{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20\par \par \par \par \par \pard\qc\fs24 Chapter 2\par Alone\par \fs20\par \par \pard\tab The next day Their uncle offered to take everybody out for lunch after the boys got dropped off. They were going to a fast food place and Matt opted to stay behind and lounge around the pool. Besides, it'd be nice to have time without all the kids there. After Matt said he was staying Amanda complained of a mysterious stomach ache and also asked to stay. So Matts' uncle, father, and the boys headed out. This left Matt alone with Amanda. Amanda decided if she was going to keep teasing Matt, it'd be good if she could be as close to him as possible. Following this logic she decided that she was moving her room to the other basement room, directly adjacent to Matts'. It also occured to her the same benefit Matt found in the basement: privacy. Matt was in his room changing into his swim trunks while Amanda was lugging her stuff into the room next door. It seemed that his suscpicions from the previous night could be real. First she wanted to stay here with him, and now she was moving her room nearer to him. He definitely felt like she was making subtle advances towards him. He'd have to watch out for his plotting relative. He'd no sooner had the thought than he heard a noise from the bathroom that adjoined both rooms. Matt had shut his bedroom door but had forgotten about the bathroom. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a brief bit of movement. He'd been pulling up his trunks when he saw the motion. Apparently she planned on spying on him while she was down here. He pretended not to see her as he left his room. Let her look, he decided. He tried not to think too much about it as he headed up to the pool. He wasn't shocked when Amanda appeared outside as well, her malady apparently dissolved. He was floating on a pool chair when she came out and jumped in the pool. She swam over to him and talked as she clung to the chair. Matt got the impression she was trying to be too casual, as if she were hiding something. Sure enough, mid-conversation she attempted to flip his chair and send him into the water. Amanda gave a good try but again her weight betrayed her. She couldn't seem to get enough force to contend with her bigger cousin. They were only in the shallow water, so Matt eventually flipped himself off his raft to deal with Amanda. He tickled her ribs mercilessly before scooping her up cradle-style in his arms and tossing her a short distance. She squealed during her brief flight and hit the water with a splash. She recovered quickly and climbed onto the raft she'd just attempted to get him out of. Matt wasn't quite ready to end this battle however. He waded over to the raft before she could push off into the deep end. He grabbed the float and it's passenger and easily overturned the whole thing. She came up sputtering and with her arms crossed. He didn't know what was wrong until he noticed she didn't have her bikini top. He spotted it before she did, though he doubted she was looking terribly hard for it. He grabbed it and held it aloft, just out of Amandas' reach.\par \tab "Found it!" He said, moving it as she tried to jump and catch it with one hand as she covered herself with the other arm. He was enjoying the sight of Amanda jumping up and down quite a bit, and on one of her attempts he didn't evade her fast enough. She grabbed onto he top and wrenched it from his grasp. She then turned shyly from him and replaced the top on her body. Then she suggested they play marco polo. He agreed to play along, sure she was up to more mischief. Eventually he was proven right, as she was "It". As she swam towards him, he thought he could see her eyes open just barely enough to see. He didn't point it out though. She swam close to him, and she she reached out to tag him her hand miraculously found it's way to the front of his trunks. Several times when she was it there seemed to be an intent to grab at places below his waist. Eventually after a few near misses she discontinued her attempts. They continued to play innocently for a little while longer after that until everybody returned home.\par \tab Later that night as Matt was changing for bed there was a light knock on his door. Answering it he found it was Amanda.\par \tab "Hi Matt. I just wanted to tell you to be careful when you put anything in the closet. Uncle Dave said he hasn't finished the closets yet, and there are nails sticking out and stuff. He hasn't finished the wall between the them yet, so I guess we kinda share one closet." After that she wished him goodnight and scurried over to her room. Opening the folding doors Matt saw that it was true, there was a gap in the wall, where studs were exposed. It was easily big enough for a person to move thrugh, which he suspected Amanda knew. He was now fairly confident that Amanda was doing things to purposely flirt with him. Matt turned his light off and then proceeded into the closet. He figured if he was wrong, he could make up a story about putting things in his closet or something. However he was almost certain he wasn't wrong. He stepped through the gap and into Amandas' closet. He was so sure of himself that he purposely made just a little noise as he moved, hitting a hanger or two. Now all he had to do was wait and see if his theories were correct.\par \tab Matt didn't have to wait long, as Amanda sprung into action almost as soon as she heard the noise. She assumed it was her cute older cousin, and her guess was correct. She began peeling off her clothes she'd been wearing that day. Stripping off all but her underwear she made sure she was in full view of the closet doors, giving Matt an even better view than he'd recieved the day before. She took her sweet time putting her nightgown on, walking across the room and back to retrieve her bedclothes. She managed to give Matt a show from nearly every angle. Once it was on she pulled her underwear off, giving him glimpses of thighs but not the precious spot at the top of them. Then she left to go to the bathroom, which also gave Matt time to retreat quietly back to his room and attempt to sleep. He had to take care of something before he got ANY sleep that night.\par \par }