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chapter 17

-Where is he? I can’t see!
I was on the lower deck with the guys. Nick was supposed to come up at any second.
-Come on, show me, I want to see him.
I reached little further.
-There he is! Howie yelled.
-Where? Where?
And the next thing I knew was that I was in the water with Nick.
-So you just couldn’t wait? he asked with a smile.
I smirked.
-Now, tell me, who did this?
They all looked innocent so I couldn’t help myself, I laughed.
-Water is warm, you should join me.
-Warm? At this time of year? Howie seemed shocked.
-Well, you know it’s a little different in Finland than in Florida even if they both start with a same letter.
Nick was getting up to the boat.
-So you’re coming up also? Howie asked.
-Nah, she’s gonna try these, AJ said and threw something into a water. It was a pair of skies.
-You gotta be kidding, I shuddered.
-Well, you are from Finland anyway. You know how to ski.
-You’re twisting words again.
-You could use this too.
A safety vest was floating next to me.
-So do you got the guts?
AJ’s question made me so mad.
-Sure, no problem!
I started to put the vest on. They threw me a stick and I put the skies into my feet. I had only done it once before but I managed to look like I knew what I was doing. And luckily I got up at the first try.
I had forgot how great it was! Wind was blowing gently, keeping my hairs off my face, water splashing behind me, feeling the waves in your feet... Of course it was harder and faster with in a sea and a boat like that. But I still loved it...

-So do you need another layer of sunscreen now? AJ asked when they had picked me up.
-I think I need a drink.
-No problem, Nick said. -What would you like to have?
I took the towel Howie offered me and wiped myself a little dryer.
-I feel like for a strawberry trash.
-What’s that?
-Margarita with a crushed ice and strawberries.
-I’ll do my best, Nick promised and went inside.
-If you would do my back, I then said to AJ. -The lotion is somewhere up there.
AJ didn’t say anything but left to get it. I looked at Howie.
-How great was that?
-Enslave AJ?
-No! Water-skiing.
-Oh. Well, you looked like you had fun.
-Out there?
-And also with AJ. Anna, what is this game you’re playing?
-Nothing! We are not playing, and there is no game.
Nick came back with my drink.
-I don’t know how it is but...
I tasted it.
-It’s great! You would make a perfect bartender.
-Yeah. That has always been my dream. So when my courier as Backstreet Boy ends, I’ll crawl to Howie and ask him to give me a job.
-And I would turn you back, Howie threatened.
At the same time AJ came with the sunscreen.
-What a service, I laughed. -If darling you’d do my back...
-He’s sure gonna do you, Howie said and dived into a sea. Everyone laughed so I guess they didn’t hear what he said. But I was determined to have fun so I decided to think about that later. When it actually was too late. In many senses.

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