Anything For You

Chapter 4

A week had passed, Liz and Lucky were back to normal…not really but they pretended they were. Emily and Nik stopped awhile so they could think of what they could do. They all had decided they wanted to go on the upcoming camping trip the school was having, and to all of their parents said yes.

Liz walked out to Lucky's car putting a bag in, Lucky looked at her.

"How many bags are you taking?" he asked
Liz smiled "Hey back off I only have three and that's it!"

Nikolas drove up with Emily in a jeep. They smiled as they jumped out walking over to them.

"Are you guys ready yet?"
Lucky chuckled "Relax Cassadine you act like you've never been camping before…wait a minute you haven't!"
Nik smirked at him "Funny!"
Emily stepped in "Don't worry Nik I've never been camping before either"
Lucky smiled "You guys don't know what you're missing, I'm glad you all get to go on this trip."
Liz smiled at him "Yeah it's going to be really fun!"
Lucky glanced at her a moment "Yeah we're gonna make sure you guys have as much fun as we did when we first camped."
Liz glanced at Lucky "Lucky you camped a lot more than I did, when I did camp the first time was with you in the backyard!" they all chuckled.
Lucky smiled "But that was fun!"

Emily glanced at Nik who smirked at her. Emily stood by Lucky her arm wrapped around his shoulder.

"I'm sure it's going to be great!" she said.

Liz picked up on Emily's move and didn't like it a bit, but she didn't want to say anything she moved away a bit loading her last bag in Lucky's truck. Nik smiled seeing how uncomfortable she was, Lucky turned his head for something and Nik winked at Emily. Lucky turned back to both of them knowing something was wrong with Liz.

"We should get going, we gotta check into school before we head up."
Nik spoke up "Yeah! Come on Em let's go. We'll meet you guys there."
Lucky nodded smiling Nik and Emily walked to his jeep and drove away.

Lucky walked over to Liz smiling at her, she was looking at the cd's for the
trip. LUCKY smiled down at her turning around leaning on the car.

"Elizabeth are you alright?"
"Yes Lucky! We have to go! We want to be able to get up there and get a good
spot before the others don't we? Just thought I'd speed things up."

Lucky shrugged knowing there was something up, but he knew she'd tell him,
when she wanted to. They got into his truck driving off.

They had gotten to the school and signed in also getting directions to the sight. After driving for a while they finally reached to campsite. Lucky and Elizabeth were the first ones there. The first thing they did was set up their tent. Emily and Nik showed up shortly after them. Lucky and Liz were putting the final touches on the tent, when Nikolas and Emily came over.

"Nice tent!" Emily remarked. Nikolas started setting up their equipment by Lucky and Liz. They all got their tents put together and a fire started. The place was filling up with kids from school, they were glad they were in a more secluded, private area. Emily smiled at Liz as they were collecting some wood for the fire.

"So you're not the least bit worried about sharing a tent with Lucky?" Em asked her.
Liz shrugged "We've shared a tent before it's no biggy. Why you don't like sharing a tent with Nik? Then again I wouldn't either!"
Emily chuckled "He's actually a really cool guy Liz, it's not that I don't like it. I've been stuck in an all girl school for the past 5 years and this is the first time I've ever done anything like this. It's just a bit nerve-racking"
Liz chuckled "I could probably see why you're nervous, but I've never been in your shoes though. Do you trust Nikolas?"
Emily nodded "Well yeah he's my best friend."
Liz smiled "Well that's all you need!"
Emily chuckled "Thanks, I'm gonna go ahead and take these back okay? Can you
find your way back it's getting dark fast and I think it's going to rain.
Liz nodded "I can get back alright."

Emily smiled and started finding her way back, Liz sighed looking around finding another good log. She sighed and sat down on a big rock nearby looking up through the trees at the cloudy sky. She heard a branch break and jumped a bit. She grabbed her flashlight waving it around to see whom it was, she saw Lucky who was waving her off she turned the flashlight off.

Lucky smiled at her "Emily said that you were still out here, I got worried you would get lost."
Liz chuckled "I'm fine! But thank you, I was just sitting here taking a rest for a moment."
Lucky sat down by her on the rock, "You okay? You've seemed kind of out of it today."
Liz smiled "I'm fine Lucky, just enjoying the good old outdoors."
"A lot of nice peace and quiet, but we should probably be getting back.
Don't want to keep our new campers waiting!"
They both chuckled and walked back to the camp.

