It felt really strange walking back to the Purple Cabin and almost all of my old cabin mates not being there. I looked around the room and Chloe was the only person that remained. Cindy and Michelle had been replaced with Lauren and Hailey. Chris, David, Derek, and Ryan had been replaced by Alex, Issac, Nate, and Will. Amanda had been replaced by Yasmin. Perhaps the one that hit hardest was Matt who had been replaced by Greg. 

I stood there awkwardly with my new cabin mates studying all these foreigners. It was strange. I knew almost all of them from school, but they felt like invaders. Deep down, I couldn't shake the feeling of missing my old cabin mates. I had grown accustomed to them, to our personal dynamics.

I was initially excited when I found out Hailey and Lauren were going to be in a cabin with Chloe and I. However I was now realizing that we were going to have to shower together and sleep with the same guys. They would know who I had slept with, and I would know who they slept with. 

To make things more complicated, the guys in the cabin made the dynamics even more complicated. I had already slept with Greg a few days earlier. Alex was my ex-boyfriend who took my virginity. Nate was Hailey’s ex-boyfriend. Then Issac had previously had a crush on me. Sleeping with just about any of the guys except for Will was going to make things complicated. 

Just as I was starting to feel overwhelmed by the entire situation I felt an arm hang over my shoulder. 

“Feels weird, right?” a voice said standing next to me. 

I glanced over to see Chloe and let out a sigh of relief that it was her and not Alex or another one of the guys. 

“Yeah. It does. I never thought I’d say this, buy I kind of miss the old group.” I mumbled to Chloe. 

“I know, but at least us girls have each other?” she said, trying to reassure me. 

I silently nodded my head as I glanced over at Lauren and Hailey who were standing near us, arms crossed chatting with each other. 

“Okay everyone!” Greg shouted from across the room, “Listen up!”

Everyone fell silent and turned their attention towards Greg. He stood there, looking like he was just plucked off a beach somewhere. His blonde hair sat just over his ears, his sun kissed skin glistened even under the fluorescent lights of the cabin. 

“I know this is probably a shock to all of you and that you’re wondering what is going on.” he continued, “Well, us counselors are pretty shocked as well.” 

That’s interesting. I thought to myself. 

Does that mean Matt had no clue too?

“So the rules are more or less the same as before. Yasmin and I really don’t have a plan for room assignments tonight, so she and I will discuss that tonight. So for now, let’s just have everyone else pair up.” 

Instantly everyone started to scurry around trying to find a partner. I instantly had decision paralysis. I didn’t want to be with Alex. I didn’t want to be with Nate. I didn’t want to deal with Issac. 

Before I could move I saw Alex and Chloe pair up. Then I saw Nate and Hailey pair up. Then Lauren and Issac. I was left with Will. 

Ugh. I mumbled under my breath as everyone glanced over at me and the lanky redhead standing next to me. 

“Okay, that was easy. Yasmin and I are going to discuss our plan for the next few days. The rest of you are free to hang out and do whatever.” Greg explained as he began walking towards Room 1. 

“Remember though, please be safe!” Yasmin shouted quickly as she raced behind Greg towards their room. 

I kind of got the feeling that maybe they had been waiting to have sex and were in a hurry to get in the room and ‘discuss the plan for the next few days’.

The other three couples each found their way to a room, leaving just Will and I there alone in the common area. I could sense he was nervous. He was avoiding eye contact and fidgeting with his hands. I didn’t know him by name, but I had seen Will around school a few times. He mostly hung out with the nerdy kids. He was tall and lanky with fiery red hair and freckles. His dick was probably average in size, but was lost among a thick mane of red public hair. 

I remember Lauren saying she thought he was still a virgin, which in my head was great news. Over the past 24 hours I had had sex with Matt, then Derek, then Chris, then Matt again. I was tired and sore and my vagina felt the same. 

Perhaps me getting Will was some divine intervention. God’s way of giving me a rest. 

“Hi.” I said to Will with an awkward wave. 

“Uh… Hi.” he said back with a grimacing smile. 

“Uhm…” I paused for a moment, trying to think of how to make this less awkward, “It’s really nice outside. Do you want to go sit on the porch?” I asked.

“Uh… S-sure.” he stuttered. 

I led Will outside to the porch and sat down on the bench with my legs criss-crossed.

Will sat down on the other side of the bench. He crossed his legs, and folded his hands down in his crotch, hiding his dick from my sight. 

“See! Weather tonight is so nice.” I said, trying to spark a conversation. 

“Mhm.” Will said awkwardly looking around, but managing to avoid looking at me.

We sat there silently for a few moments.

“This place is crazy, huh?” I asked, trying to break the silence. 

“Mhm.” was the only word Will said in response. 

Not much of a talker… I thought to myself. 

“Who was in your cabin before?” I asked.

