Chapter 16- It's Me, or Them!

(This leaves off right after the lizard incident.)

They were still walking down the rocky hill. Cassidy and Katherine would occasionally look back to see Blair struggling with that load on her back. They had to stuff back laughter every time.

They looked back and waited until Blair saw them. Right when they saw her head turn toward them they turned back and walked off the trail they were suppose to be going on. They were up to something. Out of pure curiosity to where in the heck they were going. Blair followed.

Cassidy and Katherine looked back to make sure they were out of her sight and went back to the regular trail. Blair was still walking around aimlessly. Now, she wished she hadn't followed.

Cassidy and Katherine were talking while walking trying to catch up to their father. Jaden looked back and didn't see Blair.

"Girls," he said, the girls looked at him, "where's Blair?"

The twins looked at each other and smiled. They looked back at him and shrugged innocently, "We don't know." Katherine claimed.

That's when they heard a faint scream. Jaden looked to where the scream came from, "Wait here," he commanded, "I'll get her."

After about five minutes Jaden was back with Blair. Boy, she looked mad. When she spotted the girls she pointed an accusing finger at them, "You planned this!"

Jaden looked at her, "No they didn't." he said, "They were here the whole time."

Blair gasped, "You're honestly taking their side?!"

Jaden didn't answer that. He just starting walking again. Now, time for another trick from the twins.

Katherine picked up two sticks and started to tap them together like drumsticks. Jaden was way ahead of them. Don't ask me how, I don't quite know either. Blair looked at them.

"What are you doing?" she asked, annoyed.

"Keeping away the mountain lions." Katherine said convincingly. Cassidy held back giggles.

Blair didn't say anything, but you could see she actually believed them.

-15 minutes later

"Thank goodness!" Blair gasped as she sat down on the camping log. They were at their destination. Jaden was putting up 3 tents. One for him, one for Blair, and one for Cassidy and Katherine. At least, they, Jaden and Blair, weren't going to share. Ick! The twins seriously wished their mother had come instead. Speaking of Alexis, what is she up to now anyway?

"Katherine!" Jaden demanded.

"Wha-hat!" Katherine whined.

"Go get the fishing stuff for dinner." he told her.

"Kay," she obliged.

"Fish?" Blair made a face.

Cassidy smirked, "Don't like it? Well you gotta live with it, or starve."

Jaden rolled his eyes, "Be nice." he looked at Cassy. She struck her tongue out at him.

"Gosh, Cass." Jaden smiled, "You remind me of, well, me." Cassidy smiled in return, "I've heard."

"Jadey!" Blair demanded, "Do we have to eat fish?" she emphasized words here and there.

Jaden looked at her and sighed, "Not unless you wanna go hunting."

Blair freaked, "Okay, fish it is!"

-2 hours later, 7:28:31 (very accurate, eh?)

It was dark by now, they just finished dinner, and now its time for...

Dun Dun Dun

SMORES!

"MINE!" Katherine snatched the two crackers with the marshmellow and half a chocolate bar in between from her father's hand.

"Hey!" he whined, typical Jaden, he's still child-like, carefree, and playful. :), "That's mine!"

"How old are you?" Cassidy asked.

He shrugged, "35ish?"

Cassidy rolled her eyes, "-ish? You are 35!"

"Whatever." he muttered, raising his stick with the marshmallow on it, (What are those called?)

"Ah!" Blair shrieked smacking a mosquito that just bit her thigh.

Cassidy smirked, she dug in her bag and picked out a spray bottle, "Here, mosquito repellant."

Blair looked at her suspiciously. Cassidy raised her free hand in the air, Blair glared at her but snatched the tiny clear bottle. Katherine looked over to her father. He wasn't watching. Or listening. Good.

Blair looked at the bottle. She looked over to a innocently smiling Cassidy. She hesitated but sprayed it on herself.

Cassidy looked at her, "That wasn't so bad. Was it?" Their said 'soon-to-be stepmom' looked at her and muttered something under her breath.

-5 minutes later. (I'm getting tired of these)

"It's not working!" Blair shrieked, "If anything, I'm being bit more!"

"Hm?" Jaden asked, he seemed to have been daydreaming. I wonder of what...

"The repellant! It's not working!" she cried.

"Let me see that." he snatched the bottle from her hand. He sprayed it on his hand and smelt it. He looked at her weirdly, "This ain't mosquito repellant. Its a bottle of water and salt. This attracts the bugs."

"Surprise, surprise." she glared at the twins.

"What?" they asked in usion.

She huffed and stood up. "I'm going to sleep now."

"Ok." Jaden claimed. Blair nodded and picked up two sticks. She starting tapping them together. Yet again, Jaden looked at her like she was crazy, "What are you doing?" he asked her.

"Keeping away lions." she said. The twins were giggling like crazy. Jaden was also on the verge of laughing. "There aren't any lions in this area, is there?"

