Chapter 21
Liz
"Why on earth did I agree to do this?" I heard Maria whine behind me, we are packing our rucksacks cause Tammy decided that we're all going camping, apparently she is feeling restless and wanted to blow off some steam so she came up with the idea of camping.
"Because Tammy managed to sucker you in?" Tess asked, I looked into the mirror and smiled when I saw Maria stick her tongue out at Tess and Tess smirking.
"I don't understand how that girl can charm both sexes, it's not fair." Maria exclaimed and Tess shrugged.
"Liz can do it as well." Tess stated as she pointed me and I shook my head.
"Don't drag me into the conversation." I told them and she laughed as she packed the last of her clothes. "Beside, camping isn't that bad." I told Maria and Maria scoffed.
"Liz, my idea of outdoor is driving in my car with the windows down!" she exclaimed and I shrugged as I picked up the phone and handed it to her.
"You can call Tammy and tell her you are not coming." I told her and she blanched as she looked at the phone before setting it down.
"Better not, might get Isabel on the phone and she threatened if anyone dares to back out, she was going to give them hell for the rest of the year." Maria stated and Tess laughed.
"The Evans just has to be stubborn." Tess stated and I smiled at her.
Tammy
"Tammy, where is the damn sleeping bags!" Isabel shouted and I rolled my eyes.
"They are in the back of the Honda." I called back.
"The pillows?" she shouted and I shook my head.
"Also in the Honda with the sleeping bags, along with the food and all the equipment we need for camping, yes we have torches with us, yes we have toilet roll with us just in case, yes we have the extra covers and such." I informed, listing off the list while Max laughed from where he was sitting at the counter.
"Quit being a smart ass!" Isabel shot back and I shook my head as I continued to look in the cupboard.
"Since when you know what Isabel was going to say?" Max asked and I looked at him before smirking as I slipped a piece of paper out of my back pocket and showed him it.
"I copied Isabel's list, this way I'm not answering all the stupid questions." I told him and he nodded.
"How many tents are we bringing?" He asked and I thought about it. "Well, we have one, Jake is bringing one, Michael is bringing one, Alex is bringing one and Kyle is bringing one. So five all together, we are splitting it up so that we are all with our partner, Maria tends to freak out at night if there is not a guy in her tent protecting her from the suppose murderer that hangs outside so she will be sharing with Michael, Kyle wants to share with Tess but I guess that depends on if she wants to share with him or Isabel. Alex is not bothered as long as he gets a tent cause he isn't sleeping outside. You and Liz can share a tent and I'm sharing a tent with Jake." I told him as I finished looking in the cupboards and pulling out the marshmallows that was stuffed in the back before going in the fridge and grabbing the chocolate.
"Sure, no problem but I think Isabel and Tess are sharing a tent, I overheard Isabel saying that she wasn't ready to be sleeping with Alex even though it is side by side." He told me and I nodded as I packed the bags.
"We need to stop by the shops on the way to the camping site, I don't think I got everything that everyone wanted." I told him and he nodded.
"Sure, what cars are we taking?" he asked and I thought about it.
"Mom and dad are lending us the their car cause it more comfortable than the jeep, so that fits me, you, Isabel, Liz and Alex. Tess is bringing hers so she will be driving Kyle and Maria. Jake and Michael decided to bring their own cars cause we'll be storing most of the stuff in their cars." I informed and he nodded.
"Sure, I'm gonna go and pick up the girls from Tess's house, see you later." He told me as he picked up his jeep keys and walked out.
Max
We finally made it out to the wood, after I had picked up the girls from Tess's house, I had to listen to Maria rant on and on how camping was not her idea of fun, that there were too many dangerous animals out there that could sneak in her tent and kill her in the middle of the night or that a dangerous man could have broken free from the jail and could be stalking us right now. Jesus, just how many of these ideas are running about in her head?
The girls spent the ride trying to calm Maria but it wasn't working and the minute she got in the house, she laid into Michael, telling him that he better not leave her alone at all during the night or he was going to be sleeping on the couch for god knows how many years.
"Okay, guys, grab the tent bags and such, girls grabbed as many things as you can and lets gets moving!" Isabel stated the minute we got out of the cars.
We moved into the wood with Michael leading us only to get lost.
"Michael, we have past this tree before, I know it!" Tammy stated as she pointed to a tree to her right.
"No we never." Michael stated and she scoffed.
"Yes we did." She stated and Michael laughed.
"Tammy, you are imagining things." He told her and she rolled her eyes as he moved on ward, she pulled out a chalk from her bag and marked an x-spot on the tree before catching up with the others, I shook my head as Liz cuddled into me.
"How comes she knows what to bring?" I asked her and she smiled up at me.
"This is Tammy remember, she just knows." She informed and I rolled my eyes as I led her with the others.
