Did you mean what you said this morning?" I asked Gary that afternoon. We were out for a hike with the rest of the camp.
"What's that?" he wondered, walking behind me along the narrow trail and we'd fallen a hundred yards behind everyone else.
"Do you really love me?" I looked at him over my shoulder and he laughed.
"Yeah," he shrugged. "Why? You don't want me to?"
"I don't know." I swallowed hard, but inside I felt like hot Jell-O or something.
"Hold it a second," Gary said as he reached for my hand and stopped us. "What's going on? Are you okay, Smokey?"
"Yeah," I replied softly. "I just, um ... Are you my boyfriend now, or..."
"Uhhh..." Gary pulled me closer, glancing around to make sure we were alone before he put his arms around me. "Just for this week, right?"
"That's what I
