<sub>Skip. Skip. Sk-ploosh.

Skip. Sk-ploosh.

Skip. Skip. Skip. Skip. Sk-ploosh.

"Hey! That one wasn't too bad."

A victorious smile played on the lips of the eighteen year old brunette as she bent down to search for another smooth stone with which to skip. You may be thinking that four skips was not a very great feat, but for Ms. Evelyn Crewe, it was. She was not known for her expertise in rock-skipping though she found it very addicting. Some people do it to calm themselves because it is supposedly peaceful, but that was not so with her. Some times, she would get so frustrated that she couldn't get past two skips she would merely start throwing larger rocks into the lake. Once she got tired of doing so, she'd sit down for a few moments before trying again.

Evelyn ran a hand over the rocks on the ground to find a few to her liking and when she did, she pocketed them and returned to her earlier position. She inhaled the fresh air deeply, fully enjoying being outside even if it wasn't the most beautiful of days. Hazel eyes tinged with amber glanced up at the sky watching a few clouds pass by with mild interest. As she returned her gaze to the lake, she noted a couple ducks floating by, which brought a smile to her face. It really was a peaceful evening. But in all of the silence, Evie still felt she could do with some conversation. Perhaps someone would come a relieve her of her boredom soon enough. But until then...

Skip. Skip. Sk-ploosh.</sub>

Alli had been randomly wandering, just walking around the campus. Her and Teresa had both started in their Freshman year, and the campus had hardly changed in those four years. The only thing that had changed, was the people. She sighed as she scuffed her feet along the bank of the lake, and then spotted someone that looked very familiar sitting not too far away.

"Evie?" She asked quietly, because that evening, it was as if you had to be quiet on an evening like this. She bent down and picked up a rock, thin and flat enough to where she had to get six or seven skips out of it. She walked closer to the water, tilting her head in thought. With a quick flick of the wrist, the rock slid from her hand and across the water...

One... Two... Three... Four... Five... Six... PLOP!

She almost laughed as she turned back to Evie. "So, what are you doing out here on a night like this?" She then walked over to sit beside of her, leaning back into the grass.

<sub>Seeing as how skipping stones is such an absorbing activity, Evelyn was completely oblivious to Alliana's arrival. She continued to attempt to skip stones, with varying results, and it wasn't until the blonde spoke that she stopped and turned to her friend.

"Hey there," she greeted, her voice equally soft. She watched as Alli skipped a stone of her own, getting a much better result than Evie had this whole evening. She folded her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow, "Hnh. Some people get all the talent." she teased.

Evelyn let out a light sigh before replying to her question. "Oh, I dunno. I was bored and didn't want to stay in my dorm I guess." she said. "What about you? Any particular reason for being outside?"</sub>

She shook her head and smiled, "Nope. It seemed like such a nice evening when I came out, but the more I look at it, it looks like it's going to rain." She sighed with the last few words and closed her eyes for a moment.

When she opened them again, she waited for her eyes to focus and turned to Evie. "Have you ever just wanted to escape from your life and be someone else? Or just wanted to get away from the Hell-hole that people call life?"

She didn't realize how serious it sounded; hey, all she was trying to do was lighten the mood!

BJ couldn't sleep that night due to another one of her nightmares about her sister's death. The college freshman wasn't usually this unhappy. She walked around the rather large campus with a frown on her face and ended up in the lake [not literally, but you know what I mean].

She looked up at the sky for no particular reason and sighed. Jamie and I used to stargaze together... the brunette thought sadly. Then, she noticed two other girls by the lake. Hm, I've never seen them around campus before. I guess I don't know everyone yet. "Hi," she greeted with a smile.

[OOC: Whoops, didn't see the "Alliana" next to the topic. Can I stay anyway?]

Chris strolled down to the lake, spotting 3 very gorgeous ladies down by the lake. Hmmm .... he thought, a smile playing across his face. He caually walked down to them and noticed them. Bijou, Alli, and Evie. He smiled to himself. He continued to walk down toward the beauties until he had his arms around Evie from behind. He bent down and gave her a quick peck on the cheek and then moved and put his other arm around Alli. "What are you guys doing down here? You know, you could get hurt being down here all along without a man?" he said, smiling.

He looked great, as usual in his loose dark wash jeans and his blue satin button up shirt. He had the top two buttons undone, showing the red wife beater he wore beneath it. He had his hair shaggy and flipped out at the the edges, as usual and had a small shark tooth necklack around his neck. He looked at the girls, his handsome green eyes looking at them all questioningly.

<sub>Evelyn smiled at Alliana's random comment, unable to supress a chuckle. "Yeah, sure." In all honesty, she wasn't exactly in a philosophical mood at the moment, so she picked her reply carefully. "I guess I'm lucky enough to have gotten the privilege of moving around so much that I don't feel like uprooting and heading off anywhere any time soon."

