A/N: Hey guys! Here with another update for you all! Thank you all again for all your comments and reviews! I love knowing what you guys think of the plot and the characters. Definitely a highlight reading all your comments. I know that everyone is secretly hanging for the next chapter of 'Live For The Moment' and it is definitely in the works, so stay tuned! Anyway, here is Chapter 5 of 'Into The Woods', hope you enjoy and as always...Happy Reading! =)

Chapter Five

It didn't take long and it didn't take a lot of convincing to get the group to go down to the lake for a swim.

Everyone, beside Trish and Jeff who had been there earlier, was amazed at the scenery that was before them.

"Now…this is a vacation!" Adam said as he placed his belongings down along the banks of the lake not too far from the dock, beneath the overgrown tree. Everyone else followed Adam, placing their things next to his and taking a moment to take everything in.

Trish made sure to place her things far enough from Jay and Candice. She was very reluctant to come but Adam's, Jeff's and Amy's pestering and begging ended up convincing her.

"I heard it smells ten times better down this end" Jeff teased as he placed his stuff next to Trish, causing Trish to playfully punch him in the arm.

"You're never going to let me live it down are you?" Trish asked , smiling as Jeff grabbed onto his arm, rubbing the area where her fist connected.

"Nope…don't think I can" Jeff replied, letting out a laugh as he quickly dodged another swing from Trish.

This playfulness didn't go unnoticed by Jason who watched on as the pair play fought, giggled and whispered to themselves.

"Will you sit and sunbathe with me?" Candice's voice echoed distracting Jason momentarily from watching his ex.

"Huh? What?"

"Jay, what's wrong with you? You seem distracted." Candice asked puzzled.

"I'm fine. I'm going for a swim with the boys. You can sunbathe with the girls." Jason answered with a hint of annoyance. He glanced back over at Trish and Jeff. Jeff was assisting Trish detangling her hair which somehow had gotten caught up in her necklace.

"The girls want nothing to do with me. Can you just stay with me for a little bit…please?" Candice begged.

"Fine" Jason replied rolling his eyes. He was second guessing his decision to bring his girlfriend along. Everyone disliked her and now he was going to be stuck with her, keeping her company because no one else would.

"Trish let's go sit on the dock for a bit and soak up some sun before we swim." Amy suggested pulling on her best friend's arm to follow her.

"Wait for me" Stacy called out as the three women ran towards the dock.

•••••

It didn't take long for the boys to jump into the lake, all except Jason of course who remained underneath the overgrown tree by everyone's belongings next to his girlfriend. He watched on enviously as the other men shared a lot of laughter diving off the dock and into the water.

Jeff wowed everyone by standing on the railing and back flipping into the water. Of course as brother's do, Matt felt the need to one up his brother and he too took to the top of the railing and did a frontal flip into the water. Not as impressive as his younger brother but still decent.

"He's going to end up breaking something if he keeps trying to outdo Jeff." Amy teased causing Trish and Stacy to giggle.

"At least they can do impressive tricks. I don't see Randy or Adam doing anything spectacular" Stacy commented as she adjusted her sunglasses.

The three girls continued to watch as the boys took it in turns to dive into the water.

"So Trish, how are you enjoying your vacation so far?" Stacy asked.

Trish took a moment to think. "You know what Stace, it started off a bit rocky…" she began as her attention turned to Jeff who performed a swan like dive into the water. "But…things are starting to look better" she continued with a small smile.

"I've noticed that you seem to be getting along with Matt's younger…and may I add…very attractive brother." Stacy commented.

"Stace! You can't go around saying things like that when your man is right there." Amy pointed out causing the women to giggle. "But Stace makes a good point. She's not the only one that has noticed you and Jeff getting along." Amy said turning to Trish, bringing her sunglasses lower on the bridge of her nose, peering over at her blonde bestie.

"He's really sweet and just really easy going. It's refreshing to have someone like him in our group." Trish answered not realizing that her attention was still focused on the younger Hardy. Amy and Stacy glanced at one another and smiled.

