Journey Online

Summary: Journey are teenagers and meet at a summer camp for the first time.

Note: This is my first fanfic ever written so please be patient. Please give me some feedback so I know how to make the story better. Journey meets for the first time in a secluded summer camp. Sorry about lack of Journey interaction in this chapter.

"Mom, please don't make me go!" Courtney had tried everything not to be shipped off to summer camp but nothing had worked.

"Honey, it isn't a question anymore. You're going to Camp Everwood. I'm sorry but I don't know what else to do. Ever since your father left I've had a hard time with everything. Please don't make it worse." Janine looked at her daughter with pleading eyes and Courtney gave up.

Courtney then stormed up to her room and began to pack. It was so typical of her mother to bring up her father to win an argument. It was going to take a lot of stuff to get through a month in the wilderness but since she was going two she packed accordingly. By later that night, two stuffed duffel bags sat in the middle of her room.

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Jason sat on his bed in complete silence. It was such a Quartermaine thing to do to ship your kids away for two months. Jason had a million angry thoughts going through his head at once and it all came out in a blank, icy stare.

He was going to Camp Everwood tomorrow along with his siblings, Skye and A.J. for two months. Jason sighed as be started to pack.

As Bus #1 screeched to a stop, Jason rolled his eyes at the group of overly cheerful counselors. They all had these cheesy smiles plastered to their faces. Anyone could tell how forced the smiles were as the bus slowly started to unload.

When Jason stepped off the bus he and A.J. were herded over to the section where all the oldest boys were standing.

"Hi, I'm Sonny Corinthos and I'm going to be your counselor while you are here at Camp Everwood." A man with short dark hair stood beside the

Quartermaine brothers. He recognized them through rumor.

Sonny immediately received a good impression from the blond one but he didn't like the boy who introduced himself as A.J. A.J. had this suspicious smirk on his face that Sonny couldn't stand.

As the other buses arrived all the boys were gathered and showed to the cabin. All luggage was going to be dropped at a nearby depot in a few minutes.

"I'm going to the girl's side of camp and see how Skye is settling in," A.J. called to Jason. Jason followed A.J. somewhat reluctantly but figured it would annoy A.J. to keep the whole "happy family" act up.

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As Courtney rolled into camp on bus #3 she guessed that this summer wasn't going to be her idea of fun. A few seconds after she stepped off the bus and into the hot summer air a blond woman approached her.

"Hi, I'm Carly, your counselor. You must be Courtney. All the other girls are waiting to be taken to the cabin and I'm waiting for when I can lose this fake smile. I'm sure going to be sore in the morning." Carly said this all in one breath as she escorted Courtney away from the bus.

Courtney was lead to a group of impatient looking girls and then to her cabin. She found out that the luggage had arrived at a luggage depot and walked over to a heap of identical duffel bags. In five minutes Courtney had managed to pull her two duffel bags out of the pile but bringing them back to the cabin was a different story.

Just as she was about to give up a boy who introduced himself as A.J. grabbed one end of one of her duffel bags. Courtney smiled and took the other end and together they carried it to her cabin. A.J. seemed nice enough but on their way back to the depot a blond-haired boy carried Courtney's other bag over his shoulder.

A.J. could tell Courtney was drooling over his brother so her decided to introduce Jason in his favorite way.

"Courtney, this is Jason, my brother. When he grows up he hopes to be an even bigger thug than he is now."

All Courtney could hear was that this beautiful guy's name was Jason. Maybe this summer wasn't going to be so bad after all.

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Skye sighed as she eyed her two large duffel bags. Her brothers had run after some blond in her cabin and abandoned her. After they were done with helping the blond, they went back to the boy's side of camp, completely forgetting about her. Skye was very irritated as she began to drag her duffel bags.

"Hi, I'm Jax. Do you need help with these bags?"

Skye looked up to find this guy she thought to be absolutely dreamy and smiled to herself.

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As Jason unpacked he couldn't stop thinking about that blond whose luggage he carried. She was beautiful but Jason guessed he was too late for she was practically salivating at his brother. Why, he didn't know but Jason could tell a crush when he saw one.

