Secrets are Revealed

Chapter Four

I woke up to the sound of my family moving around the house and their voices. I smiled and stretched out, slowly opening my eyes to the bright sun shining in my window. The events of last night replayed in my mind as I ran my fingers over my lips, I felt a little different, sore but so happy. I never expected his crush to be me, but I'm so glad.

"Trixie time to get ready!" Dad said, knocking on my door. I got up and grabbed my towel before heading to the bathroom for a quick shower. I walked back to my room wrapped in only a towel, only to find Taylor standing in my room waiting.

"What are you doing in here?" I asked, holding the towel tightly and looking down the hall to make sure no one is there.

Taylor's eyes slowly looked over my body, his eyes going dark and a smirk forming on his face. "I wanted to help you pack for the camping trip. Plus your parents invited me to join again this year." He said calmly as he closed the door behind me. Having him this close made my core tingle and heat up, causing a blush to creep across my face.

"I... need to.. get dressed first." I stuttered as I ducked around him and began looking through my dresser for my underwear.

"Let me help you." He said as he began kissing my neck.

I let out a little moan which made him smirk again. "My family is just downstairs!" I squealed as I tried to get away so I could put my underwear on. He held me tight, giving me a quick kiss on the lips before letting me go.

I slipped my panties on under my towel while he dug through my dresser. "I don't care, well not until Brad gets here." He laughed and passed me a simple pair of dark jeans so I slipped them on under the towel as well. I was about to open the door and send him out but before I could, he grabbed the top of the towel. I gasped as he pulled me close to him and opened the towel letting it fall to my feet. He passed me a bra with a smile on his face. I quickly put it on and he tossed a yellow t-shirt and headed to the closet to grab my duffel bag. Between me and Taylor my bag was packed quickly.

Taylor leant down and gave me a quick kiss before saying, "I'm going to go talk to Brad. I'll see you in a little bit Trix." I watched as he walked out the door and into my brothers room. I pulled myself together and picked up my bag heading downstairs. Mom was digging in the fridge gathering the rest of the food for the trip. Dad and uncle Damian were loading everything into the car and the younger ones were running around and getting shoes and coats on.

"There you are honey, give uncle Damian your bag and help the littles with their shoes please." Mom said peeking out of the fridge.

"Ok mom." I hug her and gave uncle Damian my bag. After catching the youngest I helped with their coats and shoes. While I was doing that I seen Brad and Taylor coming down the stairs laughing. They must have made up and that means Brad has no idea of what happened last night.

Taylor picks up Lizzie and ran outside with her squealing, Tommy ran after him and I followed. Lizzie is screaming with joy as Taylor spun her around next to the van. I grinned like an i***t watching them. It's amazing how cute a guy can be when he is playing with kids. When his eyes met mine and he flashed that smile I felt like melting.

"Taylor and Trixie you go with Brad in the truck." Dad passed Brad twenty bucks. "Get breakfast and we will meet you there."

I crawled in the truck and moved to the middle, Brad climbed in next to me in the drivers seat and Taylor on the other side. We drove to the coffee shop and ordered breakfast sandwiches and coffees for the boys and a frozen lemonade for me.

It was a long drive to the place we go camping so once we were done eating I wanted to break the silence. "So, I heard you got a new job Taylor." I said barely glancing at him.

Yeah, I'm a mechanic now, but the great news is I got a girl." Taylor said smiling looking down at me. I froze praying Brad doesn't catch on.

"Oh boy, who now?" Brad sort of laughed but seemed kind of uncomfortable as he turned down the dirt road as we got closer.

"You don't know her shes not from around here, shes 20 and god she's great in bed!" Taylor laughed looking right at me. I stared at my feet drinking my lemonade blushing like crazy.

"Okay enough, little ears." Brad said before turning on the radio and putting on country music. For the next hour and a half we drove in silence, Taylor kept his eyes on Brad while he ran his his thumb on my leg. I was terrified my brother would catch him and we would be in so much trouble. Brad was very over protective of me so if he finds out his best friend and his little sister.... God I hope that doesn't happen yet.

"We're here!" Brad suddenly said as we pulled up to the campsite. It was a beautiful lush piece of land surrounded by trees on three sides and to the fourth was a large crystal blue lake with a mountain on the left side with a massive waterfall. The van was already parked while Dad and uncle Damian were setting up the tents, the kids have already scattered doing their own things while mom was unloading the van. Taylor and Brad started unloading the truck so I moved out of the way and walked to the sandy shore of the lake. I watched the little ripples wash up on the shore, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, feeling the sun soak into my skin, the sand under my feet, the sound of the the water, the wind and the smell of nature. I absolutely loved it here.

