It was already midday and the West's & Co haven't been able to even reach halfway of the whole trail. At the rate they're going, thanks to Nina, it would take them the whole three days to even reach the mountain. That was what Lola West actually said when they stopped for the umpteenth time ever since they started walking.
She was the leader of the group of six and she enjoyed the camping trips she and her mother took every year before class starts. Walking confidently through the rough and rugged terrain, she was a few feet ahead of Jade who was directly behind her. Balancing herself, she easily walked over a fallen timber and avoided the big rocks which were situated at the right side of it. Squealing in delight, she looked around and motioned to her mother to hurry up.
Jade beamed proudly at her daughter as she too easily balanced herself and walked over the timber. Nina was next and she propped herself up on a huge boulder at the left of the timber and tried to cross with a disgusted look on her face. Unfortunately, her bangs were in her line of vision and so it created a few black spots which made her miss her step and fall on her butt. The girls stifled a giggle as Jade rushed over to help her. Andre smirked to himself as he easily crossed with Beck, who was chuckling to himself. Callie came after the boys and stood on the rocks behind the Latina, eyeing her warily.
Nina wasn't really in one with Mother Nature and so she found no pleasure whatsoever in their hike. Huffing and panting, she gritted her teeth and tried not to lose face in front of her now rival's children. She already planned to send Lola off to some boarding school once she and Jade were married but with the new situation, she decided to just send the both of them. Landing splat on her buttocks, she felt exhausted, again, and decided to sit on one of the huge rocks that were laid out beside the fallen tree trunk.
"Oh... I'm gonna kill my trainer... he says I'm in such great shape!" she seethed in between pants. Jade heard her and went back to check on her fiancé. Seeing that she was tired, again, she had no choice but to stop.
"I can't believe people actually do this for fun." Nina continued complaining as she rubbed her legs that were burning in pain.
"Hold on, we're stopping." Jade announced and Lola halted and tried to straighten the angry expression that was coming upon her face. Andre took the time to sit on one of the rocks as well and re-tie his boots. Beck went and stood by Lola, comfortingly rubbing her back to calm her down. Callie ignored everyone as she was too busy picking up rocks on her way down to Nina.
"Again?!" Lola couldn't contain her vexation any longer, "Momma, at this rate it'll take us three days just to get to the lake," she complained in an insisting tone and Jade gave her a quelling look.
"Nina isn't used to this altitude... Just chill, ok?" she said in a calm voice and Lola rolled her eyes as Jade went a few feet away to check the trail. Beck went after her. Lola scowled as she turned back to Nina and her eye caught her sister who sat directly behind the Latina bimbo. Callie gave her a small classic Jade West smirk as she opened the Prada backpack and started filling every pocket of it with the rocks she had gathered. Lola's expression instantly lightened up, slapping a hand on her face to cover her evil grin as she watched her twin while Nina finally sat up with a long moan.
Andre glanced at his niece, catching her eye as she filled the backpack. He only chuckled, acting as if he didn't see a thing. He didn't like Nina either. He strongly preferred Tori and Jade to get back together. The two balanced each other out perfectly.
"Oh, I am in so much pain. Can someone hand me my Evian? I can't move," Nina asked and Callie looked up startled while Lola looked at her coolly but didn't move. She only stood there with her arms crossed.
"Sure." Callie replied after deciding that she won't be so heartless, letting the Vega in her take over. But after seeing the small lizard beside the Evian bottle, she immediately changed her mind as her West genes kicked in. "Brilliant." She whispered to herself with a mischievous smile. Picking up the small reptile, which started moving frantically as it tried to escape, she gently placed in on the bottle where, upon being raised, it would be directly in front of Nina's eyes.