She was about to add something when a girl she had seen once or twice around the school approached them. She seemed hesitant and a bit nervous, so Evie tried to be as friendly as possible so as not to scare her away. "Hey there." she started, but before she could continue, she felt an arm curl around her. When she added a quick peck on the cheek, she didn't need to turn her head to know that it was Chris. She raised an eyebrow and grinned at his comment.

"You know, I was just thinking the very same thing. Good thing you came down here, huh?" she replied.</sub>

"Yep ... you sure are." he said, smiling down at her. He sighed and looked at the lake. "So ... I thought I saw you skipping rocks ... having fun?" he smiled down at Evie again and awaited her comment. He loved to be around her ... it made him excited ... and happy at the same time. Of course, he wouldn't tell her that.

His mind wandered of the time a few weeks ago when they had been studying and out of no where, he found his lips pressed against hers, feeling her warm opened mouth against his own. He smiled to himself and finally woke up for the dream ... he looked down to Evie, still not sure how it happened. But of course, he definitley didn't mind it as well. In fact, he enjoyed it ... alot.

<sub>Evelyn let out a mirthless laugh, "What you saw was me attempting to skip rocks." she said. "And failing miserably." she added as an afterthought as she looked out at the lake. "Alli is much better at that then me." she chuckled, giving her friend a smile. In order to prove her point, or maybe just because she felt like it, she bent down and picked up another stone before sending it across the lake. It made it about three skips before disappearing under the glossy surface.

"See?" she said, turning back to Chris. A slight smile tugged at her lips as he had a rather odd expression on his face, like he was thinking about something. "What?" she asked, wondering what he could have been daydreaming about. Well, she had already guessed something, but she wasn't about to blurt it out in case that wasn't it.</sub>

He smiled again as she asked him what he was thinking about. "Oh ... nothing ..." he said, still smiling. He leaned down and gave her a peck on the lips and raised himself up. "Refresh you memory?" he said, still having the tingling feeling of his lips touching hers.

"Well ... " he bent over and pick up a rock. He felt its smooth edges and decided, Perfect ... he lightly sent the rock flying with a flick of the wrist and watched the stone skip One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight and then disappear into the deep, cool water. "I feel like going for a swim ... anybody else?" he said, smiling around, but his eyes ending on Evelyn.

<sub>Evelyn raised an eyebrow, smiling coyly at him. "Ah, yes, it does. That would be rather hard to forget." she said. Her relationship with Chris had always been this way; friends with benefits. This was one of the most simplest and most complicated relationships she had at the moment at the same time since some days they were just friends, and the next, as he just reminded her, they were making out in the library. Or somewhere else. She couldn't help but start to grow a bit of a crush on him (I mean honestly, who wouldn't? The guy's freaking hot) but she didn't want to screw up their relationship as it was, so she just let it go.

Placing her hands on her hips as the rock skipped across the lake, almost happily, Evie rolled her eyes. "Show off." she said under her breath, but loud enough for him to hear. When he mentioned a swim, she laughed. "I'm sure you'd like that, wouldn't you?" she said. She had a feeling that if she said no, she'd end up in the lake anyway whether by him pushing her in or just because it looked oh-so fun. But wait a moment -- one problem. "I don't have my suit on me." she said, though she had the feeling he already knew this.</sub>

"Your point?" he said, smiling deviously. He unbottoned his shirt and revealed the wife-beater before he took that off as well. He smiled and looked at Evie, giving her his favorite puppy face. "Please?" he said, looking down at her, taking all his energy not to laugh. He wished very very much that she would agree. (hint*hint)

<sub>Evelyn rolled her eyes. "First off, if I were to go swimming, it would not be in a skinny dipping fashion." she stated. "And secondly..." she paused as he took of his wife-beater, not at all ashamed to let her eyes linger on his chest for a while. She sighed and stripped off her jacket, revealing a navy blue tank top underneath. She wasn't about to take that off as well, that would be a bit much. She did, however, slip off her jeans down to her white underwear, which, thankfully, were the type that looked like they could have been a bikini bottom. So really, she wasn't wearing anything less than what she usually did, right?

Before his eyes could work their way up and down her for a while, she walked out into the lake up to her waist. She gave only a little shiver, as it was cool water but not too incredibly cold. She glanced back over her shoulder at Chris with a grin, "You coming?" she asked, splashing some water on her arms.</sub>

He glanced thankfully as he watched Evie strip down to a tanktop and underwear. He only had time to give her one once-over before she was in the water. He smiled at her question.

"Of course."

