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Chapter 16: Father Camping
"What are we doing this weekend?" Alex asked.
"Camping." Liz jumped in and everyone looked at her.
"Camping?" Tess asked and Liz nodded.
"Fathers are making us go camping, part of the punishment for going to Las Vegas, they are making us go this weekend for the Father camping. They've filled out the form and yes, even you Michael, Mr, Evans, I mean, dad says you have to come ever since you're part of the family." Liz explained.
"Great, we're going camping." Isabel muttered and Liz looked at them.
"It's not death." Liz remarked.
"Nearly enough it is." Maria remarked then looked at them. "Wait a minute, I don't have a dad!" she exclaimed with a huge smile.
"Mr. Valenti is taking you as your mom and he are dating." Liz jumped in and Maria dropped her head, letting it bang on the table.
"Hell comes." She muttered.
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"Cheer up Max, Isabel, camping isn't that bad." Phillip stated as he watched his two teenaged children grumbled as they dragged their camping stuff out into the hallway, the two of them glared at him, causing him to chuckle. "Liz doesn't seem to thinking camping is that bad."
"I love camping, my dad used to take me and mom all the time, it was part of our ritual as a family time." Liz exclaimed as she down the hallway, carrying two pillows and her sleeping bag.
"Pillows?" Phillip asked.
"You have to, unless you want a cold from sleeping on the cold, damp floor." Liz explained, Max and Isabel looked at each other then hurried to their room to grab their pillows only to find they had none. "They're already in the hallway, I knew that you had forgotten it so I picked them up." Liz called out from the kitchen where she was rummaging for marshmallows and crackers.
"Honey, what are you looking for?" Diane asked as she came into the kitchen to find Liz looking about.
"Do you have any marshmallows? I've found the crackers." Liz stated.
"Here you go sweetie." Diane stated as she opened the top cupboard and handed her the two large bags. "Why do you need them?"
"Smores." Liz stated.
"Smores?" Isabel, Phillip and Max asked.
"Yeah, whenever you go camping you have to have Smores, it's practically against the law if you don't." Liz muttered.
"Really?" Max asked as he looked at his girlfriend before turning to his sister with a raised eyebrow, she shrugged, confused too.
"Hello people." Maria called out as she and Tess entered through the backdoor and smiled when they saw Liz. "Hey Liz, what are you doing?"
"Packing some stuff for the camping trip, what are you doing here?" Liz asked.
"Are we all meeting up in the one place or are we meeting up at the bus park?" Tess asked.
"Bus Park, this way we are not carrying loads of packages in one transport." Max stated and the girls nodded.
"Okay, we'll see you later, we are heading over to Alex's places to tell him." Maria stated.
"Can I come with you?" Isabel asked and the girls looked at Isabel with a curious gaze. "What?" she asked.
"Nothing." Liz muttered as she turned back to the cupboard, looking for the chocolate this time.
"Now what are you looking for honey?" Diane asked.
"The chocolate, I know there is some here, I bought some yesterday for my craving!" Liz muttered as she rummaged through the cupboard.
"Craving?" Maria asked.
"Oh, at the end of my time of the month, I get this huge craving for chocolate, my parents couldn't understand why this happened but just accepted it." Liz explained.
"Does that happens to you too girls?" Diane asked and they shook their heads.
"Nope, we usually have the craving during the time of the months as we are more hormonal at the time." Tess stated and Max snorted as he left the room, causing the girls turn around to glare at his retreating back.
"We heard that!" Isabel, Maria and Tess shouted after him.
"Are you sure you bought chocolate yesterday sweetie?" Phillip asked and Liz nodded as Max started to whistle and it hit her.
"Maxwell Alexander Evans!" she shouted as she tore after him, Max just yelped and ran out of her way as she began on the war path for him stealing her chocolate. "I am going to kill you for that you know." She called as she chased after him, Diane and Phillip just looked at each other stunned while the girls snickered and walked out of the Evans' kitchen, making their way over to Alex's house.
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"Oh Whitman, where are you?" Maria called out as they entered the house, Maria and Tess looked at each other and smirked.
"Scooby Scooby Doo, where are you?" Tess and Maria sang while Isabel groaned and buried her face into her hand in mock embarrassment.
"Oh god!" she muttered, Alex laughed as he made his way down the stairs.
"Classic girls, classic." Alex stated as he clapped his hand; the two girls bowed with huge silly grins on their faces.
"Are you packed?" Isabel asked.
"Yeah, just need to grab my sleeping bag." Alex stated.
"Can you bring your guitar with you so we can have some sing-a-longs?" Maria asked and Alex grinned.
"Too late, Liz has already gotten onto me and begged me." Alex stated and the girls grinned, they knew just how much the boys loved Liz and would do anything for her, especially when she did the puppy dog eyes and the little pout and the little girl tone in her voice.
