I had woken up a couple of minutes ago but had stayed still. I had done this for several reasons; 1, was so comfortable with Em pushed up against me and 2, when I had woken up, I had noticed other parts of me had also awakened and I knew there was a huge possibility that moving would only make my situation worse.

Em was thankfully still sound asleep, somehow, in the middle of the night we had both stripped down because of the heat, I was presently only in my boxers and I was way too aware that Em had stripped down to her underpants and crop top. I was stuck, if I moved I risked not only making things worse, but also waking a sleeping Em, and something told me that she hadn't planned to wake up in a swag with me and my hard-on.

She stirs in her sleep and I freeze, praying she stays asleep. Although she had in fact stayed asleep, she had moved so her ass was pushed further into my groin. This only made things worse.

Breathing as quietly as I possibly could, I grab my sweats from my bag where I had obviously thrown it during the night and try to maneuver myself outside the tent. I needed a cold shower, stat.

I breathe a sigh of relief when I successfully climb out of the swag, Em cuddles further into the blanket and I have to pretend that the simple action doesn't cause butterflies to erupt in my stomach. That was it, I should grow some tits because it was now official. I had become a chick.

Rolling my eyes at myself in frustration I put on my sweats, thankful that I was the only one awake. I head towards the showers for my much needed cold one but another idea pops into my head.

I walk down to the beach and take my sweats off again before submerging myself in the freezing ocean water. I instantly sigh in relief. Thank fuck for the cold water.

No one is around, and the only sound I can hear is the waves crashing on the sand and the birds singing happily, it gives me some time to think. I know I have to talk to her when we get home, she needs to know how I feel. What would I say?

What would I do if she rejected me? Even if she could, would I be able to stay just friends? What would happen if she actually felt the same way, would I ask her to become my girlfriend? Did I even want a girlfriend?

If it was Em, then yeah - I did.

Groaning at myself and my thoughts I walk back to our site and are extremely confused when I see Toby sitting on a camping chair. When he sees me he smirks.

Looking at him strangely, I sit opposite him.

"So, how'd you sleep?" He grins suggestively.

"You're a fucking stalker, you know that?" I joke.

"It's a talent," Toby grins back, "how come you didn't tell her?"

"I just didn't think it's enough, I want it to mean something when I tell her," I admit, slightly embarrassed.

"Bro, you're so fucking whipped," Toby laughs.

I roll my eyes at him; "shut the fuck up."

"So when then? You have to tell her soon Aiden, at least to see if she feels the same." Toby sighs, obviously frustrated with how long it has taken me to come clean to her.

"When we get home, I'll take her somewhere we always go and tell her there," I voice my plan.

"Fair enough, but don't pussy out," Toby rolls his eyes.

"I won't," I promise, meaning every word. the sooner I tell her, the better.

"How was your morning swim? Cold enough?" Toby smirks, changing the subject and making my head shoot quickly in his direction.

"It's not like you even tried to hide it," Toby rolls his eyes sarcastically, "I mean sleeping in a swag that small was a dumb fucking idea."

"Whatever man, fuck off." I reply, rolling my eyes at him again. Toby laughs at my embarrassment.

***

We had just finished breakfast, Em had avoided me and I was sure it was because she woke up wearing barely anything. She was probably embarrassed and I was eternally glad that she didn't know about how I woke up this morning.

Today we were snorkeling on the reef off the island which meant that we didn't have to take the boat out anywhere. I couldn't deny that I was glad, maybe Cole would refrain from using her for all his examples. As much as I enjoyed this place, I was happy we were leaving first thing because that meant leaving Cole, James, and Justin and also finally telling her how I feel.

She looked as good as always wearing her plain denim shorts and shirt and I knew I wasn't the only one that had noticed. Her tan legs were on display and the shorts were semi-tight so you could see the outline of her ass.

She was so damn oblivious to all the looks she got, especially when she was wearing a bikini and I don't know if I loved it or hated it. Maybe if she was aware then she'd cover-up. I'd never tell her that, I knew her well enough to know that saying that would trigger her, and I definitely didn't want to fight.

As much as I hated it, I couldn't really blame the guys for staring, I stared as well. I had seen her in a bikini many times but every time she stripped down, I had to refrain myself.

Em, Charlie, Amy, Liam, Alex and Toby walk at the front, following Cole, I knew Toby would protect her from Cole the perv so that wasn't an issue. My biggest issue right now was the fucker Justin who kept staring at her longingly. Well that and Tiffany continuously trying to get my attention.

"Aidennn, I miss you," Tiffany whines from beside me, pushing her boobs against my arm. I inwardly roll my eyes, ignoring her. She was so fucking annoying. How the fuck did I ever actually find her hot?!

"Booboo, we should skip this trip and go back to my site," Tiffany whispers in my ear in what she assumes is a seductive way...it isn't.

That fucking nickname always pissed me off so much. I give in to myself, grabbing her by the arm and practically dragging her out of sight from the others, I definitely didn't want Em to see and get the wrong idea.

Tiffany smirks, obviously thinking this was about to go a different way.

"Fuck off Tiffany, you and I will never happen again. You're a good lay, I'll admit it, but you're also annoying as fuck," I state. Tiffany looks extremely taken aback and I nearly feel sorry for her.

"Are you seriously into that fucking loser, you can do so much better. I can satisfy you, she'll make you wait years before she lets you touch her, and I know you Aiden, you definitely won't be able to go very long without sex," Tiffany says, pursing her lips. Did I say I nearly felt sorry for her? Yeah well I take it back.

