Escalante.

The heavy rain settled down finally, leaving the atmosphere damp. Carlo mentioned the rain had been falling since last night and was a lot heavier than what I had seen when I woke up. Looking out the window, I could make out puddles of water on the floor and the stench of wet wood had me choking.

"Escalante, come sit over here." Val called for me and I glanced away from the window at him.

The last cabin meeting for the cabin was about to take place and that was when Val planned to announce the winner for next year's cabin captain.

Quickly, I jumped over the guys sitting on the floor and joined Jacob on the table. It's funny how Jacob wasn't really in this cabin but yet participated in the cabin competition.

Carlo being involved in the competition was all my fault. Back then, I had a reasonable reason but now, that reason just sounded absolutely stupid. I wanted him in it so I wouldn't feel bad when I was sleeping with people and my fellow competitors wouldn't sleep with him before me. Back then, Carlo could sleep with all the girls he wanted but I wouldn't feel the slightest bit jealous because I had gotten used to it. He was straight and sleeping with girls was what they did.

However, if I had seen him with another guy, then I wouldn't be able to take it anymore. I wanted to be the only guy he would ever love, that he would ever want to do shit with. I accepted he was straight and never tried to shove my feeling at him but if he had been interested in a guy that wasn't me... All hell was going to break loose.

Thinking back, the only reason Carlo and I were together was because of Preston. If he hadn't shown me fear and threatened to take the last of my virginity away, then I wouldn't have jumped Carlo back then in the room. I probably would have done exactly what he said I would do. I would have taken the situation into my own hands and slept with him; cooing him to taking off the rope and having sex with him instead.

I was a pervert like that.

But then he wanted to take me by force and that scared me. I had never done that to people. I had always stopped halfway to ask. Sure, it was wrong but I still asked. That was what was important.

Even so, I was happy he did that to me. It felt like justice was served because my perverted days were so over. All that ran through my mind all day was Carlo and the fact that he loved me. The fact that someone apart from my family loved me. I was truly, madly, deeply in love with him.

Winking at Carlo, he blushed when he saw it and slumped back on the couch, hiding his face from me. I chuckled and sighed blissfully. I felt satisfied.

"What are you smiling for?" Jacob asked, not looking up from the book he was scribbling something in.

"I had sex with Carlo." I sighed dreamily.

Jacob looked up at me immediately and stared at me as if searching my face for any signs of deceit. I scoffed at his disbelief but snickered and added, "And he topped."

"Don't fuck with me Es." His eye widened when he caught on that I was indeed telling the truth. If his cocky grin got any wider, I was ditching this meeting. "I cannot believe he did you." He nodded as if he just made sense of something, "Explains why he had been unbelievable cheery this morning."

That just made me smile. After sending a short thanks to God for making me this happy, I listened to Val as he made the last announcement.

"Well, this month was fun. A bunch of you all hit rock bottom before the camp even ended." He snickered with the crowd but I knew who he was referring to when his eyes landed on me. I started to snap at him but decided against it when he glanced at someone else in the cabin. I wasn't the only sucker with a somewhat bad month.

Val continued, "It was fun nonetheless. We made new friends, broke a couple... yeah. To members of the camp that newly joined this year and last, a few of us wouldn't be coming next year and we hope you make the cabin competition as dramatic as it always has been."

Jacob reached out and gave him the book he was scribbling on a few minutes ago and Val read from it. "For year, we did the competition where we get to have sex with 20 people and above. Failure to do so get to pay the winner ten bucks and runners up pay five. If you dropped out, before getting to 20, you are still paying ten bucks."

I grunted. That wasn't fair. We dropped out so we shouldn't pay anything.

"But that wasn't in the rules." Someone said to him and he huffed, glancing the person with a bored look.

"Are you new or something? Dropping out or not, you still get to pay. That's one rule no one forgets. If you weren't going to finish the competition don't get involved with it."

"But no one told us." Carlo sat up in his seat and said, making Val turn to him. "You should have for the sake of the new campers. I'm not going to pay ten bucks if you're just going to slap a rule on our faces and tell us we're expected to know it."

The other campers murmured in agreement with him but the rest of us that knew Carlo stared at him in surprise. And from the way he kept staring up at Val like if he didn't get the rule down he was going to kick his butt made me want to squeal. Oh hell, he was bring out my inner gayness.

Val stared at him for a while then suddenly smirked, throwing his hands to his waist, "Wow. You telling me what to do is such a turn on. Too bad you're taken, huh?"

Carlo's eyes softened and he glanced my way briefly before slumping back to his initial position and away from my view. But I didn't miss his reddened face. Aaand we were back to the shy Carlo. I loved him.

