The Lake house

MOTIVE

After striding towards the sunny beach, Stanley was a long way off peering at Jake and Leo chattering away on the sandy seashore beside two trees with parallel leaves under the heat of the sun. The trees provided some shade from the immense amount of heat which the sun unleashed furiously warming up the earth surface.

"Hey fellas, have you guys seen Kelvin?", Stanley asked intruding into their conversation when he got to where they sat down on the sandy beach.

"No, l haven't seen him since this afternoon ever since we had dinner", Jake replied shaking his head indicating his unawareness of Kelvin's whereabouts.

"What about you, Leo?", Stanley inquired again feeling utterly despondent with Kelvin's disappearance which pestered him a lot.

"I haven't seen him either. Maybe he went into the forest", Leo replied tugging at a queer seashell on the dry sand with a small stick. A familiar voice immediately called out them which made turned towards its direction.

"Hello guys!, what's going on over there?", The familiar voice which turned out to be Stacy Green asked loudly as she gently approach them with Rose beside her, plodding under the sunshine towards them fully dressed in her pink swim suit but had a light cloth wrapped around her hips which swayed gently to the serene wind. They had earlier seen Stanley hastily approaching the boys from the camp, peering at him from where they stood behind some coarse rocks chatting away under the sun while the river splashes harshly on their feet. "Why aren't you all saying anything? Is there a problem in the camp?", Stacy asked again when they both arrived at the trees where the boys were, whom looked transfixed at her attractive appearance. Stanley was quite stunned by her gorgeous beauty and his senses were stimulated which he fought hard to suppress while the two other boys plainly looked at her as well as Rose since they weren't totally captivated by their stunning beauty.

"Well, Kelvin is kinda missing from the campsite and Stanley urgently require his presence for something else he hasn't told us yet", Leo broke the silence with his pitchy voice which sound piercing to Stacy's ears.

"And Leo thinks he might have gone to the forest", Jake added finally finding the courage to speak.

"What makes you think that he went into the forest?", Rose asked staring blankly at him while standing beside Stacy.

"Well.... I think he mentioned something to me about checking out the surroundings when he decided to join us for the trip", Leo answered meekly looking at their eyes which peered hard at him.

"Let's talk about that later.. I think Stanley has something he wants to tell us all since he's searching for Kelvin", Rose said changing the subject while folding her dark arms which glitter under the burning sun.

"Do you know something we don't?", Stacy asked Stanley who looked nervously at them.

"Yes I do.... It's about a night party which I have secretly planned for all of us this evening. I have already invited the DJ as well as some guests who will join us very soon and I believe that they are currently on their to the camp right now as we speak", Stanley explained to them while they looked spellbound at him. "So you mean that there's gonna be a night party tonight, why didn't you tell me about it? Stacy asked utterly surprised for she didn't expect it at all.

"It won't be a surprise party if I had told you about it besides, the party is just meant to make us enjoy and relax ourselves during this vacation away from home", Stanley replied without any remorse for his actions after hiding a vital info from his who he had promised to share every secret with, " So that's why I need Kelvin and others boys right here, to assist me make necessary preparations for the night party but that scumbag is no where to be found", he added furiously frowning at no one in particular.

"But don't you think that Kelvin's up to his usual tricks again?", Stacy asked recalling of the previous vacation last winter when Kelvin had slipped out the camp in search of some crazy phantom which great infuriated them after rummaging the whole camp for his shadow for four good days under the intense snow storm which almost wreck the campsite.

"What do you mean?", Jake replied looking at her while sitting down with part of his bare chest exposed to the sun.

"I mean that he must have gone in search of something again like he did last winter which almost froze the hell outta me", Stacy replied infuriated by the single thought of what occurred last winter but Jake except the others didn't understand what she meant because he didn't join them to camp at a tall mountain last year.

"I don't know if he really did disappear like you said but I believe that he must have gone to enjoy the sweet breeze away from camp by the seashore which stretches far surrounding the whole remote areas of this valley", Jake said in Kelvin's defense.

"Although I might be wrong but if I find out that he actually went on a wild goose chase, I will hold you responsible for his actions", Stacy sneered at Jake which send chills of fear down his spine.

"Okay that's enough. We're really running out of time. The guests will soon be here and we haven't done anything", Stanley said in frustration that his plans might fall through while looking at his black wrist watch.

"Jake and Leo, I think three of us will have to the work alone without that loser Kelvin, so come with me right away to kickstart the preparations", Stanley promptly ordered as he turned to leave while the duo who sat down, followed behind him as if under his spell, leaving the two girls behind under the trees. "I can't believe that Stanley wouldn't do this although I expected this much from him", Rose said gazing at the trios who kept walking quiet out of their sight into the camp through the sandy route as she stood beside Stacy.

"What do you mean by that?", Stacy asked overhearing what she muttered beside her.

"I mean that he might have an hidden agenda behind this charade of throwing a night party tonight which we don't need at all since the serene environment is sufficient enough for us to relax our strained nerves quietly", Rose replied looking blankly at the campsite which stood oblivious to their presence. "I don't think he has any hidden plans tonight, he just wants us to have fun that's all", Stacy remarked with a pretentious smile while nudging Rose's left elbow.

"Hmm.. yeah fun. Anyway sweetie try not to get too much fun tonight because it might backfire against you later on. See ya", Rose said and walked away briskly on the sand beach leaving Stacy behind to contemplate on what she said. Stacy stood there for a while in deep as she peered at Rose who continue treading far towards the camp while enjoying the cool wind under the harsh sunlight which descend on her soft skin as well as the ocean. Her parents had warned her not involve herself with boys especially lecturers from her college who would try to seduce her in exchange for grade marks and her father had strongly warned her not to abandon her books in order to spend time with boys so that she wouldn't get pregnant thereby ruin his reputation as a congressman but she remain adamant about it and even worsen the situation by sneaking out of her father's mansion for another trip while under strict orders not to embark on any vacation away from home with anyone after the incident that occured last winter.

"I'll have to figure out a way to prevent anything from happening between Stanley and I tonight. I am already in deep trouble and wouldn't want to soil my career", Stacy said to herself after much contemplation on what to do to evade any possible occurrence that might ruin her future and left the noisy beach to the camp, which was created by strong ebbing splashes of water on coarse rocks while the seagulls surf far into the horizon.