When I was sixteen, I went away to camp for the summer.
We were staying in cabins by the lake, typically what you would see in any disney movie.
The camp was for girls only, but I didn’t mind at all. I had realized the previous summer that I was more interested in girls than boys. A whole summer with girls seemed like a grand idea to me. When I arrived on the first day, I saw the girl of my dreams. She had long brown hair and a cute smile. She was a college student, working on her bachelor’s degree in education. She was funny, smart, and charming. I wanted to spend time with her, but she was a camp counselor. I was always thinking of ways to get her undivided attention. One time, I purposely broke the air conditioner in our cabin by yanking one of the wires from it’s back. Since it was very hot outside and the air conditioning was a necessity, Rose was happy to come to our cabin and look at the problem. I knew she would want to help, but unfortunately, she called one of the guys from the maintenance crew to look at the air conditioner. When the maintenance man realized that the wire had been removed from the air conditioner, they launched a full investigation into our shenanigans. That didn’t work out the way that I wanted it to. By the end of the summer, I knew everything about my mystery Rose, and she still had no clue that that I even existed.