"Anyways, I guess that was wrong of me." Val sighed, turning back to the rest of his cabin mates. "I'll reduce the fine by five so now everyone that dropped out of the competition gets to pay five bucks. And no one complain because I ain't taking another excuse. Now, to call on the winner." He huffed, throwing Carlo a look before reading from the book he held. A smile grew on his face and he said "Why would you look at that, I won it with 29 fucks."

Everyone groaned in response to his smug smile and he added, "You know Carlo, I was saving 30 for you when I heard you dropped out."

"Hey!!" I glared at the boy and he smirked at Carlo and I. "Stay on your own turf, okay?"

He rose his hands in surrender and continued, "However, I'm not going to make it next year because I'm going to be in college. Therefore, the cabin captain goes Jefferson for being such an amazing guy. 27 fucks right behind me." Val watched his friends cheer for him then added when they had pipped down, "Folks, the money still goes to me so pay up before the end of the day or you'll regret it."

"Another thing I want to talk about today is what the camp has for us tomorrow." Val closed the book and tossed it to Jacob who caught it immediately then went on, "The minute you leave here, go up to the notice board and sign your name under the event you'd rather do. That is camping in the woods or going to wonderland." He clapped his hands and said with a finality in his voice, "All in all, I would like to say I had a great time in Camp Rock Bottom. You were all wonderful cabin mate and amazing campers. We might never see again but if you live here in Dundas, Toronto, I might not bet on that. Goodbye folks." He gave us a dramatic bow and smiled.

The other cabin mates greeted him before they went on to do whatever but Jefferson stuck around until everyone had gone except Carlo, Jacob and I. The three of us watched in silence as Jefferson walked up the stairs and Val followed him with his eyes plastered on his butt. Such a pervert.

Joining Carlo on the couch, I draped an arm around his waist and sighed contently when he leaned his head on my shoulder. I inhaled the scent from his soft hair, nuzzling when I saw Jacob staring at us.

Ignoring him was going to be impossible with the way his stares felt like they were trying to pry into my mind.

"Is there a reason you are looking at us like that?" Carlo frowned at him and Jacob blinked as if coming out of a thought.

His shoulders slumped and he stood up from the table to fall on the arm chair. He wasn't sitting on it properly. He looked like he was about to fall. sighing wistfully and he said, "I don't know. I miss Dave."

Carlo sat up straight, making me throw a glare at Jacob who acted like it didn't affect him. "Where's he?"

"Since no one went to see MK play, he took it in himself to go. I only came to this cabin to wait for him."

"Sorry about that." He said then leaned his head back on my shoulder, not knowing he was making my heart soar with delight. "I don't mean to pry, but are the both of you dating?" He asked Jacob.

Jacob looked away from him and shrugged, "We haven't gone through DTR, but yeah, we're sleeping together."

"When did you start?" I asked. I had noticed them cuddling together a couple times but I had never bothered to look deep into it because last time I checked, we were gay and we were all very friendly.

"Two weeks in." He scratched his hair, looking up at the ceiling thoughtfully. "I think around the time you broke up with Preston and shit went down." He sighed and tried to sit up only to fall back into his lazy position.

Jacob grunted before looking back at us. "Well, I don't need to rush things because Dave and I are going to the same college. At least that way we can be sure about shit before getting seriously involved with each other."

"Well, good luck with that." I said before slowly raising my hand to bury my fingers in Carlo's hair. Carlo hummed in response and snuggled closer to me.

"Yeah." He nodded thoughtfully then smiled weirdly at us which became really awkward.

I was tempted to pull Carlo to my room so we could do something without people like Jacob giving us weird looks but he finally sat up in his chair and said, "I'm gonna miss you guys. I mean Alex, MK, Dave, they all live close by like America, Canada- we can cross paths but Australia? That's a whole different continent. Why did you choose Canada?"

"Because the Visa for Canada was about to expire and my dad wanted us to at least visit the place or do something in it before it does. He hates wasting money on shit he wouldn't use. Plus, my dad hates America." I said, shrugging then frowned when Carlo stood up from the couch and strolled back to my room without saying anything to me.

My feet were already moving to follow him when Dave, Alex and MK entered the cabin. Jacob was on his feet the moment he saw Dave walk past him to turn on the TV.

"Dave, how was the match?" Jacob asked, glancing at him and ignoring the other couple in the room.

"We lost." MK shrugged nonchalantly, pulling Alex up the stairs to his room. "Not something I would like to talk about." He answered even though Jacob wasn't talking to him.

Jacob glanced up at him before he disappeared and his gaze softened, "Oh man sorry."

"Oh my god, yes. It's still on." Dave squealed, glancing from the TV to me. "The perfect match is on."

Grinning, I leaned back on the seat. That reality show had me. It had more drama than my brain could take and this episode looked like the finale. I was just about to settle down with Dave because we were the only ones that loved the reality show but Carlo called me from my room.

Dave chuckled, ruffling my hair and saying, "Boyfriend calls."

