It was pretty late at night when I finally got a text from Nora telling me to meet her at the camp showers. I had spent hours hanging out at the nearby playground. I tried to recline on a large rock at one point, but the stationary target made me into a feast for all the mosquitos in a ten-mile radius, so I kept pacing instead. Everyone else was off relaxing around fires, toasting marshmallows, and playing card games on p...

The next morning my dad woke everyone up at dawn for The Annual Family Hike. I had spent the entire day before so caught up in thinking about Nora that it had completely slipped my mind. Even after Nora and I got back to the campsite, I crawled into my tent and stayed awake for hours replaying the whole day in my mind. I kept thinking about how it felt to be inside her and hold her body against mine. I couldn't get our wa...

My sister and her friend Nora were already down at the lake by the time I got there. I laid out my towel next to Nora and tossed my book down to keep it in place. Nora squinted up at me, “Hi, Grant.” “Hey, guys,” I said. My sister Amy groaned, “Are you going to follow us around all day?” I sat down on my towel. “I’m sorry! I couldn’t stay at the campsite any longer. Mom and dad are driving me nuts.” That was kind of a lie...