Chapter 2- The Trip

Today's biology lesson was on the anatomy and diets of large carnivores, so they covered bears, sharks, wolves, lions, all kinds of predators. Half way through the lesson Mrs K asked everyone the get into groups of four and produce a large poster on 2 different predators they learnt about. Scott, Tony, Skye and Dean shuffled their tables and chairs around so they were facing each-other and began setting to work. "So, which one's shall we pick?" Dean asked. They turned to look at the board and Scott says.

"How about... Sharks and Wolves? A land and marine predator"

"Sounds good." everyone agreed. They set to work using their notes and text books and gathered the information they needed and started writing it down. Half way through, Dean says "I've been thinking." Everyone stops and listens wondering what he has to say "I'm not doing anything over term and I doubt any of you are?" Everyone shook their heads and replied.

"Nope."

"I've been thinking that we should all take a trip up to my parent's cabin up in the mountains for the holidays. What do you guys think?" He asked worried of their response

"Sounds great!" Scott replied enthusiastically.

"Sounds fun!" Replied Skye.

"Count me in!" Tony shouted a little too loud. All four giggled a bit and continued their conversation. Tony continued saying.

"It's a three bedroom cabin, so large enough for all of us. It has a kitchen, bathroom, T.V everything." Dean said now excited.

"How long would we be up there for?" Asked Skye.

"I was thinking the whole week, that way we can go on hikes, go kayaking or anything else that comes to mind." Sounds amazing! Everyone thought "Great I'll make arrangements with my parents and email you the details."

"Awesome" Scott replied excited. They finished off their work whilst talking about stuff to do up their, Blake looked at the finished poster and then back up to Dean and asks.

"What is the wildlife like up there?" This caught everyone by surprise as they never thought about it.

"Well, we do get a bear every now and then, and there have been reports of wolves nearby. They couldn't get in though; we'd be safe in the cabin." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief but that was short lived when he said "Apart from when a bear got in another cabin Tony and Skye looked at each other and started laughing to. "I'm being serious now; we do have a shotgun in the closet up there if anything does happen, we'd be fine." Everyone nodded in understanding and just then the bell went.

Scott's minded flashed back to what Sam had previously said to him "We'll finish this later after school, and don't try running." He turned to Tony and said "Sam and Andy will be waiting for me outside, can you bring my car round the back of the gym and I'll meet you there?"

"Of course mate" He replied taking the keys and leaving the class room.

Tony left in the direction of the car park, while Scott turned for the gym. When he arrived at the fire exit in the gym, he carefully opened it and a few seconds later Tony pulled up in his car. He got in the driver's seat after giving Tony a high five and a thank you. "Can I give you a lift home Tony? A way of saying thanks."

"Sure that would be nice, beats the bus." They both laughed and got in a drove off. After passing the car park they noticed Sam and Andy waiting for Scott by the entrance. They saw him and ran after him. They ran right behind Scott's car trying to grab it.

"Hey watch this" Tony looked back just as Scott hit the brakes and Sam went straight into the back of the car and hitting his face against the window. He and Tony where absolutely laughing themselves to death and drove off home. Sam lay there until Andy caught up and gave him a hand up. Sam pushed his hand away getting up himself. He looked down the road watching them drive away laughing in their car; he brought his hand up to his face and wiped his mouth noticing he cut his lip.

"We're going to get that son of a bitch." He uttered before turning around back to school.

Further down the road Scott and Tony were laughing so much their stomachs hurt. Scott eventually pulled over in case in crashed and continued his giggle fit. They were at it for a few minutes when they eventually calm down. "That was hilarious!" Scott yelled.

"Yeah it was, you do realize that he' going to absolutely rip you apart after half term?" he said in-between breaths.

"I know, I'll be ready for it" They settled down but as Scott was about to pull out, Skye came to the window asking what was wrong and if they had broken down. The two boys looked at each other and started laughing in hysterics again. She looked at them confused but still a little amused.

"What's so funny?" Tony went through the whole ordeal from leaving the classroom to now. Afterwards she was laughing just as much. After they calmed down again, she bid her farewells and all three continued home. 10 minutes later Scott pulled up outside his flat. He got out of the car and said goodbye to Tony and once again thanking him for helping to get him out of school and the offer for the trip.

He walked up the stairs and into his flat, he hung his jacket and bag up and went straight to the living room and sat down. He let out a sigh of sweet relief and then immediately burst out laughing again. "I'm so dead after the holidays" he thought whilst laughing. He remembered what the plan was for the holidays so he put on some music that could be heard throughout the flat via speakers dotted about, and went about packing his clothes and other necessities he might need. After a few hours of packing, he looked at the clock "6:30pm better get something to eat." He thought. He went off to the kitchen and started cooking a pizza. Just as he put it in the oven his favourite song came on secrets by one republic. He started singing and dancing not giving a care in the world.

Towards the end of the song he turned to go back to the living room when a man was stood watching him from the living room. He jumped back in shock and embarrassment. He knew who it was; it was his social worker Ken. He went over to the music and turned it off. "What are you doing here? You could have knocked!" He yelled still feeling embarrassed.

"Just checking up to see how you are doing and I did knock. You seem to be enjoying yourself." Scott lent against the wall and replied.

"Of course I am no more sharing rooms, no more waiting to use the bathroom, no more beatings! This is way better!"

"That's good" Ken said getting some papers out.

"What are those for" He asked pointing to the papers.

"Just some forms about the holidays, they say that if anything happens if you go away, it's not our fault."

"I'm not planning on going anywhere" Obviously he lied so he wouldn't get pestered with more forms and pointless things to sign. He quickly read them over and signed at the bottom.

"That's great, all done, I'll get going now. I will be back round shortly after the holidays. One last thing."

Scott looked at him annoyed that he had something else to say "Is something burning?" He immediately ran to the kitchen but as he got there and opened the oven, his pizza was fine and he heard Ken laughing. "I'll see myself out" and shutting the door shortly after. He took out his pizza and sat at his desk eating it. After he finished he turned on his computer and decided to look at the different types of wildlife in the area where they would be camping. Sure enough he found there were wolves, bears, eagles, caribou, salmon, cougars, a huge variety of predators and prey.

"I think that shotgun might need to come in handy" He said to himself.

As he was switching it off he got an email from Dean. He opened it and it had a picture of the cabin, inside and out with all the info about the area and town a ten miles away. It looked amazing he couldn't wait. The email read "Hey guys this is were we're going, dad is letting my take his truck, but Tony, could you bring your car as well seeing as it's the biggest one, and we'll need all the room we can get. We'll all meet at Tony's house seeing as we all live closer to him at 11:00. It will take about 6 hours to get there so be prepared for the long journey. See you guys tomorrow, Dean." He came up with a few more things he could pack and went straight to packing them.

He finished after about 15 minutes. Looking at the clock it said 9:00pm. "I ought to get some sleep, got a long day tomorrow" He thought. He went of to his room changed into his pyjamas and got into bed. He lay there staring at the roof, hands behind his head thinking what an amazing week he's in for. He turned to lie on his side and began to slowly drift off to sleep.

What he didn't know was that this would be the last time he slept in his home again. And this trip would change his life, FOREVER...