To Capture A Ring

Never Have I Ever

I found my mom, Bri and Markie in the kitchen. "Jordan took me for ice cream after the hospital. He asked me to be his girlfriend." I cheered. "That's awesome!" Bri said. "Told you!" Markie added, looking at Bri when he spoke. "That's nice sweetie." I grabbed a water bottle from the fridge. "I'm going camping with everyone this weekend." I stated. "As long as you're safe, and happy that's all that matters." My mother approved. "Awesome. I'm going to pack, he'll be here to pick me up with his side by side, in a half hour. I hurried off to my room, with Bri and Markie following.

I entered my room, and they both kept telling me what I should pack. I packed a few outfits, some warmer pajamas for night time. Underwear, bras, a hoody, socks, a pair of sneakers, my bathing suit, an extra pair of sunglasses, suntan lotion, regular lotion, sunblock, my hair brush, hair ties, a few towels, a razor so I could shave my car charger, a battery pack, my daily vitamin, two books, tylenol and ibuprofen for my nose. I shoved it all into my large zip up duffle bag, which had tons of compartments, and wheels like a suitcase. "You can't forget these." Markie said throwing a box at me. I looked at him questioningly before picking it up, and realizing it was a box of condoms. "Markie!" I yelled and Bri laughed. "What, you're so naive. Clearly, if he were one to bring his own protection, Stella wouldn't have thought he was the one to get her pregnant." Bri snickered. "Yeah, but the baby wasn't his." I defended my boyfriend. "Yeah, but he thought it could be, so you just gotta be safe, sis." Bri said coming to her boyfriends rescue. I sighed in admittance of my own defeat, tossing the condoms into the side pouch before zipping it up.

"Jordan's here!" my mother called out. I grabbed my back, wheeling it in tow behind me, as we all piled out of my bedroom. I hugged my mom before walking out the door. Jordan was parked in backyard near the shed, when he saw me come out the door, he came over grabbing my bag for me, pecking me on the lips before bringing it to the side by side. Markie got Bri's quad ready to go. Strapping their bags onto the racks, and loading the side by side, and the wagon it was pulling. Loading it up with the coolers, grill, bags of snacks, a few extra cans of gas, and anything else he couldn't fit that we had prepared. He also strapped down several gas cans to his front rack. Soon enough Fred and Mariah pulled up on Fred's quad. "Hey girl, what's new?" Mariah called out over to me over the sound of the quad's idling engine. "I asked her to be my girl." Jordan replied to her. She squealed out of excitement. "Yay! I'm so happy for you two!

Markie and Brianna got on the quad and keyed the engine to life, setting out on our journey, one after another. Jordan turned the radio on, and started singing along to a song that came on. The ride wasn't too long, it only took us about a half hour on the trails to get to our destination. We went past the Basin, to a much larger area, with a field that was surrounded by trees, enough to be secluded, but also enough to have a wide open area for a ton of tents with space between them. We got to the field where we would be spending our entire weekend. We parked, everyone got to work to set up our campsite. Tents were being erected, the fire pit was being set up, wood was being gathered, the coolers were put in the water to keep all the food and drinks cold and fresh. Jordan was blasting music from the radio on his side by side. I found myself singing along softly to Taylor Swift’s song fifteen. Once the song was over, a bunch of other good songs played, but once Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker came on, Fred, who was sitting by the fire, started strumming his guitar along with it and soon everyone was singing and having a great time. I noticed now that the campsite was set up and Jordan looked to have several beers in him now. Deciding to relax, I walked away from him, heading to the water. I took my flip-flops off and sat down on a rock that sat at the edge of the swimming hole, and put my feet in. Brianna came over ditching her flip-flops next to mine, she sat down next to me. “Hey, what are you doing over her by yourself?” She asked. I turned my body to look back at the others. Jordan was goofing off with everyone else, chugging beers, not even realizing I was gone. Turning back to my sister, I said “Never really tried more than a sip.” She laughed “It's not bad, but it can make you feel funny. That and if Markie is drinking I’m a bit skeptical of the situation considering what happened last night.” I leaned back, propping myself up on my arms. “I guess some of us have to be sober and smart." We both giggled in unison. “You’re right. Someone will have to take care of them when they’re peeing on themselves and puking their brains out.” I heard Luke Bryan come over the radio and I started to sing along softly at first, getting louder with time as my sister joined me. Soon enough, we both got up and started to dance around like two little fools, laughing our heads off as the sun was setting in the distance. As nighttime approached, we got our feet out of the water, sliding our shoes back on, we approached the rest of the gang.

