The next day while Patrick started the fire to make breakfast, Emma begged Sabrina to go on a short walk. "Alright sweetie but just a short one breakfast will be ready soon."
They started into the woods where they had hiked earlier but she didn't want to go too far into the trees where mosquitos were sure to find her. Emma stepped of the path and found a huge rock to climb on so Sabrina followed her, "Look how high I am."
"Be careful sweetheart, we don't want you to fall." Sabrina told her as she stepped onto the rock.
"I won't fall." Emma said as she made her way back down to where Sabrina was. Emma hopped off the rock and Sabrina went to follow her when she stepped onto a root that was sticking out of the ground. She tripped and fell almost landing flat on her face.
"Are you ok?" Emma asked turning around.
"Oh I'm alright, I just tipped over this root sticking out of the ground." She stood up and brushed dirt off her hands luckily she wasn't hurt.
They headed back to camp, "Your back just in time because breakfast is served." Patrick told them dishing out the food onto paper plates. After breakfast they dragged out a beanbag game Patrick brought with him, "I wanna be on Sabrina's team." Emma said as Patrick set it up.
"I'm glad you want to be on my team, but you probably wont be saying that when you see how bad I am at this." Patrick laughed as he watched her throw the first one. She wasn't lying when she said she was horrible at this, she completely missed the target by a pretty wide margin. Patrick went next followed by Emma who was a lot closer than Sabrina had been.
"See!"
"You just need to change how your throwing it," Patrick said coming over to her and standing behind her to show her what he meant. "See just like that." He said as the beanbag hit the target.
"Yes! I did it." Sabrina squealed and then composed herself.
In the end Patrick still beat them but they had all had fun anyways. As Patrick was putting away the game Emma came and sat down of the grass beside Sabrina. "Sabrina can I ask you something?" Emma asked pulling at a blade of grass.
"You can ask me anything sweetie."
"Daddy said you lost your mommy too, do you miss her?"
"All the time."
"Do you think she's in heaven with my mommy?"
"Yes I always believed that when people die they go to heaven and see everyone else there. Like cousins, brothers, sisters, grandparents."
"So I'll get to see my mommy again."
"Yeah one day."
"Do you think our mommies could be friends?" Emma asked looking at her.
"Maybe," Sabrina said with a smile. She swiped at a tear in her eye, she knew exactly what Emma was going through and she wished to god that she could take all the pain away for her.
Patrick stood behind them just watching the two of them together, she was perfect for his daughter and for him. Just what they both needed.
That night they sat around the campfire once again she and Patrick were sitting on a log and Emma was beside them in the lawn chair. She remembered when she was in girl guides the campfires at night were always her favorite, it was when they told ghost stories, ate s'mores or Hobo Pies and sang songs. She tried to remember a song they had sung because she knew Emma would love it.
"Hey Emma you wanna sing a campfire song?"
"But I don't know any?"
"That's alright I can teach you one." She started singing and soon Emma joined in and Patrick smiled at her.
The Princess Pat
(The Princess Pat)
Lived in a tree
(Lived in a tree)
She sailed across
(She sailed across)
The seven seas
(The seven seas)
She sailed across
(She sailed across)
The channel two
(The channel two)
And she took with her
(And she took with her)
A rickabamboo
(A rickabamboo)
*Chorus*
A rickabamboo
(A rickabamboo)
Now what is that
(Now what is that)
It's somethin' made
(It's somethin' made)
For the Princess Pat
(For the Princess Pat)
It's red and gold
(It's red and gold)
And purple too
(And purple too)
That's why it's called
(That's why it's called)
A rickabamboo.
(A rickabamboo)
Now Captain Jack
(Now captain Jack)
And his loyal crew
(And his loyal crew)
They sailed across
(They sailed across)
The channel two
(The channel two)
But their ship sank
(But their ship sank)
And yours will too
(And yours will too)
Unless you take
(Unless you take)
A rickabamboo
(A rickabamboo)
As she finished the song her leg started to itch really badly, she leaned over to see if there was a mosquito bite or something but she couldn't really see very well. "What's wrong?" Patrick asked seeing her leaning over.
"My leg is so itchy." She said scratching it.
"Here let me see," he said grabbing the flashlight and shining it on her leg so he could see it. Her leg was red and he knew immediately just what it was. "I think you found some poison ivy."
"No way," She said jumping up from the log she was sitting on. Patrick stifled and laugh he didnt mean to laugh because it wasn't really all that funny. But Sabrina just seemed to have the worst luck of anyone he knew.
"Patrick this is not funny."
"No I know, I'm sorry baby but you seem to have the worst luck."
"I know I seem to attract bad luck wherever I go." She said trying to resist the urge to scratch.
"Here we need to wash off the oils so it doesn't spread and I have something in the first aid kit that might relieve the itch."
In order to make sure the poison ivy didnt spread Sabrina had to change her clothes, she didnt want to spread the oils on anything she touched so she had to change outside the tent. Patrick handed her a towel to cover herself as she changed. She then washed the clothes she had been wearing in the creek and Patrick helped her wash the area on her leg and smeared it with the cream he had found.
"I hope I didn't get any of the oils on either you or Emma."
"You didn't start scratching until a few minutes ago, so probably not" Patrick said pulling her into a hug now that it was safe to touch her. "I'm so sorry this happened to you sweetheart."
"It's my own fault I should have known."
"Don't blame yourself." He leaned in and kissed her.
"Is Sabrina ok?" Emma asked as they sat down around the first again.
"Yes sweetie she's gonna be fine."
They at around the fire a while longer until Emma fell asleep on Patrick's lap, "Looks like someone's exhausted." Sabrina said pointing to Emma.
"Yeah I should get her to bed." He carried her into the tent and laid her down on her sleeping bag.
That night Patrick lay next to Sabrina instead of on the other side of the tent and he liked being able to old her in his arms or just look at her smiling face. "I can't believe tomorrow is our last night here."
"I know I don't want to go back," she told him.
"Me either but the real world calls." He said with a laugh.
"All the times I've been camping I've never had as much fun as I've had with you and Emma."
"Even with the mosquitos and the poison ivy?"
"Yes even with that."
That night they fell asleep with her head resting on his chest and his arms wrapped tightly around her. The sound of his heartbeat lulled her into the best sleep she had ever had in her life.