In the time during which Jason was unpacking, he came upon a realization. It wasn't her crush of either his or his brother that he was thinking about. He, Jason Morgan Quartermaine, had a huge crush on this girl named Courtney who he had only met in the past hour.

Later that night Courtney sat alone while other people were socializing. Every night Camp Everwood had snacks and time to chat but at that time, Courtney felt all alone.

"Hi there. Remember me?" Courtney looked up to find A.J. standing next to her. He sat down next to Courtney and was sitting a little to close for her liking.

"Did you know being part of a couple is everything at Camp Everwood?" A.J. continued, "I've been thinking. Why don't we go out? Unless, that is, I'm not good enough for you." A.J. said the last phrase sarcastically and Courtney was liking him less by the moment.

Before Courtney knew what was happening, she felt A.J.'s lips on her own. All she saw was Jason watching her and A.J. kiss.

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Jason felt as though his world was falling apart. The girl who he like was kissing his brother. All Jason knew was that he had to be alone before he acted on his feelings. In seconds, he ran outside into the cool, quiet night air.

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A.J. felt Courtney trying to push herself away from his kiss but he didn't care. He knew how forceful his kiss was and guessed it was painful but Courtney was so beautiful he couldn't stop.

"What the hell are you doing?" Courtney finally got out of A.J.'s painful grasp and was staring at him in disbelief.

"Have you thought about my offer," asked A.J.

"No way would I ever go out with you," Courtney screamed indignantly.

"I'd reconsider. I won't stop asking until you agree to be my girlfriend," A.J. pushed.

"But if I say yes you'll leave me alone about this?"

"Fine. I'll be your girlfriend! Just leave me alone." With that,

Courtney stormed out and A.J. found himself alone. A.J. was fine with that because he got what he wanted. A.J. just sat where he was smirking from ear to ear.

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Courtney was glad to leave the lodge and was in near hysterics as she leaned against a tree and looked up into the starry sky. She started talking to herself.

"This is horrible! A slimeball just kissed me but I couldn't refuse him. What I really want is his brother Jason..." Courtney immediately stopped talking. She could have sworn she heard someone nearby.

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Jason was lost in his thoughts. Courtney didn't like him at all. How mortifying to be showed up by A.J. thought Jason. All of Jason's thoughts were cut off by the sound of crying. He followed his ears to find Courtney crying against a tree. Jason would have like to talk to her but she began to speak first. As she kept talking, Jason realized she was talking to herself. He heard it all and caught the last phrase of Courtney's rambling before realizing it was suddenly silent.

"What are you doing here?"

Jason jumped to what seemed like a meter. He was caught.

"Thinking. It's so quiet out here and its just so easy to sort out my thoughts."

"I know just what you mean." Courtney smiled shyly. An awkward silence followed this statement until Carly came out of nowhere.

"Didn't you hear? It's time for bed! I'll meet you back at the cabin but be quick." Jason and Courtney saw what they both knew was a definite wink and

"Goodnight Courtney."

"Huh? Oh yeah. I mean, goodnight." Courtney was caught off guard because she was so busy admiring Jason she forgot about everything. As she blushed,

Jason blushed too and began to smile. They then went their separate ways for the night.

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Courtney lied in bed staring at the ceiling, thinking. She had almost completely forgotten about the incident with A.J. What she was thinking about was Jason and how, if possible, he looked even hotter when he smiled.

Note: This chapter isn't that realistic but I couldn't resist!!!

"Who is up for a late-night skinny-dip?"

Courtney looked up from the letter she was writing. Carly was asking the whole cabin to a late-night swim.

"I'm in," Courtney exclaimed. She got off her top-bunk bed and waited by the door for everyone else. The group she was going with wasn't really a group at all. It was just her and Liz. On their way to a nearby dock Carly made a surprising announcement.

"You're in for a treat. How about we swim from the dock on the boy's side of camp?"

Courtney and Liz agreed and began to walk to the boy's side of camp.

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Jason couldn't believe what he was about to do. He had somehow been talked into skinny-dipping on the dock at the girl's side of camp. A.J. and Sonny were to go with him. Sonny had to supervise because Camp Everwood had strict rules about campers being watched at all times in the lake. After all, no camp would want to be responsible if an accident happened while no one was watching.

