Thamks to all of you who reviewed. It's great to know you all think Alex is so cute. It's getting pretty tough to write anout them so young when ideas of them being older keep on popping into my head. Anyways, here's the next chapter.

Marissa opened her eyes to the bright morning sunlight flowing through her tent. She had been exhausted from the night before and fell asleep in the car on the way back. She really didn't feel like getting up but she knew if she did she'd miss her mothers breakfast and be stuck with her fathers attempt of cooking. Shaking the disgusting look from her face she went through her clothing looking for something to wear. After picking out a bright shade of baby blue blouse and dark blue jeans. She slipped on her white thong flip-flop sandals she left the tent to find her mother and father arguing with her wife about coming home late last night. The little brunette cleared her throat to announce her presence before taking a seat at the picnic table beside her father. "What's for bweakfast?" She asked looking at her mother.

"Bacon and eggs." Julie handed her daughter a paper plate with a disposable fork and knife. Marissa reached over and helped herself to a juice box.

"Tho what ath we thointh thothay?" Marissa asked her mouth full of food.

"Honey, swallow first." Julie said plastering a smile on her face.

"I said, what awe we doing today?"

"Umm, well we can go swimming after lunch if you want. Then maybe after that Jimmy will bring you down to the library and you can pick out a book to read in your spare time." Jimmy gave his a wife a I never agreed to any of that, and I know you won't help with it look.

Marissa being a bright girl noticed this then spoke, "Only if daddy wants to."

Julie rolled her eyes then Jimmy spoke, "Sure sweetie, I'd love to. Until then maybe you could go over and see if Alex is awake."

"Okay." Marissa quickly finished off her breakfast then threw handed her disposable dishes to her mother, kissed her on the cheek and left. Marissa figured she'd ask Mrs. Kelly if she was aloud to play with Alex first.

"Sure sweetie, I'll warn you though I've been trying to wake her to say goodbye for about an hour now, maybe you'll have better luck." Marissa just nodded and entered Alex's tent, the only noise being Alex's snoring. Marissa giggled at the thought and lied down next to the girl staring at her face.

"Boo," Marissa said softly. Alex flinched and stopped snoring for a second then went back to it. Marissa moved closer and blew on Alex's forehead she grunted this time and waited a little longer before falling back asleep, again. The little Marissa got up went around to the back of Alex and pulled her blanket off. Alex, once again, stopped snoring and pulled the blanket back, but didn't start snoring again. Marissa just lay back down beside her and stared at her for a few minutes.

"Take a picture, it'll last longer," Alex said playfully still without opening her eyes. Marissa giggled.

"So you do wemembew."

Alex finally opened her eyes and nodded, "Yep, and I'm sorry."

"Meh," was all Marissa said before grabbing Alex by her hand and pulling out of the tent.

"Where are you taking me?"

"You'we mom wants to see you she's been trying to wake you up fow like an houw."

"What for?" Alex asked confused.

"I think she wants to day goodbye to you because she going home."

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot that she was leaving." Alex seemed to brighten up when she remembered her mother would be leaving her at the camp with her aunt and uncle.

"Aren't you going to miss her?"

"I live with her all year long, I listen to her nag and tell me I should be more ladylike and what I should do better. I wouldn't miss her if I only see her once a week every year."

"That's a little bit hawsh, don't to think?"

"Hey sweetie!" Mrs. Kelly interrupted, "So you're finally up, that's great." "Sure," was all Alex said.

"Okay, well I'm leaving now, I'll see you when you get home?"

"I guess."

"Bye." Mrs. Kelly hugged her daughter before getting in her car and driving off.

"Cowwection, isn't that way hawsh?"

"I guess a little." Alex shrugged and walked towards the picnic table. "So what are you going to do today? Swim?"

"I'm going swimming after lunch, and after that my dad is going to take me to the libwarw to pick out a book to wead in my spawe time. I'm not a vewy good weader though."

