(Near dusk in the woods somewhere)
"Can we please stop?" Daniella whines.
"We're almost tonight's campsite, Daniella." Peter tells her.
"Fine. But we better get there soon," she huffs.
The small group walks for a few more minutes until they reach a clearing.
"Here it is," Peter says.
"And the peasants rejoice," Daniella mumbles.
"What was that Daniella? You want to help me with dinner. Well, I was going to ask Ethan, but since you volunteered, I'll have to find something else for him." Peter says with a smile. "Why don't we take a short rest, drink some water, and then get started?"
"Sounds super." Daniella murmurs under her breath.
(At the Scarbrow's House)
Leah is sitting on the porch swing reading a book. Ivy comes outside and sits beside her.
"Leah?" Ivy asks.
"Huh?" Leah doesn't take her eyes of the book.
"I have a huge favor to ask?"
"What?" Leah says finally looking up from her book.
"See Tara is having a surprise birthday party for Nick." Ivy begins.
"And?"
"Well, I kind of said I would go. You know make an appearance, but I'm grounded. So I need you to do me a favor. Can you please cover for me? I'll only be gone for a few hours." Ivy pleads.
"Um, I'm not sure. When is the party?" Leah asks.
"Next Saturday, take as long as you want to decide. If you don't want to I won't be mad." Ivy says. She smiles at her sister and goes back inside.
Leah picks up the cordless phone, which was sitting beside her. She punches in Maggie's number.
"Hey, Leah."
"Hi Mags. I have a question. Do you know anything about a party Tara is having for Nick?"
"Oh, yeah. I was supposed to tell you, that you were invited. Everyone in band is, but they aren't putting up fliers because it's a surprise."
"Thanks, Ivy just asked me if I'd cover for her, so she can go to the party."
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know. I mean I love her and she's my sister, but I want to go to the party too. It's for Nick and Tara's throwing it, they're my friends too."
"You should go Leah. Everyone is going to be there."
"I know, but what about Ethan?"
"What about Ethan?"
"I think he might get mad if I go to party's all the time and don't go see him."
"Leah you can be really weird sometimes. Hey who was that girl you been talking to?"
"Who Lia? She's nice, I have a few classes with her. We might go see a movie tomorrow want to come?"
"I don't know."
"Maggie are you jealous of my new friend?"
"No."
"Liar."
"So?"
"Maggie you're my best friend."
"I know."
"You are jealous though aren't you?"
"Shut up."
"You are don't lie to me Margaret."
"I have to go see you later."
"Bye Mags."
"Bye Leah."
Leah sets the phone down.
(Back in the Woods)
"We aren't really going to eat that are we?" Daniella asks looking at a bubbling pot of brown goo.
"Is something wrong with it?" Peter goes over to the fire to look. He puts a spoon in the pot to try the goo. "Yum, tastes great."
Daniella looks at him with her face scrunched up.
"Is this enough wood?" Ethan asks, as he and Olivia dump more wood on to a fairly large pile.
"Should be if not I'll get more." Peter tells them.
"Good 'cause my arms hurt. How about Livvy?" Ethan asks.
"Yeah my arms kind of hurt," Olivia says.
Ethan looks at Olivia arms. "Yeah your arms hurt because they're bleeding." He says.
Olivia looks down at her arms to see several long scratches running along each arm.
"Ethan can you go get the first aide kit out of my bag?" Peter asks.
"Sure." Ethan runs of to retrieve the first aide kit.
Olivia eyes begin to fill with tears.
"Don't worry, we'll have you fixed up in no time." Peter says to her.
"Yeah, you know if we can't stop the bleeding we could hack your arm off." Daniella says sarcastically.
Peter was about to chastise her, but he doesn't when he sees Olivia smile at Daniella's comments.
Ethan returns with the kit and Daniella pours some boiling water into to a cup. Peter washes both arms with the water and soap. Then he puts on the antibiotic cream and bandages.
"All finished." Peter tells her.
Ethan and Daniella give an ovation. "Fine work. Brilliant. Best I've ever seen."
"Ew." Olivia crinkles up her noise. "What's that smell?"
The heads turn toward the fire where the brown goo is smoking and dripping.
"I guess we aren't eating dinner after all." Daniella says with a smile. "Darn."
"I'm hungry," Olivia says.
"I second that," Ethan says.
Peter remembers that he put some things for s'mores in his pack. "Don't worry I have something better," tells them.
"We should worry," Daniella says.