As Jason, A.J., and Sonny were walking they spotted Liz, Courtney, and Carly.

"Hi there," Sonny said looking right at Carly.

"I have an idea. Why doesn't everyone go in their direction in which they were headed, take care of what we are all obviously about to do while

Sonny and I stay here?"

"Why Carly, that sounds like an excellent idea," responded Sonny.

As the groups went in their separate directions, Jason looked back to see Carly's arms wrapped around Sonny. While Jason was walking, he kept thinking about the wonderful way the moon reflected off of Courtney's face.

"Thinking about my girlfriend, aren't you," A.J. asked, catching on.

"What's it to you," was Jason's response. The icy stare took its place and for once in his life, A.J. was smart enough to leave it alone.

As they reached the dock it was decided that Jason would hop in first.

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"You go first." Courtney was shocked by this statement but in the end agreed to it.

"I'm only hopping in and out," was Courtney's final response.

One the cool wooden dock Courtney shed her clothes and jumped into the water immediately.

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Jason shivered as he entered the water. It was cooler than he had expected and he could feel himself rising to attention. As embarrassing as that was, nothing could have prepared Jason for what was happening. When he re-surfaced, A.J. was running away with Jason's clothes in his arms. Not even his shoes were left.

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Courtney couldn't believe Liz would do this to her. Sure, they had only known each other for a few days, but still, this was unexpected. Liz had taken everything. As Courtney got out she knew she couldn't be in sight of anyone.

She knew the boys would be returning along the front road. The thought of A.J. seeing her like this made her feel ill so she ran to the back road.

Before she knew it, Courtney was in an all-out sprint across camp.

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Jason got out of the water. He immediately ran to the back road. The front road was well lit. After all, the whole camp seeing him naked with a boner wasn't Jason's idea of fun.

As Jason continued to run along the back road, he felt the sharp sting of rocks and twigs against his bare feet. That was soon forgotten as Jason went into a total sprint. Soon Jason was so busy running he had completely forgotten about his surroundings.

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Running, running, and running was all that was on Courtney's mind. She didn't even notice her left foot was bleeding slightly from a sharp rock a while back. It was really dark which was okay by her as she progressed toward the girl's side of camp. Ever so suddenly, Courtney found herself short of breath.

In an instant Courtney realized why she was winded. A large object had hit her. She felt herself falling backwards and grabbed the first thing her hands could grab to steady herself.

Much to Courtney's relief the object that she grabbed prevented her from falling. Unfortunately, Courtney realized why and what happened. What she had a firm grip on was Jason's butt.

If that wasn't bad enough, the cause of the near fall was enough to make both Jason and Courtney cringe with embarrassment. While they were running, Jason tripped a few feet in front of Courtney and stuck his arms out but Courtney's breasts had caught his fall. In turn, Courtney had grabbed Jason's butt to keep from falling over from the momentum against her chest.

Jason and Courtney stood where they were for a moment before noticing what they had grabbed. They both instantly let go and took a step back.

"Sorry," they both muttered in unison. To make matters worse, Courtney looked down to find a very happy Jason.

"Its cold out!" Jason was glad Courtney at least couldn't see how red his face was. Courtney was equally embarrassed because she looked at Jason; the fact that they were both weren't wearing anything, plus Jason's large size as an added bonus.

"I better be going," Courtney said hurriedly before running, if possible, even faster than she had been before. She could have died on the spot just from embarrassment. When she reached her cabin she found her clothes on her bed and Liz pretending to be asleep. After she was dressed Courtney leaned over Liz to give her a warning.

"You're lucky. I won't retaliate. This time," Courtney whispered.

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Jason reached his cabin and couldn't have felt more relieved. His clothes were strewn all over the floor. He gathered them and got dressed for bed. A.J. was already asleep along with everyone else so Jason planned a prank equally as immature. Jason gathered a bucket full of warm water from the sink and stuck on of A.J.'s hands into it.

In Jason's opinion it was even. The only difference was that he got to see Courtney Matthew's wearing as much as he was.