They had gotten through dinner fast making jokes and having fun, they finally got so tired that they all went to bed. Emily crawled into her sleeping bag, as Nik crawled into his.

"Think this time alone we've been giving them is working?" Em asked.
"I don't know they're really good at hiding it." Nik looked over at her, she looked back at him.
"I've been trying my best to make her jealous."
"You did though, don't you notice how she never looks at the two of you?"
"Yeah I guess you're right, this is still fun."
"Yeah I'm beginning to like the outdoors." They both chuckled at that and went to sleep.

Liz's back was turned, Lucky sighed crawling into his bag.

"Goodnight."
"Goodnight Lucky."

They both tried to go to sleep, 30 minutes later. Liz flipped over looking at Lucky who was staring straight up.

"Can't sleep either?"
Lucky sighed "Yeah I'm just worried about something."
Liz's eyebrows furrowed a bit "What?"
Lucky turned on his side looking at her they weren't the far apart. "I'm worried about us."
Liz sighed, she heard it start to rain outside "Lucky, we're friends best friends" she sat up also.
Lucky sighed
Liz closed her eye for a moment "I'm scared"
Lucky raised an eyebrow and locked eyes with her "What are you scared of?"
She looked at him "I don't think Emily is the right girl for you."
"Why not...You two seemed to be getting along?"
"I don't know Lucky, I'm just telling you that she isn't right for you. I know you, and I just have this feeling..."
"Elizabeth! I really like her. I think we'd be great together."
"I know" Liz whispered
"Then why can't you support me?"
"I'm, sorry Lucky! I was just telling you how I feel!"
"What about how I feel?"
"You wanna go out with her? Fine! Be my guest!"
"Fine I will!"

Liz got up and ran out of the tent. Lucky called after her, but she was already running through the forest not caring where she was going, she just couldn't take it anymore in that tent. She continued running for quite awhile, knowing Lucky was probably chasing after her. As she was running, she tripped twisting her ankle and bumping her head on a rock pretty hard. She started crying not just for the pain but also for pushing away her best friend. She crawled to a tree and propped herself up trying not to go to sleep though.

When I'm lost in the rain,
In your eyes I know
I'll find the light to light my way
And when I'm scared, losing ground
When my world is going crazy
You can turn it all around and when I'm down you're there
Pushing me to the top
You're always there, giving me all you've got

Lucky had woken up Emily and Nikolas and put some pants on real quick, he searched through the forest. Nikolas was on the other side of the forest and Emily was at the camp in case she might come back. Lucky was crying he didn't know why he yelled at her like that. The only thing he knew right now was that he had to find her.

For a shield from the storm
For a friend
For a love to keep me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength to be strong
For the will to carry on
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you

Liz looked around everything was in a haze. She was tired and her head and ankle hurt. She was so cold. She curled up into a ball and fell asleep.

When I lose the will to win
I just reach for you
And I can reach the sky again
I can do anything
'Cause your love is so amazing
'Cause your love inspires me
And when I need a friend
You're always on my side
Giving me faith, taking me through the night

For a shield from the storm
For a friend
For a love to keep me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength to be strong
For the will to carry on
For everything you do
I turn to you

Lucky continued to search, stopping for only a moment trying to think of where she could be, he continue to look for her, running his flashlight over everything he could. He finally saw her. Running over to her lying on the ground in a ball, she was drenched but so was he. "Liz!" he picked her up holding her in his arms holding on to her.

For the arms to be my shelter
Through all the rain
For truth that will never change
For someone to lean on
For a heart I can rely on through anything
For the one who I can run to...I turn to you

Lucky woke up the next morning Liz still curled up in his lap, he looked around noticing the rain had stopped the sun was coming out, he looked down at Liz seeing the tiny bit of blood drip from her head. He tried to wake her up, she opened her eyes looking up at him, and he smiled a bit.

For a shield from the storm
For a friend
For a love to keep me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength to be strong
For the will to carry on
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you

Lucky had gotten her back to camp by carrying her he set her in their tent and laid by her helping her head. Watching her sleep he spoke softly choking out the words a bit "I'm so sorry Elizabeth." Lucky sighed, as he watched her sleep.

For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you