A/N I have a couple things I need to clear up/explain. I know that Morgan probably wouldn't have been able to go out and all that so soon after his athsma attack, but I don't really know much about athsma, and I was really too lazy to research it. Also Im sorry I havent updated sooner, I know I said last Thursday, but now you will get to see it this Thursday instead. Any other problems please tell me. I like having people tell me my stuff sucks, because then I can fix it.
"Daaad! You promised to take us swimming"

"Uuuggg." Graham rolled over and squezzed his eyes against the sunlight steaming through the windows. He looked at the clock. 7:00. He rolled over and groaned.

"Don't worry," he heard Merril yawn sleepily on the bed across from him. "Ill take them. Just give me two minutes."

It took them 10. But eventually, they were all splashing around in the pool, playing Marco polo, and having relay races. Graham came down and joined them eventually, and stretched out on one of the lawn chairs with a week old newspaper. Five minutes later, Merrill hoisted himself out and grabbed a towel from the desk, where a smiling lifegurd was sitting. Graham shook his head. "What?" asked Merrill, smiling inocently. But he smiled too. Both he and Graham had always been able to get any girl they wanted when they were younger. But Graham had fallen in love with Colleen when he was 10, and that had been it for him.

"Youll have her number by the time we leave," Graham teased.

"What are you talking about? You know I don't just ask out any girl I meet. I have to get to know her first. And then I ask her out," he dfended himself.

"Oh yeah? What about that girl who came into the gas station last month? The one you took out to dinner that same night? What was her name again Merrill?"

"Ok, that was an exeption. But any other girl in this town I would get to know first, before I asked them out,"

"No you wouldn't. You've already asked out every girl in this town. You were finished a month after you came back,"

"Okay, okay, lay off," He settled back into his chair and closed his eyes. "So what are we going to do next?" He asked, opening one eye and glancing at Graham.

Graham didn't answer at first. "Collen had an uncle who had a cottage by a lake. I think we should go there for a while. The kids can go swimming, we can relax. And then we can come back and things will go on as ussual."

Merrill took this all in. He didn't think it could ever go completely back to normal. Every thing had changed too much. He settled back into the chair and stared absentmindedly at the kids. They had their legs over the edge of the pool and were tryingto see how long they could hold on.

"Dad! Morgans cheating! He's trying to push me in!"

"Morgan, don't push your sister in," Graham said atomaticly. "Come to think of it, you guys should probably get out now." A chorus of 'No five more minutes' followed this announcement. Graham sat back in his seat. Merrill had a feeling that Graham hadn't really intended for them to get out yet.

"Listen, Graham, you know, after you got outside, and you said all that stuff about how Morgan had athsma for a reason? Well did you really mean that? You really think it was a miracle don't you? It wasn't just a spur of the moment thing was it?" Merrill held his breath. He hoped Graham wouldn't say that he didn't really believe what he had said earlier.

"I belived it," Graham said distractedly. Bo and Morgan had been under the water for a while. But in a few seconds they both resurfaced and Graham breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Merrill and then did a double take when he saw the look on his face.

"What?"

"Im just.. I don't know. I just happy that you realize that.. Oh Im no good at this. Help me out Graham!"

"I know what you mean. Don't worry. Well we better get going. Bo, Morgan, I've given you ten extra minutes. Time to get out," After some groaning, they got out and toweled off. As they made their way back to the hotel room, Morgan asked: "Are we going home now?"

Graham was surprised neither of the kids had comented yet on the fact that they were in a hotel that was less than five minutes from their house. "Well, Merrill and I have decided that we are going to take a little vacation, and we can all relax. The schools still havent opened, and we think it will be fun for all of us," Graham explained. Morgan looked at him.

"Dad! You promised you wouldn't make any decisions with out us! And you did it again!" Morgan accused angrily. "Bo and I want to go home!" Bo nodded her head in silent aggreement. Graham sighed.

"I know you want to go home. We all want to go home. And Morgan, I assure you, that this was not a final decision. We just thought it would be fun if we went away for awile. Im sorry if I was wrong," Graham hung his head in shame. Merrill almost burst out laughing. He could see Graham was also fighting not to smile. But Morgan and Bo didn't notice.

"Alright, you're forgivin. But where are we going?"

"Well do you remember how we went to the cottage that summer two years ago? I think that that where we'll go," Graham answered. "That is, if its ok with you guys," He added quickly. Morgan and Bo noded.

"Ok, then lets pack up and get on the road," Merrill said cheerfully.

"Should we wake up the kids?" Merrill asked as they pulled into an all night drive-thru.

"If they get hungry we can stop again," Graham said drowsilly. They had been driving all day and it was now 9. He and Merrill had taken turns driving and sleeping all day. It was Merrils turn now.

"How far are we now," Merrill asked after they were on the road again. He glanced over when there was no response. "Graham?" he shook his shoulder. "Huh? What? Oh," He saw Merrill, and the colour returned to his face. "What?" he asked, rubbing his face with his hands.

"How much farther?" Merrill asked glancing at Graham occasionally.

"Oh.uh where are we?" Graham asked, squinting out the window. It was too dark to see anything.

"Uh.lets see, we passed the cheesy dinner, went around the rotten tree stump and went over the hill with the funny looking trees," He joked.

"About half an hour if you stay on this road," Graham replied seriously.

Merrill looked at his brother in disbelief. "I was joking," he said.

"I know," replied Graham. "So was I," he turned to Merrill with a smile. Merrill looked at him then back at the road. Them back at him again. Then they both broke out laughing. Graham looked behind him to check on the kids.

"Hey, is it just me, or is Bo burning up?"

Merrill looked in the rearveiw miror. It was kind or hard to tell in this light. He flipped on the car light. Bo's face was definetly flushed.

Morgan woke up. Merrill smilled a bit when he rubbed his face the same way Graham did. "Where are we?" he asked dazed.

"Morgan honey? Can you feel Bo's forehead for us?" Graham asked worridly. Morgan leaned over and put his wrist on Bo's forehead.

"I don't know," he said, puzzeled. "She feels normal, but he face is getting redder," Both Merrill and Graham looked into the mirror. Morgan was right.

"Well, we'll see how she is when we get to the cottage. Were almost there now, just turn here---"

Merrill swerved the car so hard it felt as though they wereon only two wheels.

"What the heck was that?" Graham breathed.

"I-I saw something, must have been a deer. It ran right in front of us. Im sorry I-- lost control," Merrill was breathing hard; Graham had never seen him like that before.

(A/N: Ok, you all know it wasn't a deer right? I thought so. Just checking. Continue reading. Now. Go on. Right now. Period.)

"Merrill its ok, calm down. It's happened before. Come on, get out, I'll drive," Merril go out and walked to the other side. Graham could see his eyes darting to the forest. Graham took a deep breath as he started the car. Amazingly Bo hadn't woken up. But Morgan looked really tense. "Morgan? Relax. Were fine. We'll be at the cottage in about twenty minutes," Morgan nodded. Graham was surprised he hadn't had another attack.