"You girls coming in for a swim or what?" The raven haired Hardy asked as he swum closer to the dock.

"Yeah it would be a shame to not enjoy all this" Adam added, whilst floating on his back basking in the sun.

Matt got as close to the dock as he could and began to splash the girls repeatedly.

"Okay, okay we're coming in." Amy shouted.

Amy was the first to strip down to a simple black and white bikini, followed by Stacy who wore a baby pink bikini with little frills around the edges, accentuating her long legs perfectly.

Trish who hadn't worn a bikini in front of people in a long time was a little reluctant to strip down, but after seeing Stacy dive into the cool water, she pushed her anxiousness aside. She stripped down to a simple red two piece bikini which tied up at the front on her top and on the sides at the hips on her matching bottoms. It looked so flattering on her curvaceous tanned body that it caught the attention of a certain blue haired man.

Jeff ran his hand across his face, making sure that he wasn't seeing things. He knew that Trish was attractive, her face alone was gorgeous, but seeing her standing on the dock in a figure hugging red bikini with her blonde locks cascading around her, she looked amazing.

"Uhh, don't look now but here comes Captain Jack of all Asses!" Amy said with disgust as she saw Jason approaching them on the dock. "Surprised he left his side kick behind." Amy pointed out. Amy placed her hands on her hips as Jason approached them. "Decided to join us have you? Did Candice give you a 'get out of jail free card' or something?" Amy mocked.

"Really funny Amy." Jason scoffed, making his way past the red head. He then came face to face with Trish who stared into the blue eyes that once melted her heart. Trish felt a little exposed standing pretty much half naked in front of her ex. Everyone watched on as the two simply stood, staring at one another. Jason gave Trish a once over. "Get out of my way" Jason said coldly before rudely bumping his shoulder into her, pushing her out of the way and diving into the water. The others stared at each other, shocked and speechless.

Trish wrapped her arms around herself again, taken back by the harshness Jason just displayed towards her. She hadn't done anything to deserve such treatment, if anything she was doing her best to keep the peace between them. Just when she was starting to feel like she could actually enjoy herself, he had to go and ruin it. Just like he did their relationship.

"That son of a bitch. I swear if he wasn't Adam's brother I would just –"

"Amy stop. It's fine." Trish said cutting Amy off. "I'm just going to head back to the cabin."

"No you're not. Don't let him ruin this for you. We were having such a good time. If anyone should return to the cabin it's him. No one wants him or his troll doll either." Amy claimed.

"Amy please. Clearly we can't be anywhere near each other."

"Trish please. Stay for me…please." Amy begged.

"Ames, I came on this trip for you. I need to start doing things for me and right now that's getting away from here." Trish replied making her way off the dock before she was stopped in her tracks.

"Where are you off too?" Came the sweet southern drawl.

"Jeff please. I just really need to get out of here." Trish pleaded.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

"No Jeff please, you stay here and enjoy yourself. I'm fine being on my own."

"I'm sure you are, but I'm still coming with you." Jeff calmly protested as he stared into the hazel eyes which were looking a little glassy. He could tell that she was fighting off tears. "Look…I can see this going one of two ways. Either you let me go back to the cabin with you…or you can stay and enjoy the afternoon with your friends and I make you get into that water."

Trish arched her brow in curiosity. "Make me? And how do you suppose you're going to do that Hardy?"

A smirk came across Jeff's face. "Well, I'm going to count to three and if you don't start running, Imma pick you up and throw you in the lake myself."

"You wouldn't" Trish replied, though she wasn't convinced herself.

"One…" Jeff began. "Two…"

Trish wasn't going to take the chance, if she was going to go in the water, she was going to go on her own accord and not be thrown in. She began to run back up the dock, running past her red-haired friend as Jeff took off after her. Of course, Jeff was too quick for Trish and caught her in his arms right as she approached the edge of the dock. His speed and failure to stop in time caused the two of them to fall off the edge and straight into the lake.

