Disclaimer: Incase you didn't know, the characters do NOT belong to me... Too bad, though.
Chapter 2: Just Another Walk in the Woods?
"You know, Malucci, I think this was a good idea. I am actually excited about this."
"That's the spirit, Carter! Have faith! Now, what's on your mind?" Dave asked, innocently, in the cab drive to the edge of the woods.
"I knew it!" Carter accused. Dave was surprised.
"Knew what?"
"Abby made me come so you could find out what's been bothering me!"
"So something *is* bothering you..." Dave smiled, thinking. Before, he didn't really think something was wrong with Carter, but now he wasn't so sure.
"What is it? Is it a patient, a family crisis... A girl?" Dave pressed. Carter blinked.
"You're very sympathetic, aren't you?"
"OK, we're here, men. But are you sure you don't want a ride to this cabin you're going to, because-"
"We'll be fine, sir," Carter said, stepping out of the cab and handing him the money owed. They went to retrieve their gear out of the back and began to head out.
"Now Abby said the cabin wasn't far from the edge of the woods and she gave us this map, so it shouldn't be hard to find," Dave said, unfolding a map.
"Yeah, it'll be just another walk in the park."
"You mean woods, my good friend!"
"Yeah, woods." They smiled at each other and began to hike.
"How do you think Carter and Dave will like their time away?" Lizzy asked, fully rested and refreshed now.
"Well, keep your cell phone on. They may be missing people by the end of the week," Abby answered.
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, they're going to my cabin on foot."
"Is that a problem? You said it wasn't far," Lizzy sounded slightly confused.
"Oh it isn't far. It's only about a ten minutes away from the edge."
"So what's the problem?"
"I didn't finish. It's ten minutes away if you're going a good sixty miles per hour!"
"Oh dear..."
"Now even that, they could make, even with they're gear... But Dave's navigation skills will probably get them lost. It's fairly easy to find if you stick to the main road, but-"
"But Dave will convince Carter he probably knows a faster way. Great going, Abby. They will be mad at you when they get back," Lizzy smiled.
"Cunning, isn't it? That's what they get for ignoring people..."
"Hello, Abby, Lizzy," Peter said from behind them. They jumped.
"Hi Peter! How long have you been there?" Lizzy asked.
"Long enough to know that those men are in trouble."
"Oh really, Peter, Carter's smart! They can find their way out. Abby did try to warn them-"
"And yet you are laughing at the idea that they could be lost in the woods for-"
"Benton, they have their cells and their pagers! They will be fine!" Abby said.
"I hope you're right, Abby!" was all Peter said before walking off.
"OK, so according to the map, if we just stick to the main road, we should be there in no time," Carter said, looking at the map and walking. Dave took the map.
"Yeah, but we probably won't get there for an hour or so if we do that... Here, see this side road? There are much less turns in it and if we just go up there and turn back onto the main road there, we could probably make it there in half that time."
"I don't know, Dave..."
"Come on, Carter, where's your sense of adventure?" Dave asked.
"All right..." Carter said, reluctantly, and followed Dave.
They walked for two hours along the bush covered side road. Dave and Carter both got scratched a lot by the nettles and other forest thorns and weeds, but since he was leading, Dave had more. They came to a river and began to cross over on a log since there was no bridge in sight. Dave crossed fine. It was a flat, steady log, and it looked like it had been placed there instead of a bridge. But as Carter crossed, his cell phone fell in.
"Damn it, Dave, I thought we were supposed to be there by now!" Carter yelled, annoyed at losing his mobile phone and at the time it was taking them to get there, "I didn't know we had to cross any rivers!" They continued on through the forest.
"Have patience, Carter! We'll get there..." Dave didn't even turn around to talk to him.
"Are you sure? It feels like we've been walking in circles!" Carter yelled again. Dave stopped and now, he turned around to face him and dropped his gear. Carter dropped his own equipment. Dave's arms were covered in small scratches and bumps and so were the part of his legs that were exposed. Carter was scratched too.
"Look, we shouldn't fight now. When we get to the cabin, we can punch each other's lights out, but right now, we just have to find it," Dave said.
"We would be there right now and I wouldn't have to punch your lights out if we had just stuck to the main road!"
"You don't know that we'd be there by now! We might have still been walking! We could have been walking until night!"
"We might be walking longer than that on this road! Do you even know how to get back to the main road now?" Carter asked. Dave paused, realizing what was happening.
"You know what Carter... You're right. I don't know where the main road is." Carter stopped, too. He had expected Dave to defend himself.
