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Chapter 10: The Camping Trip
Finn
He wakes up with Rachel's arms wrapped around him. Holy shit! She wasn't there when he went to bed, he's sure of it. He shakes her awake. "What the hell, Rach?" he asks. "Okay I know I shouldn't have snuck into your room" she says awkwardly. "No but I'm glad you're here" he says. "Really?" she asks. "Of course" he says. "When are you going to break up with Brody? You can't deny that you like me Rach" Finn says. "No I can't. I'm going to break up with him when we get back from the camping trip. I promise" she says. "Good" he says and kisses her. "But I'm not sure if I want to jump straight back into a relationship with you either. We didn't exactly work out well last time" Rachel says.
"We were young then. We're different people now. The girls don't need so much looking after; we could work it out so both our dreams turn out. Will you at least think about it?" Finn says. "I will. I really will" Rachel says smiling. He leans forward and kisses her again. Little do they know that there are not completely alone.
Lily
"Jess get over here" she whispers to the girl behind her. They are on the landing outside their dad's bedroom. The door is open a crack and they can see their parents kissing. "You have to take a photo" Jess says. "My phone's in the room" Lily says frowning. "I'll grab it. Uncle Kurt told me that in high school their kisses could last ten minutes or more" Jess says laughing. She grabs Lily's phone off the nightstand and takes a picture through the door. She quickly texts Uncle Kurt with the picture.
Look how cute xxx L
He replies almost instantly to her text.
Plan's definitely working! K
"Should we go back into our room?" Lily asks uncertain of eavesdropping on their parents. Jess however had no such qualms. She drags Lily over to their door and they press their ears against it. They smile when they realise that their mom is breaking up with Brody and that there's a chance that their parents could be getting back together. "The plan's working" Lily says with a hint of a smile. "I told you it would" Jess says winking. "Now we just need to turn that maybe into a yes!" Lily says.
Jess looks over the banister just to check that they are alone and that Brody hasn't woken up yet. She sees him walking up the stairs. "Lily" she whispers behind her. "What?" Lily asks coming to join her at the banister. Jess points and Lily sees Brody too. "Shit" she says. "Cover the door, I'll distract him" she says. "Hey Ken!" she yells. "Where's your mom?" he asks ignoring her insult. "Isn't she in your room?" Jess asks feigning innocence. "Cut the crap, where is she?" Brody snarls. "If I knew, I wouldn't tell you" Jess says. Brody pushes past her and Lily and opens the door to Finn's room.
Brody
He strides in to see Rachel and Finn cuddled up together in bed. "What the hell is going on Rachel?" he yells. "I sleepwalk. I guess I ended up here" Rachel says shrugging. "You're a worse liar than your pathetic daughters. Cut the crap and tell me the truth!" Brody yells.
Rachel walks over to him and punches him right on the nose. "Don't you dare talk about my daughters that way!" she yells. "Rach came in here last night wanting to talk. It got really late and she just fell asleep. That's all man I swear" Finn says. "Are you sure?" Brody says looking dubious. "Absolutely" Finn says. "Okay well I'm going to have breakfast, coming to join me Rachel?" Brody asks.
"Brody we're eating on the road remember? We've got to get an early start if we're going to get to Lake Erie on time" Rachel says. "Okay well I'll meet you out in the car" Brody says. "Okay" Rachel says and he closes the door behind him.
"You didn't have to do that" Rachel says to Finn. "Yes I did. I want you to be able to break up with him not the other way round" Finn says. "And why's that?" Rachel asks. "Because then I'll know you've really let him go. You are engaged to the guy after all. You must have had feelings for him at some point" Finn says. "Maybe. But my only feelings now are for the cute guy right in front of me" Rachel says. They kiss. Then they walk out the bedroom door and bump in to the twins.
Jess
"How long have you two been here?" Rachel asks sternly. "Not that long" Lily says. "Lily Caroline Berry, how long?" Rachel asks glaring. "For your entire conversation even before Brody came in. By the way Mom, I was wondering if you could change my last name to Hudson" Lily says. "It's not good to eavesdrop but I'll let you off this time if you never do it again" Rachel says. "I won't, Mom. Where did we land on the last name?" Lily asks. "If it's okay with your dad then it's okay by me" Rachel says. "It's okay" Finn says putting his arm around Rachel. The twins share a smile.
"Meet us out in the car okay" Rachel says. "Okay" Jess and Lily say in unison. "So what's the plan? How are we breaking up Mom and Brody?" Lily asks. "Why do I always have to come up with the plans?" Jess asks. "Because you're so good at them" Lily says. "Very true. And I'm one step ahead of you" Jess says. "Ha I knew you had I plan! What is it?" Lily asks. "Whipped cream underpants" Jess admits smiling. "Perfect" Lily says high fiving Jess. They take their bags to the car and put them in the back seat. Brody was walking in front of Jess and she slips the whipped cream into his underpants. She had already put some in last night but she'd added extra. She thought Brody would notice but he's clearly not very smart.
The car gets moving and Brody starts shifting in his seat. "Is something wrong Brody?" Rachel asks. "Could we stop? I need the loo" Brody says. "There's a rest stop in a couple of miles. Can you wait until then?" Finn asks. "Sure" Brody says. They stop and a few minutes later Brody runs out of the restroom screaming. "What Brody?" Rachel asks. "Whipped cream in my underpants! It was them!" Brody says. "You are such a girl" Jess says laughing. "Can I change?" Brody asks. "No, we have to keep going to get to Lake Erie on time" Finn says and he shares a secret smile with the girls.
