The Foster

part 11

The next day, Anna told us to pack some clothes.

"It's a surprise! Ill help you two pack in just a second. Ross, Camille, follow me." Anna said, walking down the hall and into my room.

"I wanted this to be a surprise for Bella and Brody, but i'll tell you two. As one of my birthday presents, my friend planned a camping trip for us. We will have two tents, but the one is big enough for all of us. It's quite big. They already have sleeping bags and pillows. All you guys need to pack is some regular clothes, hiking shoes and whatnot. We will be leaving in two hours. Shower and pack up!" Anna said and walked out of my room.

"Oh gosh." I sighed and slumped down on my bed. Ross sat beside me.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"We do too many family events. Things that an actual family is supposed to do. I'm just here for a limited amount of time and this is going to make it so much harder when I have to leave." I told him. I really don't want to get attached to another family.

"You do realize that you can be adopted, right? You don't have to leave. Anna would never make you. Even if you do, these are just great memories." Ross told me.

"Yeah I guess. You should probably go pack." I stood up and walked to the bathroom. I got a few things from there to pack and when I returned to my room, Ross was gone. I dug my bag out from underneath my bed and started putting clothes in it. I wasn't sure how long we were going to be gone so I filled it up.

Bikini, socks, hiking shoes, flip flops, shorts, tank tops, a pair of pants, a few tshirts, bras and underwear. I threw my ipod and hairbrush in and decided that was enough.

"Ten minutes until we leave!" Anna called. I walked outside to load my bag, then climbed into the passenger seat and waited for everyone else.

Within a few minutes, everyone else was in the car and we were on our way.

"Is it a water park?" Bella asked.

"The beach again?" Brody asked.

"Even better." I told them.

"Keep guessing." Anna said.

"Anna is taking us to the spa with her!" Ross joked.

"Oh heavens no!" Anna laughed.

The whole ride, all 30 minutes of it, Bella and Brody were guessing. It got quite annoying after the first few guesses.

When we pulled into the campsite and found our tent setup place, they were still clueless.

"Where are we?" Brody asked.

"Can't you tell? We are going camping! Staying in tents!" Anna said.

"Tents? Where do we eat?" Bella asked her.

"We get food and cook it on the fire. Believe me, you'll like it." Anna said.

Bella and Brody played at the campsite park across the path from us while Ross, Anna and I put up the tent. It took us what seemed like forever.

"Whew. Somebody start a fire because I just worked up an appetite." Anna sat on a log around the fireplace.

Ross started a fire while Anna went into the car to get the hotdogs and buns.

"Kids, come eat." Anna called over to them. They came running and sat down on the log across from me.

"Did you have fun over there?" Anna asked as we all started cooking our hotdogs.

"Yeah! There's a fun slide." Bella told her.

"That's good! Tomorrow, I think we might go kayaking on the lake. It's supposed to be beautiful." Anna said.

"What if we... don't know how?" I asked.

"Don't know how to kayak? It's easy!" Anna said.

"I've never been." I said quietly.

"It's okay, i'll teach you. You'll get the hang of it in no time." Anna said.

We all talked and ate our hotdogs around the warm fire. The sun was slowly setting behind the trees.

"Hey Ross, why don't you play us a song? I saw you packed your guitar." Anna said.

Ross? Playing guitar? I never knew this!

"I don't know if that's a good idea..." Ross said.

"You have to! I'm not letting you leave until you do." I said smiling.

"Fine. I'll be back." Ross said as he got up.

"He is such a good guitarist." Anna told me.

"He played us a song once!" Brody said.

"Here the rockstar comes!" Anna said as Ross sat down.

"Okay, this is a new one. I still have some touching up to do but here it is I guess..." Ross said.

He started strumming his guitar and it sounded so beautiful.

"You like mismatched socks with polka dots
You like your pizza cold, I think that's hot
You like to swim at night when the moon is full
You think that makes you strange, I think that's cool
And you say, you're scared
That I won't be there
Baby, I swear
I'm not going anywhere
You can change your hair five times a week
You can change your name
Get a little bit crazy
You can dance in the rain
Rockin' secondhand chic
But I live for the day that I'm calling you baby
'Cause I'm falling for you
For everything that you do
Baby, I'm falling for you
You might be crazy
But baby, I'm falling for you
I seem predictable, vanilla plain
And all the mannequins, they look the same
There's no one else like you, one of a kind
And I'm a lucky guy 'cause you're all mine
And you say, you're scared
That I won't be there
Baby, I swear
I'm not going anywhere
You can change your hair five times a week
You can change your name
Get a little bit crazy
You can dance in the rain
Rockin' secondhand chic
But I live for the day that I'm calling you baby
'Cause I'm falling for you
For everything that you do
Baby, I'm falling for you
You might be crazy
But baby, I'm falling for you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeaah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You're acting crazy, but baby, I'm falling for you
You like mismatched socks with polka dots
You like your pizza cold
Yeah, I'm falling for you
I'm falling for you
You can change your hair five times a week
You can change your name, get a little bit crazy
You can dance in the rain rockin' secondhand chic
But I live for the day that and I'm calling you baby
'Cause I'm falling for you
For everything that you do
Baby, I'm falling for you
You might be crazy, but baby, I'm falling for you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeaah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm falling, I'm falling for you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeaah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You might be crazy
But baby I'm falling for you" Ross sang softly. Once the song was over, he looked at me to see if I liked it. There was a second of silence.

"That was amazing! You wrote that? It's so good!" I assured him.

"I'm so proud Ross! You could really go places with music." Anna told him.

"Thanks guys. It's nothing great but i'm happy with it." Ross said.

"I'm gonna get the kids to bed. You two don't stay out too late." Anna said. Brody and Bella followed Anna into the tent and zipped it up behind them.

"What's wrong with you?" Ross asked me.

"Nothing, i'm going to bed. Goodnight." I said. I walked into the tent and got into one of the two empty sleeping bags.

"Goodnight, Camille. Get a good nights rest, we have a big day tomorrow." Anna told me.

"Will do. Goodnight." I said.

About an hour later I heard Ross come into the tent and lay down in the sleeping bag beside me. I guess he assumed I was already asleep because he didn't say a word.