"So, I'll see you and your husband in Peachland in two weeks?" Jimmy Cooper asked confused looking at Stacey.

"Yes, but don't tell Alex or Kaitlin. Kaitlin hates Darren and the only reason Alex actually came is because she thought she would be getting away from us all summer." Jimmy chuckled.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I have to by Marissa a wedding dress for next summer so she can get married to Luke like she was supposed to this summer."

"Married? I'm glad Alex isn't into guys like that yet."

"Yeah, you should hear Marissa's best friend Summer talk about how Marissa is going to get cooties from Luke."

Stacey laughed hysterically, "Yeah, Alex just got over the whole cootie thing early this year. You should have seen how much it took her to convince her."

Jimmy laughed. "I'm pretty worried about Marissa being so mature for her age, it means she'll be into into boys all the sooner."

"Yeah, same with Alex, except I never really hear her talk about anything buy the girls in her class."

"Damn lucky. All Marissa does is talk about Luke and Ryan and how they're going to get married soon, and how they keep fighting over her."

"Yeah, I'm starting to feel a lot better about Alex only talking about girls."

"You never know, maybe she's gay and she really is talking about her kind of boys."

"Well, way to make me feel better and please she's seven years old if she's gay now then I'm an alien!"

Jimmy kept on laughing at his last comment, and an extra chuckle for the comment that Stacey had made, even though it still didn't make sense to him. "Hey you never know at this age, either way I'll still love Marissa."

The laughing started to die down as Stacey spoke, "Yeah, I'll love Alex either way but if she really was and Darren were to find out, god knows what he'd do."

"I'm sorry it was ju-"

"It's fine, I just got carried away with what I was saying, I mean like you said it was just a joke, right?"

"Right," Jimmy reassured her wiping a single tear that fell from her eye. "I better go and see how Marissa is doing and if Julie got back from the bar yet, maybe you should check the same for Alex and your husband."

"How'd you know Darren is at the bar?"

"Our partners are more alike then you think." With that Jimmy turned around and left the tent. Heading towards Marissa's small tent he could hear her singing to the High School Music Sound Track. He poked his head into the tent and watched her dance around for a bit before rolling his eyes and grabbing her by the hips. "Boo!"

"Ahh!" Marissa screamed laughing as her father tickled her ribs, "Dad…please…stop…it!"

Jimmy stopped and then spoke, "I'm going to look for your mother are you going to be okay on your own for another half an hour or so?"

"Mhmm." Marissa smiled at her father.

"Great! I promise as soon as I get back with or without your mom we'll go for dinner."

"Mkay." Marissa said turning off her stereo and turning towards her father. "Did you have fun with Stacey?"

"Yeah a lot. She's very nice. Did you have fun with Alex at the lake?"

"Yeah, I think I'm gonna' ask he-, I mean ask Alex to play with me after din-, eating, if that's al-, okay with you."

"Sure it is sweetie." Jimmy kissed his daughter's forehead got into the car and left.

Marissa was getting bored after a while and turned her music back on.

Meanwhile

"Mom, I'm bored," Alex complained lying on her stomach looking up at the sky.

"Do you want to go join Jimmy Cooper's daughter? I'm sure he won't mind. She's just beside us in the smallest tent, just go on in it should be okay." Without saying anything Alex slowly got up and walked towards the small tent in the campsite beside hers. When she looked in all she saw was Marissa lying on her back looking up at the roof.

"Watcha lookin' at?"

"The wo-, the top of the tent."

"Isn't it boring?"

"Ve-, I guess." Alex chuckled at her. "Hey, I've avoided using it in fo-, this many ho-, sixty minute, uhh, segments so what a-, is Alex Kelly laughing at." Marissa said holding up four fingers.

"The trouble you go through just to prove me wrong." Alex lay down beside the girl staring at nothing.

"Well, I don't like to be inco-, not umm, not, I don't like to be false!" Marissa finally finished.

"You're funny. But seriously, why don't you just practice saying it until you get it right?"

"Because, like I told you, I don't need it. See that whole sentence and this one doesn't have one in it."

"What are you going to do when your have to say something like three hundred and forty three?"

"I say umm, this many, this many, this many, all connected." Marissa said holding up three fingers, then four, then three again.

Alex kept on laughing at Marissa, "Okay, forget what I said, there is nothing wrong with not being able to say R, and it is a letter that could be removed from the alphabet without a hassle, now are you going to stop that?"

"Maybe, it all depends."

"Depends on what?"

"If you'we behaving."

"I'm always behaving." Alex countered friendly.

"Suuuuwe you awe." Marissa teased playfully.

"I am so! I'll prove it to you; I won't misbehave at all this week!"

"If you do something as stupid as that I'll stop using the lettew again."

"Okay, okay. I guess I'll just misbehave."

"You're hopeless." Marissa chuckled.

"How so?"

"Just be you, okay?"

"You promise to use R whenever it seems appropriate?"

"Deal."

"Deal. So where you're dad?"

"He went to go find my mom, we'we going to dinnew when he gets back."

"Cool." Alex and Marissa just lay there staring at the top of the tent for about an hour before Jimmy popped his head in.

"Hey you two. Alex your mom is waiting for you at your camp she wants you to get ready for dinner, your aunt, uncle, and mom are meeting Marissa and I at the restaurant."

"Cool," was all Alex said before getting up and leaving.

Marissa rolled on her stomach to face her dad, "Did you find mom?" Marissa asked as if it were the most casual thing on earth.

"I did, she's going to have dinner by herself later and she won't be home until late tonight."

"Okay," Marissa shrugged and stoop up heading towards the car and hopping into the back as her dad did up her seat belt for her. Jimmy hopped in the driver's seat and looked back at Marissa.

"So, what were you and Alex doing?" Jimmy asked shifting the car into reverse.

"We talked for about five minutes and then we just stawed at the top of the tent for about a houw till you came in."

"So I see your back to using R's now?"

"Yeah, it's one of the few things we talked about we made a deal, that if Alex didn't behave ow misbehave on puwpose I wouldn't use the lettew."

Jimmy finally pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant. "Mmm, Tony Roma's," Jimmy joked, "C'mon lets get a table and wit for them inside."

"Okay"

"Hello. How many?" The person at the front asked.

"Six please."

"Your table will be ready in ten minutes just take a seat over there please."

"Thanks."

After five minutes the Kelly's finally showed up dressed in decent clothes. All Jimmy could do was stare at Stacey as she blushed. Marissa on the other hand wasn't as shy. "You look pretty." She walked up to Alex pointing at her blouse.

"Really? I don't like it, but my mom says I should look more ladylike when presenting myself in public." Marissa laughed and took Alex by the hand before pulling her over to the chair beside hers. "So what do you think you are gonna order."

"Chicken fingews and fwies." Alex laughed at her.

"Hey," Marissa pushed Alex, "Wemembew ouw deal?"

"Yeah, sorry I just couldn't help myself." Alex tried to hold in her laugh from how Marissa said remember our.

"Fine, go ahead!" Alex burst out laughing until she was interrupted by the waiter.

"You're table is ready sir," he looked at Jimmy"Thanks," Jimmy said as he followed the waiter towards the table where they all engaged in deep conversation.

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