"Brennen are you awake?" Shalimar's head pops into the tent.
"Hmph"
"Are you awake?" She asks again.
"Hmph"
Shalimar climbs into the tent.Not noticing his shoes,she steps on one and falls onto him.
Struggling in his sleeping bag,Brennen jumps up."BUGS!"
Shalimar lets out a chuckle, "It's me you big baby."
" Shalimar what are you doing?"
"I um,needed to talk to you."
Brennen pushes Shalimar to oneside and untangles his legs from the sleeping bag, "What about?" He scratches the top of his head "Couldn't it wait till morning?"
"We've got a problem." She rubs her bottom from where she landed with a thud after Brennen had pushed her of him.
Brennen's eye's opened like golf balls "What? Mutants? Landslide? Bugs? Big Bugs?" He holds his hands up showing how big he thinks the bugs are.
"No even worse." Shalimar couldn't help but smile at him.
"Worse than bugs?"
"Yeah.Much worse."
"So are you planning on telling me or am I going to have to try and read your mind again.Because i'm telling you,the last time I tried playing that game,I concentrated so much I nearly crapped my pants."
"Emma has gone from the tent."
"And? Maybe it's because of your snoring." Brennen starts to rub his head where Shalimar had just smacked him.
"Jesse's not in your tent." Shalimar looks around the tent "Gone.No Jesse,zilch,nada,whoosh,gone,vanishes,not here."
"Okay got the point he's not here.And I say again,AND?"
"No Emma,no Jesse!" Shalimar places her hands on her hips.
Brennen sits himself up.Scruching the sleeping bag to his feet."Oh I get it.You wanna..." Brennen wriggles his eyebrows and reaches out for Shalimar.
Shalimar pushes his hands away "Are you sure your not the one who got drunk last night?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Brennen pulls the sleeping bag up to his chin." What are you here for then?Go back to sleep."
Shalimar takes a deep breath. "No Jesse,No Emma,two very drunk people in the middle of the forest." She slaps Brennen across the chest "Think about it!"
Brennen rubs his chest "SO?"
Shalimar widens her eye's "SO?.Brennen think,about it."
"I would if I had enough time to sleep.It's not bad enough I have to sleep in a tent,on the floor,in the cold with bugs,but then you go and...oooooh" Brennen's mouth drops and he looks at Shalimar.
"Nooooooo!.They wouldn't."
"Give the guy a golden ticket.It took you long enough." Shalimar pulls away the sleeping bag "We need to find them before they.."
"Before they what?" Brennen pulls on his shoes.
"And just when I thought your brain had kicked in." Shalimar crawls to the opening of the tent."Coming?"
"Yeah yeah." Brennen follows Shalimar.Once outside he looks around.He turns to Shalimar "It's freezing.What could they possibly be doing...oooohhhhhh" Brennen grabs Shalimar's arm,his mouth wide open.
"At last,Sparky has woken up his brain."
"You don't think that they would.You Know?"
"Well the way they was last night,miss dead and Gun slinger,I guess anything is possible.Where should we look?"
"Did they take the bag?"
"The bag?"
"Who needs a brain transplant now?" Brennen gives her a grin "The bag with all the wine."
Shalimar runs to the girls tent.Within a minute she is back outside "Gone."
"Great,just great." Brennens hands reach either side of his face. "You go left I'll go right."
"Aye aye captin." Shalimar gives him a salute and walks of into the trees.
"Man when I catch them they are so dead." Brennen heads into the otherside of the trees "They are going to wash my pants for a year."
Over by the lake.
Emma and Jesse are sitting on some rocks by the edge of the stream.There are bottles floating on the water infront of them.
"Jess?"
"Em?"
"Jess?"
"Em?"
"Jess?"
"What is it?"
"Um,I don't know.I've forgotton.Anyway,I really like it here,with the ducks." Emma splashes her feet in the water.
"Yeah,I know what you mean." Jesse takes a mouthful of drink and passes the bottle to Emma."It's a shame the others didn't come."
Emma accepts the bottle "What others,Mr Kilmartin?"
"Shal and Bren.They would have sooooooooooo loved this place." Jesse splashes his feet,making some water splash onto Emma.
"Next time we'll tell Adam to send them with us." Emma bends down and throws a hanfull of water at Jesse.
"What was that for?"
"Oh come on big baby.What,are you scared?" Emma splashes more water.
"No!" He wipes some of the water from his face."It's just that..."
"Just that what?" Emma takes a mouthful of drink."Empty." She throws the bottle over her shoulder."You were saying?"
"These are really expensive jeans you know." He stands up and gives a twirl "I paid soooo much for them.There designer,baby." He offers Emma his hand and pulls her to her feet.
