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39. Moonwalker

I don't own this GIF. All credit goes out to the original creator. I pictured Jason Clarke as Darren, Zoey's second cousin.

Patrick had been contacting me daily. Most of them were questions he had. Ever since the incident with Emma getting infected by a bizarre toxin from the multicolored coral, Patrick started asking me about what was going on. It wasn't in a demanding manner. It was more of a caring and concerned reaction. Even though I assured the others that I wouldn't tell him anything, it was starting to appear that it was about time I told Patrick the truth, whether he accepted it or not. Grandma kept assuring me that it wouldn't matter to him.

Plus, Darren, Kristi, and the kids arrived for a week-long visit. The kids had their school holiday break and Darren and Kristi decided to use that time to visit the Gold Coast. I ended up sharing my room with Pippa who often wished she had a sister since being stuck with two brothers. She saw me as an older sister than a third cousin.

To make things more exciting for the kids, Darren suggested a camping trip over on Mako Island after having brought their camping gear. Kristi, who had back issues and couldn't handle sleeping on the hard ground backed out. So Dad offered for himself and me to go along with Darren and the kids. The boys, Flynn and Bodhi were stoked about camping out. Grandpa was so disappointed he couldn't go along due to his advancing age and knee issues that he would soon have to have surgery on one of the kneecaps.

I remembered it was a full moon. It was a bad mixture, especially since Dad and the cousins were all involved. If Lewis and the other girls got wind of what was going on, they'd freak out and suggest that I back out. There was no way I could back out since Pippa was also going camping and was eager to share a tent with me. I didn't want to disappoint her. Though there was the off chance of me falling under the moon spell and wreaking havoc. Since we would be on Mako at the time, I'd retreat to the moon pool to wait out the night and get back to the family before they woke up.

Cleo contacted me explaining that Mr. Sertori planned a family camping trip on Mako also. I found it all to be a huge coincidence. We may end up running into each other! 

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Getting over to Mako felt a lot different for me since I could easily swim from the mainland to the island itself. Dad borrowed one of the boats from his fishing buddy, which fit all six of us.

"You guys stoked?" Darren asked Pippa and the boys as the kids got on board while I helped Dad load in the camping gear.

"Are there gonna be giant bugs?" Pippa asked hugging herself in a shudder which told me she wasn't into insects.

"Yeah, the Australian tarantula," Flynn grinned wickedly, "Also known as the bird-eating spider or the whistling spider."

"Can't forget the tree snakes," Bodhi added, "And the goannas."

"I'm not scared of snakes or lizards," Pippa shook her head, "But spiders are the worst."

"Hey, didn't I see you and the boys trying to poke at a funnel web with a stick in Grandma's garden that one time?" I glanced at her as I set my hiking backpack down.

"I only stayed away and Flynn did all the poking after being told that they were poisonous."

"That is true," Darren nodded, "Though the boys shouldn't have aggravated that funnel web. One of them could've been bitten and we'd have to rush him to the hospital."

"At least we're not in Sydney," Dad jumped in as he hauled in the rest of the gear, "That kind of spiders is the worst to deal with, especially after it rains down there. The one time, we were there visiting Aunt Ida, Eb and I decided to take a swim in the pool and Mum immediately spotted the crawler in the water and yanked us out of the pool."