There is light at the end of the tunnel. The fateful trip has begun and Brians relationship begins to blossom, but how long can it last before the Nightmare begins.

Brian POV

I still wasn't sure how I felt about Deacon being with my sister but it was more for his sake than hers. I was afraid she mite distract him from his goals or something, but that was really none of my business and I was not a meddler. A realization hit me suddenly.

"Oh crap. I forgot to pack," I said. Damn that stupid book, and my sister for rubbing off on me enough to make me come up with that scheme. I'm sure I would have remembered if the thing didn't put me to sleep in seconds flat.

"Don't worry knuckle head. I packed for you. It's in the back with everyone elses," Rebecca said, "But we still need to swing past Mel's house."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Because I need to put these in water you big dummy," Mel said never lifting her head.

"Oh," was all I could say.

"Of course I think I'll keep one for the week end," Mel said clearly in a happy mood.

"Thanks a lot sis," I said and she waved me off, "I thought you would be bringing your camaro Deacon," I said just trying to fill up time.

"I figured there was no need to waste gas," he said off handedly.

"You just didn't want sis to drive your car again," I said with a smile. Deacon held his finger up to his mouth begging silence and moved his hand when Rebecca looked over and tried to act innocent.

"Whatever your motives this way you and Brian can't slip away when the activities start," she said with yet another wicked grin.

The drive continued and we found our way through a twisty dirt road that led to a camp ground about an hour away from our little town. There was almost no chance anyone would follow us here. Anyone normal anyways. I had heard the Cullen's did a lot of camping when the sun was out and after the down pour this morning the clouds had slowly moved along to let the sun shine for a rare occasion. As we turned a corner I saw a line of cars I recognized as the teams and a few others. People were just wandering around a few throwing a football back and forth. I almost felt sorry for them knowing what was to come.

Rebecca made a show of parking in such a way that everyone knew she had arrived. I almost laughed out loud at how they all came together around our suv. Rebecca jumped out and pulled a clip board out of nowhere. She immediately started handing out sheets with assignments to get everything ready and in order so we could relax for the next three days, and Deacon started breaking the team members into groups going out of his way to keep couples together.

"I can't wait to hear what we have to do," I sighed, "I spent all day yesterday chopping wood."

"She kept me out shopping all night," Mel laughed out loud.

Then I noticed Mel and I were the last ones left. Rebecca approached us staring at the clip board studiously. Sorry I mouthed to Mel and she looked at me in confusion. I held my breath waiting for a task like digging latrines or something else she couldn't get anyone else to do. To my surprise she turned on her heel and started to walk off.

"Hey? What do you want us to do? I'm not going to get yelled at later for not doing something you didn't tell me to do," I said almost jokingly. Rebecca turned and narrowed her eyes at me making me take a small step back.

"You did your job yesterday. Both of you did actually. Or do you want something to do?" and the twinkle in her eye made me profusely wave away the thought.

Mel wrapped her arm through mine and somewhat dragged me away.

"See? She isn't so bad," Mel said happily.

"Try living with her," I said trying to sound clever but my own buoyant mood was hard to defy.

We continued arm and arm deeper into the woods just talking about life. We talked about her friends and how they were currently at each other's throats. We even talked about how she really didn't like cheerleading, and when I told her she didn't have to keep doing it just because of my sister she gave me another kiss on the cheek. If there was one thing I knew it was that I really wanted to please her if it led to more kissing. As much as I wanted my first kiss I wasn't about to push her as I was sure it would be her first too.

We were far away from the actual camp and I was sure my sister would call us when dinner was ready. We ended up leaning on an old evergreen and just enjoying each other's presence. She felt so right in my arms and from her smile she liked it to. I guess Becca really did keep her up all night because before long Mel was soundly sleeping on my shoulder. Her warmth pulsated through my shoulder and I could feel her heart beat. It seemed to follow the rhythm of the forest. The happiness that filled me must have made me hallucinate because the whole forest seemed to come alive. I stayed still to keep from waking Mel but it seemed to affect other things to. Animals skittered about oblivious of our presence. I was focusing on a pair of birds that seemed to be fighting over something when I felt hot breath on my forehead. I turned and jumped a little when I realized a fawn was about three inches from my face looking at me with curiosity. Then I felt a second rush of warm air on my neck and I noticed I must have woke Mel up when I was startled by the baby dear. We remained frozen staring at the little dear which in turn stared back at us. A few minutes past and a much bigger doe came into sight and the fawn turned and made its way back to its mother. It was halfway between us when Mel murmured one word into my chest.

"Pretty," she said still a little sleepily.

"You have no idea," I said looking at her beautiful black hair and the smile on her face. I would do anything to see that smile everyday and it overjoyed me to think that just me being here made her as happy as she made me. I noticed she was looking straight into my eyes now and I found myself lost in her hazel pools. Only when I noticed her face was getting closer to my own did I realize this was it. Here comes the first kiss. Unsure of what to do I only stared back and started to meet her halfway.

"Dinners ready!" my sister yelled from not too far off and Mel blushed furiously pushing away and standing up. I stood up swiftly as well trying to control my irritation for my sister. I brushed the leaves off Mel and then padded the dirt off my own jeans.

"There's my favorite sister," I murmured with a bit more spite then normal.

"You only have one sister," Mel said rubbing her eyes.

"Exactly" I said with a slight grin.