"That is not a happy song, isn't this a happy holiday?"

"Why did we play that?" Amanda said

"Dunno.. But it was pretty. "

"Yeah..."

"OHHHHH YOUR GRAND OL' FLAG-" Lauren began

Amanda took over. And Lauren kept time with her hands.

They sang songs and played music, ate, drank, and laughed.

They had spread out blankets and thew themselves on it by the camping grill.

They talked about random things, until elven thirty. Lauren began to set up the fireworks.

Erik and Amanda where still talking.

"You know if we get caught its all your fault." Amanda said to Lauren. Lauren waved her off.

At eleven fifty they gave pairs a firework show they would never forget. Lauren and Amanda whooped and hollered as they lit fuses. Erik sat and laughed at them, flipping the fireworks upside down a few times. Or aiming them at Lauren. Which was the most fun. They shouted

"HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY YOU YELLOWS!" at exactly twelve o' clock Erik glared. Lauren just said

"Where where you all during the revolutionary war!"

"I WASN'T BORN! I am not that old you git."

"Oh a git am I?" She threw a handful of confetti in his face.

"Thats for shooting fireworks at me!"

"HAPPY FOURTH OF JULLLYY!' Amanda screamed to the rather annoyed pairs.

"its July the fifth now." Erik said.

"So!"

"HAPPY JULY THE FIFTH!" Lauren Yelled

"WE LOVE YOU AMERICA!"

They sang the "Star-Spangled Banner." at the top of their lung, and rather off key. In its entirety. Leaning off the side of the opera house so everyone could hear. Erik was busy keeping them from falling off. He held onto their shirts for dear life..

these girls are going to be the death of me... he thought.