"Yummy!" Olivia squeals, when she sees what Peter has.
"I haven't had s'mores since…" Ethan ponders. "Well since a really long time."
"This is way better the food you try to serve us at school." Daniella declares as she takes a bite of her s'more.
"I could get used to this," Ethan says.
"Well, don't. I promise it won't happen again. I'll make sure Daniella is not in charge of cooking again." Peter says with a grin.
The group makes and eats more s'mores.
"Olivia, why are you roasting another marshmallow when you haven't finished the three you already made?" Ethan asks.
"Because it's fun," Olivia tells him.
"You're really weird, Ethan tells her. "I'll eat those marshmallows for you."
"Go ahead I don't want them," she says.
"I want one," Daniella yells.
"Just one," Ethan tells her.
"You are such a pig Ethan!" Daniella says.
"Don't Daniella I'll make you some fresh ones," Olivia tells her.
"No fair," Ethan states.
Peter is watching all of this and he smiles. They are having fun and acting like kids something some of them never really had a chance to do when they were younger. No matter how bad a mood he was in, seeing Olivia being herself cracked him up. She was always playful and childlike, that was her way of hiding all the pain. Peter's thoughts were broken by a shriek. He looks up in time to see Ethan throw a marshmallow at Daniella.
"Ethan I'm going to get you," Daniella screams as she lunches a marshmallow at him.
It misses and hits Olivia, who proceeds in smashing a marshmallow in Ethan's face.
"Enough, we're having group then everyone is going to bed." Peter tells them. "I feel… Daniella"
"Angry, Olivia."
"Content, Ethan."
"Sticky."
"Okay, now tell me why." Peter tells them.
"I'm angry because Ethan is a being a jerk. He threw a marshmallow at me." Daniella says.
"I'm content because I like marshmallows but I don't like the idea of sleeping in the woods." Olivia's voice gets quitter at the last part of her sentence.
"I'm sticky because Olivia smashed a marshmallow in my face." Ethan declares.
"Sorry about that," Olivia says.
"It's okay. I don't care I just needed a feeling." He tells her.
"All right bed," Peter announces.
Olivia and Daniella go into the tent they are sharing, and Ethan heads to his tent. Peter sits up for awhile watching the fire die down.
"Can we please stop?" Daniella whines.
"We're almost tonight's campsite, Daniella." Peter tells her.
"Fine. But we better get there soon," she huffs.
The small group walks for a few more minutes until they reach a clearing.
"Here it is," Peter says.
"And the peasants rejoice," Daniella mumbles.
"What was that Daniella? You want to help me with dinner. Well, I was going to ask Ethan, but since you volunteered, I'll have to find something else for him." Peter says with a smile. "Why don't we take a short rest, drink some water, and then get started?"
"Sounds super." Daniella murmurs under her breath.
(At the Scarbrow's House)
Leah is sitting on the porch swing reading a book. Ivy comes outside and sits beside her.
"Leah?" Ivy asks.
"Huh?" Leah doesn't take her eyes of the book.
"I have a huge favor to ask?"
"What?" Leah says finally looking up from her book.
"See Tara is having a surprise birthday party for Nick." Ivy begins.
"And?"
"Well, I kind of said I would go. You know make an appearance, but I'm grounded. So I need you to do me a favor. Can you please cover for me? I'll only be gone for a few hours." Ivy pleads.
"Um, I'm not sure. When is the party?" Leah asks.
"Next Saturday, take as long as you want to decide. If you don't want to I won't be mad." Ivy says. She smiles at her sister and goes back inside.
Leah picks up the cordless phone, which was sitting beside her. She punches in Maggie's number.
"Hey, Leah."
"Hi Mags. I have a question. Do you know anything about a party Tara is having for Nick?"
"Oh, yeah. I was supposed to tell you, that you were invited. Everyone in band is, but they aren't putting up fliers because it's a surprise."
"Thanks, Ivy just asked me if I'd cover for her, so she can go to the party."
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know. I mean I love her and she's my sister, but I want to go to the party too. It's for Nick and Tara's throwing it, they're my friends too."
"You should go Leah. Everyone is going to be there."
"I know, but what about Ethan?"
"What about Ethan?"
"I think he might get mad if I go to party's all the time and don't go see him."
"Leah you can be really weird sometimes. Hey who was that girl you been talking to?"
"Who Lia? She's nice, I have a few classes with her. We might go see a movie tomorrow want to come?"