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"Max, Liz? Where are you kids?" Diane asked as she walked through the hallway, Max and Liz was in Max's bedroom, lying on the bed, making out. Diane walked over to Max's room and opened the door, she looked in and saw them kissing and the memory of Christmas washed over her.
"I love you." He whispered and she smiled up at him.
"And I love you." Liz whispered back
She needed to talk to Phillip about them two getting really close, she loved Liz, she did but she was worried about them getting too involved with each other at such a young age.
"Did you hear anything?" Liz asked and Max shook his head.
"No, just you moaning." He smirked and Liz rolled her eyes as she grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him down so their lips could meet again and Max rolled himself on top of her.
"Phillip, I need to talk to you." Diane stated as she entered the living room, Phillip looked up at her, one eyebrow raised.
"Yeah?" Phillip asked.
"It's about Max and Liz getting so close, we heard them say that they loved each other at the midnight service, they've only gotten together. Max has only went out with Tess and that only lasted a couple of month and they weren't even that serious while I overheard Liz telling Isabel that she didn't have time for guys while she lived in LA so she didn't have any boyfriends." Diane stated her fears.
"Maybe they are in love with each other." Phillip suggested and Diane sighed.
Don't get me wrong, I love Liz but I feel that they are moving way too fast." Diane stated before standing up and heading out of the room with Phillip watching her retreating back, wondering what was going on.
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"Are you kids ready?" Mr. Whitman asked and everyone nodded.
"Yep, all the stuff are in the cars and the bus is waiting." Max stated as he dragged the last bag and put it into the back of the jeep.
"Okay, let's move out!" Jim stated as everyone got into the car and headed out toward the school where the bus was waiting for the students; they arrived there to see students all over the place with their fathers. Liz rolled her eyes when Michael and Kyle started arguing about who was getting what and sighed when Isabel got involved in the fight.
"This is going to be one long weekend." Tess stated and Liz smiled at the young woman beside her.
"Evans?" The coach shouted.
"Here." Phillip called as Max slung an arm over Liz's shoulder and led her over to the bus, Liz rested her head on his shoulder as he kissed her forehead and they stepped onto the bus, they both headed toward the back and took the seats for themselves.
Isabel and Michael sat in the seats in front of them, arguing over who was having the peanuts as Phillip sat on the other side of the bus, next to them. Maria, Kyle and Jim headed onto the bus, Jim sat next to Phillip while Maria, and Kyle sat on the other side of the bus next to Max and Liz while Alex, Tess, Mr Harding and Mr. Whitman came on and sat in front of Phillip, Jim, Michael and Isabel.
"Right guys, you can figure out who is sleeping in the tent with who." Phillip stated.
"Liz and I are sharing one." Max jumped in before anyone could protest and Liz smiled up into his face. Max leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips.
"Maria and I will share a tent then." Isabel stated and Tess nodded.
"No problem, I want a tent to my self, this way I'm likely to sleep better." Tess stated.
"Alex and I will share a tent, Kyle snores." Michael jumped in and everyone laughed as Kyle threw popcorn at the back of Michael's head.
"No problem either, I rather have a tent to myself rather than sharing." Kyle stated.
"And us four old men will share a tent I guess." Ed stated and they laughed in agreement.
"I love you." Max whispered and Liz smiled at him.
"I love you too." She whispered back as they both leaned in to kiss each other, enjoying the others company and enjoying the fact that their lives are not in danger at the moment.
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The bus stopped outside the camping area, everyone got off the bus and gathered their stuff together, they formed themselves outside the bus and waited as the coach called out everyone's name to make sure that they were there when he realised that he had lost somebody.
"Oh hell, I've lost two people." The coach muttered as he looked up at the faces surrounding him. "Have anyone seen Parker and Evans?" he asked and got a negative response. "Just my luck they'll be sucking faces with each other."
"Erm Coach?" Tommy shouted, the Coach turned to him a Tommy pointed to the bus. "Found them."
Max and Liz were in the bus, Liz was sitting on Max's lap and they both were making out. "And you were right, they are sucking faces." Tommy added causing, laughers, groans and eye rolls from the students.
The coach muttered as he stepped up into the bus and looked at the couple.
"In case you didn't know, we have reached our destination." Coach stated Max and Liz jumped at the intrusion and they looked out of the window, blushing to see that they had reached their destination and hadn't realised it.
"Sorry." Liz stated as she got off of Max's lap and they both stood up and hurried out of the bus and over to the group, ignoring everyone looking at them.
The coach came out and ticked of Max and Liz's name.
"Okay, you all go and pick your own spot and make your own curfew." He warned and everyone nodded before bolting off to pick his or her spots.
"Isn't this fun?" Liz squealed as she practically hopped over to the gang, they smiled at her, enjoying her cuteness. "What?" Liz asked.
