Hey everyone! I have the urge to write yet another chapter! I feel like I need to go back and edit and I hope to do it on my own time soon enough. My friend and I stayed up writing all of these stories and now it's on here for everyone to enjoy!

It was near sunrise when Juniper awoke me. "Raina, it's best we start 'eading out now. There's a long journey ahead of us. Are you ready?" I nodded sleepily, Juniper helped me up and we walked outside of the tent. "Wait here," she said once we were outside, then she momentarily went to talk to some gypsies that had walked by. She came up to me. "Alright, sounds like we're making our leave. I'm aware that you know a certain little girl in the camp here. She might need your help on the journey and I would expect you would enjoy her company.

Just then, Beth came strolling up. She was emotionless for a few moments as she asked, "Juniper, you came to show me something?" Beth questioned.

Juniper smiled and led Beth over to me. I was so delighted to see her! "Yes, I should expect you'll know this young lady 'ere. She goes by the name of Raina."

Beth's face smiled in happiness at the sound of my name. "Raina! You're here with us? How?" Beth could hardly contain her excitement.

I just wrapped Beth in a hug. Finally, a familiar face out of everything! I laughed and said, "I might be living with you all for a while."

Beth laughed along with me then joked, "You? Is that lady-like Raina? Ha! I'm sure Mrs. Reno is unaware of this, is she not?"

I grimaced at her name, "Ugh, Mrs. Reno. Indeed, she has no notion of my whereabouts. Thank goodness for that!" It was entirely the truth.

Beth held out her hand in the direction of my voice, "Well come on!" she exclaimed. "We have much to catch up on."

"Yes, but however shall we begin! I feel like my life is much more exhausting in these past few days than it has been in my entire life!"

Laughing and giggling the whole way, it was Beth who led me to her tent where we sat down and finally had some piece and quiet.

"So," Beth said, as we got comfortable. "Who shall go first? I'm sure you've as much to tell as I!"

"You go first," I insisted. "The life of my dear Beth is always more intriguing than my own."

"Oh my, you should know that isn't true but alright, I shall begin. Now, I think you would remember little Jack?" I nodded. "Well, he's sick with a cold and he's driving me off the edge all day. I feel terrible about it though, because he's so small and meek you would expect him to do a lot more complaining than he's already obliged me with. Also, Mena and Tom are fine. They're working hard all the time and I think mother has finally had enough with Tom's childish tendencies. He's still a child after all. Anyway, now here's a name I haven't mentioned in quite a while; Laurence Hitheway."

"Oh! Isn't he that annoying little boy we had known when we were children. Hadn't he left England to go to France or something?"

"Yes, well he has returned, but only for a small time period. I recalled how annoying he was when we were kids, always tricking us into to doing silly things!" Beth shook her head, "Well! He's returned from France and some heard tale of a fortune on him."

I laughed at this. "A fortune? Laurence? My god, that dear boy was predicted to never get out of England itself. However did he come about that?" We giggled at this.

"I honestly don't know! But yesterday, he came into town and was approaching the part of the market place where I sell my wares. A chicken we were selling had gotten out and was running amok the marketplace and I managed to get a hold of it, just as Laurence was walking by. It jumped out of my arms and straight onto Laurence, oh good lord you might have imagined how horrible it must have been!"

Just then, Calsipher poked his head in the tent. "Beth! You're tent is still up! Well, get out and let me help you with it."

Beth blushed, "Uh, I'm sorry Calsipher. I'll put it down right at this moment."

"No, it'd be best get on with the others. They're about to head out. I shall catch up with them later. Off you two go now." Cal pushed us out of the tent.

We walked over to the crowd of gypsies. Juniper came up to me. "Where's Cal?" She asked.

"He's taking down my tent." Beth said.

Juniper smirked, "ah Beth, I'd told 'ya it would have been easier to ask him in the first place if you'd had any trouble. Thas' alright. We'll go on without him and I'm sure we'll see him by nightfall." Then Juniper walked away. I could hear her off in the distance. "Alright, evr'y one. We're off." The crowd started moving and following then I prodded Beth again to continue, all the while helping her with the awkward roots and unfamiliar territory we moved across.

"So what happened? Surely Laurence hadn't forgotten about the chickens! Why, if I could remember, he was one himself," I jested.

"He was very ruffled. When he saw me I freaked out and grabbed the chicken and headed back in the other direction! Laurence was always oblivious to that kind of thing anyway, so I'd thought he wouldn't see."

"But he did," I added.

"Yes, indeed he saw, and what's worse he recognized me! Apparantely he asked quite a few villagers of my whereabouts."

"So he found you?"

"Yes, he came up to my door and holding a chicken that I'd taken back earlier. He said, 'I do believe this is yours,' and was about to turn around after an awkward silence, but I offered him to come and sit with my family and I."

"Oh no Beth, you didn't!"

"Oh yes I did, what with Tommy climbing all over Laurence's new petti-coat I'm sure he regretted it quite a lot, that is, until he called on me yet a few days later. I was so horrified, I came here!"

I sat back and grinned. "You know, I'd always thought Laurence fancied you from the start."

Beth was almost taken aback. "Him? He surely did not. We were too young to even think such things."

"Maybe, but I could always see something. Remember when he was twelve and we were but a mere eight years old? Now it seems we've caught up to him, or almost anyway."

"Yes," Beth sighed. "And even though he was older than us, we could still beat him by height."

We both strolled along for a few moments in silence, thinking about how much fun all of that used to be. I led Beth along with the mere grip of my hand and we grinned at the adventure that was to lie ahead of us, but also couldn't help but dip our fingers in the pools of the past that had made us who we are and put us where we were in this moment.