They arrive at the Lake about 2 hours later. The girls slip big stones into Brody's backpack. They start off on the Buckeye trail but about ten minutes later Brody has to stop. "What's up Ken, back hurting?" Lily asks with a glimmer in her eye. "You put something in there didn't you?" Brody asks glaring at her. "Maybe" she says jumping over the rocks. He checks his backpack and finds stones in there. "You little…" he starts to say but he stops himself because he knows Rachel is listening.
"Brody hurry up. We want to reach the campsite at Hocking Hills State Park before nightfall" Finn calls behind him. "Could you pass my water?" Brody asks Lily. "Sure" she says. She picks up the water, opens the lid and tips it right over Brody's head. "What the hell did you do that for?" Brody asks. "I'm sorry you said you wanted water. You didn't specify where" Lily says smirking and walking off.
They continue walking for a few miles when Jess spots a rattlesnake. She points at it then raises her eyebrows at Lily and points at Brody. Lily nods and Jess places the rattlesnake around Brody's neck. He doesn't seem to notice until the snake has wrapped itself around his neck. "SNAKE!" he yells but he is quickly shut up by the snake wrapping itself around his throat. "HELP!" he yells but his yell is muffled by the snake. Jess picks the snake. "It's a timber rattlesnake. They're pretty dangerous. You're lucky it didn't bite you" Jess says taking it and putting it gently back down.
"You tried to kill me!" Brody yells at her. "You'll never prove it" Lily says and Jess walks off and catches up with their parents. Lily however stays behind with Brody. "What you little twerp?" Brody asks when he sees Lily staring at him. "You don't have any mosquito repellent do you?" she asks. "No" Brody says. "There are mozzies everywhere here. Here use mine" Lily says. She hands him a bottle full of a clear solution. "Why should I trust you?" he asks raising his eyebrows. "Take it or not, but you're going to get eaten alive without repellent" Lily says. He takes it and rubs it all over himself. Lily smiles and silently laughs as she sees the mosquitos come and attack him.
They are almost at the campsite when Jess spots something they can use for another prank. "Poison Ivy!" she says gleefully. "How are we going to pick it without getting poisoned?" Lily asks dubiously. "Gloves" Jess says holding up hers. She picks the poison ivy up and when Brody isn't looking shoves it in his hands. It doesn't take long before he is covered in a red itchy rash. "What is this?!" Brody yells. He is so loud that Rachel comes back. "Looks like you picked up some poison ivy" she says. "Those little bastards!" Brody mutters under his breath but Rachel hears him. "It was not my girls Brody and if it was it's only because you are horrible to them" Rachel says angrily. "And what they're doing to me isn't? They're trying to kill me!" Brody says.
"They're kids, they're just having a little fun" Rachel says shrugging and walks off to rejoin Finn. "What's going on?" he asks confused. "The girls are playing a few tricks on Brody" Rachel says smiling. "Good, he deserves it" Finn says and they continue walking and talking.
They reach the camp late in the evening. After dinner is over Brody gets up. "I'm going to take a large sleeping pill and go to bed. Not that I'll get any sleep with all these mosquitos biting me" Brody says. "What's your repellent?" Finn asks. Brody hand over the bottle and Finn smells it. "It's sugar and water, no wonder you're covered in bites" Finn says handing it back to him and trying to smother a laugh.
Brody glares at the twins and then walks back to his tent, bashing two sticks together. "What are you doing?" Rachel asks confused. "I'm scaring away mountain lions. I don't want to be eaten" Brody says. Rachel gives him a wide eyed stare. "There are no mountain lions are there?" he asks. "No. Not for a long time" Finn says sharing another smile with his daughters. Brody storms off back to his tent. "Okay girls you've had your fun now stop torturing Brody" Rachel says. "You're breaking up with him anyway so what's the problem?" Lily asks.
"It's not nice so don't do it anymore. We have a few more days ahead of us so just try to be nice" Rachel says. The two girls fake groan and then say "Okay" while crossing their fingers behind their backs. Jess gives a big fake yawn and says "I'm going to bed". "Me too" Lily says and they walk off back to their tent.
"Do you think they'll listen?" Rachel says. "Not a chance in hell" Finn says and they walk back to their own tent, having managed to get Brody a tent on his own, so they could have some quality time.
Later in the evening Jess taps Lily on the shoulder. "It's time" she says. The girls sneak out of their tent to where Brody's tent is. "It's time for Ken to take a dip" Lily says smiling. They drag the inflatable mattress out. "He's so heavy. Guess Ken's not on as much of a diet as he says he is" Jess says winking at Lily. They drag him out to the Hockhocking river and let him float out. "Sweet dreams, Ken" Lily says and the twins share a high five before creeping back to their tent.
They are awoken by a loud scream the next morning. The girls and their parents run from their tents to see Brody fall off his air mattress into the river. The twins look over and see both their mom and dad trying to smother laughter but their mom glares at them so they look away. Brody emerges from the river, soaking wet. "That's it Rachel. I can't take this anymore. You have to choose. Me or them" he says. "Them" she says simply. "What?" he yells. "T-H-E-M. Them" Rachel says. "You can't make me choose anyone over my daughters" Rachel says. "You'll never find another agent as good as me" Brody says. "Oh trust me I will" Rachel says placing the ring in Brody's hand. "We're through" she says. Brody storms off and Jess yells after him "Don't get bitten by any rattlesnakes on your way back". "Thank you girls" Rachel says hugging her daughters. "So are we off the hook?" Lily asks. "Most certainly not. When we get back from this trip you are both grounded" Rachel says. The girls both groan but they then smile at each other because their plan has worked. Brody is gone.
A/N: So Brody's gone. But the story isn't over yet. I have worked out that there should be roughly two more chapters and an epilogue. Let me know what your favourite prank from this chapter was, I'd be interested to know.
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