A/N: Here's the second half of camping. I'll do my best to keep the updates coming, but the wait may start to get a little longer. I've been trying to write and post quickly, but I think the quality of the writing has gone down, so I'm going to try and give myself a little more time for proof-reading and editing.

Enjoy:)

We decided to start out the evening by building a campfire. Blaine and Finn were sent into the woods to gather firewood. I would have sent Kurt too, but I didn't trust Kurt and Blaine alone. They would have never come back. Kurt worked with Carol preparing dinner. We would attempt to cook over the campfire. Once we had the fire wood stacked properly and the extra piled on the side, it was time to start it. None of my boys had been out in the wilderness long enough to know how to start a fire, but we were finally able to get some flames going. After dinner we broke out the marshmallows and starting making s'mores. It took a while to get the hang of it and to learn how everyone liked their marshmallows cooked. Every time one would catch on fire and be burned past the point of being appetizing it was passed to Blaine, since he liked his to look like charcoal briquettes. We started talking about the last time any of us did anything like this. I know for me, the last time I built a campfire was when Kurt was in the second grade. Right after Elizabeth died, I knew I had to get more involved in Kurt's life, so I ended up being a chaperone on a scouting camping trip.

"So there I was, in the middle of the woods with 3 other parents who had never been camping before. For some reason, they had the boy scouts and the girl scouts together on the same trip. I think just because there weren't enough parents willing to go from just one group. Besides, 7 year olds really can't get up to much mischief in that department. So it was me, Mike Chang Sr. and the Berry's. I was glad the girls were invited too, because Mercedes was staying with us for the weekend since her mom was in the hospital having her little brother."

"Hey! I was on that trip!" Finn added, excited to realize he'd been camping with Kurt and I before.

"I remember that. I didn't know you were one of the chaperones!" Carol added. "I was supposed to go, but couldn't get off work that weekend."

"Oh yeah, I remember we were supposed to have a mother there too, who couldn't come at the last minute. We were really nervous when we realized a group of four guys were responsible for the group of girls with us." I said as Finn and Kurt both stared off into space, trying to remember the other being there. Kurt spent most of his time with the girls, and since I was responsible for him and Mercedes, I didn't get to know all the boys on the trip. I continued to tell them about the trip, and the chaos that ensued. I had to start the fire, since the Berry's weren't very handy when it came to the wilderness, and Mike spent all day in a business suit in an office. While we were sitting around the fire roasting marshmallows, just like my family was doing now, a group of guys pulled up to the campsite next to ours. They were loud and rowdy, playing music so loud we could hardly hear each other talking. The other chaperones wanted to just move to another camping spot, but that seemed to be too much work with all the kids. Besides, we were there first. Since the other men there weren't the best at dealing with guys like that, I went over to ask them if they could lower the volume. I calmly explained that we were camping with the scouts and if they wouldn't mind moving to another spot. By the time I was done talking to them, they turned off the music and pulled away. I walked back to our camp to see the men staring at me speechless. I handed the each a beer that I had gotten from the other guys. They asked how I did that and why I wasn't beaten up.

"With their pick-up, Lynyrd Skynyrd music and some beer, they're my tribe." I had told them. For that, I was awarded the warrior feather, which I ended up giving to Kurt, since his headband didn't have any feathers, and he thought it was pretty.

Later during that trip, a group of cheerleaders came by and were playing Madonna music loudly. This time Hiram Berry said "Let me handle them. THAT is my tribe." Ten minutes later I had to walk over and rescue him from being beaten up by a group of high school girls. Needless to say, that was the last time I had been camping.

Once I finished telling the details of the scouting trip, everyone around the fire was laughing. Finn and Kurt both remembered the trip now that we were talking about it, but they didn't specifically remember the other being there. But between the two of them, they were able to figure out which of their current friends were with them on the trip. Besides the two of them, Rachel and Mercedes, there was also Mike, Artie (pre-wheelchair) and Brittany. Puck joined their troop later, after Kurt had quit. Puck was actually a year older than my boys, but was held back in fifth grade. I would have to search when we got home and see if I could find a picture from that camping trip. It would be nice to be able to hang up a picture in the house of Finn and Kurt together as kids. We continued to tell stories about funny things that had happened to each of us while in the great outdoors. Eventually Carol decided to head into bed. Kurt was half asleep, but had no intention of leaving Blaine's side, so the four of us stayed around the camp fire. I walked back to the truck and got something out of the trunk I had brought just for an opportunity like this. While I know Carol wouldn't approve, what she didn't know wouldn't hurt her.