"Me neither. I can barely read books with lots of pictures let alone a book with chapters."

"Weally? I can wead small books with chaptews, and I'm youngew than you."

"Stop rubbing it in my face, like you and your R's, I just never felt I should have to learn to read big books."

"I'm… sowwy…" Marissa let out between giggles.

"Laugh it up. Mawissa." Alex mocked Marissa's R inability. The two just sat there for a while in silence. Not awkward silence, comfortable silence as they waited for the other to say something, but neither did. Alex just looked at Marissa. Eventually Marissa's smile grew wide until she couldn't suppress her laugh. "What's so funny?" Alex had a very confused look on her face. Marissa just sat there and laughed for a few more minutes before quieting down.

"I don't know. I just couldn't help but laugh." Alex laughed at Marissa's cute explanation that wiped the confusion off of her face. "Oh yeah, and you'we still in youw Spidewman pajamas."

Alex looked down noticing she was still in her boys Spiderman pajamas. Laughing at herself she got up, threw some leaves at Marissa, and the told her to wait outside of her tent for a minute before coming out in a plain white t-shirt, light jeans, and brown strap-on sandals. "Personally, I like Spiderman." Marissa commented looking at Alex.

"Funny," Alex poking Marissa's ribs.

"Aw, come on. It was just a joke. No mowe funnies, I sweaw."

"Fine," Alex grunted getting up and heading towards her tent, "Come on, let's stare at the roof."

"Isn't that bowing?" Marissa asked.

"Very, I guess." Alex mocked entering the tent.

"So you evew gonna; tell me the weal weason you don't like youw pawents?"

"My dad is mean and always threatens to, or sometimes actually does hit me, and he yells at me a lot, and my mom never sticks up for me. She just stands there and watches it happen."

"I'm sowwy Alexandwa." Marissa said now taking her eyes of the top of the tent and to Alex.

"Me too," was all Alex before turning to Marissa, "That since you used my full name I'm going to have to kill you."

Marissa screamed as Alex jumped on her playfully and stared at her with narrow eyes. "I'm sowwy. I'll nevew call you that again. I sweaw I didn't know."

Alex smiled at her and hopped off, "And now you do so next time, I really will have to kill you." Marissa just nudged Alex n the stomach and looked back up at the top of the tent again.

"Why don't you like being called your full name?"

"Because, it's what my parents, and only my parents, call me."

"Hmm, I wonder."

"What?"

"If I didn't want to be called Mawissa, what people would call me. Except for Summew who call me Coop."

Alex laughed at Marissa's other nickname, "Umm… Rissa."

"Wissa?"

"Yeah, you know, Marissa without the M and the A."

"Wissa." Marissa repeated this time not in the form of a question, as in to tell herself.

"That's what I'm calling you from now on."

"Why?"

"So that you remember never to call me by my full name again." Alex smiled and looked at Marissa. "I'll be right back."

"Umm, okay." Marissa said confused. Five minutes later Alex came back with a bracelet making kit.

"I never really wanted to use it cause' I'm not really into bracelets, but I figure we could make some and string our and each other's nicknames on them just in case I don't see you again after summer." Marissa just smiled and nodded knowing how Alex felt she too wondered if after this summer she would ever see Alex again. The two sat making small talk for about an hour as they made bracelets with they're nicknames on them and then exchanged them.

"You think Summer will be mad? I mean you're always talking about how protective she is of you and all of that, I just figure she might get a little jealous."

"Will Jodie be mad?"

"Probably."

"I guess we'll just both have to face theiw wage, now won't we." Alex smiled, nodded, then put her necklace on, as did Marissa.

"I think I'm gonna go have lunch so I can go swimming. Wanna'come?"

"I'm going wine tasting with my aunt and uncle for two day so I can't, but I'll see you on Wednesday?"

"Sure," was all Marissa said before she turned around and left for her lunch.

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