"I'm not ticklish, Ambs." Alfie laughed, leaning against the Amber's legs. She sat above him, on the log, while he lay on the ground, his feet just far enough away from the roaring fire to not be bothered. "I'm like, invincible."
"Not being ticklish doesn't make you invincible, Alfie." Fabian remarked from the other log, where he still sat next to Nina. Alfie snorted, laying his head against Amber's knees and looking up at her.
"Everyone is ticklish, Boo." Amber remarked, tapping his nose. Alfie smiled and shook his head.
"So, you're ticklish?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm ticklish." Amber confirmed, nodding so that her two long blonde braids beat against her shoulders.
"Interesting." Alfie smirked, rolling over onto his knees and placing his hands on Amber's knees as she looked at him questioningly. His smirk only grew as he surveyed her, wondering which of the well-known ticklish spots he should try first. What he was doing dawned on Amber suddenly, and she wrapped her arms around her stomach and sides.
"No I'm not! I'm not ticklish, I swear! Just kidding, ha ha!" She insisted as his smile grew wider and he leaned forward. He pried her arms away and attacked her sides as she squealed and playfully slapped his shoulders. "Alfie! Stop it!" The blonde laughed, nearly falling from the log as she giggled wildly.
"I think you're ticklish, Ambs." Alfie chuckled as he continued tickling her despite her struggles against him.
"Stop! Stop!" Amber gasped, wrapping her arms around her sides again and gasping, trying to catch her breath. Alfie leaned forward, batting his eyes.
"I will for a kiss." He offered, childishly puckering his lips up at her and making smooching noises. Amber rolled her eyes and leaned forward, pecking his lips quickly and then pushing his head away.
"Get a room." Jerome's taunt came from the other side of the fire, where he and Joy were resting against a rock. Joy slapped his chest lightly, smiling over at Amber and Alfie. He sighed and glanced up at Amber, tapping his chin. "If memory serves, Amber, Alfie has a rather ticklish spot behind his right knee."
At this, Alfie scrambled to his feet, away from Amber, who he had just been begging for a kiss from.
"Oooh, Boo!" Amber sung, jumping up as well. "C'mere!" She said, beaming widely and beckoning him forward. Alfie laughed nervously and shook his head.
"He's lying. I'm not ticklish at all. Just got a bad knee, and it – it hurts if someone touches it. And you know how Jerome likes to see us in pain..." Alfie stammered, glancing around at the rest of the house for support. He received none as Amber walked closer to him, her pearly white smile growing bigger by the second.
"Amber Millington, if you try to tickle me I won't share my marshmallows with you!" Alfie pulled out his last resort card, watching her smile fall into a pondering lip pucker.
"Where are the marshmallows?" She finally asked, cocking her head.
"My bag! And Eddie brought stuff to make smorez!" Alfie insisted, letting out a relieved sigh.
"Where is Eddie? And… Patricia? Ooh, are they out together? Aw! Peddie time!" Amber gushed, looking around for the missing couple and then clapping her hands. Everyone chuckled, and then Amber made an impatient motion for Alfie to go get the smorez supplies.
Alfie ran off to the tent and dived in, rummaging around for a bit before bursting back out with his arms full of bags of marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate bars.
"The chocolates kind of melty, but that's okay. Fabian, grab some sticks?" Alfie asked, looking over his shoulder as he set down the supplies on a flat rock. Fabian nodded and got off of the log, only to trip over it and give a stuttering sorry to Nina as he then stumbled to the bushes to get them sticks, blushing furiously (though it was unnoticeable in the dark).
Fabian walked into the woods some, looking for long sticks that would be suitable to roast marshmallows and smorez on. As he walked, he heard the murmurs of another person, or people, speaking. At first he brushed it off as the others back at the camp, but soon he heard the snapping of sticks in front of him.
"Who's there?" Fabian called bravely, squinting in the darkness, his body tensing.
"Fabian?" Came a familiar female voice, and Fabian's shoulders relaxed instantly.
"Yeah, where are you? What are you doing?" He asked, swinging his head around as he heard stomping through the brush.
"We're coming. Genius here forgot the way back to the camp from the lake." Patricia's voice jeered and Fabian could only guess she was sending daggers at Eddie. Sure enough, the two emerged from the shadows, still damp from their swim. "What are you doing? Why aren't you at the campsite with the others?" Patricia questioned, raising an eyebrow at the brunette boy.
"Sticks – uh, they want to roast marshmallows and stuff." Fabian explained quickly, holding up the few sticks he had managed to collect so far. Eddie snorted loudly.
"I told Alfie I wanted to roast them!" He pouted, glaring through the trees at a faint orange glow. "And that stick won't work, it's too skinny." Eddie pointed out, taking a small stick from Fabian's hand and throwing it on the ground. Fabian sent a curious look at him, wondering how he had spotted that in the near-darkness.
"I'm going back to change my clothes. Find me a good stick, weasel." Patricia said, glancing at Eddie's dark figure before stumbling back towards the camp where the others were. Fabian and Eddie continued to pick suitable roasting sticks with the occasional "Too short," or "Too skinny," from Eddie.
Soon enough the two returned to camp with arms full of long and strong sticks, earning cheers from the others and a "Took you long enough," from Patricia. Amber jumped off of the log to snatch the sticks away, taking them back to Alfie and prodding him with one.
"Open the bag, open the bag!" She rushed as he ripped open the bags. The other members of the trip stood up as well, crowding around the flat rock and bending down to get a stick, a handful of marshmallows, and a few graham crackers.
The ten of them set around the fire, stuffing their mouths and laughing at their own jokes. It was almost like one of those corny camping trips that movies had, Patricia thought as she wiped her sticky hands off on Eddie's shirt. He returned the favor by putting a bit of marshmallow goo in her hair. Almost, Patricia emphasized as she sighed and began working the goo from her drying hair.
"It's – wow, its 11 o'clock already. We should probably start sorting through the bags and getting our sleeping bags out." KT said, blinking in surprise as she glanced at the purple watch on her wrist. Everyone mumbled their agreement and began to slowly stand, heading into the two tents and beginning to toss out bags that didn't belong. After a few minor arguments, the girls were settled in one tent and the boys in the other.
"Amber, what is that?" Patricia suddenly asked a few minutes after they had all laid down in their sleeping bags.
"A night-light." Came the blondes reply.
"Well, shut it off! It's in my eyes." Patricia whispered loudly, cracking open an eye to glare at Amber's covered figure and the bright little light that was shining in front of her face.
"No! I need it. I read that light scares off wild animals." Amber whispered back, her hand snaking up to cradle the tiny portable night-light. Patricia groaned, wondering where she had even read a lie like that, but rolled over, only to be met with Willow's feet, which were poking out from the sleeping bag she had thrown over her like a regular blanket. Patricia groaned, scooting down in her bag farther. It was going to be a long night.
I'm really, really tired guys - I barely got any sleep at all last night and was up early this morning. I don't even know how I've written any of this, to be honest. I can barely keep my eyes open. This is probably so messed up and all over the place, but I really wanted to get in an update for you all tonight.
Don't hate me, please x-x This started out as Amfie but the others jumped in as well… oops. I think the next chapter'll be Jerome and Joy going on a nice little hike in the morning, so there's something to look forward to instead of being stuck on this horrible chapter ):
But thank you guys for the reviews! We made it to 25 like I aimed for :D You guys rock. I'm not really expecting any for this chapter, but what can I do.
xGaloshes