"Neither do I."
Chapter 2: Just Another Walk in the Woods?
"You know, Malucci, I think this was a good idea. I am actually excited about this."
"That's the spirit, Carter! Have faith! Now, what's on your mind?" Dave asked, innocently, in the cab drive to the edge of the woods.
"I knew it!" Carter accused. Dave was surprised.
"Knew what?"
"Abby made me come so you could find out what's been bothering me!"
"So something *is* bothering you..." Dave smiled, thinking. Before, he didn't really think something was wrong with Carter, but now he wasn't so sure.
"What is it? Is it a patient, a family crisis... A girl?" Dave pressed. Carter blinked.
"You're very sympathetic, aren't you?"
"OK, we're here, men. But are you sure you don't want a ride to this cabin you're going to, because-"
"We'll be fine, sir," Carter said, stepping out of the cab and handing him the money owed. They went to retrieve their gear out of the back and began to head out.
"Now Abby said the cabin wasn't far from the edge of the woods and she gave us this map, so it shouldn't be hard to find," Dave said, unfolding a map.
"Yeah, it'll be just another walk in the park."
"You mean woods, my good friend!"
"Yeah, woods." They smiled at each other and began to hike.
"How do you think Carter and Dave will like their time away?" Lizzy asked, fully rested and refreshed now.
"Well, keep your cell phone on. They may be missing people by the end of the week," Abby answered.
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, they're going to my cabin on foot."
"Is that a problem? You said it wasn't far," Lizzy sounded slightly confused.
"Oh it isn't far. It's only about a ten minutes away from the edge."
"So what's the problem?"
"I didn't finish. It's ten minutes away if you're going a good sixty miles per hour!"
"Oh dear..."
"Now even that, they could make, even with they're gear... But Dave's navigation skills will probably get them lost. It's fairly easy to find if you stick to the main road, but-"
"But Dave will convince Carter he probably knows a faster way. Great going, Abby. They will be mad at you when they get back," Lizzy smiled.
"Cunning, isn't it? That's what they get for ignoring people..."
"Hello, Abby, Lizzy," Peter said from behind them. They jumped.
"Hi Peter! How long have you been there?" Lizzy asked.
"Long enough to know that those men are in trouble."
"Oh really, Peter, Carter's smart! They can find their way out. Abby did try to warn them-"
"And yet you are laughing at the idea that they could be lost in the woods for-"
"Benton, they have their cells and their pagers! They will be fine!" Abby said.
"I hope you're right, Abby!" was all Peter said before walking off.
"OK, so according to the map, if we just stick to the main road, we should be there in no time," Carter said, looking at the map and walking. Dave took the map.
"Yeah, but we probably won't get there for an hour or so if we do that... Here, see this side road? There are much less turns in it and if we just go up there and turn back onto the main road there, we could probably make it there in half that time."
"I don't know, Dave..."
"Come on, Carter, where's your sense of adventure?" Dave asked.
"All right..." Carter said, reluctantly, and followed Dave.
They walked for two hours along the bush covered side road. Dave and Carter both got scratched a lot by the nettles and other forest thorns and weeds, but since he was leading, Dave had more. They came to a river and began to cross over on a log since there was no bridge in sight. Dave crossed fine. It was a flat, steady log, and it looked like it had been placed there instead of a bridge. But as Carter crossed, his cell phone fell in.
"Damn it, Dave, I thought we were supposed to be there by now!" Carter yelled, annoyed at losing his mobile phone and at the time it was taking them to get there, "I didn't know we had to cross any rivers!" They continued on through the forest.
"Have patience, Carter! We'll get there..." Dave didn't even turn around to talk to him.
"Are you sure? It feels like we've been walking in circles!" Carter yelled again. Dave stopped and now, he turned around to face him and dropped his gear. Carter dropped his own equipment. Dave's arms were covered in small scratches and bumps and so were the part of his legs that were exposed. Carter was scratched too.
"Look, we shouldn't fight now. When we get to the cabin, we can punch each other's lights out, but right now, we just have to find it," Dave said.
"We would be there right now and I wouldn't have to punch your lights out if we had just stuck to the main road!"
"You don't know that we'd be there by now! We might have still been walking! We could have been walking until night!"
"We might be walking longer than that on this road! Do you even know how to get back to the main road now?" Carter asked. Dave paused, realizing what was happening.
"You know what Carter... You're right. I don't know where the main road is." Carter stopped, too. He had expected Dave to defend himself.
"Neither do I."