Author's note: The summary says it all XD. And I get it guys, you all wanted another Phandi story and this has been on my doc manager for ages and would've expired soon, so here you go! I was a little hesitant to upload this, considering it's been written for ages and ready to upload, I just didn't know if you'd like a Phandi story. But lots of people seemed to enjoy 'Andi's Surprise', so I decided to upload it now xD Read and review! I hope you enjoy it, it was fun to write! :-)
Chapter 1: Getting Lost.
Andi's point of view.
I was texting Emma about a camping trip that could potentially be my boyfriend's end. Even if he survives it will still be...hmmm how to put this nicely? A disaster, terrible mistake, a vacation no one will enjoy, everyone's worst nightmare, the awkwardest moment alive. Shall I continue? My parents and I are going camping with my boyfriend Philip. What's wrong with that, one may ask. Everything. Since I was a little I was always a daddy's girl and it explains my tomboyish nature. As I grew up my dad's 'loose' and 'rule breaking' personality did a whole 180° when I turned 14. I hadn't noticed until I had started dating Philip. Hence why my dad still doesn't trust him. I realised this when I agreed to a dinner that my mom had arranged for my dad and boyfriend to bond. It only lasted a couple of hours and my dad almost killed him when he was talking about me. Plus Philip beat him at every video game they had played. Maybe I should of warned him about my dad not liking to loose.
I felt a vibration coming from my phone on my bed. I checked it and it was a text from Emma. I opened her message and stopped packing.
Emma- So, you looking forward to ur awesome camping trip?
Andi- Are you trying to be funne!? -_- I honestly don't know what to expect.
Emma- I bet you're expecting cuddling and kissing right in front of your dad. Tut, tut Andi. How naughty! ;-)
Andi- Shut it Emma! Wouldn't you be nervous if you were going with Jax? Even if you dad loves him?
Emma- You have a point, I would be really nervous but try to enjoy it at the same time, you know? And I have been before it was fun but something happened and I don't want to talk about it... That's what you have to do, keep calm and try to enjoy it, I'm wishing you good luck :-) I'll ask Jax to text u good luck too, he's with me now, he came over for lunch, I'll make a group chat :-D
Before I could text back my protest I got a text from Jax in a group called *Besties*. I rolled my eyes and smiled at the name, typical girly Em. Em had forced me to change his contact name from ignore me. But she didn't know what I changed it to.
*Besties Chat*
Birdman- Hey Andi good luck with Philip and camping don't try to do anything to lovey dovey to my best mate ;-). *_* Yeah, Emma's making me send this soooo...
Andi- Whatevs birdman, I'll miss you, not! :-[ Will u miss my pranks? ;-)
Birdman- yeah sure, #sarcasm
Emma- OK calm down u two, I bet u will miss each other secretly :-D
Andi- Yeah sure Em :-\ Oh, Philip's here now. Bye Em. See ya Birdman. If I don't return its cuz my dad has gotten us lost or something. No seriously...
Emma- Lol! Have a nice weekend:-)
Birdman- Can we get back to scrapbooking now, Em? ;-) ;-) ;-)
Emma- Jax we're still on the group chat...
Birdman- ...
Andi- Ew! I'll let u get back to your glitter. Have fun Jaxy ;-) And you're in the same place for crying out loud! Did u need to text that and disturb me!? :-0 Ugh bye ~ The nervous Andi.
As soon as they both read the message I got a notification on my screen that read: 'Emma and Birdman have left the *Besties Chat*'.Typical love birds.
I put my phone in my pocket and somehow managed to fit my chainsaw in my backpack. I knew Philip was here already because the doorbell is way too loud.
"Andrea, sweetie, Philip's here." Mom shouted.
"I know, I heard the door, I'm just getting my things ready!" I called back. I tried to ignore the butterflies in my stomach as I made my way down stairs after grabbing my stuff. I was dressed in a camouflaged style tank top and light blue denim jeans, my hair was pulled into a curly ponytail for a change. I saw Philip and gave him a hug.
"Well someone looks beautiful." He whispered into my ear. I blushed slightly and buried my head into his neck to hide it.
"T-Thanks. Are you sure you're ready? I mean we can back down now if you want." I whispered quiet enough for my parents not to hear.
"Since when does Andi Cruz back down?" He laughed, he did have a point. Plus I'm no chicken!
"Ahem!" Dad 'coughed'. We immediately let go of eachother.
"Well step lively Cruz's! And...Philip!" My dad announced already embarrassing me. I internally sighed. I could already tell this camping trip will be the longest I've ever been on. Just keep calm Andi and try to enjoy it, I told myself remembering what Emma had told me. Just breathe Andi, just breathe. You'll be fine, have faith in Philip he promised to be on his best behaviour for you.