"Nope." Jaden agreed. She scowled and dropped the sticks, walking madly into her tent. Jaden looked over to Cassy and Kathy. "You didn't have anything to do with this, did you?"

"Oh, no! We wouldn't!" Katherine gasped, fakely.

"Whatever." he shrugged, sighing. Seriously. What is he thinking about?

-1 AM

"Katherine, wake up!" Cassidy whispered sternly.

"But daddy! There's no school today!" Katherine whined, obviously in La-La-Land.

Cassidy giggled, "Hey, it's time for operation sticky fingers. Or in this case, feet."

Katherine's eyes shot open, "Let's do this, CC!"

"Shush! Kay, KK." 'CC' smiled, "Kay."

"Don't call me that." Katherine didn't like it when people called her KK, Kat was alright, though. Her full name is Katherine Kitten Yuki. Don't ask. Their grandparents did the middle naming. Then there was Cassidy Caramel Yuki.

(A/N: Ha! I felt like putting in middles! I like Cassidy's ;))

"Let's just go." Cassy said, a little too eagerly I might add.

They dug into there sacks and took out various items. For instance, a can of sticky string, honey, and a tomato. They looked at each other and smiled. They walked out of there tent and sneaked up to Blair's. Good thing she's a deep sleeper. They looked at each other and nodded.

Cassidy got the honey and poured it all over Blair's feet. Meanwhile, Katherine is spraying the sticky string in all different places. Cassidy was done first. Therefore, she was the one who got the honor of taking the tomato and squishing it over Blair's lips. Just like liqid lipstick. If there is a thing.

When they were done, they got out, zipped the tent back up, and went to their own respective tent.

-8:00 AM (Changing, for once, the POV to: Jaden POV)

I was leaning against the tree, just thinking, which I have been doing a lot lately. Ever since Alexis showed up, actually. Why did she leave me? Sigh. Well, too late now because of-

"AHH!" that. Blair shot up from her air mattress and screamed. There were two baby bear cubs licking on her toes. Which were honey covered. Howed that happen. I rolled my eyes and looked over to the girls' tent. They got out of the tent and looked over to Blair.

"What's wrong?" Katherine/Cassidy asked. Oh, I could see that glint in her eyes! The same one I had whenever I played pranks on people. I laughed, good ol' days.

"BEARS! Get them AWAY!" Blair cried.

"Aww, they're so cute!" Cassidy/Katherine gushed.

"Cute?! They're EVIL!" Blair shrieked.

"They're harmless, tell her dad!" C/K claimed.

"It's true. They're just harmless little bear cubs." I agreed, "Just wave them away."

Blair obeyed and waved them away. The cubs obediently ran off. That, is when Blair jumped smack of her bed and pointed an accusing finger at my girls.

"They did it!"

"Calm done!" I told her.

She huffed that famous huff and crossed her arms.

-12:01 AM (Narrative POV again)

Everyone was already sleeping, except the girls.

"Operation Air Head ready to rumble or, as you might call it, Operation Wet Head!" Katherine told Cassidy. They were up and ready. They, yet again, were going to do something not-so-nice to Blair. And this. Was going to be the last straw. When they got to the tent, they unzipped it, and went inside. Katherine and Cassidy both grabbed hole of the end of Blair's mattress. The mattress was only the size of the body on it. So It wasn't that hard. They pulled and pulled and pulled. Then they got to the lake and let the Dead-looking body on the mattress float away.

"Bon Vouge!" Cassidy whispered. They cracked up.

-7:00 AM. (Jaden POV)

There was yet again another scream. I got out of my sleeping bag and headed out the tent stopping when I saw Blair in the lake, she wasn't far from land though. And you could only guess who came up with this. Cass and Kath were standing by the lake watching her. I ran up to them. Blair kept struggling. That's when a fish randomly flopped onto her stomach.

"EEK!" she screamed. Now, it was her turn to flop over. She fell off the mattress, but quickly got up. For, it was shallow, she walked angrily up to me.

"Woah, girl!" I said, "I did nothing."

"Yeah, I know." she admitted, "They did!"

I looked over to the girls, they gave me a sheepish smile, "And?"

"This is the last straw, Jaden Johnathan Yuki!" she shrieked, "It's me, or them! Which will it be? One or the other! Pick. Now!"

I stared at her like she was crazy, this has got to be the easiest question I have ever been asked.

"Them." I stared at her, "Come on girls. We're going home."

I walked toward the girls and then we grabbed our stuff and walked away, back to the truck we go.

"B-but..." Blair sobbed, "You can't leave me!"

"Watch me." I took the girls' hand and walked away with them, leaving a bad memory, and returning to a good one.

Okay, EXTREMELY sorry for the lateness! My laptop conveniently broke and my home computer went haywire! I've been at the library for the past two weeks, working on this story and doing my other important computer stuff. I hope I'll get back an electronic I can go internet on soon. There's always the cell, but I can't type up stories on those... can I? Hope to see you soon!

-FC