“Oh… Uh… Well Lauren was one of them.” Will said. 

“Oh yea? Who else?” I asked, trying not to let the conversation die. 

“Uh… My friends.” he mumbled. 

“Who are your friends?” I asked.

“Uh… Well… August and Eric and Paul.” he mumbled again.

“I’m not sure I know them.” I replied.

“Yeah, I wouldn’t expect you to.” he quipped. 

Wow… What’s that supposed to mean?

“Why’s that?” I asked, trying to contain my anger from his comment. 

“Well I mean… You’re just like a popular person and a cheerleader and girls like you typically ignore us.” Will explained. 

I was taken aback a little by Will’s comment. I looked over at him. His hands still folded over his crotch, hiding his dick. He was looking away from me, so he didn’t even know that I was looking right at him. This time I didn’t see Will the nerd. I saw Will the person.

“I’m sorry…” I said quietly. 

Will turned his head with a confused look on his face.

“That you feel that way. That people like me just ignore people like you.” I explained.

Will shrugged his shoulders and looked out beyond the porch. 

“You’re right though. Odds are we’ve had a few classes together, but I couldn’t tell you for sure.”

Will nodded, “Like kindergarten? Or 3rd grade with Ms. Jensen? Or 7th grade science with Mr. Howell? Or 10th grade english and math? Or last fall when we had math together again?”

I felt awful. I couldn’t remember Will at all.

“Yeah… I’m sorry.” I mumbled.

Will shrugged and sat there silently. 

“You have a really good memory.” I said, breaking the silence. 

“I guess I do…” he said with a shrug.

I decided it was time to change the subject. 

“So… Have you hooked up with anyone since you’ve been here?” I asked. 

Will shook his head, “No.”

“Really? None at all?” I asked, shocked that the rumors were true. 

“Nope.”

“That’s surprising! It seems like everyone is sucking and fucking in this place.” I joked. 

“Isn’t that the truth!” Will quipped back. 

“So like… Can I ask why you haven’t?” I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me.

Will just shrugged, but I sensed he was more nervous than usual. 

“Are you…” I hesitated before finishing my question with a wince, “Gay?”

“What? No! No! I’m not gay!” Will exclaimed, finally showing some personality. 

“Sorry! Sorry!” I exclaimed, trying to calm Will down.

“I was just curious how someone doesn’t hook up with someone here.” I explained.

“I just… I just don’t want my first time to be like this.” Will mumbled. 

“Wait… First time? Like you’re a virgin?” I asked, trying to hide my surprise and contain my laughter all at the same time. 

“Yeah…” Will mumbled again.

I sat there, speechless. I knew it wasn’t unusual for someone our age to still be a virgin, but the fact that he had managed to stay a virgin at Camp Free was a surprise. 

I felt some relief that Will wasn’t going to be expecting sex tonight. However, there was part of me that kind of wanted to take his virginity. Perhaps it was because I felt bad about ignoring him at school. Maybe I just wanted a chance to teach him what to do. Regardless, I could feel the wetness between my swollen lips. 

“I would think this is the perfect opportunity to lose your virginity?” I asked with a confused tone.

“Maybe I don’t want to. At least not like this.” Will said cryptically. 

I gave him a confused look. 

“I’m Catholic, so I’m waiting until marriage.” Will mumbled.

“Wait… What?” I asked, stunned at what I had just heard. 

“Yeah… My family is Catholic and I’m saving myself for my wife.” he mumbled. 

Will must have had the resolve of a saint to be here and not have given into the temptation of having sex. 

“Seriously?!” I asked, still in shock from Will’s admission. 

“Mhm.” he said, nodding his head.

While part of me respected his will power, the other part of me kind of wanted to fuck him really bad. 

“Wow… This whole experience must be pretty difficult for you.” I said with an empathetic tone. 

“It’s definitely been difficult. Especially being around all these girls I’ve fantasized about.” he explained. 

“Yeah… Wow… I can’t even imagine.” I replied, becoming increasingly curious about Will’s situation. 

“So like you haven’t even jerked off?” I asked, and then immediately realized that was probably more than he wanted to answer. 

I could see Will turn bright red with embarrassment. His body tensed up with nerves, like he was completely caught off guard or didn’t know how to answer the question. 

“I uh… I… No… No, I haven't done that either.” Will stuttered. 

I gave him a curious look, “Really? Like not even once?”

Will silently shook his head, but I could tell he was still nervous about my line of questioning. 

“Come on, you’re a guy. You can’t tell me that you’ve been around all these girls for a week and you haven’t even jerked it once…” I teased. 

Will’s cheeks turned even brighter red. I knew he was lying.

“Nope.” Will said, looking towards the ground. 

“No way. I don’t believe you.” I teased again. 