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Courtney had a hard time falling asleep. Jason was so muscular, not to even mention his large size. Her main concern was how could she ever look him in the eyes again without blushing to a crimson red.

Note: In this chapter, I use the names of parts of a sailboat but I hopefully

I've explained them in context enough. Sorry if anybody doesn't get that part of the chapter and sorry for giving part of the plot away.

Courtney sat at a table, poking at her breakfast. She wasn't really hungry as the previous night's memories swirled through her head. Just then,

Jason sat down next to her.

"I'm sorry about last night," Jason started.

"It's okay, I'm sorry too," Courtney finished. Courtney took a deep breath and to fill the awkward silence she continued," I don't want an embarrassing experience like last night to get in the way of a friendship. Do you want to go to an activity together this morning?"

"Okay, how about sailing?"

"Sounds like a plan." With Courtney's last statement Jason began to eat.

"Well, I have to go clean the cabin and get ready for the day,"

Courtney explained as she got up and left Jason to his breakfast.

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Jason had a boat reserved for him and Courtney as he sat on the sail dock. A few minutes later an out of breath Courtney ran up to the dock. She walked at a brisk pace on the dock to find Jason had rigged the boat and was ready to go.

"Sorry, I didn't hear the bell," Courtney stated.

"Its okay, let's just sail," Jason responded. The wind started to pick up as Jason and Courtney left the dock. Jason steered the boat away from the dock.

"Can you hold the tiller while I go on the bow deck and pull up the main sail?"

"What?" Courtney didn't get a word of what Jason had just said. It made no sense.

"You hold this long wooden thing to steer the boat while I go on the front deck and set up the big sail," explained Jason. "Be sure to hold onto this rope as well," Jason went on as he handed Courtney the tiller and main sheet.

Jason then climbed on the bow deck and pulled up the main sail. As he did this, Courtney couldn't help but watch his muscular arms. She was so busy watching Jason she forgot about steering the boat.

"I'll take those," Jason chuckled at Courtney as he took the tiller and main sheet. He also took the jib sheet. "This is the jib sheet. Its job is to control the jib, or the smaller sail, from flapping around in the wind."

Courtney took the jib sheet from Jason and leaned back, enjoying the feeling of sailing. Jason watched mesmerized as the wind swept through Courtney's hair. Before Jason could prepare, the boat was caught in a gust of wind. Jason left go of the main sheet to prevent to boat from dumping.

The boat didn't dump but a sheet of water had come in from the side. Jason re-gained control of the boat, caught the main sheet, and started a conversation to keep Courtney calm.

"I'm from New York, where are you from?"

"It's always warm there."

"Yeah, I guess but..." Courtney couldn't finish her sentence as the wind picked up again and the boat started to tip over again. Unlike the last time, not just one sheet of water had entered the boat.

In response to this, Courtney panicked and grabbed hold of Jason, hugging him close to her. This caused a very awkward moment and she promptly let go and sat back down.

"The wind is very unpredictable today," obversed Jason.

"Yeah," Courtney half said, looking him over yet again. Jason would have look at Courtney the way she was looking at him but he was becoming increasingly concerned with safely sailing. He didn't want to scare her but a he noticed a lot of other boats had dumped, the motor boats with staff were busy with the already dumped boats, and they were on the opposite side of the lake from the dock.

Just as that thought entered Jason's head the wind picked up yet again.

"Courtney, sit and put all your weight on the high side of the boat," Jason yelled in a moment of desperation as the boat took in sheet after sheet of water.

Courtney did as she was told. She leaned over the high side of the boat and the boat slowly leveled. After this happened Courtney grabbed on to Jason again, this time unashamed.

"Jason, I'm scared," Courtney whispered. Jason slowly rubbed her upper back to comfort her and she started breathing slower than she had been. As Courtney slowly pulled away, Jason spotted a single tear rolling down Courtney's cheek. With the hand that wasn't steering the boat, holding the main sheet, and at this point, holding the jib sheet, wiped it away.

Almost as if on cue, the wind picked up again. This gust was the one that did them in. First, the boat tipped over dangerously and Courtney got on the high side. As the boat kept tipping, the sheets of water started pouring in. As a response, Jason let got of the main sheet and started to hold on to Courtney but it was too late.

