The girl, whose name Jack still didn’t know acknowledged with only a simple nod. He assumed that meant he didn’t need to pay her for any cigarettes. He hoped. He opened his mouth to say something else, but Claire began to speak again. He shut his mouth and turned his head to look at her and listen to what she was saying.

She instructed the campers to get into pairs and to introduce themselves, after which they would proceed to tell their partners two truths and a lie. It seemed that whoever couldn’t figure out what the lie was, they’d be “pressured” to jump into the ocean. Jack glanced down at what he was wearing—a old white T-shirt with the words “Young & Reckless” written in graffiti-style letters on the front along with some pretty cool designs all around the letters, a dumb shirt but one he loved, along with some nondescript basketball shorts. He had no time to change into a bathing suit, and he supposed that it wouldn’t do too much damage to get his clothes wet for a little. That is, if he lost.

He tuned back to Ophelia with an cocky grin. Or maybe he’d lose on purpose so she could see him strip down. Maybe.

“You wanna be partners?” he asked her smoothly.
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When Claire mentioned getting into pairs, Kalina almost felt sick to her stomach. She hated pair activities, because she wasn’t outgoing enough to seek out a partner on her own. And the others, for whatever reason, be it intimidation or simply not liking her or something else, never came to her. Well, this time it’d be different. She saw Claire had already claimed the only other person Kalina knew, Colline, her cabin mate, so she was on her own now.

Kalina took a deep breath and stepped forward, getting closer to Claire, and approached a boy she had seen earlier in the day (Ryan). He seemed to be acquainted with the boy who was flirting with Claire earlier.

“Hi there,” she called out, trying not to sound bashful. “I’m Kalina… Do you want to be partners?” She flashed him a cute smile and pushed some of her hair behind her ears, so her view of him was not obstructed.