My parents marched out of the door. I assumed we had to trail behind. We left my house to the-
Wait, where's the car?
"Dad, where's the car or RV or any type of transport!?"
"Nonsense! We don't need that stuff! We always go in the car, I decided that we should walk to the lake district!"
"Dad that's like seven hours there and seven back! That's fourteen hours wasted! Of walking! Are you crazy!?"
"No, but you are Dandy Andi!" My dad gave me a big kiss on the cheek which I eagerly whipped off of my now red cheeks.
"Mom!" I moaned hinting for help. Maybe a talk from mom will calm dad down.
"I'm sorry sweetie, you know what your dad's like when he gets an idea."
"We'll be fine! It'll be fun!" He replied simply.
"But dad you're not the best at map reading, remember when-"
"That theme park map was too big!" He threw his hands in the air to exaggerate. He then pulled out the biggest map I'd ever seen. Oh no.
Philip wrapped a protective arm around my middle. "Calm down Andi, its fine, you can have a piggy back ride when you get tired."
"OK." I grinned immediately feeling my mood lighten. Luckily my dad was too busy with a large map to notice our close contact and my mom just smiled and winked making weird gestures...
"Right! Let's go!" My parents marched down the street arm in arm as me and Philip slipped on our backpacks. We walked behind them hand in hand as my dad tried to work out which route would be the fastest and easiest. I have a bad feeling about this journey...
"Wait, is this left or right? I think it's left." He informed mom, checking with her.
"Honey, its right." She said pointing to a spot on the map.
"Right, I said that!"
Six hours later.
We had been walking for six hours straight and my legs were killing. I felt like I was going to collapse. Everyone, but my dad, had slowed down the normal pace to a very slow pace. My dad was being stubborn but I could tell he was tired too. I would ask for a piggy back ride now but I didn't want Philip to die of exhaustion. Me and Philip had made subtle conversation and my parents had been trying to figure out how long we had left to reach our destination when we abruptly stopped. I accidentally bumped into my dad.
"Ooof!" I tripped slightly but was caught by my hero. I smiled up at him.
"Why'd we stop, Mr Cruz?" My boyfriend asked curiously putting me on my feet and letting his hands linger around my waist.
"Why'd you think lad?!" Dad barked noticing his actions. Philip put his hands behind his back.
"Uhm..." Philip gulped nervously thinking of an answer.
"Don't. It's a rhetorical question." I whispered helpfully as mom gave us a sympathetic look. Philip snapped his mouth shut.
"The stupid 5 dollar map has lead us to a dead end. Cheap piece of paper." My dad muttered growing frustrated. Great we're lost. I knew this would happen, what did I tell Emma!? I looked around and realised we were in a forest. A forest, really!? A flipping forest! I pulled at my phone and checked our location...
This forest wasn't just any forest. No just, no. It was the largest in Miami! I handed my phone to mom so she could check the info. We were stuck in the middle of nowhere trying to go on vacation. I internally groaned, could this get any worse? As soon as that thought passed what does the sky go and do. Fill with grey clouds, and them clouds emptied their contents all over us. Harshly. Rude. Karma anyone?
"What are we gonna do!?" I yelled over the loud rainfall that was drenching us all. No one heard except maybe my laughing boyfriend.
"What's so funny?!" I screamed.
"You look so fierce when you're angry. It's attractive." He grinned as I blushed and calmed down a little on the inside because of my girly instincts that were screaming at what I just heard. Lucky for Philip dad didn't hear that either. Philip then took off his jacket much to my protest and put it over my head, trying to shield me from the rain and wind.
"Don't worry family! And...Philip. We just have to stay calm." Dad tried, acting 'manly'. (If you can call his gestures that, respectfully.)
"We need to find a nearby inn or hotel. It's too late to ask for help." I mused.
"Well according to this device sweetie, the nearest inn is 30 miles away and a hotel is 40." My mom read my phone.
"And if the rain turns into a thunderstorm, it won't be safe to walk that far in the weather." Philip piped up. My dad then made a show of rolling his eyes directly at Philip. That made me even angrier. Why was dad being so rude!?
"And guess what dad!? The safest place to be when there's lightning is in a car!" I shouted over the gradually speeding up pattern of rain.
"Well I told your mother to bring the car-" he began sheepishly until he received a punch from mom. Mom glared at him.
"OK, OK. We'll just have to set up the tents here."
"Dad, in this weather?" I asked unsurely.
"We have no other choice." He assured dramatically and turned away. You know, my dad's a good actor. I took out my ponytail and fixed it into a bun as it was getting in my way, I then began preparing for the tent making and pulled my boyfriend's jacket back over me. I sensed Philip's stare when I was fixing my hair and it hadn't dropped so I looked over at him but he looked away. Guys are so weird.
Fifteen minutes later.