"I guess I should start treating you all like adults, since soon you'll be off on your own in the world, responsible for yourselves. So, men, let's have a drink." I passed glasses to each of them and pulled out the bottle of whiskey I brought from home. Kurt looked at me like I was crazy, Blaine looked between me and Kurt to see if Kurt was in on some sort of joke, and Finn looked overly excited. I poured a little into each of their classes, with a little extra in my own. "Bottoms up!" I said as I drank my shot. Finn followed behind me, but Kurt and Blaine were still looking at me like I was insane.

"Go on boys, I know this isn't the first time. Kurt, I've had to pick you up from school because you puked on that little guidance counselor. And Blaine, I found you hung over in Kurt's bed before you two were even dating. And based on Finn's ability to down that shot at once without choking, that wasn't his first time either." I said. Kurt and Blaine looked at each other, shrugged, clinked their glasses together and downed the shots.

"Now that's more like it!" I refilled the glasses, with a little more than the first time and filled my glass all the way. We started talking and I could tell the boys were starting to loosen up a little. An hour later, we were sitting around the dying fire laughing hysterically. We must have been pretty loud, because Carol came outside to find out what was going on. Once she realized that I was drunk, along with our three boys, she got extremely mad. In the back of my mind, I knew she was right. I had only planned on giving them each one shot. But by the time Carol came outside, the bottle had been completely emptied. She started to drag us inside one by one. She started with Finn, since he seemed to be aware enough to be guided in without her having to do much work. Blaine was passed out on the ground face down and Kurt was sitting on top of him holding the empty whiskey bottle up to his eye to look inside. Carol came back out and started to help Kurt up. This must have woken Blaine up a little, since he started to groan and giggle at the same time.

"Come on Kurt, I have to get you to bed."

"That's what he said!" Kurt shouted and broke into a fit of giggles.

"It's funny because we like sex!" Blaine added while trying to control his giggling.

"Did you know if you say 'New Directions' really fast it sounds like 'Nude Erections'?" Kurt asked the group at large, not directing his question at anyone in particular.

"Hey Kurt, I like your nude..." Blaine started before I quickly covered his mouth with my hand.

"Don't finish that sentence Blaine." I told him. Luckily he stopped talking. He also stopped standing as he started to pass out again. I picked him up and carried him into their room, while Carol practically dragged Kurt with her. We both realized the problem at the same time. Finn was on the bottom bunk of one set, and there was no way we would be able to get one of these drunken boys safely onto the top bunk.

"They'll just end up in the same bed anyway; can't we just dump them both on the bottom bunk?" I asked Carol.

"Is that really responsible parenting?" She asked. I was starting to get very tired, very quickly, so I dropped Blaine onto the bed. Carol was clearly struggling under Kurt's weight, even though he was the lightest of the three boys. She finally made up her mind and let Kurt fall on top of Blaine. Both were unconscious now, so they didn't seem to care. I thought about moving them over so they wouldn't crush each other, then I realized I was quite drunk myself as Carol caught me right before falling over. She led me back to our room, where I fell onto the bed and fell asleep within seconds. I didn't even bother to take off my shoes or hat.

The next morning I was woken by a sound so loud I thought the house had blown up, followed quickly by a splitting headache that involved by eyeballs being put into a vise until the almost popped. I brought my head up from under the pillow to see Carol standing in the doorway banging a metal pot and pan together. She had an evil smile on her face.

"Good Morning Honey!" She shouted before walking into the boys' room. I heard more noise, this time it lasted much longer, but at least it wasn't right next to my head. I heard her shout to the boys.

"Time to get up my darling angels!"

I decided to get up on my own accord rather than have Carol come back in for round two.

I walked to the main room to find the couch had a blanket and pillow on it. Carol was at the fire place making a pot of coffee, clearly pissed off.

"Did you sleep out here?" I asked her, already knowing she must have.

"Yes I did. After you gracefully collapsed across the middle of our bed, I couldn't slide your fat ass over and decided it would be easier to sleep somewhere else. I briefly thought about taking one of the open bunks in the boys' room, but then I realized I'd have to climb into a top bunk in the dark and opted for the couch. What were you thinking, getting our boys drunk? They aren't old enough. I can't believe you." She was really pissed now. She grabbed the pot and pan again before walking back into the boys' room. A lot of noise and yelling later, three boys made their way into the room while showing various signs of sever hangovers. Kurt had his head in his hands and his eyes closed tightly. Blaine was resting his head on Kurt's shoulder while wearing large, hot pink sunglasses. Finn had a hood up and was squinting around the room. After coffee and showers, Carol decided we would all go for a hike to get some fresh air. This idea was met with four equal groans. I'll admit I wasn't feeling too hot myself.

