Chapter 4- The Camp out
"Kaya, come on! Trunks will be here any minute!" Sherri hopped impatiently from one foot to the other. "What are you doing in there, packing the whole house?!" She went back inside to see what Kaya was doing.
"Complain complain! If you must know, I'm getting everything I need."
"You don't need your entire closet." Sherri threw some of Kaya's suitcases away from them. "How many suitcases are there, 500?"
Kaya stuck out her tongue. "No! Just about 350..." Sherri gave her a stern look. "What? All that's there is the bed, the heater, the microwave, and a few other stuff that might come in handy. Always be prepared is my motto."
Sherri shook her head. A horn beeped outside. "That's probably Trunks right now." She walked outside and waved as he got out of the car and came towards her. A dark haired man followed behind him.
Trunks gave her a hug and smiled. "Hey! How are you? You look great. Pretty as always." He winked.
"Oh stop it Trunks." Sherri blushed and looked down at herself. She was wearing a pair of white sneakers, a rolled up jeans, and a loose fitting shirt with her hair in a ponytail.
He grinned. "Oh yeah. This is Goten. He's a friend of mine who's coming with us for camping."
Goten stepped forward and shook Sherri's hand. "It's an honour to finally meet the girl who Trunks can't shut up about." He grinned. "But I can see why."
"Trunks talks about me?"
"All the time! He never stops! Ah!" Trunks pulled Goten into an arm lock.
"You never stop talking either, Goten!"
Sherri giggled. "Kaya will be out shortly. She still has to pack the rest of her stuff."
"Still packing? But when I called last week, she was packing. What's she bringing along, the entire house?" Trunks frowned.
"For your information, I'm bringing things we might need!" Kaya walked out the door with a small purse on the arm and a stern look on her face. "You people will never understand!"
"Kaya, this is Goten, Trunks' friend."
Kaya turned in the direction Sherri was pointing, and her stern look disappeared. "Goten Kaya hi I'm" Kaya shook her head and cleared her throat. "Hi Goten. I'm Kaya."
Goten shook the hand Kaya held out and smiled. "Hi. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Nonsense! The pleasure is all mine!" They laughed.
"Hey Kaya, is that all you're bringing?" Sherri pointed to the purse in Kaya's hand.
"Huh?" Kaya looked at the purse. "No. but it's all I'm carrying. The rest is in the house." She looked at her purse again. "You're right. I shouldn't carry anything!" She threw it in the house.
Sherri and Trunks looked at each other, then walked to the door. A perfect pyramid of suitcases sat at the entrance.
"Kaya! We are not taking all of that!"
"But why not?!" Kaya whined and stomped her foot like a baby. "You never let me do what I want!"
"Kaya, I know you're all for being prepared and everything, but look at all this! Will it really be necessary? And how is it going to fit in the car?" Sherri pointed to the car to emphasize her point and Kaya looked defeated.
"Hey. It's no problem." They all turned to Goten who was looking on in amusement at the whole transfer.
"What do you mean? Don't tell me you plan to carry everything there." Sherri looked at Trunks to back her up.
Goten fished around in his pocket. "I don't have to." He pulled out a capsule. Five minutes later, he handed it to Kaya. "See? Now you can put it in your purse until we get to the camp site."
"Why thank you Goten. You're quite the handy man." Kaya grinned at him and stuck her tongue out at Sherri. Then she snapped her fingers.
"What's wrong?"
"Well I think I sorta mighta probably maybe by some itty bitty chance-"
"Just spit it out already!" Sherri was getting impatient.
"My purse is in the capsule." She grinned sheepishly as everyone else fell anime-style.
"No problem. We can always look for it." Goten took the capsule from her and opened it. "Okay. You can look for your purse now."
Ten minutes later, Kaya presented her purse. "Found it!"
"Thank goodness! Now let's get going!"
"Yup! As soon as I pack everything back up and Goten puts it back in a capsule."
"I better go home to get one, then." Goten flew off.
"He can fly?!" Kaya stared open-mouthed.
"Uh, yeah. And so can Trunks. Didn't I tell you that? I swear I did." Sherri shrugged. "Oh well. Start packing up so that by the time Goten comes back, we can just go."
By the time Goten came back, Kaya was almost done.
