It was a
twenty-minute ride to the island and another twenty-minutes to the
site they always stayed in.
“Fire pit is still
here,” Nick said, putting down the first load of stuff and
stretching out.
“Yeah, and Uncle
Robb had the wood dropped off, so there is a plus. We’ll finish
bringing the stuff in if you girls can clean up the area and figure
out where we are going to set up,” Mark suggested.
“Wait, where’s
the bathroom?” Gabbie asked, looking around. She had not stopped
complaining since they go there.
Kevin rolled his
eyes. “Right here,” he said and then took a gulp of water.
“And the shower?”
she continued.
Kevin came over and
put his arm around her, then pointed at the lake. “See that big
puddle of water over there, that’s the lake and your shower for the
next seven days.”
“You have got to
be kidding me.” She looked at Chloe.
“Come on, Gab,
it’s an adventure. Have fun with it.” Chloe laughed as she shook
her.
Gabbie gave her an
evil eye. “I am so going to kill you for talking me into this.”
Mark put down the
cooler and looked at her. “Gabbie, chill, we just got here. Let’s
get things set up and it will look a lot better.”
“Ahh, look what I
found.” Kevin picked up a gardener snake.
Chloe jumped on
Nick’s back and Gabbie screamed.
“That’s it, take
me back!” she yelled.
Kevin walked towards
her and held it out to her. “It’s harmless.”
“I mean it. I hate
snakes!” she cried, running behind Chloe and Nick.
Kevin laughed at
that. As he went back to the boat, he yelled, “We are so pretend
broken up. See? I told you two this was a bad idea!”
“That doesn't happen much. He actually found it when we got off the boat and
brought it here,” Nick said to Chloe.
She laughed it off.
“It’s fine. They just freak me out a little.”
He pulled her back
into his arms and kissed her. “Don’t worry, I will protect you
from the big bad snakes.”
“Yeah, protect her
from the snakes later. Come on. We got a lot to bring in.” Mark hit
his shoulder and started back to the boat.
Three hours later,
the camp was set up and the tents were up. Kevin and Nick went to put
their stuff in; Mark threw it right back out.
“What gives?”
Kevin asked, getting ready to throw the stuff back in.
“You two are over
in the other tent. Claire and I are here,” Mark explained.
Nick looked at Kevin
and then back at Mark. “Why is that?”
Mark put his hands
on his hips and smirked. “Because I’m older and I said so. Hey,
I’m letting you sleep with your girlfriend. You should be happy.”
“How is it I’m
sleeping with my girlfriend when there are two other people in the
tent?” Nick pointed out.
“That’s not my
problem. Now go!” Mark pointed and went back inside with Claire.
Kevin looked at
Nick. “We just got thrown out of our tent.”
Nick put his arm
around Kevin’s shoulders. “Yeah, and you just broke up with your
pretend girlfriend, who we now have to share a tent with. Good luck
with that one.”
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