Marley Deluca-Bishop

Chapter 15:

Maya's POV:
"Come on lets get going" I say to my kids and to the team.

"Why can't I bring 3 books?" Marley asks me.

"Because we Are going camping, you won't have time to read 3 books, 1 will be enough" I tell her.

She sighs but walks to the car anyway.

"Shotgun!" Andy and Iris call at the same time

"Omg those children" I laugh as I get into the drivers seat, Andy obviously wins the argument and sits next to me.

"Scott we have company" a lady says as we walk past her campsite.

"Hi I'm Scott and this is my wife Rachel" the man introduces themselves. I feel Marley take a step towards me.

"Hi, we Are just passing through" I tell them politely before leading the way to our campsite.

"Okay so kids this is our tent" I say dumping it on the floor. "Help me put it up please"

It takes some convincing and a lot of complaining but eventually we get the tent up.

The whole team has their tents in a large circle with a firepit in the middle.

"Can we have s'mores now?" Luca asks me.

"If you can get enough wood to make a campfire then yes" I smirk as he runs off.

"Stay close!" I call to him.

"I will go help him," Montgomery says

"And me! I want s'mores" Gibson chimes in.

"I'm going to tell the best ghost story later!" I overhear Iris tell Andy and Vic

"Are you sure about that?" Vic asks her,

"Yeah because I'm pretty sure I tell the best ghost stories" Andy says, nudging Vic's arm

"You do not, I do!" Vic shouts.

When it finally gets dark we all sit on logs around the campfire.

Iris is snuggled up under a blanket with Vic while Luca is sat on Travis' knee.

Marley is sat snuggled up to me. I have one arm wrapped around her and the other around Andy.

"Mummy" Luca calls.

"Yes baby?"

"S'mores now?"

"If you can get one before Travis then yes" I laugh

Luca jumps up and grabs the marshmallows and a stick to hold it over the fire with. Travis helps him while also making his own.

Soon everyone has a marshmallow to toast and are making s'mores.

"Marley do you want one?" I ask my daughter.

She shakes her head. "I'm not hungry, I feel sick" she says honestly.

"Marley baby, look at me" I say so she looks at me. "That's just your anxiety talking baby, after what happened this morning it's normal to feel like that. Don't let it ruin your fun though" I say to her, kissing her forehead.

"Here" I say putting 2 marshmallows on my stick and hovering it over the fire.

"Iris your is on fire!" Vic says

"Yeah that's the point" Iris says taking it off the fire and blowing the small flame out.

"But it's black" Vic says observing the marshmallow.

"Yeah which means it's completely melted and will taste 10 times better than yours" Iris replies.

"Maya is your child serious right now?" Vic asks me looking shocked.