Continuing Bella and Renee's hike. Thank you for the reviews so far! Keep them coming!

"Hey! Slow down!", Bella chased after Renee who was surprisingly fast. Despite being a stay at home mom for most of Bella's life, Renee showed some gymnastic like ability. Bella struggled to keep up with her on account of the branches in the way.

Renee leaped on to a log, Bella wasn't expecting her to do that; she balanced on the log and jumped on a few rocks sticking out of the small stream, she made a perfect landing on the other side. Bella just stood there, almost speechless, "W-where have you learned that?"

"Well, I was on a track team in college and before that I did a lot of track and field", Bella looked at the obstacles she had passed, though they did seem fairly small, Bella was always easily impressed. "Want to give it a try?"

"Me? I'm way too uncoordinated for that", Bella laughed.

Renee stuck her arms out, "Come on, I'll catch you if you fall."

Bella couldn't help but take her offer, as ridiculous as it may have seemed, "Okay, but it's your fault if I break a leg." She stepped carefully on to the log, almost falling off, she had her arms stretched out to balance herself.

"You're doing great!", Renee called to her. Bella wasn't confident she would make the rocks, she thought she might slip and break her neck, "Don't give up now!" Bella took a deep breath and landed both feet on a rock, "Whoa", she was genuinely stunned she made that. The rest of the rocks were smaller so she she stepped one at a time, if only she knew the last rock was unstable. Like a complete klutz, Bella wobbled back and forth with arms waving in the air and landed in Renee's arms. "Got you!"

They both laughed, Bella felt embarrassed, her face began turning red. Renee held her close, her hands on the small of her back, she was much stronger than she looked. Bella was thinking they were stuck in that position for a long, awkward time and she didn't want to get more attention from that family they encountered earlier. They got back on track, hiking for a while longer until they reached a picnic table.

"It's so beautiful out here", Renee said as she looked around while drinking half of her water bottle.

"So, how much longer will we be doing this?", Bella questioned, she wasn't sure if she was going to survive all summer.

"Awe, don't tell me you're getting sick of me already."

"No, it's just…do you really have that much money to be doing this?"

"Well, as long as I have my computer, I'm fine." Renee had been successful at writing columns for a website over the years but as far as anyone knew it didn't make that much income, certainly not to support a single mother.

"Have you been working while we've been out here?"

"Bella, let me worry about it, okay? We have enough money, we're doing fine."

Something was bothering Bella deep down, it was like Renee was hiding something from her, something she was doing on her laptop that she didn't want out; she always kept Bella up to date on what she had been working on but these past several months she had been kept in the dark. "You're not doing anything illegal, right?"

Renee shook her head, "Shouldn't I be asking you that?" For a moment she just sat there with her head resting on a hand while smiling at Bella.

"What is it?", Bella asked nervously.

"You are a beautiful young woman."

"What were you like when you were my age?"

"I think I was a lot like you actually."

Bella laughed, "You must have been really cool."

"Maybe not as cool as you", she checked her watch, "Let's head back, I want a shower before you use it."

As they both stood up from the picnic bench, Renee grabbed a hold of Bella, giving her a tight hug, "Whoa, what are you doing?"

"What, I can't give you a hug?"

"Just kind of surprised me."

"Doesn't it feel nice?"

"Yeah, it does feel nice", Bella said resting her head on her shoulder, it seemed to be just what she needed. Bella had her hands on the small of Renee's back, maybe she needed reassurance that she was being a good mom. "So, are we going to head back now or are we going to wait for that family to catch us?"

"Okay, I'm ready."

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