"I don't know."
"Maggie are you jealous of my new friend?"
"No."
"Liar."
"So?"
"Maggie you're my best friend."
"I know."
"You are jealous though aren't you?"
"Shut up."
"You are don't lie to me Margaret."
"I have to go see you later."
"Bye Mags."
"Bye Leah."
Leah sets the phone down.
(Back in the Woods)
"We aren't really going to eat that are we?" Daniella asks looking at a bubbling pot of brown goo.
"Is something wrong with it?" Peter goes over to the fire to look. He puts a spoon in the pot to try the goo. "Yum, tastes great."
Daniella looks at him with her face scrunched up.
"Is this enough wood?" Ethan asks, as he and Olivia dump more wood on to a fairly large pile.
"Should be if not I'll get more." Peter tells them.
"Good 'cause my arms hurt. How about Livvy?" Ethan asks.
"Yeah my arms kind of hurt," Olivia says.
Ethan looks at Olivia arms. "Yeah your arms hurt because they're bleeding." He says.
Olivia looks down at her arms to see several long scratches running along each arm.
"Ethan can you go get the first aide kit out of my bag?" Peter asks.
"Sure." Ethan runs of to retrieve the first aide kit.
Olivia eyes begin to fill with tears.
"Don't worry, we'll have you fixed up in no time." Peter says to her.
"Yeah, you know if we can't stop the bleeding we could hack your arm off." Daniella says sarcastically.
Peter was about to chastise her, but he doesn't when he sees Olivia smile at Daniella's comments.
Ethan returns with the kit and Daniella pours some boiling water into to a cup. Peter washes both arms with the water and soap. Then he puts on the antibiotic cream and bandages.
"All finished." Peter tells her.
Ethan and Daniella give an ovation. "Fine work. Brilliant. Best I've ever seen."
"Ew." Olivia crinkles up her noise. "What's that smell?"
The heads turn toward the fire where the brown goo is smoking and dripping.
"I guess we aren't eating dinner after all." Daniella says with a smile. "Darn."
"I'm hungry," Olivia says.
"I second that," Ethan says.
Peter remembers that he put some things for s'mores in his pack. "Don't worry I have something better," tells them.
"We should worry," Daniella says.
"Yummy!" Olivia squeals, when she sees what Peter has.
"I haven't had s'mores since…" Ethan ponders. "Well since a really long time."
"This is way better the food you try to serve us at school." Daniella declares as she takes a bite of her s'more.
"I could get used to this," Ethan says.
"Well, don't. I promise it won't happen again. I'll make sure Daniella is not in charge of cooking again." Peter says with a grin.
The group makes and eats more s'mores.
"Olivia, why are you roasting another marshmallow when you haven't finished the three you already made?" Ethan asks.
"Because it's fun," Olivia tells him.
"You're really weird, Ethan tells her. "I'll eat those marshmallows for you."
"Go ahead I don't want them," she says.
"I want one," Daniella yells.
"Just one," Ethan tells her.
"You are such a pig Ethan!" Daniella says.
"Don't Daniella I'll make you some fresh ones," Olivia tells her.
"No fair," Ethan states.
Peter is watching all of this and he smiles. They are having fun and acting like kids something some of them never really had a chance to do when they were younger. No matter how bad a mood he was in, seeing Olivia being herself cracked him up. She was always playful and childlike, that was her way of hiding all the pain. Peter's thoughts were broken by a shriek. He looks up in time to see Ethan throw a marshmallow at Daniella.
"Ethan I'm going to get you," Daniella screams as she lunches a marshmallow at him.
It misses and hits Olivia, who proceeds in smashing a marshmallow in Ethan's face.
"Enough, we're having group then everyone is going to bed." Peter tells them. "I feel… Daniella"
"Angry, Olivia."
"Content, Ethan."
"Sticky."
"Okay, now tell me why." Peter tells them.
"I'm angry because Ethan is a being a jerk. He threw a marshmallow at me." Daniella says.
"I'm content because I like marshmallows but I don't like the idea of sleeping in the woods." Olivia's voice gets quitter at the last part of her sentence.
"I'm sticky because Olivia smashed a marshmallow in my face." Ethan declares.
"Sorry about that," Olivia says.
"It's okay. I don't care I just needed a feeling." He tells her.
"All right bed," Peter announces.
Olivia and Daniella go into the tent they are sharing, and Ethan heads to his tent. Peter sits up for awhile watching the fire die down.