Our Summer Romance

The first week

                                                                                                                                                                     June, 28th, 1973

Dear diary,

Today I was taking care of the kids by the lake and this nice guy approached me, he works at the camp, he's Miss Grangers' (the owner of the camp) nephew. His aunt asked him to keep an eye on me since I'm new here, he usually just looked at me from far away, he thinks that way I don't notice him, but I do, he approached me today, he wanted to let me know I'm doing a good job (it was so sweet) and asked me out for a few drinks with the rest of his friends that work here. We have some mutual friends but they never presented us to each other, that's a bit weird because they're always talking about him and how me and him would be a cute couple. We're all gonna hang out tomorrow and I think our friends are gonna try to set us up, I really hope they don't because I'm still trying to get better from my breakup with Xanthippe. I don't wanna tell anyone about my relationship with her because I'm scared of coming out to my friends, I don't know if they'll accept me, I mean, it's the 70's, the hippie decade where it's all about peace and love, but I'm still scared. I'm gonna go anyways, it's not everyday that Gary Granger asks you to hang out with him.

                                                                                                                                                                     June, 29th, 1973

Dear diary,

I just came back from hanging out with Gary. I was right, our friends tried to set us up. We all got drunk, but our friends left one by one, until it was just me and Gary. Luckily for me and him nothing happened, we just kept having a few laughs and bonded. I found out we have some things in common, we both have European mothers, we like to learn new languages and we love the rain. My friends usually call me Becca, but Gary called me Becky, I always thought I didn't like it, but coming from him I do, I have no idea why. I talked to Morticia about this  before coming to my tent and she says I have a crush on him, that's why I like when he calls me Becky, but I don't like him that way, me and Gary will never be more than friends, I'm sure of it. Morticia then kept talking about this guy she's dating, Gomez. I'm not sure I like him, he's bizarre, he's obsessed with death and he always carries a hand, separated from a body and it's alive, he calls it Thing I guess, gives me chills from only thinking about that hand. 

                                                                                                                                                                     June, 30th, 1973

Dear diary, 

Today was my turn to watch over the kids while lunch, so I had lunch later. I was having lunch at the cafeteria, in a separate table from the lunch ladies (they ate their lunch at the same time as I did), they kicked me out of their table after I commented that I make a really good pizza, maybe better than theirs, I guess I'll never have lunch with them again. After a minute eating, Gary sits next to me, he says "So I see they kicked you out of their table... What do you make better than them?", I look at him "I told them that MAYBE, just maybe my pizza is better than theirs", "They get offended really easily so don't worry 'cause it's not personal. I told them that my pasta is better than theirs and I ate that lunch all alone.", I giggle and then he continues smiling and getting a little closer to me "I'll make you company while you eat, you're too pretty to be eating all alone.", I blush a little, smile and continue eating. He continued to try to flirt with me, but I tried to keep a distance and just keep him in the friendzone. We got out of the cafeteria and he asked me why I continued to push him away and I replied "I'm sorry, I just got out of this long relationship and I'm not ready to date again yet. I know you're nothing like her- him but I'm just not ready", (he didn't hear me say 'her' so that's good) and then he said "Fine, I'll respect that... I never told this to anyone so soon, but I fell in love the first time I looked at you. You have such pretty eyes and a melodic voice and you're so sweet. If I have to wait for you then I'll do it, even if I have to wait decades....... I'm sorry I shouldn't be telling you this...", I had no idea what to tell him, I stood there for a few seconds speechless, no man ever confessed his feelings for me that way, I just asked him "Would you really wait for me?", "Of course", I had no idea of what to say again so I told him that I had to go. I went to Morticia and told her what happened and admitted that I might have a little crush on him, but she knows I'm not ready (she's the only one who knows about Xan) so we both agreed I'm not ready yet, she told me to take my time.

                                                                                                                                                                          July, 5th, 1973

Dear diary,

So I forgot to write in here for the past few days... Gary and me started acting like he didn't confess his feelings to me, we decided to do that so things wouldn't be weird between us and it's been working really well. Today during lunch some kid dropped a bit of mashed potatoes on the floor and decided to not say anything, so I was going to the monitors table with my food, stepped on the mashed potatoes and fell, I got food all over me and well... everyone looked at me and the kids started laughing, I felt so embarrassed, I looked up and saw Gary holding out his hand to help me getting up. After he helped me getting up he went with me to my bungalow, he made me feel better while we were walking, we got to my bungalow so I could take a shower and change. When I was walking out of the shower I heard someone coming in "Hi Morticia" I said while wrapping a towel around myself, "It's actually Gary again, Morticia told me to come check if u were ready to go back" he said while closing the door and covering his eyes "please tell me you're dressed already" he continued, "actually I only have a towel around myself, can you just wait a little bit outside?" I asked him "sure, I'm sorry" he got out of the bungalow and stayed on the porch, I got dressed as quickly as I could and then opened him the door while I still had a towel on my head "You can come in now." I said, he just smiled at me and came in, "I just need to dry my hair and then I'm ready to go" I said while I got the towel off my head "Ok" he said, I could see in his eyes that he was thinking 'gosh, she's beautiful', but I didn't say anything about that, I just finished getting ready. When I was ready to go we went back to the cafeteria so I could eat my lunch, he was there the whole time I was eating and he was talking and talking and I loved to hear him, he's had such an interesting life, he was born in England but came to the US when he was 2 because of his father, then he kept moving around the states (also because of his father), he got to know new people and new places. We kept hanging out for the whole afternoon and since none of us had any task we spent our afternoon in the city. We went to an ice cream shop where I saw Xan, I immediately hid behind Gary hoping she wouldn't see me, but well... she did "Hiding, are we?" she said, "Oh hi Xan" I looked at her but in a shy way, "I didn't know we were at that stage of the break-" I covered her mouth with my hand before she could finish the sentence, then she licked my hand and I got my hand out of her mouth "Ew, disgusting!" I said, "Don't be like that, that's not the worst place I've ever licked you", "Stop talking, please. I've got company." I said hoping Gary ignored all of that "Becky... are you a lesbian?... That's why you kept pushing me away..." he said, "I'm not a lesbian, I swear. Well seems that now I've really gotta do this..." I said really scared he lost feelings for me "Well, you're the first  person to know this, apart from my ex-partners and Morticia, but I am bisexual. Please don't tell anyone" I continued "Oh... wow... and uh sure I won't tell anyone, your secret is safe with me" he smiled, I couldn't believe he accepted it so well "Hey... uh whatever your name is, can I talk with Becca alone? Thank you" Xan pushed me aside "I need to talk to you" she said, "About what?" I asked, "So I've been thinking about you lately... well to be honest, about us and... I wanted us to become us again.", I was speechless, I still loved her but at the same time I was in love with Gary, I didn't know what to do, I stood there without saying a word for five minutes, Xan was looking at me anxious for my answer and I finally decided, I wanted to get back with her because I wanted to know if we really couldn't work out, I needed to know before doing something I might regret "Yeah, I wanna try again", "Really?" she asked, I nodded and she kissed me (to be honest I'm glad we got back together, I'm really happy), we went back to Gary and well before I could say anything Xan had to go so it was just me and Gary again, we got our ice cream and then went to a park and then we started talking again and I told him that I got back to Xanthippe, he said he was happy for me although I could see the sadness in his eyes, that was a bit heartbreaking for me, after a few seconds he said that if me and Xan don't work out he'll be still waiting for me, he really must love me. When we got back to the camp I went to Morticia to tell her the good news, she says it's a mistake but I'm sure it's not, if me and Xan breakup it means we were not destined to each other.