Hey guys! Here's another one shot request from my friend StriderPhantom (formerly known as LooneyAces). This one takes place during Season 5.

To my readers who live in America, Happy 4th of July!

4TH OF JULY

"Okay, are we all set for the park?" Jazz asked, all of them had been busy all day getting ready to head for the park for their annual Fourth of July picnic.

"Let's go through everything." Maddie said as she pulled out her list and began, "Barbecue meat?"

"Check." Jack said, placing the last of the meat in an esky, making sure the meat would stay nice and cold.

"Sodas?" Maddie then asked.

"Check." Danny said, double making sure the sodas were in place, ready to pack.

"Deserts and salads?" Maddie asked.

Jazz and Dayla placed them in the esky and said together, "Check and none of them have been touched already by dad."

"Hey." Jack said, a little offended which made them all laugh for a second.

"And finally, picnic plates, cutlery, and serving plates and fold up chairs?" Maddie asked.

"Packed in the RV and ready to go." Dale and Dani answered, after entering the door from packing the items Maddie assigned them.

"Okay, we're good to go." Maddie said as they all grabbed everything else, and headed out the door to the RV.

"Are you guys sure Jimmy and Sonya couldn't make it?" Danny asked.

"Yeah. Jimmy and his family always go away to Lake Eerie for the Fourth of July weekend and Sonya and her family are visiting family in Chicago." Dale answered.

"Andrew, are you almost ready? We got to leave now if we're meeting up with everyone else at the park in time." Kimberly called out to her son from down the stairs.

"Coming mum. Just had to grab the Frisbee and soccer ball." Andrew said, as he came down the stairs.

Kimberly noticed something about her son and began to say, "Uh Andrew?"

"The fold up table and chairs are already in the car mum." Andrew said, heading for the door.

"That's great but Andrew…." She said and tried to speak again, but Andrew cut her off, "And the food we made is also in the car too."

"That's good but son, before we go, you might want to put on your shoes first." Kimberly said with a slight giggle.

Andrew paused and looked down at his feet, now noticing he indeed didn't have any shoes on. Smiling sheepishly, he ran back upstairs to go put his shoes on.

"He is so much like his father." Kimberly said amusingly, while shaking her head.

"Tucker, have you seen the salads?" Angela asked, her son.

"Uh…..no?" Tucker lied weakly.

Angela raised her eyebrow and looked once again in the fridge, she sighed as she saw that once again just like he did every year, Tucker had tried to hide the salads she always makes for the picnic in the back of the fridge, hidden behind various different other foods.

"Not again." Angela said.

"Son, when are you going to realise if hiding the salads in the fridge didn't work the first time, it's not going to work the twelfth time?" Maurice said as he fixed his shirt.

"It was worth a shot." Tucker said with a proud smile. "And besides, my all meat streak is 19 years strong."

Angela then corrected him, "Technically, it ended when you ate those blood blossoms for Danny and Dayla remember?"

Tucker's eyes widened and shouted in complete shock, "NO!"

That made his parent's laugh, as they dragged their now flabbergasted son to the car.

"Mum, have we got everything?" Sam asked as she grabbed her basket filled with assortments of fruits and vegetables.

"Definitely. Did you remember Grandma Ida's medicine?" Pamela asked, grabbing the potato bake and lasagne she made.

"Yep and grandma's already in the car." Sam answered.

"Okay, let's hit the road." Jeremy said, locking the front door after the came out and headed for the car.

"Muffins look good honey." Damion said, reaching over to grab one of Valerie's double chocolate muffins.

Valerie slapped her dad's hand and said, "Not until after dinner."

Damion wined as they headed out the door, causing Valerie to laugh. She then said, "Dad, I know how much you love my muffins, but if I give you one now, then there won't be any left for the others. Remember what happened last year?"

"Oh yeah. But they're so darn good that I couldn't help myself." Damion said, remembering how last year, he had eaten all the muffins Valerie had made and everyone else didn't get any.

Everyone arrived at the park on time and set up the picnic, while Jack and Jeremy began cooking the barbecue meat and for once, Jack didn't blow anything up. After setting up everything Danny, Dayla, Andrew, Sam, Tucker, Valerie, Dani, Dale and Jazz all versed each other in a game of soccer, playing in teams and one on one.

Not too long after, the meat was ready and everyone dug into the food. Tucker of course, piled his plate with nothing but meat, hoping to drown his sorrow after learning his all meat streak had ended after he had to eat those blood blossoms to save Danny and Dayla's life.

As the sun set, everyone continued to enjoy the deserts that was made by the mothers and girls of the group. Jazz, Maddie, Dani and Dayla made cheese cake, cookies and chocolate fudge, Sam, Ida and Pamela made chocolate cake, a fruit platter and apple pie, Angela made a chocolate cheese cake, Kimberly made brownies and Valerie of course made her famous double chocolate chip muffins.

"Maddie, I must say the cheese cake, cookies and fudge you, Dayla, Dani and Jazz made are amazing." Pamela complimented, just as the stars were coming out into the sky and it became dark.

"Thanks." Maddie said with a bright smile. "And I am enjoying this apple pie. Think you can share the recipe with me?"

"Oh gladly. I was going to ask you the same thing." Pamela said.

"I would love to. All three of us should have a baking day." Maddie suggested to her, Kimberly and Angela.

"Sounds good." Kimberly, Angela and Pamela said.

"It's amazing how before, our mothers used to hate each other and now they're best friends." Sam said as, she and Dayla looked at Maddie and Pamela.

"I know. It's weird but good at the same time." Dayla said.

"Hey guys! They're about set off the fireworks!" Dale called out.

They all stood up together and in just five seconds, the whole sky was lit up with colours of fireworks. Andrew hugged Dayla close, Danny hugged Sam close and Tucker hugged Valerie close.

Jack, Maddie, Jazz, Dani and Dale shared a family hug as they watched the fireworks, Pamela and Jeremy held each other close, Angela and Maurice held each other close and Damion and Kimberly enjoyed watching the fireworks.

They all then cheered, "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYONE!"

THE END