Trish emerged to the surface first as she gasped for air.

"Jesus Jeff!" Trish screamed as she wiped the water away from her eyes, as Jeff emerged to the surface laughing. He ran his hand across his face and brushed his hair to the side with his fingers.

"I told you I was going to get you in the water" he said with a smirk.

Everyone who watched the encounter shared a laugh, all except Jason who didn't find any humour at all in what he just witnessed.

Trish glared at Jeff before her face softened. Though she didn't enjoy the way she entered the water, the cooling sensation of the water was so refreshing. It was what she needed and she couldn't help but just smile at Jeff's playfulness. She knew that he was just looking out for her and that he didn't want her to miss out on all the fun. She appreciated him a lot more than she already did.

"I swear, you are just… something else" Trish commented as she splashed water in Jeff's direction.

Matt decided to join in on the fun and began to splash water in Jeff's direction also, he was soon joined by Adam, Randy, Stacy and eventually Amy joined in on the fun as well. By the end of it, everyone was splashing each other like children, sharing a lot of laughter. Randy was the first to put Stacy on his shoulders, trying to shield her from the water attacks.

"Oh no you don't. You ain't getting away that easy." Amy shouted. "Matt, help me up". Soon Amy was up on Matt's shoulders and the two women tried their best to overthrow each other and push the other into the water.

"Come on Trish, what do ya say? I think we could take them on." Jeff suggested offering his hand out to Trish inviting her to join in on the fun.

Trish shot a quick glance over at Jason, who had the nerve to shoot her a cold, harsh glare as if to say 'don't even think about it'. How dare he. He was able to move on quickly with Candice while she wallowed in pity, grief and pain for quite some time. She stared at Jason, his blue eyes reminding her why she was so captivated by him in the first place.

Turning to Jeff, she placed her hand in his. "What the hell." She answered much to Jason's disliking as Jeff assisted her up onto his shoulders.

•••••

After a few hours of fun in the sun, the group moved to the shallow end of the lake where they sat or treaded water and talk amongst themselves. They took a trip down memory lane, reminiscing of moments they shared and moments that brought the group closer together.

Adam, wiping a tear from his eye as a result of excess laughter, took a moment to look at the group of people surrounding him. "Those were some good times" he commented, "so glad that all our paths happened to cross". The group agreed in unison.

"Shame you weren't a part of our group then Hardy Blue" Jason said sourly. He was still bitter from witnessing Trish and Jeff's playful interactions with each other all day. It bothered him that Jeff was able to make Trish laugh and smile and it was the physical contact between the two that bothered him even more. The way Jeff held onto Trish's thighs as she sat upon his shoulders, trying to over throw the other women off of their men and into the water. The way Trish immediately reached out for his hands or gripped his blue hair when she feared she was about to fall off from his shoulders. Jason narrowed his eyes at Jeff. "Such…a shame" he added.

Everyone exchanged puzzled glances with one another, unsure as to why Jason was being so insensitive. Trish on the other hand, simply glared at Jason, unimpressed and annoyed at his rudeness.

"Oh well…you know what they say, the longer you live in the past, the less future you have to enjoy." Jeff quoted, simply shrugging his shoulders and ignoring the little dig Jason threw his way and looking past the unusual nickname. He wasn't quite sure as to why Jason was acting this way towards him, perhaps he didn't like the fact that he was spending a lot of his time with his ex-girlfriend, or perhaps because he wasn't expecting Trish to enjoy herself whilst in his presence.

"Well said Jeffrey!" Adam praised. "I'm glad we are ALL here on this trip and look forward to the new memories that we'll create together."

"Adam you are so cheesy, it's sickening." Randy gagged in disgust.

"Oh stop. I think Adam is such a papa bear. He just wants us all to enjoy this trip together, enjoy each other's company and make new and fond memories." Stacy added causing Randy and Amy to stick a finger in their mouth and pretend to gag some more.

