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Chapter Seven: A Hiking We Will Go
It was really dark now. Ashley and Bob had managed to climb the steep hill, after several falls, and climbed on top of the road. Ashley gasped for breath. She's was already tired and ready to go home. This was ridiculous. Bob was wishing he'd never even started this whole vacation, but that wasn't going to help Vince any. Bob took Ashley's hand and they started walking up the road.
"Maybe we'll find a town or something," he said, highly doubting it. "Man, this is all my fault. I should have paid attention to the road.
"It's not anyone's fault," Ashley told him, squeezing his hand. "How were you supposed to know that those deer were going to walk out in front of us?"
"I don't know. I just feel awful about all this. I hope those four can get along for at least the rest of the night."
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"Ouch! Something bit me!" Ashley Q. moaned from the campfire Lawson had built. Thank goodness he remembered all that stuff his dad had taught him back when he was little.
"It's probably just a mosquito," he told her, rolling his eyes. 'What a baby,' he thought as he went to get more wood.
"A mosquito?! I'm going to get malaria, or yellow fever, or encephalitis!" she cried, swatting the stupid bug with her hand.
Gah, she was annoying!! Lawson was beginning to wish Bob hadn't nominated him for this leadership thing. Ashley Q. was whining about EVERYTHING! All he'd heard was "I'm hungry", "I'm thirsty", or "I wanna go home", and it was driving not only Lawson crazy but everyone else too.
Vince was laying down on a grass bed the girls had made for him. He had to admit--he liked all this attention he was getting, even if it was from Ashley Boulet.
"Would you like some more water, Vincey?" the girl asked sweetly, dying to make Vince as comfortable as possible.
"Yeah, my throat's a little dry," he answered, then watched her run off to the half-demolished van to get a water bottle. Ashley Q. shot him a glare.
"You're low," she said. "Taking advantage of her like that."
"Taking advantage?" Vince asked. "What are you talking about?"
"Pretending like you actually enjoy being with her just so that you'll get spoiled," she explained.
"I think all this nature has gotten to your head."
Ashley Q. scowled in response, then turned toward the fire again to warm up. Stupid mountain weather. The fire was starting to die down from lack of wood. Where the heck was Lawson at? She decided she had better try looking for him, even if he was a jerk...to her anyway. She got up and started towards the dark woods, when suddenly Ashley B. appeared.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"To find that idiot and get more wood for the fire, duh!" she answered, going around her friend.
"Oh, really?" Ashley B. replied with a grin. Ashley Q. hinted some sort of tone in her voice and turned to face her.
"What's your problem?" she asked. "Can I help it if I'm freezing in these stupid mountains and that moron hasn't returned with more wood?"
"I think you like him."
"WHAT?!" she screamed. "Why on earth do you think THAT?"
"For one, you always argue with him, which is just one way of flirting," Ashley B. started. "Two, under normal circumstances, you would rather leave him out in the woods to get eaten by a wild animal than go out and find him."
"This isn't normal circumstances, Ashley B. We're lost in the mountains!!! And I'm freezing!"
"Ashley and Erwin sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G..."
"I'm warning you, Ashley B."
"First comes--OW!" She was shocked when Ashley Q. actually slapped her face.
"I'm sorry, but it was necessary. You couldn't be stopped." Then she turned tail and stalked into the woods.
"Hey, where's my water?" Vince shouted from the background.
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Chapter Seven: A Hiking We Will Go
It was really dark now. Ashley and Bob had managed to climb the steep hill, after several falls, and climbed on top of the road. Ashley gasped for breath. She's was already tired and ready to go home. This was ridiculous. Bob was wishing he'd never even started this whole vacation, but that wasn't going to help Vince any. Bob took Ashley's hand and they started walking up the road.
"Maybe we'll find a town or something," he said, highly doubting it. "Man, this is all my fault. I should have paid attention to the road.
"It's not anyone's fault," Ashley told him, squeezing his hand. "How were you supposed to know that those deer were going to walk out in front of us?"
"I don't know. I just feel awful about all this. I hope those four can get along for at least the rest of the night."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Ouch! Something bit me!" Ashley Q. moaned from the campfire Lawson had built. Thank goodness he remembered all that stuff his dad had taught him back when he was little.
"It's probably just a mosquito," he told her, rolling his eyes. 'What a baby,' he thought as he went to get more wood.
"A mosquito?! I'm going to get malaria, or yellow fever, or encephalitis!" she cried, swatting the stupid bug with her hand.
Gah, she was annoying!! Lawson was beginning to wish Bob hadn't nominated him for this leadership thing. Ashley Q. was whining about EVERYTHING! All he'd heard was "I'm hungry", "I'm thirsty", or "I wanna go home", and it was driving not only Lawson crazy but everyone else too.
Vince was laying down on a grass bed the girls had made for him. He had to admit--he liked all this attention he was getting, even if it was from Ashley Boulet.
"Would you like some more water, Vincey?" the girl asked sweetly, dying to make Vince as comfortable as possible.
"Yeah, my throat's a little dry," he answered, then watched her run off to the half-demolished van to get a water bottle. Ashley Q. shot him a glare.
"You're low," she said. "Taking advantage of her like that."
"Taking advantage?" Vince asked. "What are you talking about?"
"Pretending like you actually enjoy being with her just so that you'll get spoiled," she explained.
"I think all this nature has gotten to your head."
Ashley Q. scowled in response, then turned toward the fire again to warm up. Stupid mountain weather. The fire was starting to die down from lack of wood. Where the heck was Lawson at? She decided she had better try looking for him, even if he was a jerk...to her anyway. She got up and started towards the dark woods, when suddenly Ashley B. appeared.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"To find that idiot and get more wood for the fire, duh!" she answered, going around her friend.
"Oh, really?" Ashley B. replied with a grin. Ashley Q. hinted some sort of tone in her voice and turned to face her.
"What's your problem?" she asked. "Can I help it if I'm freezing in these stupid mountains and that moron hasn't returned with more wood?"
"I think you like him."
"WHAT?!" she screamed. "Why on earth do you think THAT?"
"For one, you always argue with him, which is just one way of flirting," Ashley B. started. "Two, under normal circumstances, you would rather leave him out in the woods to get eaten by a wild animal than go out and find him."
"This isn't normal circumstances, Ashley B. We're lost in the mountains!!! And I'm freezing!"
"Ashley and Erwin sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G..."
"I'm warning you, Ashley B."
"First comes--OW!" She was shocked when Ashley Q. actually slapped her face.
"I'm sorry, but it was necessary. You couldn't be stopped." Then she turned tail and stalked into the woods.
"Hey, where's my water?" Vince shouted from the background.
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