"Seriously Tiffany, desperation doesn't look as good on you," I roll my eyes, planning on walking back over to the group. Tiffany grabs me and digs her fake nails into my arm, I look at her fuming face expectantly.

"You really think a girl like her would ever like you? She'll end up with Luke Taylor or something, are you seriously dumping me for that bitch?" She seethes.

"Dumping you would suggest that we dated and let's be honest, all you were was a good fuck." I roll my eyes, for fuck sake, she needs to give up.

Tiffany looks livid, she lifts her hand to slap me but I catch her hand before she gets the chance. "Oh and Tiffany, if you do anything to Em to get back at me, I might just make a trip to your daddy, don't you think he would be interested to know you're far from a virgin?" I threaten. Her face morphs into panic and she finally releases her claws.

I saunter away from her. Fucking finally, maybe she'd leave me alone now.

I quickly catch up to the group, Carter looks at me suspiciously but I'm unsure if anyone else even noticed my absence. A couple of minutes later, Tiffany catches up. She throws me a death glare and then struts over to James. I smirk to myself, thank fuck she was now clinging to James, that would make her leave me alone and also keep James's attention away from Em.

We finally get to the reef where we would be snorkeling. I walk over to Em, I hated being avoided by her. She sees me coming and visibly tenses.

"You know, I woke up this morning with a very attractive half-naked girl in bed with me, but she hasn't spoken to me since for some reason," I smirk. Her face goes aflame and somehow it makes her even cuter.

"Aiden!!" She scolds, the blush still evident.

"What?" I grin.

"You're terrible," she laughs after a minute as the blush finally fades.

"I think you meant hot," I reply.

"Nah, I think I meant terrible," she grins back.

"Hot," I reply.

"Terrible," she shoots back.

"Hot."

"Terrible."

"Hot."

"Terrible."

"Terrible."

"Hot," she replies instinctively. I smirk in triumph and she finally registers her mistake. She groans when she realizes, but laughs anyway.

Just like that the previous tension was gone.

I throw my towel that was around my shoulders on to the sand. I take off my shirt and throw it on top of the sand.

Emily places her stuff neatly beside mine, Charlie doing the same on her other side. I wait with Toby as the others all get ready. Eventually, Em finishes. She takes off her shirt, leaving her in a red and blue, leopard print bikini. The bottom tied at the sides while the top had a small hole in the middle of the bottom. The hole showed a tiny bit of her cleavage and that alone made me fight for control.

I noticed all the other guys staring at Em and was thankful when Amy and Charlie also stripped, taking some of the attention from Em.

"Ready?" I ask her, she nods and we walk towards the now warmer ocean water. She smiles at me when she catches me staring and my heart beats so fast I'm actually scared that it will attract some kind of sea creature.

Very quickly everyone else joins us in the water and we begin snorkeling, Em doesn't leave my side the whole time, smiling as she sees all the fish. She nudges me in the ribs every time excitedly and even though I had seen that fish what seemed like 100 times before, I pretended to be interested because it made her so happy.

And just like that, I fall that little bit harder. If I'm being honest, I wasn't sure how much more air there was before I hit the bottom, and hit the bottom fucking hard.

***

We had just finished dinner and now it was time to get ready for the bonfire. Tonight was the last bonfire so the supervisors had organized a party for us. It would be pretty shit, what kind of party has no alcohol?! I didn't care though, as long as Em was there, I would be too.

Today was by far my favorite day of the trip, last night was my favorite night but today Em was literally joined to my side. When other girls used to hang around me all day it used to annoy the hell out of me, but when Em does, it literally makes my day.

I have to admit though, as much as I loved her hanging around me all day, an extra bonus was seeing Justin's face all day. He was obviously planning on making it up to her, but he obviously didn't want to approach her when she was around me, and she was around me all day.

We had only just gone our separate ways to get ready for the party, but everyone had gone back to their sites to get ready. I keep on my black swimming shorts in case we go swimming again and put on a very loose, white button-up. I roll the sleeves up and undo the top buttons.

Almost as soon as we finish getting ready, Em and Charlie emerge from their tent. Em wears a short pink dress with flowers printed around it, her cleavage is practically all showing and I can see the plain white bikini top she wears. She looked hot. I could already imagine the looks she was going to get and to say I was unhappy would be an undertsatment.

Charlie wears a light blue tube top and a matching skirt. You could see the orange straps of her bikini sitting on her shoulders. She also looked really good and I was glad that she would take some of the attention off Em.

I notice Em looking me up and down and I instantly smirk. She liked what she saw?

"You know Collins, staring at someone for so long is rude, even if they're a sex god," I smirk at her. Em's face goes as bright as the flowers on her dress and I laugh. I fucking loved the effect that I had on her, one comment and she would turn crimson.

"The feelings mutual babe," Em smirks at me mockingly when she finally regains herself, she had obviously noticed me to check her out as well. Did she just call me babe? Why the hell did I like it so much.

"New nickname for me? Fitting. I gotta say, I like it," I wink at her. She rolls her eyes at me but laughs, her face only tinging a light shade of red.

"If you guys are done flirting, we should probably leave now," Toby grins cheekily from the rest of the group. Charlie laughs at the comment and on cue, Em's face turns bright red. I chuckle at her embarrassment but walk with her to the bonfire.

For some reason, I had a good feeling about tonight. I wonder what would happen.