"You look so cute." Maria stated and Liz groaned.
"There's that word again." She muttered, she had one of Max's jumpers on and his khaki jeans with her boots and jacket, her hair was pulled into a low ponytail.
Max pulled her into a one-arm hug as they all made their way over to the fire and settled themselves down.
"It's freezing!" Maria exclaimed.
"That's because you're wearing that aqua bra thingies." Liz stated and Maria rolled her eyes.
"Gotta look good don't I?" She asked and Liz laughed as she rested her head on Max's shoulder.
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"They look happy." Mr. Harding stated and the men nodded.
"Did you find out why they left for Las Vegas?" Mr. Whitman asked.
"They felt they were under pressure and needed a break." Mr. Evans stated and Jim nodded.
"Kyle told me that too." Jim added in.
"Do you get the feeling that they have a big secret and can't tell us?" Mr Harding asked and they other men nodded while Jim made sure that his face was covered.
"Yeah, Max and Isabel have been pretty quiet about their lives when we first found them and refuse to tell us anything, Liz is pretty out-going but quietens whenever someone mention her mum." Phillip stated.
"She was in the car with her mum when Nancy died at the time, it was quiet an ordeal for her." Jim stated and they looked at him. "I overheard Tess talking to Kyle about Liz's past." They all nodded, accepting the answer but they couldn't help but feel that Jim knew more than he was letting on.
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"Okay, song time." Alex cheered as he took out his guitar and everyone else cheered. "What's song?" Alex asked.
"Try out your new song, I want to see what's like." Liz stated and Alex laughed as he nodded and strummed his guitar.
So she said what's the problem baby? /What's the problem?
I don't know, well maybe I'm in love, /Love, think about it
Every time I think about it/I can't stop thinking about it
How much longer will it take to cure this? /Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it
If it's love, / Love, makes me wanna turn around and face me but
I don't know nothing bout love
Come on, Come on/Turn a little faster
Come on, Come on/The world will follow after
Come on, Come on/Because everybody's after love
So I said I'm a snowball running, /Running down into the spring that's coming
All this love/Melting under blue skies,
Melting out sunlight shimmering' love
Oh baby I surrender to the strawberry ice cream,
Never ever render all this love, / Well I didn't mean to do it,
But there's no escaping your love
These lines of lightning mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no no
Come on, Come on/Move a little closer
Come on, Come on/I wanna hear you whisper
Come on, Come on/Settle down inside my love
Come on, Come on/Jump a little higher
Come on, Come on/If you feel a little lighter
Come on, Come on/Cause we're once upon a time in love
We're Accidentally in Love
Accidentally in Love/Accidentally in Love
Accidentally in Love/Accidentally in Love
Accidentally in Love/Accidentally in Love
Accidentally in Love/Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love; I'm in love, Accidentally (2x)
Come on, Come on/Spin a little tighter
Come on, Come on/And the worlds a little brighter
Come on, Come on /Just get yourself inside her love
I'm in love.
"Whoo Hoo!" Everyone shared as he or she clapped at the end of the song.
"That was great Alex!" Liz exclaimed as she hugged him and settled back beside Max.
"Yeah, when did you think up the song?" Maria asked and Alex smiled.
"Erm, a long time ago, about in fifth year actually." Alex stated, blushing and everyone stared at him in a stunned shock.
"Must have been one hell of a girl to make you feel that way." Tommy stated and Alex smiled.
"Yeah, she was." Alex whispered, causing Liz to look at him sympathetically, she knew the truth to the song and it isn't 'was', it is 'is'.
"Will we have a another sing song?" Liz asked, changing the subject for Alex and he smiled gratefully at her.
"Sure, how about Moving about?" Alex asked and everyone nodded.
I woke up today with this feeling/That better things are coming my way (way)
And if the sunshine has a meaning/Telling me not to let things get in my wayWhen the rainy days are dying/Gotta keep on, keep on trying
All the bees and birds are flying (ahh ahh ahh)
Never let go, gotta hold on in/Non-stop 'til the break of dawnin'
Keep on movin' don't stop rockin' (ahh ahh ahh)
Get on up when you're down/Baby, take a good look around
I know it's not much, but it's okay/Keep on moving anyway
Feels like I should be screaming/Trying to get it through to my friends
Sometimes it feels that life has no meaning/But I know things will be alright in the end
When the rainy days are dying/Gotta keep on, keep on trying
All the bees and birds are flying (ahh ahh ahh)
Never let go, gotta hold on in/Non-stop 'til the break of dawnin'
Keep on movin' don't stop rockin' (ahh ahh ahh)
Get on up when you're down/Baby, take a good look around
I know it's not much, but it's okay/Keep on moving anyway
When the rainy days are dying/Gotta keep on, keep on trying
All the bees and birds are flying (ahh ahh ahh)
Never let go, gotta hold on in/Non-stop 'til the break of dawnin'
Keep on movin' don't stop rockin' (ahh ahh ahh)
Get on up when you're down/Baby, take a good look around
I know it's not much, but it's okay/Keep on moving anyway
Get on up when you're down/Baby, take a good look around
I know it's not much, but it's okay/Keep on moving anyway
When the rainy days are dying/Gotta keep on, keep on trying
All the bees and birds are flying (ahh ahh ahh)
Never let go, gotta hold on in/Non-stop 'til the break of dawnin'
Keep on movin' don't stop rockin' (ahh ahh ahh)
Get on up when you're down/Baby, take a good look around
I know it's not much, but it's okay/Keep on moving anyway
Get on up when you're down/Baby, take a good look around
I know it's not much, but it's okay/Keep on moving anyway...
