Making a Mark

Chris listened with interest when she mentioned him looking good in green and he made it a mental note to wear the colour more often. He wondered for a moment whether or not he should express how he had similar thoughts about that dress she wore on their blind date. However she suggested swimming and he instantly forgot the compliment.

"Swimming, yes!" He jumped up and sort of bounced around in the grass. He loved swimming as well, it had been the only reason he joined the swim team. Chris wasn't excactly a fan of competitive sports. "Go get changed and I'll meet you down at the beach. Go go go go!" He sped off to his room and got dressed in a few minutes. He snatched a towel out of the bathroom and made his way back down to the ocean. The salty spray felt good compared to the blistering sun and, after dropping off his towel, he neatly dove in.

Chris met Ray halfway, saying nothing about the bikini though several thoughts presented themselves. He watched as she dove under and waited for her to come back up for air, plotting his next move. He treaded water for a moment before diving underwater without a word and grabbing her ankles, pulling her under with him. From past meetings and such he was pretty sure that she could swim fairly well so he wasn't particularly worried about her drowning.

Chris wasn't quick to follow Ray out of the water, he loved the weightless feeling. But it didn't take much, a boy talking to her in fact, to arouse his curiosity - and jealousy- so he ambled slowly out of the water in time to see Ray refrain from throwing her arms around the boy. Olli? He had heard that name somewhere before.

A quick once over made him a little uneasy. The other boy wasn't completely horrible looking, and he could no longer feel any amusement for their awkward meeting. He wandered off to his clothes, toweling himself off quickly and pulling a t-shirt over his swim shorts. He hovered near the towels, unsure if he should leave or not.

Chris, though pleased that she preferred him to this Olli character, still noticed that she wanted to catch up with him. "You can stay you know, make up some sort of excuse. I don't mind." Okay, he minded. But just a teensy little bit, nothing that he couldn't handle. He had handled the whole Greg episode fairly well, in his eyes at least, so he could deal with this kid just fine. He slung his towel over his shoulder, throwing another glance towards Olli. "Go on, you guys are friends. What kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't let you see your friends?"

Chris looked absolutely amused at Ray's current predicament and he held his hand out to the younger boy to shake. "Nice to meet you Oliver. I was just telling Ray that she should stay and chat with you. I wouldn't stay, you two probably have a lot to chat about and I'd feel like a third wheel, and I've got plenty of things to do while I wait for Ray." If he knew how much Ray wanted to leave he didn't show it.

"What do you say Ray? Going to spend some time with Oliver?" As casual as he seemed on the outside, he so wasn't on the inside. Every fiber of his being told him not to leave the two of them alone but he ignored them, figuring that he wouldn't be the jealous boyfriend type. It was hard not to, not after Kaycee anyways. "We can still do something tonight, catch a movie or something."