The rain had indeed turned into a thunderstorm and although I act tough, I'm actually really scared of thunder, lightning and the dark, so I pitched up my enormous tent pretty well in a short period of time. Grammy had bought me this tent for christmas, she knows how much I like camping. I then went over and helped a struggling Philip. He's never pitched a tent before but he was half way there which impressed me. I was proud.
My parents were sharing a tent so had already clambered inside (double the help) after they had bid goodnight to us...well dad only said night to me. Philip gave me a sweet kiss goodnight and entered his tent too. I clambered inside mine as well. I opened my wet backpack and luckily all its contents were dry. I emptied everything out and found my mini lamp. I turned it on to provide enough light for me. I toweled off my hair which was slowly curling and changed into thick PJs. My tent was insulated so it was pretty warm but it didn't keep out the loud patter of rain or loud noise. Each clap of thunder made me jump so I tried to distract myself. But nothing was working.
Suddenly I saw a shadow outside of my tent. My heart beat sped up extra fast. Calm down Andi its probably just a raccoon...Right? Slowly my zip to my tent slowly opened. Was it a bear!? I picked up my trusty chainsaw. Calm down. Calm down. I couldn't hold it in any longer.
*BOOM* went the thunder.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed and started up my chainsaw until a hand covered my mouth. I looked up and saw Philip.
"Shush, your dad." He indicated to my parents tent. I bit his hand for scaring me.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed.
"Shush! My dad." I laughed quietly and turned off my chainsaw. He rolled his eyes. "What are you doing here Philip? My dad will kill you if he wakes up."
"I heard your screams, I couldn't let you be scared without me. Who knew you were scared of storms?"
"No one it's a secret! I mean I'm not scared. I mean...Don't tell anyone." I warned.
"Don't worry I won't." He chuckled softly. The thunder clattered again as I screamed and jumped into Philip's lap.
"Hey, hey its okay." He soothed stroking my hair. I scrambled from his warm embrace and sat next to him instead. He wrapped an arm around my shoulder as I rested my head on his firm chest.
"I'm sorry about my dad, you know what he's like. I did warn you."
"I know A, your dad's gonna take some time to like me, but it's been fun so far! I enjoyed learning how to pitch a tent and I get to spend all this time with you." I smiled at my special nickname.
"Well I hope he does warm up to you eventually, its actually kinda annoying..." I replied. My phone then buzzed. I reached for it and found that the *besties* chat was back.
*Besties* Chat.
Emma- Andi you said you'd text me when you got to the lake district. Are you there? :-\ are you Ok?
Andi- I'm fine, but we're not at the lake district now, we set up camp in the middle of nowhere.
Emma- Why?
Andi- My dad decided to walk there instead :'(
Birdman- :-D :-D :-D :-D Shame.
Emma- Jax, leave her alone babe. And I'm so sorry Andi, how's Philip coping with your dad?
Andi- He's fine. My dad's not getting to him too much. He's in my tent. I'll let him join this chat :-). And shut up Birdman!
Birdman- Awwww did u call me babe, babe!? ;-) ;-) and I will not shut up Andi I'm typing not talking :-P
Philip- Hey lovebirds.
Emma- Hi Philip. Why r u in Andi's tent!? ;-)
Philip- Uhm...it's warm.
Awww he kept my secret. I cuddled next to him closer as we both glanced at our phone screens.
Birdman- Ohhhhh I bet it is bro ;-) ;-) ;-)
My cheeks flushed at Jax's stupid text and what he was implying. My boyfriend's cheeks were pink too. Hypocrite! It was obvious he was with Emma.
Andi- Shut up Jax, like your not with Emma now because she's scared of storms :-\
Emma-...
Birdman- Touche.
Philip- Lol she told youuuuuu XD
A few hours later.
Talking to Emma and maybe even Jax helped distract me from the storm. I glanced at my watch it was 1:00am.
"It's one am Philip, you should head back to your tent. My dad will probably be up early." I informed wishing he could stay with me. I'm really surprised my dad hasn't woken up with all the laughing that we've been doing caused by Jemma, and my chainsaw sounding when I thought there was a bear. My dad's always been a deep sleeper though, but knowing my luck it probably won't be safe enough for Philip to stay here any longer.
"I'll go back once I know you're asleep." He replied.
"Why?" I questioned.
"Because when you're sleeping I know you won't be scared."
"Your so sweet Philip." I blurted as to which he grinned at. He gestured for me to climb into my sleeping bag. So I did. He sat beside me playing with my frizzy hair which relaxed me.
"Night, A."
"Night." I replied with a stomach full of butterflies. Stupid nickname.
I slowly stopped fighting the wave of sleep that ran over my body. I felt safe with Philip and before I knew it, I was fast asleep underneath his protective burning gaze with my chainsaw right by my side.