All the adults smiled as everyone joined in during the chorus and laughed when they finished, happy that their kids are enjoying themselves.
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"I am not staying in that tent!" Maria screeched as she stormed out of the tent, Max and Liz looked out the flap of their tent and watched with amusement as Maria laid into Jim.
Alex was laughing from his tent while Tess and Kyle shook their heads as Isabel agreed with Maria when she came out of their shared tent.
"What is the problem now?" Jim asked.
"There are spiders in that tent!" Maria screeched. Alex rolled his eyes as he moved toward Maria and Isabel's tent; he looked into it before crawling in.
"Ah Ha! There's the little bugger!" Alex called out causing Tess and Liz to giggle, Max to laugh, Kyle and Michael to roll their eyes at Alex's antics.
"Why do we put up with this?" Jim asked Phillip, who shrugged.
"Who knows?" he replied as Alex came out with the spider.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I like you to meet the sleeping bag robber." Alex introduced the small black spider that was sitting in the middle of his palm, no bigger than his pinkie fingernail.
"That scared you." Michael asked as he looked at the small spider and scoffed as he went back in his tent, muttering about the things they had went through, they got freaked out by a little spider.
Liz turned to Max.
"Bet you are glad you came now." Liz stated to Max, causing him to laugh, as they both got ready for sleeping.
"Did Zan and Lilly do this?" Max asked as they settled down, Liz had her head on his chest while he played with her hair.
"Yeah, Zan didn't really like Camping that much either, Rath wasn't bothered about it because he was a solider and had to camp out a lot during his training while Vilandra despised it." Liz explained.
"Not much changed there has it." Max asked and Liz laughed. "What about Lilly?"
"She loved camping, she made sure that it was a ritual each year and dragged Zan into it after they got together, Zan didn't mind." Liz explained.
"Sounds like they had a lot of fun." Max observed and Liz smiled.
"Yeah they did." Liz agreed as Max pulled up the covers of the sleeping bag, making them more comfortable and warmer.
"Why do you think none of us can really remember our past?" Max asked.
"The crash did something to our pod, dad thought the trauma of the crash had affected our memories progress and our mind just pushed them to the back of our mind, protecting us." Liz theorised, not really having an answer to the question.
"Do you think we'll ever regain our whole memories?" Max asked and Liz shrugged.
"I don't know, I can only remember the good times rather than the bad times, there are still hazy parts of our past." Liz explained and Max nodded.
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"Do you really think our kids are in trouble?" Ed asked Phillip, He, Phillip and Martin were in the tent while Jim was making his rounds, making sure that the kids were behaving themselves.
"Yes, they have way to many secrets and just how many times have the school phoned us to ask us why our children weren't in the class, what about all the times they took off under the disguise they are going camping?" Phillip asked. "You saw what they were like when we told them we were going camping, they were dragging their heels but when it comes to other time, they are off like a shot!"
"I remember that Max and Tess had a thing going on but Liz came to town and all of a sudden, Max and Tess weren't together and Max and Liz was." Ed stated.
"I remember that Alex was in a bad mood once, something about not being able to be trusted and after that night he spent the night in jail, he changed and said he needed to get away and clear his mind, he never told me why." Martin stated.
"Do you think that Jim knows the answer and is covering up for them?" Ed asked Phillip and he nodded.
"Yes I do, I mean, Jim was on the war path since the shooting then all of a sudden, he's on their side." Phillip explained and they sighed.
"What can we do, beside force the issue?" Martin asked and they shook their heads.
"Keep a close eye on the kids and see if we can figure out anything that might help us." Phillip stated as they all got into their sleeping bags.
Outside, Jim was listening and a deep feeling of dreg filled his stomach, the kids were in more danger than they thought and this time it had nothing to do with outer space.
TBC
Sorry that it's short, mind block.
Next chapter: Alex returns from Sweden, the reason will be given in the chapter.
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