He smiled and took off his jeans, revealing black satin boxers with tiny red hearts on them. One of his ex-girlfriends had bought them for him for Valentine's Day a couple of years ago, and of course, these were the only things clean for today. He ran his hands through his shaggy hair before running down towards the shore of the calm water. He took a deep breath and dove under as soon as the water was deep enough. He swam around until he found Evie and popped up behind her. "Ello, poppet." he said in his best 'Pirates of the Carribean' accent. He smiled and hoped that she didn't think he was a complete idiot.

<sub>Evelyn brought up a hand to cover her mouth to keep herself from giggling at the site of his satin boxers. Once she had composed herself (sort of) she gave him an appreciative nod. "Cute, Chris. Very cute." she said with a grin. As he dove under water, she expected him to grab her legs out from under her or something along those lines, so she walked a little further out into the lake, keeping an eye out for him around her. However, somehow he still managed to sneak up behind her, nearly making her jump out of her skin when he imitated a line from the Pirates of the Caribbean (xD I love that part, btw).

She chuckled, not letting him see that he suprised her. Rather than making a comment (for once in her life) she hopped up off of the ground so that she was treading water and began to swim out furth to where she could just barely touch and still have her head against the water. She looked back over her shoulder before turning around to see if he was following her or not.</sub>

He smiled as she began to swim out farther away from him and he silently ducked under the water and began to swim out farther and farther and popped up when he was where the water was about 15 feet deep. He saw her as he came up and looked to shore, but apparently she didn't see him because she turned around and looked back to shore. "Hey, gorgeous. {hehe} over here." he smiled and waited for her reaction.

He felt his boxers pull up on him and pulled them down. That's one part he hated about swimming in boxers. They clung to you ... badly. And when he got out of the water ... well ... let's just say everyone was in for a sight. That's sort of why he would have rather went skinnydipping then actually swim in clothes. But he was definitely not going to be the only one that dipped into the cool water with no clothes on.

He smiled and quickly ducked himself under the water before Evie could see him. He thought he would have his fun and screw with her for a little bit. He hoped that she would turn around and turn back before he came up.

<sub>Evelyn raised an eyebrow when she found that Chris was no longer behind her. In fact, he wasn't anywhere to be seen. Instinctivly, she checked the water around her to see if he had decided to be funny and attempt to pull her over, but no luck. Just where was he off to?

She turned around again at the sound of his voice. He was a fast swimmer, now being a ways ahead of her. Or at least she thought he was, for when she turned around, he was gone again, the only sign that he was even there in the first place being the tiny ripples that made their way across the glossy surface of the lake. She grinned, deciding to go along with his little game. With that, she ducked under the water as well, wondering how long she could hold her breath. It would be no fun if she resurfaced before him.</sub>

He struggled to hold his breath and felt his stomach muscles clench as he waited as long as possible before he had to come up for air. As he came up, he looked around, and didn't see Evie anymore. "Did she leave?" he whispered quietly to himself. Then, he spotted her clothes still on the beach and he felt his face tighten into a grin. He silently felt himself go back under the water and swam forward.

He swam until he could see Evie's legs in the water, and he found her face as well. He smiled and couldn't tell in the water if her eyes were closed or open because of the dark, muddy lake water. But, not caring, he smiled and grabbed her, pulling her up above water.

<sub>Evelyn was about to resurface for air when she though she saw a flicker of movement in her barely opened eyes, but before she could react, she was being pulled back up to the surface of the lake. How did he manage to find her so quickly? He must have been part fish or something. As they came out of the water, she grinned, putting a hand on his shoulder and the other on his chest. She was about to say something when she noticed that something wasn't quite right.

"Chris! Where are your boxers?!" she asked with a gasp, trying to keep herself from laughing though she wasn't very successful with this. "I already told you, I'm not going to be skinny dipping, so don't think that you doing so is going to change my mind." she said, though wondered how long she'd be able to argue that with him.</sub>

Chris smiled. "Hey! If I didn't take them off, you would've had a scene anyways. He said, bending down to where he was fully covered under the water. He sighed. "You know how satin sticks to you under water, and it was making it hard to swim." He felt his face turn into a sligh grin. "Well, why don't you join me. I mean, I wouldn't want to swim like this all alone." He walked up to her and tugged up on the bottom of her shirt, but not to the point of taking it off for her, after all, he didn't want to force her. "C'mon." he said, looking intently into her eyes.

<sub>Evelyn rolled her eyes. "Sure... you just wanted to be near me with your pants off, Chris. Admit it." she teased. She bit her lower lip as she considered his offer. It wasn't as if she had never been skinny dipping before, but this would be her first time at Millbury. Come to think of it, it would be her first time skinny dipping in America. She had gone before in India, as well as in Europe, but not in this neck of the woods. Well... there was a first for everything, right?

