Sharon glanced up as the door opened, "Are you sure you wanna watch a scary movie, just because I love them doesn't mean we have to actually watch one." Mariah asked as she and Tessa entered the living room with a box of pizza and a case of beer. They had planned to just veg out on the couch for the night and that called for junk food and a Netflix binge.

"Hi girls."

"Oh hey, Sharon."

She didn't want to intrude on their date night so she planned to leave, but first she wanted to run her idea past the two of them. "Just the two girls I wanted to see."

"About what? What's wrong?" Mariah asked setting the pizza on the coffee table and turning to look at her mom.

"Nothing's wrong I just wanted to talk to you about something. Nick and I are planning on moving to our new place next month and I wanted to spend some time with you before we leave."

"Oh yeah, of course, we will," Mariah answered relieved that nothing bad was happening. She had been a little on edge lately what with everything going on with Tessa. Which was why they just wanted to spend the night in and indulge in something to take their minds off of everything, at least for a little while.

"Well, I was thinking about a camping trip for the whole family. We can get out of town for a bit and spend some time together before we leave.

"Camping? Since when do we camp?" Mariah asked with a laugh as she plopped down on the couch grabbing Tessa's hand and pulling her down beside her.

"Well I know we've never really been camping before but there's a first time for everything, right. Besides Nick and Noah used to go all the time and they always had so much fun together. The campground they went to is beautiful, just look at this she said coming around the coffee table to show the girls on her phone.

"Yeah it is beautiful but camping? Can you really see us roughing it in a tent in the middle of nowhere?"

"Come on it will be fun and it gives us time together. With work and everything going on lately I barely see you. Not to mention it would be kinda nice you get to know Tessa better." Sharon answered as she took a seat in the chair beside them.

Tessa glanced up when she mentioned her name. Did Sharon really want her to go on their family trip with them, "Wait you want me to go?" She couldn't believe she was really being included after everything she had put this family though. She was still surprised they had given her a second chance after everything she had done.

"Yes, of course, we want you there." Sharon wanted to make up for not believing the girl when she claimed that those men were after her for money. She had wanted to trust her, for Mariah's sake but she was still weary. That was until she had seen the bruises, proof that Tessa had been telling the truth. Besides, there was no denying that Tessa made her daughter happier than she had ever seen her before. "Well just promise me you'll at least think about it."

"Ok, ok I'll think about it," Mariah loved her mom and Nick always treated her like a daughter but the thought of spending a weekend stranded in the middle of nowhere with the two lovebirds was a little too much family bonding. Besides, she had never been camping in her life and she wasn't even sure she would like it. Once Sharon left Mariah went to the kitchen to get some plates and napkins.

"You're gonna go right?" Tessa asked following her into the kitchen.

"I don't know."

"But it sounds like fun. I've never been camping before unless you count sleeping in your car."

"I've never been camping either but I'm not a very outdoorsy person."

"You ride horses," Tessa replied as they made their way back to the living room.

"Yeah but that's as far as I go," she laughed placing a piece of pizza on a plate and handing it to Tessa.

"Well, I'll go with you, come on it'll be fun." She could tell Mariah still wasn't sure about it. "Please, we can get away from everything for a bit and forget about all the drama I brought into your life."

"Ok, don't give me that face."

"I don't know what you're talking about, this is just my face," Tessa said with a small smile.

Mariah knew she was a goner. She would do anything for Tessa and she was right it would give them a chance to get away from everything and just spend some real time together. "Fine, we'll go camping."

"Yay!" Tessa squealed throwing her hands in the air. Mariah just hoped she wouldn't regret it once it was all said and done. But come on, who in their right mind would turn down that adorable dork doing a happy dance beside her.

Scrolling through her Netflix cue she found a few movies she had wanted to watch. "Ok, what about any of these?"

"We can watch a scary movie, I know how much you love them and it will give me a chance to snuggle up to you at the scary parts."

"You don't need an excuse for that."

The girls ended up watching two movies one after the other before falling asleep on the couch snuggled together under the blanket Mariah had gone to get halfway through the first movie when Tessa claimed she was cold. Sharon opened the door and spotted the girls right where she left them, the tv asking if they wanted to continue watching. Smiling she grabbed the remote and shut off the tv before turning off the lamp near the stairway and heading upstairs not wanting to wake them.