this news didn’t seem to bother me my cousins were twins, that were directly between my brother in age one being a boy and the other, Jaye, was a beautiful girl. The first week of the trip seemed to over quicker than a Michael Jordan breakaway dunk, when they showed up in their SUV.

We exchanged greetings with one another, then after helping them with luggage we moved to the cabin to enjoy what my mom had made for lunch. All of a sudden I was dumbfounded while enjoying a rocky mountain hotdog, pausing mid bite, there was a foot. Not just accidentally brushing against my foot but on my ankle and calf. I purposely dropped a fork to see who the culprit was; it was Jaye, which for a second a surge of blood rush from my extremities. Not knowing what it meant I moved my leg finished eating, and headed to water with the boys. Being the youngest boy, in not only my family having an older brother and two sisters, who I typically didn’t see, but also in the realm of cousins. I was never to forget I was weaker and smaller than Rick, my older brother and James, Jaye’s twin and my cousin. The thing to do at the lake was push each other into the frigid glacial waters that were typically reading in the mid fifties on a thermometer. At this particular time the younger two, me and James, ganged up to attempt toppling Rick.

This time though something happened, Jaye came down the path to our dock and I was drawn like a moth to a flame. I had always found her to be a pretty girl, and compared all others to her as if she were Eve, which may sound strange but the admiration I had for her was uncomprehensivable. She was 17 two years my elder, she was very tan borderline olive in pigmentation and her mid five foot frame was very appealing. She had dark hair which accented her dark skin; with some amount of bounce to it I could deduce it had taken time to put it together. Today wearing a white two piece with over shined shades she looked lovely. She was something of a workout fanatic who could spend multiple hours daily on keeping up with the mundane routine. But it seemed to work wonders being an athlete, having small B cups, and a large rear end, she was think but it would be hard to get her off her feet.

She called over from our dock “does anyone wanna go out on the boat and row for a bit?”
With the other two guys not saying anything, I called back over to her “ya I suppose don’t have shit else to do.”
As we got into our twelve foot Lund I began paddling away from the dock towards the hotel and creek which brought some fresh water into the cold body of water. As the cabin was going out of focus Jaye asked me to stop?
“So how are things? Did you enjoy your first year of school? And what about girls, I’m sure you are knocking ‘em away” she said with almost a hint of sarcasm.
I looked up at her “things are fine, school blow and pssh don’t even get me started on that subject”
She this time with a more censire tone “why what do you mean by that?”
“No nothing everything on that front is just fine don’t bother yourself with that Berkley Pit of a situation,” I said angrily.
“Dano, I know life can be a pain but focus on the good, just know that I love you and always will. So any girl who cant see the gentle, kind loving side you have to offer, let them go.” She said this with some compassion.

Not that I hadn’t seen compassion from her, she was like the loving sister I had never had but nothing like this. She then asked to row, while switching seats in the boat she hugged me for a bit longer than I could ever remember, but before breaking our embrace placing a single peck on my lips. Her lips were a dark cherry on this occasion, they were very full and they were as moist during that moment that it felt like KY. As we made our way back to the dock I could get my virgin mind off the long embrace and soft kiss of a girl, nay basically a woman I love and have as long as I’ve know the feeling of love. Arriving on the dock I made a mad dash to the cabin the confines of my room, which was shared for the past decade with Jaye. The thought of cohabitation began to make my mind wander even more and a shower could be a solace for my weary mind.

We had eaten pasta for dinner, being Italian, it was always a comfort food I could just eat and eat the stuff, and I retreated into the den. Joining in on watching some cop drama my brother had chosen, when I became tired I bid farewells to my family grabbing my headphones I had to play some Hendrix to get my mind off of the things happening to me which seemed to be part of an alternate reality.