The Road Trip

Fishing & A Plan (CH22)

RECAP

"Come on lets go in." Luke said as he let her into the fort first. Luke sat back against a tree he had built the fort infront of. Lauren started to slip down off his shoulder as she started to doze off again. He put her head on his lap again while her face faced into his hoodie. She curled up and snuggled into him as she twirled her fingers into his hoodie. She started to softly snore while Luke smiled as he looked down at her.

"I still love you." He whispered as he shortly dozed off after her.

RECAP OVER

LAUREN & LUKE -5:00am

Lauren shifted around under the fort and snuggled into his navy jacket he left on her during the night. She turned around a bit. It was still a bit dark seeing as it was only 5am when she checked her phone. She noticed that Luke was gone. Again.

"Ugh why does he always do this to me. All I want is a cuddle buddy when I wake up like, is that so much to ask for?" She groaned to herself quietly.

"Wait what did I just say?"

"Wait did I say that out loud?" She said as she quickly covered her mouth and peeped out through one of the branches. The sun was coming up a bit over the sea she could see from across the road from where they were.

She crawled to the entrance of the fort and sat there for a while thinking of what to do. She was still half asleep as she rubs her eyes.

She saw Luke now who was carrying timber over to where a fire he must have made for breakfast. He must've gotten up really early seeing as he had caught fish that were layed out on a log. Impressive!

He was carrying some logs with his sleeves rolled up and his muscles really showing. She found herself staring as she looked up at his face and found he caught her and smiled.

"Morning Lauren." He greeted as he threw the logs into the fire which caused to flames to blaze a bit. She stood up and walked over and sat on one of the logs.

"Hey, when'd you wake up?" Lauren asked as she put her hands into his coat she had on and yawned. "I was up not long before you woke up. I just decided to get breakfast going while I was awake." Luke said as he smiled and clapped his hands together to get rid of some dirt. "Oh right." Lauren smiled.

"I didnt know you could fish." Lauren said as she glanced over at the fish layed out on the log behind him. "Me either." He admitted as he stuck a wooden pole over the fire.

Lauren giggled to herself as she watched him cook the fish across from her. He turned them on the pole a few times and left them cook. He sat down on the log across from Lauren on the other side of the fire and leant his elbows on his legs.

There was a silence for a while before Lauren spoke out. "Are we going to find the others today?" Lauren asked quietly as she looked up at Luke with slight fear in her eyes. He gave her a warm smile before answering. "I dont know."

BACK AT CAMP - 7:30am

"Are Lauren and Luke back yet?" Courtney asked the people who were awake. "No.." Cara said slowly as she groaned. "What if-"

"Guys I've said it a thousand times, they'll be grand." Kayla called out from a chair she was sitting on by her tent. "She's got Luke."

"I wonder if they're trying to make their way back here or what. What did they do for shelter? Oh God." Talia exclaimed as she covered her face. "I'm sure they kept themselves busy." Jeremy piped in with a smirk. Talia rolled her eyes at him before she threw some more twigs Stuart brought back for the fire.