"Fine," she relented with an exaggerated sigh. She lowered herself in the water a bit more so that when she did strip it wouldn't be a show for anyone that just happened to walk by. Slowly, almost seductively, and without taking her eyes off of Chris, she took off her tank and after that came her undergarments. She bundled her clothes into a ball and threw them toward the shore with the rest of her items before turning back to Chris with a coy grin. "Happy?" she asked, grabbing his hand and pulling him out into the deeper water with her.</sub>

He grinned at her. "Okay, yeah ... maybe I do ... your point?" his smile grew even bigger as she agreed, as he definitely had not expected. "Wow ... I didn't expect you to actually agree."

He grinned micheviously (i know i spelled it wrong) as he watched her strip under the water, her eyes on him the whole time. How he wished she would stand up, so he could see. "Very ..." he said when she asked him if he was happy. He lowered himself down into the water as she pulled him down. He smiled and let go of her hands and moved closer to her, wanting to hold her in his arms.

<sub>"Hmm, I thought you might be." she said with a short giggle as he came closer to her. Really, there was no turning back now, so she didn't recoil or move away. Instead, she placed her arms around his neck once he was close enough and pulled herself to him. There had been so many moments where she had wanted to just wrap her arms around him and never let go and now, she had her chance to do so in the lake... where neither of them had any clothes on. This was most definently going to be a first.

She leaned into him slowly so that her lips were only centimeters away from his. She held herself there for only a moment, savoring the anticipation that she felt, but then softly closed the distances between them with a soft kiss.</sub>

He was pleased when she held her hands out to him and pulled herself closer to him. Well, this was definitely the first time he had felt her body against his ... well, with no clothes on. And he definitley was not minding it. He smiled at her as he thought about how glad he was that he had suggested swimming. He wrapped his arms tightly but gently around her lower back, resting her against him.

He felt his body warm suddenly as she leaned her face to his slowly, until her lips were against his, leaving him with the most gentle, seductive kiss he had ever felt. It made him hunger for more of her, so he gently pulled his arms slightly tighter and kissed her back. Now, this was another first, kissing naked.

<sub>Evelyn wasn't about to me the one to pull away. One hand found its usual place on his cheek while the other ran through his wet hair, not caring if anyone happened to walk by and see them. She couldn't remember feeling so passionate about someone before, nor had she ever really been kissed so wonderfully by any other old boyfriends. To her, this was all that mattered now and was all that would ever matter.

She wasn't sure just how long they stood there completely absorbed in the other's presence, whether it had been ten seconds or twenty minutes, but eventually she felt herself slowly and a bit reluctantly pull away. Her heartbeat had quickened and she realized that she was breathing a bit harder than before. She gazed into Chris' eyes, unsure of what to say or do next.</sub>

He couldn't believe the way was feeling towards this girl who now had taken his heart. Why had Evelyn been so different? Why did he feel this way towards her? It was like she had a power over him that no one else had, or would ever have.

He had lost track of the time by the time Evie pulled away slowly. God, how he wished that moment could have lasted forever, but he realized it was over as he opened his eyes to find Evie looking at him intently. " ... wow ..." was the only words to come out of his mouth. That was all he could think of, all his body would allow him.

<sub>Evelyn laughed at his reaction. "That pretty much sums it all up, huh?" she said, dropping herself back down into the water. She wasn't sure what had come over her in the last few minutes, but the longer she spent with Chris, the more... adventurous, for lack of a better word, she felt. I mean, it wasn't every day she went skinny dipping which led to making out with someone who just a few minutes before had been in the 'friends' department. The thin line between "friendship" and "something more" was starting to disappear, and she was enjoying it immensely.

(Sorry for the crappy post. >.< Can't think.)</sub>

"Yeah ... it does." he said, smiling. He swam dunk under water and swam out deeper into the dark water which he was surrounded by. He loved the feel of the fish swimming and nipping at his toes.

_{As Chris went back under the water, Evelyn stayed on the surface a bit longer. She glanced about the lake to see if anyone was hanging out around the lake, or if Alliana was still there. She didn't see anyone, however, which was probably a good thing. After finishing her survey, she too went under water. Even though she could open her eyes a bit under water, in the murky water it was almost impossible to see anything, so she left the finding to Chris. He honestly seemed half-fish himself sometimes.}

((I'm too lazy to switch back to Chris))

Chris swam around some before trying to find his way back to Evelyn. He came up and wiped his eyes, trying to clear them before going under and searching again. He wiped his eyes and ran a hand through his hair before diving back under.

When he finally did find Evelyn, he grabbed her foot, tugging at it playfully. God, how he loved to mess with her. It was so much fun. He then pulled her down and grabbed her thigh, then pulling her down until he had hold of her sides, and she was directly in front of him. He squinted so he could see her face and felt his lips form a tight grin. He definitely was not about to open his mouth and show teeth in this water.

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