Courtney's knuckles were white from grasping onto the boat for what seemed like dear life. Jason felt himself lose grip of Courtney and the boat as he fell into the water. At that point the boat was past ninety degrees out of the water and the main sail started to sink. It was losing Jason's touch that freaked Courtney out to the breaking point. She held on to the boat even tighter and started screaming.

"Just let go!" Jason knew it was no use for Courtney couldn't hear him. He hated doing nothing but nothing was all he could do as the boat finally flopped into the water. It was suddenly silent as Courtney disappeared from view. The boat was floating upside down and she was nowhere in view.

"COURTNEY!" Jason started screaming Courtney's name again and again, waiting desperately for some sign of her.

Silence was all that responded.

Courtney was trapped. She was breathing in the air-pocket of the overturned sailboat. She thought her leg was tangled in the main sail but as she kicked around it came free. She thought she heard Jason calling her outside and Courtney knew she had to do something, and soon.

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Jason called Courtney's name repeatedly as he swam around the sailboat. Come to think of it, he thought he could hear a soft thudding. This would have scared him except he noticed it was in a pattern. Courtney was going to be okay. He just knew it.

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Courtney knew what she was going to do. She hoped Jason understood her signal. It was in a pattern so he would know she was okay. Now all she had to do was get out.

Taking a deep breath, Courtney submerged herself in the water. All was going well until the sail blocked her way out. Tearing past the sail, Courtney fought out of the area of the sail boat. When she re-surfaced, fully out of the boat, she breathed in the fresh air like never before.

"Jason, I'm okay," Courtney called. Jason heard this and swam to the other side of the sail boat where Courtney was swimming. They quickly embraced.

"I'm so glad you're okay. You really scared me there." As Jason looked into Courtney's face he saw her strength and determination. It wasn't over yet though. "We need to somehow get back to the dock. Al the motor boats are busy with other dumped sailboats."

Together, Jason and Courtney slowly worked to turn over the dumped sailboat. First, they put all their weight on one side of the boat as Jason the started to climb up the side. He then leaned on the centerboard and the boat flipped back up with Jason safely inside. Courtney was still in the water, unable to pull herself back into the boat.

Jason signaled for Courtney to meet him on the bow deck. She did and Jason leaned over to help pull her onto the deck. They then linked arms and Jason pulled a very tired Courtney onto the deck. They then climbed into the swamped boat and slowly sailed back to the dock.

They had a fairly smooth sail into the dock but crashed slightly into it as they landed.

"We'll take care of your boat," one of the sail staff said apologetically. The sail staff was acting out of pity for leaving them stranded in a potentially dangerous situation. "You're free to go get changed," the sail staff then added.

It was only after they had stepped off the dock that Courtney began to cry. She had kept it all in but now all her feelings came out in a flood of tears. She was sort of like this before the boat dumped but after it did she had suddenly gotten a flood of strength and determination. Now all her strength left as quickly as it came, leaving her crying.

"Its okay," Jason said soothingly as he held Courtney close. Slowly Courtney stopped crying and stepped back from Jason's muscular form.

"Well, if it isn't my brother with my girlfriend." A.J. stood still, taking, it all in. "Courtney that whole wet, white t-shirt look really suits you. I like it."

Before he knew it Jason had punched him on the nose. Blood trickled out of his nose as Jason's eyes turned to ice.

"Let him be Jason," Courtney requested. With that, A.J. left Courtney and Jason alone again.

"I'm sorry about my brother," Jason said as he removed his own shirt and handed it to Courtney. "Here."

"Thanks," Courtney said simply as she pulled the soggy blue shirt over her head. After she had his shirt on she snuck another peek at his six-pack.

"I'm also sorry that this was how our morning together turned out," Jason added.

"Its okay. After all, it only brought us closer."

"I know I can trust you"

Note: I don't know if I've mentioned this yet, but in this fanfic, Sonny and Courtney aren't related in any way.

"We have e-snizzies tonight," exclaimed Carly. Everyone in the cabin looked up at Carly in a moment of silence. That moment didn't last very long and chaos erupted as everyone was trying to decide what to wear.

