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smile. "I
come with a peace offering?"
    "Yeah, that'll do." I took the
beers and looked back at Clay, who was wiping down cabinets. "You coming,
bitch?"
    "Nope. Go have fun. I'm with Derek.
I'm taking a nap." He yawned loudly and moved past us. "We're on our
own for dinner. There's nothing left here to cook."
    "We'll get groceries tomorrow."
I walked back to the front, pausing to slip on my sandals. "I promise not
to maroon you on the island, Dan. Come on, buddy. I'll teach you a few things
about how to make a girl come."
    "Oh, Lord." Clay's comment
caused my lip to lift in a smirk. Daniel was our resident virgin, and where I
knew he was good with my teasing, I tried not to do it too much. He was good
guy—the best.
    "Sounds riveting." Daniel
adjusted his glasses and walked out of the house in front of me.
    Derek was snoring softly as we walked by,
and I had to force myself not to stop and pour a beer on his chest or something
dickish. We were all teenage boys in our heads, and yet the time for growing up
was coming far too fast.
    "I wanna drive the boat." Daniel
pulled the keys from his pocket and dangled them in front of me as we walked
across the street. We paused for a long line of people riding bikes, and I
glanced over at him, shrugging.
    "Yeah, sure. I don't care. Let's go
out to the island for a little while. It's a beautiful day. I want to get some
sun." I pulled my t-shirt over my head and jogged down the dock toward the
boat. I needed to find the gym on the property and soon. My six pack was
getting less and less visible, and the unfortunate fact was that women almost
expected one on a guy like me.
    "And, we're not going out there so
you can leave me, right?" He got into the boat behind me and moved to the
driver's seat.
    "Dude, I just play an ass on
TV." I dropped down on the bench near the back of the boat and stretched
out. "You know I'm just teasing you about girls and shit."
    "I know. I'll find one this summer
and hopefully take her to bed. I just want it to be the right one, you
know?" He looked back at me as I pulled my sunglasses onto my face.
    "I guess. It's all good, though.
We're all different. You respect women, and I've had enough of them not respect
me to be over the idea of a fairytale ending." I shrugged and crossed my
arms over my chest as he pulled out onto the lake.
    "A fairytale ending? Have you really
ever considered something like that?" He snorted and hit the gas.
    The wind felt good in my hair, and the
steady rocking of the boat left me surrounded with a sense of peace that I
honestly couldn't find anywhere else in the world.
    "I used to think I would find a good
girl who would take care of me." I moved closer, yelling above the roar of
the wind and waves. "I guess I just gave up."
    "And now, you only sleep with them
once and that's it? No second chances, no additional glances?"
    "That's right." I let my head
drop back as I watched the clouds race across the sky.
    "And, if you found a girl that made
you want to have a second date?" He kicked at my shin softly.
    "I don't know." I sat up and
turned to watch the island grow larger and larger. "I've not met her yet,
and I'm hoping I don't until I'm settled into my career and bored with
life."
    "Bored with life?" Daniel slowed
the boat a little as we approached the other boats tied up around the island.
    "Yeah." I grabbed the anchor and
stood up. "You know...you get a job and start contributing to society.
Start dating a little here and there, and after a while, you find yourself in a
pattern. A rut. Bored as fuck."
    "That's depressing." He moved
over to grab the other anchor. "It doesn't have to work like that, you
know?"
    "Very true." I dropped the
anchor and moved back, kicking off my sandals and adjusting my bathing suit.
"We could all be doctors like you. That sounds riveting."
    "I'm excited about it. Maybe that's
why I'm not in a hurry to find a woman." He slathered a thick layer of
sunscreen on his arms and legs as I watched him.
    "You'll