CHAPTER 2:
Three days later, CR, Denise, and Rachel were packing for their camping trip.
"How fun will this be? A whole weekend in the Adirondacks, just the three of us," CR said, excited.
"I can't wait!" Rachel exclaimed happily. "We're going camping!"
"Let's go over everything before we hit the road," Denise suggested as she went outside to open the trunk of CR's car.
"Okay, we've got the tent, life jackets, swimsuits, picnic basket, lawn chairs...I guess that's everything," CR said.
"What about stuff for s'mores?" Denise asked.
"Thanks for reminding me. I'll go grab it," CR said as she grabbed what was left to pack.
While she was gone, Denise reached into her car and pulled out an outdoor DVD projector she recently bought, along with a projection screen, and placed it in the trunk of CR's car.
When she came back to place the s'mores ingredients in the car, she noticed the projector and screen in the trunk.
"Uh, since when do we own an outdoor DVD projector?" CR asked.
"I bought it last night in case we wanted to watch a movie tonight," Denise said.
"Well, if we're going to use it, I would go get some good movies and a power strip," CR suggested.
"Way ahead of you. I'm going to get those right now," Denise replied as she went back inside.
She looked through their library of movies to find two good ones to watch. After placing the DVDs in her tote bag, she went to look for a power strip and placed that in the pack as well before returning to the car.
"You all set?" CR asked.
"Yep. You want to drive?" Denise asked as she offered CR the car keys.
"Sounds good to me. Let's hit the road!" CR exclaimed as she accepted the keys, and they both got in the front seat of the car.
"Adirondacks, here we come!" CR started the car, and the family drove off.
Meanwhile, Emily was sitting at her computer scrolling through Facebook when she remembered what the other Bellas had said to her earlier that week. She typed Garrett's name in the search box and found a match. Despite how nervous she was, she went ahead and sent him a friend request.
While she waited for a response, Benji yelled from the kitchen. "Honey, can you help me find Russell's sippy cup?"
"Be right there," Emily hollered back and rose to help Benji in the kitchen.
When she returned, much to her surprise, she had a response from Garrett.
The message read, "Hey there! Long time, no see."
Emily replied, "I know, I haven't seen you in forever!"
Same! So, how's life?
"Not too bad! I'm married now with a one-and-a-half-year-old son, and I currently live in Hartford."
"Really? You know, my wife and I recently found an apartment in Hartford."
"You're married now? I'm so happy for you!"
"Yeah! We've been together for a few years now."
"That's so great! How about we catch up sometime? Would you and your wife be up for a double date with me and my husband?"
"Definitely. How's tomorrow night?"
"Just tell me your address, and we'll pick you up tomorrow at about five?"
"Will do! Looking forward to it. See you then!"
He typed the address of his apartment, and Emily put it into her phone.
Later that afternoon, CR, Denise, and Rachel made it to the campground.
"We're here!" CR announced as she parked the car.
She opened the trunk, and she and Denise unloaded the tent.
"Okay, so what we'll do first is put up the tent. Then we'll come back for the rest of the stuff," Denise added.
As they carried the tent to the campsite, After the tent was assembled, the family went back to the car to unload the rest of the stuff they brought along. They agreed that they'd watch a movie on their new projector after dinner.
They assembled the new projector and found a place to plug it in before having some sandwiches from their picnic basket.
When it was nearing 8 p.m., CR said, "Alright, it's finally dark enough so we can pop in a movie."
"Okay. So I brought Frozen and The Lion King," Denise told them.
"I think she'll like The Lion King," CR said.
"Yeah! Can we? Everyone in my class has already seen it," Rachel asked excitedly.
"That works for me," Denise said as she put the DVD into the projector.
The family sat in the lawn chairs around the campfire facing the projection screen so they could enjoy the movie. Afterward, Denise put the projector and screen away and put out the campfire before the family headed into their tents for the night.