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"What the hell are e-snizzies?!"

"Well, A.J., e-snizzies is a term the girls invented. It's short for extended snacks. They thought saying 'extended snacks' took too long and saying 'e-snacks' sounded too much like e-mail, so they say 'e-snizzies' instead," Sonny explained.

"It's also the time when we get the most play," a cabin-mate added. A.J. absorbed this information and couldn't help but to smirk.

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Jason took a deep breath before entering the lodge for e-snizzies. Sure enough, Courtney and A.J. were talking together. Sighing as he sat down, Jason guessed it was going to be a very long night.

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"Hey Courtney," started A.J.

"Hi," Courtney responded somewhat icily.

"Who shoved what up your butt?"

"Nothing. Do you want to take a walk with me in the woods?"

"Well then, I guess I wasn't asking. You're coming with me into the woods!"

With that, A.J. put his arms around Courtney and guided her out to the lodge through a side door.

A.J. and Courtney walked until the lodge was a distant glimmer of light. They stood alone in the night and A.J. put both his arms around Courtney as he began to kiss her. Courtney tried to pull away but A.J. only pulled her closer until there was no space left between them at all. He then shoved his tongue in her mouth and searched for hers. He found it and started sloshing his tongue on hers and around her mouth.

As A.J. had first shoved his tongue in Courtney's mouth she gagged but she was really disguested with his sloshing around in her mouth. She then pushed back with force similar to when she was tugging her way past the sail in the sailboat incident. It was overly effective and she fell backward, hitting the ground in a hard manner.

A.J. then straddled her and prepared to enter her mouth again. While he was doing this he forcefully felt his way up her shirt.

"Will you listen," Courtney pleaded. "You need to stop!"

"I don't like you. I like someone else."

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Jason couldn't stand sitting still any longer. With his concern about Courtney he went nearly insane but in addition with that Liz girl looking him over, Jason knew he had to leave. "Maybe," Jason thought to himself, "a walk in the woods would be nice..."

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"What? Who," A.J. demanded. In his heart, A.J. knew exactly who Courtney was so caught up with. His brother. He was hurting and he had to take it out on someone. He chose looked down at the somewhat frightened Courtney and made up his mind. She was so defenseless, especially with his on top of her.

"It's none of your business who I like!"

Courtney couldn't go on. A.J.'s tongue had entered her mouth again, even more forcibly than before. A.J. grabbed a one-dollar bill out of his pocket and began to go up Courtney's shirt again. Courtney couldn't do anything. Pain pierced through her whole body as A.J. put his weight on her. A.J. didn't stop when going up her shirt and wouldn't get off of Courtney until he had finished. A few seconds after he had successfully pushed the one-dollar bill into her bra, he got off of her.

"Whore!" A.J. stormed away, leaving Courtney crying.

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Jason was wandering through the woods when he heard a strange sound. He almost immediately recognized the sound as Courtney crying and broke out into a sprint.

There she was, the girl of Jason's dreams, crying on the ground.

"What's wrong," Jason asked. Courtney saw Jason and quickly attempted to hide her tears.

"Nothing. It's just that A.J., oh never mind!"

"Why won't you tell me? No offense or anything but you look terrible right now."

"You don't look so good yourself, Jason." Courtney was referring to the tired look that had imprinted itself on Jason's face from concern and worry.

"Let's just agree to drop it, for now," Jason said, knowing when he was defeated.

"That I could agree to."

"How about we go to an activity again tomorrow? Definitely not sailing, but something fun," Jason suggested.

"Sounds good. How about kayaking?"

"Wonderful. I cant' wait." Jason smiled at the thought of spending more time with Courtney. "Why don't I walk you back to your cabin?"

"I don't know, why don't you?" Courtney replied jokingly. With that, they both broke into a smile. Jason put his arm around her and together they walked in the direction of Courtney's cabin. Courtney didn't mind Jason's arms around her at all. Unlike with A.J., she felt close and liked the feeling.

When they reached Courtney's cabin they said their goodnights. A moment of awkwardness followed. Jason and Courtney began to move toward each other but Jason pulled out at the last second.

"I can't do this now. You just had a stressful night with A.J."