"Dance with me?"
"I've got a better idea." Emma pulls his coat down,as far as his elbows."Let's have a swim."
"Emma." he leans in to whisper in her ear "I haven't got any swimming trunks."
"That's o.k." She carries on pulling his jacket off "You don't need any.Seen it all before"
Jesse tilts his head "You have."
"I'm not a wergin you know." Emma slaps his arm.
"Virgin."
"What?"
"It's i'm not a virgin you know."
"Great neither am I." Emma gives Jesse a wink.
Jesse looks at Emma for a moment and then starts laughing. "I haven't done this in years."
The two of them take off all their clothes,except their underwear.They move to the ledge of the lake.Together they shout "Weeeeeeeeeee.OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!"
Jesse jumps up as fast as he can.Emma turns round onto all fours.
"Why did they put rocks here?" Jesse looks down."That's not nice."
The water only reached Jesse's ankles.They look at each other and burst out laughing." Maybe we should swim in a bit." Jesse pulls Emma to her feet.Together they swim to the centre of the lake.
"Jess?"
"Yeah."
"I looooove youuuuuuu." Emma slurrs to Jesse.
Jesse treads water over to Emma. "I loooovvvveeee youuuu toooo."
"And you two will be dead if you don't get back here now and put some clothes on!" They look over to the river bank.Standing there is a very angry looking Brennen arms folded across his chest.
"Make us." Jesse takes a mouthful of water and spits it out into the air like a water fountain.
"Jesse.I'm going to count to five and I want you both back here." Brennen shouts across the lake.
" 1-2-3-4-5.Oops still here." Emma shouts back.
"Emma don't make me come and get you.This is really immature,even for you.You both have been drinking." Brennen starts to take his shoes off.
"We are fine.Infact we love swimming with the ducks." Emma smiles back.
"You are in the middle of a forest,in a lake there are no ducks here." Brennen rolls his trousers up to his knees.
"Are you calling me a liar?" Emma slams her hand agaisnt the water.
"No!But there are no ducks." Brennen steps into the water."Stay there i'm coming in."
"They're ducks,look." Emma points to a bottle floating past "Hello duckie."
Shalimar comes into view."What are they doing?"
"I'm going in to get them.They think their swimming with ducks." Brennen steps further into the lake.
"Hold it there Sparky.Watch this." Shalimar cups her hands around her mouth and yells "SHARKS!"
Emma and Jesse look at each other "SHARKS!" The two of them start to swim as fast as they can back to shore.Emma's are legs splashing,Jesse is screaming.It's like a scene from a kids cartoon.
"I think that worked." Shalimar pulls Brennen back onto dry land.
"Sure did.I hope they left some clothes on." He turns his head away. "Please let them have clothes on." He prays to the sky.
"Yeah they have.Lets get them back to camp." Shalimar heads towards the two now very shivery,scared people.
"Great." Brennen turns around to help.He see's Jesse and Emma in their underwear. "Shal!"
"What?"
"You said they were dressed."
"They are."
"In their underwear.!That is something I didn't want to see."
"Just help me get their trousers and shoes on.Worry about your eye's later." Shalimar throws one of Emma's shoes at him.
"Great.Can this night get any worse." Brennen struggles to help Emma to put her trousers and shoes on.He watches as Shalimar does the same with Jesse.
"You two are going to cause the death of me." Brennen pulls Emma up.
"Brennnneeeennn." Emma's teeth chatter.
"Yeah Em?" He moves forward and wraps his coat around her.
"Why would Adam send us somewhere that had sharks." Emma starts to yawn.
"I'll explain that to you in the morning." Brennen can't help but laugh.He scoopes Emma up in his arms and heads back towards camp.
"Brennen?"
"Yeah honey?" Brennen looks down at her.
"What are those things staring at me?"
"What things."
"Them." Emma points to the side of Brennen.
"I think there what people call tree's."
"Oh.O.k.Just wondering." Emma closes her eye's and falls asleep.
"What am I going to do with you?" Brennen smiles at her.
"Shal?"
"Yeah Jess.?"
"I could have got eaten.I would have been dead.It would have been Jesse Kilmartin no more." He waves his hands in the air."Kilmartin soup.!"
"You would have tasted lovely.We'll discuss this in the morning.Lets get you back to bed." Shalimar wraps his arm around her shoulders.
"Shalimar?"
"Jess,your okay.Lets get to bed."
"Is that an offer?"
Shalimar pulls his shoulder tighter around her neck."So,Kimartin soup,huh.Starting to sound good." She heads them both towards camp.