"Yeah, and this boyfriend is feeling ignored." Jacob groaned, glaring at Dave who just gave him an amused smile.

"Since when did you become my boyfriend?" Dave crossed his arm over his chest, raising a brow at him.

"Es!" Carlo called again and I stood up and started walking towards my room taking short strides because I was curious about Dave and Jacob.

Jacob frowned, licking his lips before releasing a sigh, "You know what, whatever. See you tomorrow."

He started to leave but Dave caught his arm, turned him and kissed him. He smiled when he saw Jacob's baffled face and said, "Does boyfriend feel better now?"

Jacob blushed, looking away from Dave who pushed him down on his arm chair and sat on his lap. Dave leaned back on him and Jacob instantly wrapped his arms around him as he whispered to him. I couldn't hear it because I was already in front of my room. Other than Alex and MK, the both of them were just as cute.

Entering my room, I immediately saw Carlo folding my clothes into my suitcase. I frowned, walking up to him and asked, "What's going on? Isn't it too early to pack?"

"Not really." He said, stuffing one of my white shirts in my bag.

"What about what I'm going to wear tomorrow?" I asked, moving to the other side of him and stopping him before he could put in any more of my clothing.

Carlo rose a brow at me, putting his hands on his waist and looking like a mother who was about to lectures her kid. "I'm not stupid. I've already brought out all you need. By the way, we are going camping. Already written your name."

"What?" I gapped at him. "Why that? Wonderland has rides and stuffs. I wanted to win you a teddy." Wonderland had always been my top choice and it was because I was going to have the chance to impress Carlo but he picked camping. How was I going to impress him when I was afraid of small animals?

His brows bumped away in a scowl, "Oh my... I should have asked you. I'm so sorry." He touched my shoulder slightly and added, "You can still change it. I'll just return the tent I got."

He reached beneath the bed to get out a carton and from the pictures on the carton I could say it was where the tent was. Watching Carlo sigh when he looked at the carton, made me roll my eyes because I knew what he was doing. He glanced at me, "It could've been fun. I only got one tent so we could share." He looked back at the box then shrugged coolly. "Wonderland is probably better. At least then you wont get to hold my hand or do any form of PDA because, of course, I don't like PDA."

Instead of going out of my room to return the box as planned, Carlo got into a deep conversation even though he was the one doing much of the talking; telling me how he would rather go camping because he wouldn't be disturbed by the public display of affection since he was used to the people around him.

And to sum up everything he had been saying; he wanted to go camping with me. And the fact that I suddenly can't say no to him was amazing.

Rolling my eyes for the fourth time and counting, I let him pick the box up and sigh again. He started to open his mouth to say something and I stopped him because I knew what he was going to say.

"Carlo, if you want to go camping fine." I interrupted, taking the box from him and stuffing it back under my bed. "We are going camping and that's final."

"But what about Wonderland?"

"I'm sure later we could check it out. Maybe next year or something." I smiled at him as I sat on the bed.

Chuckling, he ran a hand through his blond hair then played with the sleeve of his army colored shirt, "Thanks."

"Sure. Qualities of a good boyfriend." I said, wagging my brows at him.

Carlo kept the last of the things I didn't need in my box and set it down beside the desk. He glanced around to be sure he wasn't forgetting anything and I used my time to fantasize about his ass in those damn shorts. Like, why were they so attractive?

Carlo turned back to me, surprising me when he came and straddled me, throwing his leg beside me. My lips turned up in a smile as my hands grabbed his butt. What? They were mine.

He blushed lightly, resting his forehead on mine. "And you said you weren't a pervert."

"I'm not."

"Es..."

"Well, I'm not the pervert I used to be. I've got my eyes only on you." I said as I stared into those light brown eyes that stared right back at me.

His blush deepened and he buried his head in my neck. "I can't believe I fell in love with a pervert."

Grinning widely, I let my hand slid until they were under Carlo's thigh and I fell us back on the bed, flipping us so I was on top of him. Carlo chuckled again, wrapping his hands around my neck. "So I'm a pervert huh?" I asked staring down at his beautiful features.

"Well yeah."

"Really? Then you are not so bad a pervert too. I mean what you did at the bathroom tells me you are." Nuzzling his nose with mine, I added, "Sucking me harder when you knew Val was there. You're such a bad boy."

Pressing my body to his, I grinned widely when I felt his boner on my thigh.

Carlo gasped when I held it from his shorts, looking away when I started to rub it.

He frowned at me. "What's this for?"

I shrugged. "Just satisfying my boyfriend's need. After this, we should go hang out by the lake alone."

His gaze mollified and he exhaled breathily, stifling a moan as he started to grind against my hand. "Yeah. Sure, whatever."

"Good boy." I kissed him on his nose before taking off his shorts.

Satisfying boyfriend: Check.