"Hey Trix!" Brad yelled. "Can you go get some firewood?" He asked as he started setting up his own tent. I nodded and headed towards the treeline.

"Hey wait up!" Taylor yelled running behind me. I kept walking deeper into the woods. He caught up to me grabbing my waist and pushing me back into a tree.

"Taylor!" I gasped. "Someone might see us." I try to push him off but he held my hands above my head and placed his lips against mine roughly before he pulled away and let me go. I began to get upset with his boldness with my family so close by and then his comment in the truck too. It's not like I wanted to lie to my family but I know how Brad would react knowing that first night was Brad reacting to Taylor telling him about me, but he deflected a little in the car.

"What's wrong Trix?" He asked as we picked up some wood for the fire.

"You are going to get us caught, and then Brad is going to kill us!" I said piling more wood into his arms.

"I can't help it, I can't keep my hands off you know that you know how I feel. I am sorry I will be on my best behavior from now on." He looks deep in my eyes and I got lost again in those glossy blue black eyes. Next thing I know he softly pressed his lips to mine begging me for forgiveness and I give it to him. We kissed until we couldn't breath again we broke apart.

"We should get some more firewood and get back." I say walking towards more sticks and gather them up. We gathered wood in silence and when we had enough we started walking back to camp. He walked ahead of me and I counln't help but watch him, his toned arms and legs, and I have to admit his a*s is mhmm. When we got back to the tents had all been set up and the fire pit was tidied up so we drop the firewood next to it.

"Trixie!!" Lizzie and Tommy yelled running towards me with grins on their faces. They were such energetic children! Tommy is such a happy little boy, he always brightened up the room.

"Will you play house with us," they asked together "Please!" Both kids gave me the puppy dog eyes.

"Yea," I started. Lizzie ran off leaving me and Tommy alone. "Who would I be this time?" I ask as Tommy grabs my hand and pulls me towards the waters edge.

"You are the mommy!" Tommy laughs as he sits down at a huge rock. I sat down beside him and he passed me a pretend cup. I heard Lizzie laughing and looked up to find her dragging Taylor towards us with a big smile on her face.

"Tommy! We have a daddy now too!" Lizzie yelled excitedly. I gave Taylor smile as I tried not to laugh.

"Yay! A mommy and a daddy!" Tommy bounced up to grab Taylors other hand.

"Well ok little monsters, what are we going to do in our little house?" Taylor sat down next to me on the rock, Tommy and Lizzie climbed on top and sat on our laps.

"Mommy and Daddy need to kiss!" Tommy said jumping off me.

"Yea mommy and daddy always kiss when they see each other." Lizzie added as she jumped down with Tommy. Brad heard and looked over towards us and a frown formed on his face.

Taylor looked at me with a smirk, I blushed and looked at the kids "No, we can't do that sorry." I try to say but the kids both gave me this sad little look. I glanced at Taylor for help but he just smiled.

"Oh come on Trix, one little kiss on the cheek won't hurt." He smiled and he leaned his cheek towards me. Lizzie and Tommy had a huge grin o on their faces. I search for Brad but he wasn't near us so I leaned towards Taylor to kiss his cheek. At the last second he turned his head and I ended up kissing him on his lips. Lizzie and Tommy squealed and giggled. I quickly pulled away blushing. Taylor had a massive grin on his face. I looked down and away from everyone until I could cool my face down.

"I wanna go swimming!" Lizzie yelled suddenly turning to run towards the tents. Tommy ran behind her laughing. I went with them to help them get ready when mom stopped me.

"Hunny can you and Taylor go in with them?" She asked as she got Lizzies bathing suit.

"Of course I will go swimming with them not sure about Taylor." I say heading to the truck to get my bag, took it to my tent and got changed into my favorite bikini. It is a navy blue bikini with a sports bra like top with mesh in the middle showing the side of my breast and high waisted bottoms with mesh on the sides. It also had small red hearts all over them.

"Hurry up Trixie!" The kids yelled bouncing up and down with excitement at the edge of the water. Lizzie had on a pink and purple one piece with a frilly tutu and a life jacket, Tommy had green swim trunks with dinosaurs on it and a life jacket.

