Disclaimer: "All Victorious characters are property of Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon.
(!) "Jade and Andre get to know the Wombat they rescued, Then Jade and Andre begin to take pictures of each other and their environment, on their exploration they come across a shed with the sign Tiger Bar on it.
Chapter 5: The Abandoned Cabin
Saturday
30 June 2012 9:00- Morning
Angeles National Forest/ Motor Home
"If it bites me Jade I won't be afraid to kick him." Andre warned her, they took the animal inside her motor home.
Jade gathered some carrots from her small fridge and piled them all in a corner for him to eat, Jade and Andre sat on the small couch and watched the wombat much on cold carrots. Jade grabbed one of the carrots from the mound and offered it to Andre.
"What? I don't want that Jade. Give it to him to finish." Andre responded to her offering of a carrot.
"Nah, Carrots are good for your eyes. I'm trying to think of a name for it. Any ideas Andre."
"Jade I don't think you can keep him. He's not a dog or cat, I think it might even be illegal just owning him without some kind of license."
"I was thinking maybe Beck Jr. he looks like Beck doesn't he." Jade finished up her carrot and carried Beck jr out with her. She let him roam around the area to see if he would wander off. Andre walked out of the motor home to head back to the camp area.
"Wait where you going Andre!?"
"Back to the Camp, I don't want any bears or raccoons tearing up our tents and taking all my stuff."
Andre Had a list of things he wanted to do with Jade, she might have wanted to come camping but he wasn't so sure that she planned the rest of the trip in her head or on paper. He grabbed his notebook and wrote down every kind of activity they could do while they were staying here for a week or less. The first thing he wanted to do was take pictures, it was still very early in the day and if Jade wanted, they could get through half of the activities on the list.
The first activity on the list was to take as many pictures as possible of their camp and together, He hoped Jade wouldn't mind. And mind she didn't, she left Beck jr. in his cage to sleep while they ventured out.
The Forest
The forest of Angeles National was home to many animals who called it home, Ants who made hills that went into their underground homes. Birds who made their homes up in the trees and squirrels who found it comfortable inside of trees. Jade found a spot between two trees that had a bush in between them. The bush was littered with roses and other kinds of flowers. Andre asked her to stand with a few flowers in hand, She took some roses out their bush but got stabbed by the spiky thorns on it. Andre saw her bleeding from her hands but she said she didn't mind. He took her picture, two of them actually. One with flowers in her hand, and then with a few flowers in her hair. The second picture Andre really loved, he loved the way she kept her arms behind her back. That innocent simple smile she put on just for the camera felt like it was almost meant for him.
"Yo, Mr. Lyrical man. You just gonna stand there? C'mon I think see a good spot over there for you." Jade told Andre, he was lost in space until he heard Jade snap him out of it.
"Sorry, what spot do you see."
"Shh! I see some deers over there, take a picture of them."
"Oh, ok just let me-"
"Wait I got an idea, I want to take my picture with them."
"Jade their not gonna let you get that close to them."
Jade smirked and pulled some carrots from her short pockets, she held her hand out which had them in em. She slowly made her way over to the animals who kept twitching their ears, trying to shake the biting mosquitoes off. Andre squatted to make the deer's lose sight of him behind some trees. Jade inched herself closer to him, the deer's moved back some but kept from completely leaving because of the carrot in Jade's hand.
She made clicking noises with her mouth and tongue and wagged the carrot, trying to coerce them to come closer. They got closer and closer, each time Jade signaled to Andre to get the camera ready. Jade knelt down on her knees while andre saw the deer's coming to get the carrot from her hand, he snapped as many pictires as he could. As he did, he heard Jade giggle. He lowered his camera to see her petting their noses. She scratched their necks and chins. He made sure to capture that.
The deer's took off running when there was no more carrot to eat, Jade lifted herself up and dusted her hands. She turned her head and apologized to Andre.
"What are you apologizing for, These are great pictures. With a few enhancements and a digital clean up; they'll look great."
"No I meant, I meant that so far you've taken pictures of me. Let me snap some of you." Jade reached for a flower in her hair and handed Andre a rose, Andre smiled and accepted it and placed it in his pocket.
"Ah! No no no, you take that flower out and put it behind your ear. It's just us and the animals out here, you're not afraid of being seen with m…a flower behind your ear are you."
"I'm not scared to be seen with a flower on my head, or with you." Andre walked off to find a spot with more shade, But Jade caught what he said. She knew that he knew she wanted to say seen with me. He was quick to catch that.
Jade and Andre walked further away from their camping area, they stopped when they came across a magnificent giant oak tree. It was odd to find it here, among the many other types of trees around, Oak was mainly found in the south and east coast. perhaps someone planted an oak seed for a certain god. An old god who still had followers. Andre chose to sit and relax under the tree, Jade took that opportunity to snap pictures of him. She took a pic when he took the rose from his ear and twirled the stem between his fingers.
On her third pic, something caught her eye. There was a small shed behind the Oak. It was covered by thick rose bushes and vines, Andre saw that something else had her attention. He turned around and glanced over at the old looking shed. He stood up and began walking over to it.
"Andre, yo where you going."
"Just gonna take a look at that shed, wonder what it's doing out here."
Jade stuffed her phone back in her pocket and joined Andre, they pushed past the rose bushes and tree brushes. Some of the thorny bush ripped holes in andre's shirt and cut Jade on her thighs.
"Damn…Ow! Ow!"
"You all right babe…uh I mean Jade, you alright Jade." Andre slipped up and let a term of endearment escape his lips.
"Yeah…just some thorns cut me on my thighs. Look Andre, the shed has a sign above the door."
Their written in black faded letters, the sign on the door read Welcome to The Tiger Bar. Andre took a picture of the Shed while Jade began to kick on the door.
(!) "Continued in The Next Chapter."
