Camping Trip - Day 5
Austin's POV
I rolled over and wrapped my arm around Ally as the early morning sunshine filtered over us, covering us in a warm blanket. I opened my eyes to see her smiling up at me.
"Good morning." She tells me, wrapping an arm around my neck.
"Good morning Alls." I say before letting a yawn out.
"Want to go see if the other two are up?"
"Sure." I say, so Ally and I get up and tiptoe our way to our best friends' room. Ally quietly opens up their door, but to our surprise, they're not there.
"I wonder where they are?" Ally ponders.
"I don't know, but I'm going to get a cup of coffee. I'm really sleepy." I say, rubbing a hand through my hair.
As I make my way over to the kitchen area, I see a note laying beside the sink. I pick it up and read,
Sorry guys, me and Dez left early this morning to go on a wild goose chase for Bigfoot. I'm not exactly sure why I agreed to this... but I hope you two don't mind. We should be back sometime before sunset. Have fun today!
-Trish
"Alls, they left a note." I tell her as she makes her way over to me.
Ally silently scans the note over and looks back up to me, "This is almost as ridiculous as the time they tried to find Big Mama."
I laugh at the memory and pour myself a cup of coffee, taking a seat at the tiny table beside us. Ally walks up behind me and wraps her arms around my shoulders, "Austin, is everything okay baby? You're not acting normal."
I look up at her and take her hand in mine, pulling her around to sit in my lap. "Yeah, I guess I'm okay. I'm just concerned about what you told me a couple of days ago." I confess.
"What? What did I tell you a couple of days- oh, you mean about having the baby at home?"
I nod my head as she places her hand on my chest. "Austin, sweetie, you worry too much. We haven't made a decision about that yet. Let's just take our minds off of that and have fun today; besides, we do have the day all to ourselves. We're in a cozy cabin, in the woods, all alone." She says, laying her head on my shoulder.
I kiss her forehead and place a hand on her tiny bump, "How about we go on an adventure today, just you, me and our little baby?"
"I'd love that! What do you have in mind?" She asks me.
"Would you be up for a walk? They have some really beautiful trails here that I'd love to explore."
"That sounds wonderful baby." She says, placing a kiss on my cheek, "I can now finally wear my chacos in their natural habitat!"
I smile at how adorkable she could be sometimes, "You know what?"
"What?"
"You're so cute!" I say before smothering her with kisses.
Ally's POV
Austin and I have been walking the beautiful trails of north Georgia for almost five hours now, and he is having so much fun. He gets so excited about nature; it's something he's learned to enjoy while on tour. He loves visiting different locations and cultures, as do I, but as much as I was enjoying this, I was getting awfully tired.
We were about two miles away from our cabin, so I decided to say something to him. "Austin, it's going to be getting dark soon, how about we head back to our cabin?"
"Really? I didn't know it had gotten that late."
"Yeah, and I didn't want to say anything earlier, but I am getting pretty tired." I say, wiping the beads of sweat off of my forehead. I start to walk towards him when my vision blurs and I stumble forward. Fortunately he catches and steadies me before I fall, and walks me over to a rock to sit down.
"Alls, here, take our water bottle. Drink please." He says, handing over our water. I slowly take a few small gulps and lay my head on his shoulder, closing my eyes for a brief moment. "Are you okay honey?"
"I will be. I guess it's just my anemia acting up." I tell him, feeling totally drained.
He wipes away the wet strands of hair from my face and sweetly kisses my hot cheek, "You're burning up Ally, we need to get you back to the cabin."
"Could we just rest here for a moment?" I ask him.
"Of course baby; do you have a hair bow on you?" He asks.
I take off the one that is around my wrist and hand it to him. "Turn around, I'll put your hair up." He tells me, so I turn around on the rock we're sitting on and he carefully pulls my hair into a ponytail.
I turn back around and look at my kind husband, "Thank you."
"No problem beautiful. Do you think you can make it back to the cabin now?"
"Yeah. I'll feel better when we get back." I tell him, as I begin to stand.
Austin holds his hand on my back and helps me stand, "Do you feel dizzy now?"
I blink my eyes a few times, still feeling light-headed, but my vision is clear. "No, but if I began to feel bad, I'll tell you."
"Okay, well, let's try to make our way back then." Austin says, taking my sweaty palm in his.
When we make it back to our cabin, we walk in and Austin takes me to our room. "Now lay down sweetie and finish drinking this water. I'll be back in a few minutes with your iron supplement."
"Thank you sweetie." I tell him as I sit down on our bed and drink the remainder of the water we had with us.
As I lay my head down on the pillow, I hear voices coming from the main room.
"What's wrong with Ally?" I hear Trish ask.
"When did you and Dez get back?" Austin asks.
"About thirty minutes ago. We saw you come in with Ally; what's going on?" Dez asks.
"Well, we decided to go out and walk the trails. We were out almost all day; it really took a toll on her. She almost passed out about an hour ago." I hear Austin tell them.
"I'm going to go see her." Trish says.
Not long after, I hear a knock on my open door. "Come in Trish." I faintly tell her.
"Hey, are you okay Ally?" She asks me, sitting down beside me on the bed.
I sit up beside her, propping my back on a pillow. "Yeah, I'm going to be okay. All of the walking just wore me out." I tell her.
"Austin said you almost passed out."
"It must've been my anemia."
"Ally, you've got to take it easy. Especially since you're carrying a baby." She tells me.
"Trish, I know, but I also want to have fun while we're here."
"Ally Edgar Moon." She says, giving me a glare.
I silently place my hands on my abdomen, rubbing them in circles. "It won't happen again Trish. This anemia is still new to me; I still haven't learned all of what I can and can't do."
"Well, I think you learned today of at least one thing you can't do: hike trails all day."
I nod my head and look over at my best friend, "Thanks for being the strict mom I never had."
A smile appears on her face, "Thanks for being the irresponsible daughter I never had."
We're both laughing when we see Dez and Austin walk into the room. "It's good to see you're feeling better baby." Austin says, walking over with a glass of water in his hand.
"You doing okay now Ally?" Dez asks me.
"Yeah. I'm starting to cool down, and getting off of my feet made a world of difference." I tell him.
Austin sits down on the edge of the bed and hands me my iron supplement. I slowly swallow it and drink the rest of the water in the glass as Dez sits down in front of Trish.
When I finish, I look up to see all of them watching me. "Why are you guys watching me?"
"We're just thankful you're okay." Trish tells me, giving my hand a squeeze.
Austin leans down and kisses my forehead, "How about we let you try to get some rest. I know you're exhausted Alls."
"No. I'd like it if we all stayed in here for a while, and just caught up. We're going to be going back home in a few days, and I don't know when we'll have time like this again, with just us four."
"Are you sure you don't need to sleep?" Dez asks me.
"No, I'm sure. What I need right now is my three best friends." I say.
For the rest of night we stayed up; we talked, laughed, and even cried, and I somehow knew that this was one of those nights that I would remember for the rest of my life.
author's note: this chapter was inspired by my best friend. I have passed out and puked on him from dehydration too many times over these past twelve years, and he has taken care of me like an angel every single time. I really should learn to drink more water when staying outside during the summertime. anyways, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. love y'all & God bless!
