I felt bad about not updating for a few days so I made another short one today so here it is.

"Hey." Jimmy looked up from pitching his tent to see the even more stunningly beautiful than before Stacey Kelly, "fancy meeting you here."

"Same to you. Cheesy line though," Stacey smirked in her still soft voice.

"So is Alexandra here too?"

"Yeah, but she's a little grumpy and she hates it when people call her Alexandra instead of Alex."

"And you would be?" Jimmy asked extending his hand to the girls.

"Kaitlin Kelly," the girl fake smiled pushing Jimmy's arm down back to himself.

"Jimmy Cooper," Jimmy said grabbing the girls hand and shaking it anyways.

"Kaitlin, maybe you could bring your sister swimming while I talk to Jimmy here."

"Why am I being punished just because you felt like marrying this jerk and having a kid with him? You live without me 10 months of the year and there's never any hey Kaitlin sweetie it's always just go do this and go do that! God sometimes I wish-"

"It, it's fine I have to finish unpacking and then I'm bringing Marissa down to the lake if you want."

"Mom, I like this guy. I think you should have married him instead of Darren." Kaitlin eyed up Jimmy then turned around and left.

"I'm sorry about her, she lives with her all year round and he lets her do and get away with a lot of things and she hated the fact that I'm not the same way."

"It's fine."

"So you're sure it won't be too much of a hassle if you take Alex with you?"

"I'm positive. Besides Marissa will probably be thrilled. I'll take them down in about half an hour."

"Sure, I'll try and Alex psyched up for it." The two adults laughed and went there separate ways.

30 Minutes Later…

"Ready to go?" Jimmy asked his daughter and Stacey's.

"Suwe," Marissa shrugged nervous standing next to the other girl.

"Yeah, I guess."

"Great lets get doing," Jimmy smiled walking down the road a few feet in front of the two girls letting them talk.

"So you'we staying hewe with your parents?" Marissa asked.

"No my mom's just here to get everything ready and then she's going home for the summer. She's lucky I wish I could go with her."

"I wish I could go home too, even if my best fwiend is on vacation I'd wather sleep the whole time."

"You too? My friend Jodie is on vacation so when I got into an argument with my dad he said Jodie was my only friend and that there was no point staying since she is on vacation."

"Yeah. Do ouw pawents expect us to make fwiends when they take us away fwom everybody we know?"

"Hello? Marissa one of your parents is right here." Jimmy smiled still looking down the road.

"Oops." Both of the girls laughed before continuing there conversation.

"So what's your friend's name?" Alex asked

"Summer Woberts. Your fwiend's was Jodie, wight?"

"Yeah, Jodie Foster. She's annoying most of the time but great when you really need her."

"Yeah sounds like Summew. All she does all day is talk about how gwoss boys awe and theiw cooties but she's sewious when I ask hew to be."

"Cooties?" Alex asked giggling. "You still believer in them?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Jodie kissed a guy once for a dare and nothing happened except when her dad yelled at her when he found out."

"See!"

"See what?"

"The cooties cursed her so her parents would find out and yell at her!"

"Umm, okay. What grade are you in anyways?"

"I'm going into grade two I'm really excited."

"Oh. That's why you still believe in cooties. I found out they weren't real last year in grade two."

"You sweaw thewe's no such thing?"

"Absolutely."

"Well I bettew not tell Summew. Then all she'll do is wamble on how she wasted her whole life talking about them."

Alex laughed, "She's seriously like that?"

"Yep, once she talked about a Chwistmas twee Luke said he had for fouw days and she fweaked out so bad when she found out she talked about it fow fouw months. Imagine what would happen when she found out she wasted her entiwe life so faw talking about cooties."

"No that would be a funny sight!" Alex chuckled.

"We're here!" Jimmy smiled gesturing towards the water.

"Whoa! It's WAY cleanew than the lake by ouw house," Marissa stared stunned.

"I've never swam in a lake before, only pools. This is amazing!"

"Wace you!" Marissa squealed running towards the lake.

"Hey! No fair you got a head start!" Alex yelled running toward the lake.

Marissa ran up the dock and jumped in about halfway down right after Alex. "HA! I win and you even got a head start!" Alex said surfacing from the water, once more staying under a little to long for Marissa and Jimmy to find comfortable.

"Yeah, but you'we a yeaw oldew so it kinda isn't faiw."

"You know what I think?"
"What do you think?"

"You should learn how to say R."

"Shut up. Marissa said turning around and swimming toward the dock to jump off once more. "I've just nevew wanted to leawn how to say it."

"You wanna learn now?" Alex swam towards Marissa's splash knowing she'd find Marissa inside of it.

"No I nev-," Marissa stopped herself, "I don't need to pwo,- I mean be able to say it."

"Sure." Alex chuckled at Marissa as the two climbed up the ladder, "So you miss, ummm, Summer?"

"Yeah, a lot," Marissa looked down at the ground, "I guess that means you miss Jodie a lot too, huh?"

"Yeah," Alex suddenly frowned and looked down at the ground as well, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you sad."

"It's okay. I didn't mean to make you sad eithew." Marissa said still staring at the ground and ignoring that fact that she had just used the letter r incorrectly, "but I think I'm gonna have to push you in the watew now."

"You, push me in the water? Yeah right."

"Alright fine you can get away with it this time but next time, you are so going into the lake!"

"Sure I am. Anyways I'm starting to dry off and get cold. You wanna go ask you're dad if we could go back now."

"Umm, yeah su-, I mean, ahh, yeah."

Alex laughed and got up from her spot, "I think I'm gonna have to use R's around you a lot more."

"Funny." Marissa nudged Alex in the stomach before walking up to her dad. "Me and Alex awe, I mean umm, I'm cold and Alex is cold, so can we go back now?" Alex and Jimmy both laughed at Marissa's attempt to avoid using R.

"You know," Jimmy said turning to Alex, "I've been trying to get her to either stop using the letter r our learn how to say it right ever since she said her first word, Coopew, but I've never been able to. How did you manage?"

"I really don't know but I think it's becoming a little more annoying than her actual lisp." Jimmy chuckled and wrapped his towel around the two shivering girls before heading towards the campsites signaling for them to follow. "How long are you staying here for?" Alex managed through her clattering teeth looking at Marissa.

"Just one week and then we a-, I mean my family and I leave to go to Peachland." Alex let out a small chuckle at this then decided to talk.

"Yeah? We are going there in two weeks."

"Maybe I'll see you the-, I mean in Peachland."

"Maybe." Alex was now shivering worse, Marissa seeing this decided to wrap the entire towel around her and give her a hug. "Aren't you gonna get cold?" the little girl shivered.

"Probably not, I'm already pretty warm so I think I'll be fine." Alex nodded her thanks and after about five minutes silence she handed Marissa the towel and went into her own tent still without saying a word.

"I think I'm going to go and talk to Stacey before she leaves tomorrow morning. Will you be fine here by yourself until your mother gets back?" Marissa just nodded her head. "Great kiddo." Jimmy kissed his daughter's head and turned around towards the Kelly's camp to have another casual conversation with Stacey.

Q + A

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