“I… No… I haven’t done that. I don’t know why you won’t believe me.” Will said, frustration creeping in on his voice. 

I squinted my eyes at him, like I was trying to carefully read his body for signs of lying. I decided to take a different approach. 

“It’s okay if you did. I don’t care. It’s totally natural. I promise I won’t tell anyone if you did.”

I could sense Will’s guard drop slightly. 

“I… I… Okay… Once.” he said and shamefully looked away from me.

Yes! I got him to admit it! I thought to myself. 

“Just once?” I pried further. 

“N-n-no. Like… A few times.” Will mumbled as the shame was really starting to wash over him. 

“It’s okay, Will.” I said, putting my hand on his thigh. 

Will’s eyes shot open as our skin made contact. 

“It… It is?” he nervously asked, seeking validation from me. 

“Mhm…” I said, reassuring him. 

“So like… You aren’t grossed out?”

“No. Not at all.” I said, lying to his face. 

The truth is, I was a little grossed out. This nerd must have been sneaking around all over the place to rub one out when people weren’t around. I was also fascinated by Will’s predicament and I wanted to find out everything I could.

“So like… Where do you do it?” I asked, feeling the urge to know everything about Will’s situation. 

“I uh… Usually wait until people are asleep.” he said, again turning his gaze towards the deck boards of the patio. 

“Then what? Do you sneak into the bathroom or something?” I asked.

“N-no…” Will mumbled, still looking at the ground. 

“Then where do you do it?” I asked.

Will hesitated for a second, “In bed.”

“While the other person sleeps?” I asked, trying to not cringe at the thought of Will sleeping next to me jerking off.

“Yeah.” he mumbled.

God… How weird. I thought to myself. This guy doesn’t want to have sex so he just jerks off in bed next to people while they sleep?

I wasn’t sure if I should be grossed out or feel sorry for him. 

“That’s…” I didn’t know what to say, “Interesting…” 

Will shrugged, “Please don’t tell anyone. I know you think I’m a weirdo.” 

“No-no-no-no-no!” I exclaimed, “I get it. It’s a tough situation for you!” 

I didn’t want to make Will feel even worse about the situation. 

“So you don’t think I’m weird?” he mumbled.

“I mean… No… I do think it’s odd though. You don’t want to have sex, but you’ll jerk off in bed with them?”

“Yeah?” he asked, confused by what I was saying. 

“Well… What’s the difference?” I probed, “You’re thinking about this person in bed next to you, right?”

Will nodded his head. 

“Then why not just go all the way?” I asked.

“Well, that’s different. I’m still saving my body for my wife.” Will blurted out. 

“But I thought masturbation was wrong in the eyes of the church too?” I asked rhetorically. 

Will looked down at his feet again, “Yeah, it is.” he said shamefully. 

“Well, then why not just go all the way?” I asked.

Will went silent again and I felt like the snake in the story of Adam and Eve, tempting young Will to go ahead and take a bite of the forbidden fruit. 

“I guess…” he said, breaking his silence, “I guess because some of the girls aren’t into me.”

“What do you mean?”

Will hesitated, “Like Lauren.”

“What about Lauren?” I asked, trying not to get too defensive about Will calling out my friend.

“Well like my first night I was with our counselor Sally and I told her I wanted to wait, and she respected that.” Will said.

“On the second night I was paired with Christa. I kind of regretted not having sex with Sally, so I asked Christa and she told me she wasn’t interested in having sex with me.” he continued, looking back at the floor in shame.

“I’m really sorry to hear that. That’s kind of mean.” I said empathetically. 

“Then on the third night I was paired with Lauren. When I explained that I was a virgin and wanted to have sex she laughed at me. She just rolled over and didn’t say anything else.” 

“She laughed at you?” I asked, beginning to feel anger towards my friend that she would do such a thing to someone like Will.

“Mhm. She laughed and said that there was no way she’d have sex with me.” he explained. 

What a jerk. I thought to myself. 

“I’m… really sorry to hear that, Will…” I mumbled, my gaze now fixed to the floor as I realized how some of our actions could be hurtful. 

“It’s… okay. It’s the past now.” he said.

“So what about the other girls?” I asked. 

Will shrugged, “After Lauren, I didn’t even bother to ask them.”

“Wow… I’m… I’m so sorry.” was all I could think to say. 

“I don’t need your pity, Quinn. I know that to people like you and Lauren my friends and I don’t even exist.” Will mumbled. 

“I’m sorry you feel that way. I promise to be better in the future. You and your friends matter just as much, and you deserve acknowledgement as well. I explained in an impassioned tone. 

“That’s easy to say.” Will mumbled. 

“Fine. Let’s go have sex. I’ll take your virginity.” I said matter of factly. 

Will froze, “What?”

“You heard me. Let’s go and have sex.” I repeated.