~*~ Chapter 13 ~*~

Brian walked in just as the others were talking about Celbie. (Oh good, they
all seem to like her) Brian thought to himself.

"She's cute Bri… why didn't you mention her before?" Kevin asked
"Well, I didn't see the need. There was no contact during the first year, so I
thought I wasn't gonna see or talk to her again so…" Brian shrugged his
shoulders.
"Why did she have to move?" Janis asked
"See that's the weird thing. You and her have a lot in common… you should ask
her that yourself… you'll be surprised!"

The next morning, Brian was up a little early. Janis knocked on his door, and
he let her in.

"Morning." Janis said

Brian was about to reply, but yawned instead, so he waved his hand. Janis laid
on his bed next to him.

"So when's Celbie coming? I'm finally gonna have a girl to talk to." She said
"Why, five guys aren't enough for you?" Kevin said entering the room. Before
propping on the bed, he slapped Janis' foot and said good morning.
"No, it's just that there are something's a girl doesn't want to share with five
guys." Janis explained.
"Oh, please don't give examples, I didn't eat yet!!" Brian said closing his
eyes, and covering his ears.

The laughter in the room woke up everyone else. Eventually, they were all up
and ready for the day. An hour had past and Celbie finally showed. Brian was
there to greet her at the door. After saying their hellos, Celbie made her way
to the others. Stopping at the screen door, she looked outside, then back at
Brian.

"You have a pool!!! I didn't see that last night!!!!" She said
"Well, honey, it was dark." Brian said laughing
"Oh yah, I knew that!!"

They both started laughing when Nick walked in. Celbie immediately stopped
laughing and gasped.

"Man, Howie dropped his towel in the po-whao… Celbie, hey…. I didn't know you
were here…" Nick stuttered
"Yah, I just came." Celbie smiled
"Oh…well, I'm gonna go get Howie a towel." Nick said walking in one direction,
and then walking back "The towels are that way… hehehe" Nick said pointing in
the other direction.
Celbie kept smiling until Nick disappeared.
"Sexy, isn't he?" Brian said laughing
Celbie looked at him and nodded. "I'm gonna go outside now." She said. Brian
followed close behind.
"She's here fellas!!" Brian shouted, walking outside

AJ and Kevin were playing cards while Howie was getting out of the pool. They
all said their hellos and greetings.

"Janis has been waiting to see you." AJ said
"Oh, really??…Where is she??" Celbie asked
"She should be upstairs changing. You can go up if you'd like!" He said

Celbie said ok, and went back into the house. Feeling a little lost, Celbie
went down the hall slowly. Popping out of the bathroom, Nick ran into Celbie's
shoulder before she got up the stairs.

"Ohhh… sorry." Nick said locking eyes with her.
Celbie's hand rested on Nick's bare chest. She could feel the water under her
fingertips. "That's ok." Was all she could say. They both slid apart, and walked
away.

At the top of the stairs, Celbie still had no idea where Janis was.

"Janis?!" She called
"I'm in here!!" Janis called back
Celbie followed the voice and opened the door. "Hey Janis!" she said
"Oh hey… you're here!!" Janis said trying to find her surfshorts in the laundry
basket. She finally got them and put them on.
"So, how you doin'?" Janis asked
"I'm good…. I just saw Nick half naked so, I'm doin' really good." Celbie
laughed
"Ohhh, he was wet wasn't he?"
"Mmmm-Hmmm" Celbie mumbled
"Well, why don't you swim with us?" Janis asked
"Ohh… I'd love to, but I don't have any clothes."
"That's ok… you can borrow mine!" Janis offered

Celbie agreed and followed Janis down stairs to Kevin's room. After getting
dressed, they both headed outside.

"Oh good…. We were wondering if you were going to swim." Brian said
"Thank God there's another girl in the house!" Celbie said

They two girls walked to the edge of the pool and stood there. Brian stopped
Kevin and AJ before they followed.

"Hey…um…could you guys help me make Celbie feel comfortable? I think she's a
little nervous about being here…" Brian asked
"Sure… no problem!" They both agreed

The three of them went to the girls, ready for fun. AJ went to Janis and stood
with her, while Brian and Kevin jumped in with Celbie.

AJ hooked his finger in the top of Janis' shorts and gently yanked it.
"You gonna ware the shorts baby?" He said in a playful voice. "You might feel
better without them."
Janis laughed "YOU would feel better, wouldn't you?" she joked
"Hmmm…you know I would." He said laughing and kissing her shoulder.

Janis and AJ finally got into the pool and joined the rest.

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