"Oh please, someone get me a fucken bucket, I'm overdosing on all this cheesiness." Amy responded causing the group to break out in laughter.

"Hey, why am I missing out on all of the fun here?" Came the eerie voice of Candice, who had finally woken from her beauty slumber and joined the group in the water. She looked as if she belonged on the catwalk, modelling the latest summer bikini line, wearing a swimsuit that would only be worn on a runway. She wore a black triangular bikini which struggled to cover her large breast, with rhinestones running along the ties that tied around her neck and hips. Something one wouldn't normally bring to the woods.

"Great…I forgot about Princess Sparkles, clearly I must have erased her being here from my memory. Amy insulted as she rolled her eyes.

"Now now Amy, play nice" Matt whispered, though not convincingly.

Trish was starting to feel anxious and jittery. Handling Jason in close proximity was hard enough and now, Candice was joining the group in the water. Just like in the cabin, she felt the strong need to get out and create some distance between them all. She contemplated how she was going to do this, it was much hard to escape from a lake than it was from a room in the cabin. She knew that in just a few moments, everyone's eyes would dart in her direction, creating some unwanted awkwardness. She knew that either Adam, Amy and even Jeff would try to stop her from leaving, which was the last thing that she wanted with Jason and Candice so near. She didn't want to give them the satisfaction that their presence together caused her so much discomfort. They had plenty of that when she hid herself for the last two months.

"Ah, there's the most hottest girl that I have ever had the pleasure of calling mine." Jason proclaimed loudly, knowing full well that his statement was going to affect Trish deeply, as Candice made herself comfortable in Jason's lap as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

Just as she suspected, eyes started to dart in Trish's direction. Trish started to feel numb, Jason was right, his comment had a very big effect on Trish. That was not something she was expecting to hear and though he masked it well, Trish knew it was a direct insult made to her, in front of everyone. It was a like a dagger through the heart. She needed to leave. She needed to get out of there, but before she had the opportunity to do so, Jay rubbed some salt into her wounds by bringing Candice's lips to his and kissing her passionately, making it perfectly clear to her and everyone else that they were engaging in a game of tonsil hockey.

That was it. That was the icing on the cake. Though Trish found out about Jason's infidelities with Candice, she never witnessed their affection first hand and it was something that she never prepared herself for.

"I think I've had enough fun for one day." Trish murmured softly, trying her best to swallow the big lump in her throat and fight off the stinging sensation of the tears that were forming in her eyes. Trish excused herself and stood up from the water, quickly making her way over to her things and picking up her bag and towel before walking off as fast as she could.

Noticing that he accomplished what he set out to do, Jason broke from his kiss with Candice as his eyes followed Trish. "What's got her panties in a twist?" Jason sarcastically questions with a hint of laughter in his voice.

"Why do you have to be a complete douchebag?!" Jeff spat aggressively, causing Jason to become surprise by his reaction. He gave Jason a stern look before quickly following after Trish. It wasn't his intention to involve himself in drama that didn't concern him, but Jeff had had enough of Jason's insensitivity and rudeness towards Trish. No one deserved to be treated that way.

"Jeff was being nice when he called you a douchebag…you're a fucken asshole Jay!" Amy added bluntly before she too got up and followed after Jeff and Trish.

"How you and Adam came from the same family tree I will never understand" Matt grumbled as he looked at Jason with disgust.

"I tell you what Matt, I'm ashamed to call him my brother right now." Adam stated, staring at his younger brother, disappointment written all over his face.

Everyone then proceeded to get out of the water and grab their things leaving Candice and Jason behind. Their afternoon was now ruined thanks to Jason's behaviour and everyone was more concerned about putting their time and energy into making sure Trish was okay than wasting their breath on scolding Jason.

"Well that escalated quickly" Candice finally said as everyone disappeared into the woods. All Jason could do was simply roll his eyes.

-End of Chapter-