"I'm coming, " I laughed heading towards them. As soon as my feet hit the sand they ran into the water in a splash. "Don't go too deep!" I yelled to them as I slowly entered the water. I looked around to see if Taylor was coming swimming too but I didn't see him. Once I was out as deep as the kids it was only up to my waist but the kids splashed me until I was completely soaked. I dipped under the water to escape the splashing and swam about five feet past them before popping back up. I swiped the water out of my face and checked on the kids who were splashing each other. About 10 feet to my left was a massive rock that we use to jump off and Taylor popped up from the back side of it. He was wearing simple black swim trunks that reached his knees and sat low on his waist. His black hair was stuck to his face and the water glistened on his tanned skin, running over the ridges of his muscles. His dark eyes met mine and made it hard to breath and the blush rise to my cheeks which made him smile. I turned towards the kids as a deep laugh echoed behind me. Watching the kids play and splash for a while, I turned around to look at Taylor but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Tommy did you see where Taylor went?" I asked.

"Nope." Tommy laughed and splashed Lizzie making her laugh.

"AHH!" Lizzie yelled making me jump. "Something touched my foot!" She screamed while trying to get to me. I meet her and she climbs up on me.

I checked where she was but didn't see anything. "Lizzie there isn't anything there hunny." I tell her while trying to put her down but she clung to me like glue shaking her head.

"AHH!" Tommy yelled and joined Lizzie climbing up on me. I struggled to hold them both up as they attempt to stay out of the water.

"Oh you big babies." I laughed and walked to the large rock Taylor had been on before and helped them each climb up on it. "You can stay there until you know there is nothing in the water." They both nodded in response and sat there comfortably. I kept swimming around staying close to the rock to keep an eye on the kids. Then suddenly I felt something brush against my foot before it wrapped around my ankle and pulled me down. It felt like a hand around my ankle so it had to be Taylor, I kicked t it to be let go as I know the kids would be scared up there. His grip loosened and I came back to the surface. I was right both kids were on the rock panicked.

"It's ok, it was only Tay-" Before i could finish telling them it was ok Taylor had pushed me over and I was back under the water. As soon as I came back up I said. "That was mean Taylor!" Who was right behind me. The kids jumped in and made their way over to Taylor and I.

"Come here!" Taylor said grabbing my hand and pulling me towards him. The kids were still swimming so I leaned in and kissed him, he pulled me closer and the kiss deepened.

"Ewww, that's gross!" Lizzie said standing at our feet.

Taylor smiled and said "That's what grown ups and big kids do when they like each other." The kids just stared for a minute before they broke out in big smiles.

"Really?" Tommy asked so Taylor nodded.

"Do you love Trixie?" Lizzie asked Taylor seriously. Taylor picked her up and whispered something in his ear as she smiled. He then threw her in the water, when she resurfaced she splashed Tommy and that started a an all out water war between the four of us.

"Supper's ready!" We heard Mom yelled through the sounds of the water. Lizzie and Tommy swam as fast as they could towards the shore. Taylor and I followed slowly behind them.

As we got to shore I warped up in a towel and asked Mom "What's for supper?" The smell of the fire and meat smelt so good and made my stomach growl.

"Burgers and hotdogs with salad." Dad said handing a plate to Lizzie. Tommy already had a hotdog in hand and sitting at the picnic table.

I grabbed a plate and loaded it up with a hamburger and hotdog then added some salad. Once my burger and hotdog was all made up I went and sat in my camp chair near the fire to eat. Taylor handed me a can of pop before he went to get his own food. We all ate and played until past dark, we roasted marshmallows, we sang and laughed. Lizzie, Tommy and Lidnesy got tired so Mom went to put them to bed in the big tent, Johnny was bored so we went to the tent as well. I was to share the big tent with the other kids the next tent had the adults and the smallest tent is where Brad and Taylor were going to sleep. After another hour the parents decided to go to bed so it was only Brad,Taylor and I.

I began to yawn when Brad started stretching "How bout we all go to bed now it's late." He said.

"Sounds like a plan." I say standing up and heading towards the tent. The sizzle of the water hitting the coal came from behind me as the boys put out the fire and headed to bed themselves.

I had already changed into my pjs, comfy purple pants, white tank top and a purple zip up sweater. I stepped over the sleeping kids to my sleeping bag next to Lizzie at the back end of the tent. I curled up and fell asleep quickly.