Nancy and Jonathan had only a few months before the baby arrived, so they decided to take one last trip before it came. Nancy despite being six months pregnant agreed to go camping and sleep in a tent. Nancy wanted to take Mike and Eleven to hangout with them before the baby came. Jonathan invited Will and told him he could bring Jennifer. It was gonna be a fun weekend.
Jonathan and Nancy picked up all the kids on Saturday morning and headed to the campsite. They set up their three tents one for each of the couples. Maybe was right to be hesitant to let Mike and El go camping together. Nancy needed a minute to rest, so she told the kids they could go canoeing. Nancy and Jonathan set up chairs on the shore to relax.
Mike and El got into a separate canoe from Will and Jennifer. Both canoes were paddled into opposite directions. El had never been on the water before and she enjoyed it a lot. It took her awhile to get a hang of rowing the canoe, but she would be a pro by the end of the trip.
"Wow. It's so beautiful out here Mike." El stated.
Mike replied, "Not as beautiful as my future ."
"Oh...Mike." El said.
"Hey I speak the truth. No harm in that." Mike stated.
El replied, "Oh I love you Michael Wheeler."
"I love you too Eleven Jane Ives." Mike said.
El stared up at the bright blue sky. She closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the water, smelled the fresh air, and felt the cool breeze. She had never felt so calm in her life except when Mike and her laid in the fort. Mike sat behind El in the canoe and he was taking in all her beauty inner and outer from the back. They docked onto a small, deserted, island in the middle of the lake. It was beautiful and quiet and special, because no one knew about it but them. They rowed back to the shore Nancy and Jonathan were and got there just as the others returned.
Jonathan had been camping in the area before and knew of a hidden beach. There was an old forgotten trail that lead to it. When you got there a rope was tied to street to swing and jump into the water below. Jonathan told the kids it was the only way down to get them to try it despite their fear. Although, there were some wooden stairs that lead down that Nancy took. Jonathan went first and then Mike, because he could tell Will was petrified. El went since she wanted to get down to Mike. Then, Jennifer because she asked Will if she could go first and he was more than willing to let her. Finally, Will closed his eyes and jumped.
The kids and Jonathan had a splash fight and then they all played chicken. Nancy couldn't help but smile seeing his awesome Jonathan was with kids. Later, Jonathan built a fire and they ate hot dogs and chips. Then, it was time for s'mores. Mike grabbed four marshmallows two for him and two for Eleven.
"What's a s'more?" El asked.
"It's a toasted marshmallow with chocolate on a graham cracker." Nancy explained.
Jonathan said, "Trust me El, you will like them."
"Here Eleven I made this one for you." Mike sand handing El a plate.
After tasting one El said, "Wow..These are delicious. Almost as good as eggos."
"Oh El you are your eggos." Will said.
Jonathan stated, "Told you Eleven. I knew you'd like them."
After everyone had fallen asleep that night Mike woke up Eleven and told her to follow him. He rowed her back out to the secret island, but to the side of it they had never been to. Mike had laid out a blanket and some cokes for them. He knew nature was calming to Eleven so he decided to help her out like usual.
El and Mike laid on the blanket and gazed at the bright stars and dark night sky. They stared at the beautiful, silver moon and listened to the crickets chirp. It was around fall and it was starting to get cold so Mike pulled an extra blanket on them. Mike began to get nervous and sweaty as he lead El out to her favorite part of the island. She could not figure out why though. Her mouth dropped when she saw what he had done for her though…...