How We Fell in Love

Ch.4 Camping Trip Pt.1

~Spencer pov~

2006

“GET UP”, I jumped out of bed freaked out. My dad was standing in the doorway. “Your alarm has been going off forever.” He then walked away. Uhg why did I even set an alarm… oh shit!

I rushed and got my clothes, suitcase, tent and more. I ran down stairs with all of it and started to load it in the trunk. My dad came out and asked where I was going. “On a camping trip with Sergio.” He looked bored and went back inside. I got in and drove fast to Sergio’s house. When I got there he was already outside with Reagan. “Sorry I'm late you two I… had some car trouble.” I grinned and Sergio gave me a suspicious look. “You definitely just slept through your alarm again.” I laughed and tried to play it off. We got Reagan's car seat in the back and strapped her in then put all of their things in the trunk.

On the road it was super quiet. Anytime we tried to put music on, Reagan would get mad and start crying. “It's just up here.” He pointed to a nuclear family looking house. I parked and we saw a wolf and fox come out. They gave Sergio a big hug while I started to get Reagan's stuff out of the back. “Who's your friend Sergio?” I quickly turned around, “I'm Spencer, it's nice to meet you.” They invited us in, so I carried all of Reagan's stuff. “Thanks again Wilson for letting Reagan stay with you and Claren.” The wolf smiled at him, “Oh it's no problem, besides it's good for Jack to see his cousin.” Sergio never told me he had a cousin. “Where's he at anyways?” Sergio asked. He said he was out with friends but he'll let Jack know we said hi.

On the road all I could think about was this Jack dude and how Sergio didn't tell me. “I'm just gonna say it, why have I never heard of your cousin?.” Sergio stopped his daydreaming, “well he just never came up.” I guess that makes sense, but I still feel betrayed for some reason. “Jack was adopted by Wilson and Claren when he was really young. I don't see him much due to the long drive to their house, but I do like to see him.” Awkwardly I say, “well I hope he'll be there on our way back then.” Sergio nodded, “me too.”

We finally got to our campsite. I set up my tent and so did Sergio. Then, we got the rest of our stuff up and decided to make hotdogs for dinner. “How's Sasha doing?” the question caught me off guard, “she's fine, pissed at me for some reason but when is she not.” Sergio grinned, “so you do it yet you nasty cat?” I embarrassedly shook my head no super fast and we both laughed. We agreed to both get some shut eye so we can be up early for our hike tomorrow.

“Get up sleepy head.” I rolled around but then Sergio started to tickle me like crazy. “Stop it, I SAID STOP”, without even thinking I scratched Sergio and then went crazy and scratched up everything around me. It took me around five minutes to calm down and realize what I've done. The rain was now seeping into my tent from the slashes I put in it and all my stuff was soaked. I ran outside, “Sergio I'm sorry, you just woke me up in a bad way.” Where is he at? Looking around the camp I found a set of footprints in the mud leading into the forest. You dumb folf it isn't safe out there while it's raining. I thought about waiting at the camp but I was worried about him getting hurt. Don't worry Sergio I'm on my way.