"Okay. I'm here. And I brought a few more capsules just in case."
"Good. And... I'm... done." Kaya latched the last suitcase and dusted her hands. "You can do your stuff now Goten."
He nodded and when he was done, gave the capsule to Kaya.
They all piled into the car, Trunks and Sherri in the front, and Goten and Kaya in the back. By the time they reached the campsite, it was getting dark.
"Okay we're here. Unfortunately because we don't have light to do everything we have to, we need to use our flashlights to build at least one big tent to take us through the night. Flashlights everyone!" Trunks pulled out his flashlight and Sherri and Goten followed suit.
Kaya opened the capsule and took out a large lamp. "Trunks, is there an empty place like a field around here?"
"Um, I think so. It should be higher up." He led the way through some brush until he reached an open field. "Is this big enough?"
"Yup!" Kaya threw a suitcase to the center of the field.
"Great. So you have good aim. What's supposed to happen now?" Sherri looked at her best friend.
Kaya picked up a stone and threw it at the latch on the top of the suitcase. It hit perfectly and opened up. Kaya smirked and winked. "Ex-boyfriend Tom. Who said all those golf and target practice lessons were useless?" A house appeared.
While everyone gaped at it, Kaya looked at her fingernails. "Five bedrooms, two bathrooms, fully stocked kitchen, and a comfy living room. All the extra things like couches, beds, sheets and food are in the other suitcases." She looked around. "I'm not sure how good our reception is up here, so I brought my own television. It runs on electric currents in the air." She walked back to the rest of the suitcases and picked up a few of them. Then she opened the door and walked in. "Aren't you guys coming? The rest of the suitcases are back there and the sooner we can get them, the faster we can set it up. I'm gonna start making coffee. Who wants?"
Kaya sat next to Goten on the couch and sipped her coffee.
"Well, I gotta hand it to you Kaya. You really did prepare for this." Sherri looked around her from the couch she sat on.
Trunks came down the steps. "That's the last of the beds and stuff." He sat on Sherri, then laughed when she pushed him off and sat on the couch next to her.
"I wish Valese was here to see all this."
"Who's Valese?" Kaya looked at Goten.
"She's his girlfriend." Trunks put his feet up on the recliner and closed his eyes.
Kaya shot out her coffee. "You have a girlfriend?!"
"Uh yeah." Goten looked at her like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Kaya tried to act casual. "Um okay." She let out a laugh that was pretty close to tears. "I'm glad for you." She put down her coffee and clapped once. "Hey let's watch a movie!" She flipped to a movie channel and went to get popcorn.
Trunks pulled Sherri's shoulder until she got up from her chair, then he guided her to sit on his laps. She laughed. "It isn't Christmas yet Santa!"
He put an arm across her leg. "It's never too early to tell Santa what you want." He winked.
"Well I want to watch this movie in peace. That's not a hard wish, is it?"
"No, but it would be even more peaceful if you stayed right here." He used puppy eyes. "Please?"
Sherri sighed. "Fine."
Kaya came back. "Who wants popcorn?!" and she sat next to Goten. "And just in time too! The movie's starting! I see some of us already comfy and cozy."
By the time the movie was over, Kaya and Sherri were fast asleep on Goten and Trunks.
"Uh Trunks?"
"Yeah?" Trunks yawned.
"Which bedrooms are their own?" Goten had gently lifted up Kaya until she was bridal-style positioned in his arms.
Trunks looked at Sherri who was sleeping on his chest. "I dunno. If there are five, I don't think they would mind if we put them in any one." He picked up Sherri as well. "Let's go."
Trunks picked the first bedroom and gently placed Sherri on the bed. He put a stray hair in place. "Good night Sherri."
She gave a soft moan, then turned over. Trunks smiled, and walked to the bedroom next to hers. "I think I'll take this one."
When Sherri woke up a little later, it took a while to remember where she was. "Oh yeah. I was watching a movie. Musta fallen asleep." She changed her clothes before going back to bed. "Better get a good night's rest. Fishing was never my forte. But Trunks was a great fisher. I wonder if he still is..." and she fell asleep with those thoughts on her mind.
I would have liked to continue the entire camping trip, but time is of the essence... and it is not on my side. Never was, really. Oh well. Till the next chapter. R&R PLEASE!