Soon we found that we were back to where we started.
"Told you that we passed this tree again, look!" Tammy exclaimed as she pointed to the tree that was marked with the X-spot and Michael groaned.
"You do then if you are so clever." Michael grumbled, Tammy took the map and looked at it before rolling her eyes.
"You had it upside down." She muttered as she turned the map over, causing snickers from the girls and an outrage remark from Michael. "Here we are." She stated before tromping over the grass, everyone followed her.
"Ten bucks she gets us lost." Michael stated to Jake and Jake smirked.
"You're on." He stated and I rolled my eyes.
Soon we came to a clearing and Tammy smirked.
"We're here." She stated and Michael looked at her, gob smacked, while Jake snickered.
"Pay up sucker." Jake stated, Michael grumbled as he took ten out of wallet and handed it to Jake, Jake smirked as he made a show of folding the ten up and putting it in his pocket and I shook my head.
"You never learn do you?" I asked Michael as I led Liz past him while the rest of the boys set up the tents.
Liz
Once the boys had gotten the tent up, Isabel and Tess claimed a tent together, they may like their boyfriends but they weren't ready to share with the boys yet, Alex wasn't bothered but Kyle was sulking up a storm. Michael agreed to share a tent with Maria so that she could be happy and safe during the night. I am going to share a tent with Max and Tammy is sharing a tent with Jake.
I was sitting up on the cliff, staring at the stars above me. I love staring at the stars, I think about the stories that my grandma loved to tell me about them when she was still alive. I wiped a tear away from my face as I felt someone sit next to me, I looked and smiled when I saw it Tammy.
"Missing Grandma?" she asked and I smiled, she knows me too well.
"Yeah, just a bit." I told her and she smiled.
"She was great wasn't she? Especially when she made those cookies with the smarties in them." She said and I laughed, grandma knows how much we all love sweet stuff so she made us cookies with sweeties in them, they were always gone within the time they came out of the oven.
"Yeah, you know, she gave me the recipes to make them." I told her and she smiled.
"How come you never make them?" she demanded and I laughed.
"Never get the time to, beside, every time I go to make them, the smarties have all gone," I informed and she shook her head.
"You need to hides those sweeties, that what I do but for some reason, they always seems to disappear, no matter where I put them." She told me and I laughed.
"TAMMY!" Maria shouted and Tammy rolled her eyes.
"Catch you later girl." As she got up and walked down the cliff, I smiled before looking at the stars once more.
I looked down and smiled once more, it was like stars surrounding me, there was a lake stretched out in front of me and it was reflecting the stars. I loved sitting here; it felt like I was in space, free from all my worries.
Soon I felt arms come up behind and a pair of legs straddling me.
"Having fun?" a male voice asked and I smiled as I rested my back against the hard chest.
"Yeah." I replied he kissed the side of my head as we both looked out into the stars.
"Been thinking about Grandma again?" he asked and I nodded.
"Yeah, I can't help it Max, I just miss her these days." I whispered and he nodded.
"I know, I do the same thing, something always reminds me of her." He explained.
"Max! Liz, come on!" we heard Michael call and Max sighed.
"We better go." He told me and I nodded as I took his hand and we both walked down the cliff toward where the fire was going.
"What's up?" I asked and they all smiled.
"Marshmallows." Tammy stated as she threw us a bag and picked up a stick from the ground, which had been cleaned off.
Kyle pulled his marshmallow from the fire and was about to eat it when he saw it was on flame.
"Max!" he exclaimed as he grabbed Max's jacket, we all turned and Max yelled when he saw the flaming marshmallow.
"Jesus Kyle!" he exclaimed as he grabbed the stick and placed it on the ground before pile on the dirt. "You are suppose to cook it, not set it on fire!" he exclaimed, everyone laughed as they watched the scene.
"What are you all like?" Isabel asked and we smiled.
It was turning out to be a good night; I could see why Tammy wanted to get out tonight.
Tammy
We all finally said goodnight and retired to our tents, Jake had zipped our sleeping bags together and I smiled as I climbed into his arms.
"You feel better now?" he asked and I nodded.
"Yeah, really better, we all needed this." I replied and he nodded.
"Yeah, it was funny to see Kyle setting his marshmallows on fire." He replied and I giggled.
"Yeah, gotta agree with you there." I replied and he looked at me.
"Do you think you will be able to tell me what the big secret is?" he asked and I sighed as I looked at him.
"I want to tell you, trust me, I really do but I promised Liz I wouldn't, she tell us when she is ready, she is just scared." I replied and he looked at me.
"It's serious isn't it?" he asked and I nodded.
"Yeah." I whispered and he took me into his arms as I stared up at the ceiling of the tent, hoping to god that Liz will be able to tell someone soon.
TBC