Mariah and Fred were in their own little world. He was playing his guitar and singing to her, as she watched him in awe. Markie was in an intense conversation with one of his friends he met from work. Jordan was talking to two girls and a guy I don’t think I’ve met, but I think I might’ve seen them in school a time or two. All of them were laughing and having a good time. Bri reassuringly grabbed my arm and pulled me over towards Jordan, encouraging me to intervene. Bri went to one side, and I went to the other. “Jordannnnnn.” She whined. “Babeee” I mimicked her tone. “What?” He questioned the two of us. “Your girlfriend ditched you for me, I thought you’d have put up more of a fight” Bri teased him. “Come unbuckle my bra so I can change. I can’t get it for some reason, maybe you can?” asked him, giving him my best pouty face. His eyes darkened as he tried to laugh it off, he pulled me into him and whispered in my ear. “Careful or we may finish what we started yesterday”, he kissed my cheek, making the one girl scoff and roll her eyes before she walked away. Causing Bri and I to both erupt into laughter. Men are oblivious. She was totally into him.

Jordan excused himself from the conversation with the other two, and he thanked Bri for delivering me to him. She rejoined Markie as Jordan and I headed to our tent. “Have fun you two”, Bri called out. I glanced back, and she was waving at us, snickering. Jordan unzipped the tent and stumbled inside, rezipping it, so I could change in private. I took my shirt off and stood there in only my bra and shorts. I moved my hair out of the way and turned, so he could unbuckle the back of my bra. He did it with one hand, letting the bra fall into my hands. I covered myself, bending down to dig through my bag with my free hand. I tossed on a tank top and a baggy hoody, then shrugged out of my shorts to get into my flannel pajama pants. I tossed on my socks and slides and saw he was changed out of his clothes and wearing just pajama pants and crocs with a hoody in his hands. I crouched down, unzipping the tent and stepped out. He followed me tossing on his hoody once we got outside. Reaching out, he grabbed my hand and we both went to sit by the fire.

He sat down on a foldable camping chair, pulling me into his lap as he drank another beer. “Let’s play never have I ever!” Mariah called out. “Yes drinking edition!” Markie agreed. Passing everyone including Bri and I a beer. Bri came over and whispered into my ear. “I’m not drinking mine, I’ll drink a Gatorade, if you want to go ahead I’ll make sure you’re safe.” I gave her a slight hug. She knows I’ve never tried it. Everyone cracked open their cans, Jordan opening his and mine, before passing one to me, and Mariah started the game. “Never have I ever gone skinny-dipping.” Bri, Markie, me and Mariah all took sips. “Never have I ever skipped school.” Fred said. Everyone drank. “Never have I ever smoked pot” Markie said as everyone drank but me. “Never have I ever masturbated.” Brianna said causing Jordan, Markie, Fred and Mariah all to drink. My turn “Never have I ever, tried pills.” everyone drank besides Bri, Mariah and myself. “Never have I ever had s*x before bed and then cuddled after.” Everyone drank but me and Jordan. Soon enough, more beers were being passed out as a lot of us finished, and soon enough I was pretty tipsy.

“I have to pee.” I stood up laughing. Bri came over to stabilize me as she helped me into the woods, so I could relieve myself. As I walked, I kept talking her ears off. “Thank you Bri. I didn’t know it would slowly creep up on me, I thought I had a high tolerance.” I slurred as I tripped. I squatted down as Bri took the watch, I went about doing my business before wiping and then standing pulling my pants back up. “It’s okay. It’s your first time. It always happens like that. You’ll be fine. Sleep it off.” She walked me back to where everyone else is. I walked over to Jordan. “I’m going to sleep.” I leaned down, giving him a kiss and then stumbled to my tent. I fumbled with the zipper before Jordan came over unzipping it for me. I crawled in and sprawled in. “Night guys.” Jordan called out to everyone. He zipped up the tent and settled in next to me. I swung my leg over his body, straddling him I laid my head on his chest. I wiggled to get comfortable until I finally just put my head on the pillow next to him. I felt something hard and foreign pressing up against my inner thigh. Next thing I knew, Jordan was attacking me with a bunch of kisses, on my mouth, on my jaw, and then he started to suck on my neck. He put his hands on my hips, pressing me down, and that’s when I realized what was happening. Everything felt perfect.