By the time dinner rolled around, everyone was feeling a little better. We spent a relaxing night in, but this time we didn't add booze to the mix. We played Monopoly for a few hours, but never bothered finishing the game. It would have been impossible with all three boys cheating so badly. Carol wasn't as mad about last night, but while we were lying in bed that night, she told me why she had been angry.

"You know what you did was really irresponsible, right?" After I nodded, she continued. "I thought I was mad about that, which would have made me a good mom, but really, I was just upset I wasn't included, which is terrible, but still…" She said, drifting off. .Great, now I felt bad about being a terrible father and a terrible husband.

"I'm sorry sweetie. I didn't even think you'd want to join us. The next night of drunken debauchery will include you!"

She smacked my arm, but laughed, so I knew we were OK.

The rest of the trip went by uneventfully, with the exception of one incident. The boys had gone out to the lake to explore and see about taking a boat out. Carol and I had the cabin to ourselves, so after some quality alone time, we decided to take a shower. I'll admit we were a little distracted when we got into the bathroom, so it took us a little while to realize that the shower was already occupied. Unfortunately we didn't realize this until we walked into the bathroom without knocking, because really, everyone was out of the house, we shouldn't have to check if someone, or someones were already in the shower. After a round of surprised screams Carol ran back to our room to put on more than a towel.

The rest of the trip went by uneventfully, with the exception of one incident. The boys had gone out to the lake to explore and see about taking a boat out. Carol and I had the cabin to ourselves, so after some quality alone time, we decided to take a shower. I'll admit we were a little distracted when we got into the bathroom, so it took is a moment to realize that the shower was already occupied. Unfortunately we didn't realize this until we were walking into the bathroom without knocking, because really, everyone was out of the house, we shouldn't have had to check if someone or someones were using the shower. After a round of surprised screams, Carol ran back to our room to put on more than a towel.

Blaine turned quickly and slipped, grabbing the shower curtain and pulling it with him. Kurt made to grab the shower curtain to hide behind as it was pulled down and slipped and ended up tangled with Blaine on the ground. I went back to our room to grab some clothes as Carol was coming out.

"You might want to give them a minute before you go in there. I just got an eyeful." I told her as I walked into the bedroom. I grabbed jeans, a t-shirt and a flannel shirt and went back out to find Carol and the boys in the living room. Kurt and Blaine were both wearing jeans but no shirts yet. Blaine had tears in his eyes while Carol poked his shoulder which appeared to be dislocated.

"OK Blaine, this is going to hurt, but we can pop it back in to place now, or you can stay in pain for another hour while we drive to the hospital, where you'll get something for the pain before we put it back. Your choice." Carol told him. He appeared to think about it for a while, but finally decided to just let Carol fix it now and get it over with. We figured out what everyone needed to do. Kurt and I had to hold Blaine in place while Carol pulled his arm as hard as she could. There was an audible pop and sudden Blaine's shoulder didn't look nearly as bad. Carol and Kurt helped Blaine into one of my extra flannel shirts since it buttoned up and he couldn't get a t-shirt on yet, and then fixed his arm in a sling since it would still bother him for a while.

An hour later, we settled around the living room talking and drinking hot cocoa. Finn filled us in on what happened at the lake. The boys had found a boat to take out, but after a disagreement over who was "captain", Blaine ended up falling into the lake. I'm pretty sure Finn pushed him in, but none of the boys mentioned exactly how it happened. Since it was still February, the water was pretty cold, so Blaine came in immediately to take a hot shower, and I guess Kurt thought he needed company. Finn thought the whole thing was pretty funny, except for the part about us finding the boys.

The last morning of our trip was spent trying to pack everything up that we had brought with us that had somehow, magically, been spread out over the entire cabin. Kurt was busy packing all of his clothes and accessories that he of course didn't need, but brought anyway. I decided to help Blaine since he still couldn't use one of his arms. Luckily he wasn't as picky as Kurt. If he was, I wouldn't have been able to grab all of his stuff and shove it into his bag. I would have had to fold and sort everything. It was bad enough opening his bag to find condoms in there, at least this way I could shove stuff in the bag quickly enough to try and pretend they weren't there. But I did see them.

And I also saw that they were strawberry flavored…