"Is everyone ready?" Nadia asked as the clock neared 10:00 am, which was when we promised her we would be ready to leave for Splash Hill Waterpark. It was Nadia and Jess's second day of getting to choose the activity we did since they had won our pancake competition, and they had chosen the local waterpark.

After getting our bags packed for the day, we headed to our rental van, which was parked in the driveway.

"Let's play two truths and a lie!" Nadia said as soon as we got in the car. It was an hour car ride to the waterpark, so we had some time.

"Okay," We all agreed.

"We have to make it difficult, though, since we know each other so well," Jess said.

"Okay. I'll start," Nadia said. "One, I like cherries. Two, I don't like broccoli. And three, I had a red velvet cake for my eighteenth birthday."

"Do these all have to be food-related?" Nelson asked.

"No, it's all I could think of, though."

"I'm going to go with number one as the lie," Alani said.

"Two is the lie," I said, feeling confident.

"One is the lie," Nelson said.

"I agree. One is the lie, Victor said.

"Two is the lie," Jess said.

"Two was the lie," Nadia said, smiling.

"Damn it," Alani said.

"How did you guys know?" Nadia asked Jess and me.

"Just a hunch," I said.

"I've seen you eat broccoli. Your dads made it for dinner when I went over to meet them."

"Oh, yeah," Nadia said, remembering the dinner.

"I'll go next," I said. "One, I'm good at checkers. Two, I've never gone fishing. And three, I've had a threesome."

"What?" Alani asked, looking at me with wide eyes and an open mouth.

"Guess the lie," I said.

"The lie is three. You would have told me if you had a threesome. Plus, we live with you," Nelson said, referring to him and Victor.

Victor agreed.

"Three's a lie," Alani said.

"Three," Jess stated.

"Three," Nadia replied.

"Okay, fine. Three was the lie. You guy's don't think I could have a threesome?" I asked.

"You obviously could if you wanted to. Girls are lining up to have sex with you. You're just not the type of guy to want to do that. You would want to give all your attention to one person."

"That's kind of sweet," Alani said, hugging my arm.

"Okay, my turn," Jess said. "One, I've only slept with two girls, including Nadia. Two, I don't like watermelon. And three, I've never been golfing."

"One is the lie," I said confidently.

"One," Victor said.

"One," Nadia answered.

"One," Alani added.

"I'm gonna go with One," Nelson said.

"Nobody got it. It was three," Jess said.

"You've only slept with two girls?" Nadia asked, confused.

"Yep."

"But you're so cute."

"That doesn't mean anything," Jess laughed. "I had a high school girlfriend, and now you."

"I didn't know you never had any hookups," Nadia said.

"Well, now, you know. I don't have sex just to have sex. I like it to mean something," Jess said.

"I think that's cool of you," Alani said, causing me to feel guilty about having sex just to have sex.

"My turn!" Victor exclaimed. "One, I like raspberries. Two, my mom's maiden name is smith. And three, I hate blueberries."

"Three is the lie," Nelson said as we all agreed three was the correct answer.

"Yeah," Victor said, sad that we all got it so quickly.

"I'll go," Nelson said. "One, My sister's middle name is Petunia. Two, I wore the same jacket every day in middle school. And three, I can play the piano."

"You can't play the piano!" Victor exclaimed.

"I've never seen you play the piano," I added as everyone agreed three was the lie.

"Which was the lie?" Jess asked.

"Three. But it could have been true!" Nelson laughed.

"Alani, your turn," I said.

"Okay. One, My brother is eight years old. Two, my sister's name is Lola. And three, I've been out of the country."

We all said three.

"Yeah," Alani sighed.

"It's okay, Alani. I'll take you out of the country one day," I said.

"Where to?" She asked.

"Everywhere," I responded.

"Nelson, stop being a baby and go down!" Victor yelled at his boyfriend, who was holding up the line for the biggest waterslide at the park.

"What if it breaks?" Nelson asked.

"Nelson, you're more likely to get injured as the quarterback of the football team than you are on a waterslide. Man up," Victor encouraged.

"Fine," Nelson grumbled before sliding down the slide with a scream. We had decided to go on the biggest slide first. Why? I had no idea.

"Victor, Nadia, Alani, and Jess went next, and then I went down. It was a fun slide, but I liked going upside down on rollercoasters more. We continued to go on the rides until we got tired and stopped for lunch.

"Did you put sunscreen on?" Alani asked as we all walked back to the slides after eating.

"No."

"River!" Alani yelled.

"What?"

"You're going to burn up. Why didn't you put any on?"

"Nobody reminded me."

"River, you're not three years old," She said flatly.

"I'll be fine."

"Fine, but I'm not going to baby you and put aloe on your back when you get a terrible sunburn."

"I won't," I said, knowing that I rarely ever got sunburns.

"Okay," Alani said with her hands raised.

I got a sunburn.

About an hour after we got back to the house, I started to feel a pinching pain in my shoulders whenever I moved. I sat on the couch in the living room, looking for aloe, when Alani came into the room and leaned against the wall, looking at me smugly.

"Looking for something?" She said, holding the aloe.

"No," I lied.

"Let me help," She sighed, sitting down next to me.

"I thought you said that you weren't going to help?"

"I'm going to be a nice person just this one time," She said as I turned away from her so she could put the gel on my back.

It was at that moment that I realized something. It was a weird moment to discover something, but I couldn't help it. I think her kindness did it for me.

I was slowly falling in love with Alani, and I had no clue what to do about it.