I went out to the pool. I peeked my head back inside.Oh and Chris.Dont forget to wear your swim trunks.Ill take you to that place later.Ryan, baby, ju...t leave the dishes in the sink.Ill do them later.I said sweetly. Sure thing, hun. He replied.Chris was still gawking at me. I winked at him and blew a kiss.I went to go swim in the pool.A few minutes later, Chris came out in his black swimtrunks.The guy loved to be called a bad boy.He sat at the edge of the pool.I went under the water and I. ”“Yes!” Jess said immediately, “Absolutely! The other, I assume, is Liz?”“Oh, actually, no,” Emma said, surprising us both. “Liz and I are friends, but not really close in the way I am with you guys. We don’t really talk or anything outside of work. She’s a great person, but we don’t really have a lot in common.”“Oh, ok, so who?” Jess asked, confused. Emma nodded toward me.“Aaron,” Emma said flatly.“Huh?” Jess and I said in unison.“You have both been amazing friends to me and amazingly. Reminds me of the sort of thing we use to do… back in college, you know…” she raised her eyebrows insinuatingly, “a long time ago.” I gave her my best innocent ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’ expression... tried keeping a straight face... and failed miserably. The knowing smile and mischievous eyes called my bluff. I wanted to protest but suddenly Daniel Giovanni entered the room. * Junior detective Daniel Giovanni, is a twenty seven year old, third generation Italian. Fifteen years. “Ah thins thif ith etherthing,” I said with my shorts still in my mouth.“Huh?” Nick looked at me and laughed.I got up on the sandy bank, spit out my trunks, and said: “I think this is everything.”Nick just laughed some more.We got everything up on the bank and out of the river and then pulled the canoe up and over, spilling out all the water. I was glad to see Nick wasn't pissed. Some people would be. He just shrugged it off. “Well, if we lost anything then we did.”“I guess you're right. It was.