Hospitality

Day 1: End of Summer Days

 "Finally, sweet, sweet air conditioner here I come!" Neil cheered as he folded another yellow shirt and placed it neatly in the suitcase his dad had provided. "Sounds like heaven for you," Max commented, messily putting another blue hoodie in his suitcase that David had given him. "I can't wait to see my tree house again! What're you excited for Max?" Nikki asked while sliding her backpack on. "Nothing much, I guess," Max replied with a shrug, trying to close his small suitcase.

Neil noiced his struggle and gently pushed Max away from it. "Allow me," Neil insisted as he opened the case and started rearranging Max's stuff in an orderly way until the suitcase could close properly. "Thanks man," Max said coldly, nut Neil could tell that Max was thankful. "No problem Come on, our parents are probably waiting," Neil said as he picked up his suitcase, having trouble because of how heavy it was. "Yeah Max, let's go!" Nikki cried out as she grabbed Max's wrist and dragging him out the tent, Neil following slowly behind.

When they reached the edge of the camp they were greeted by the small sea of cars and the rest of the campers standing with their parents David, Gwen and the quarter master were all outside saying their farewlls to the campers and chatting up storms with the parents... okay maybe not the quartermaster, He was fighting the eyepatch squirell.

"Mommy!" Nikki cheered when she landed her eyes on her mother. The little girl went running up and did a flying leap before landing on her mom, hugging the older woman. Candy gave a little 'oof' sound as she almost fell backwards. Someone had cught her fall though.

"Always knew you'd be in my arms one of these day," the philosopher behind her joked. Neil audibly groaned from a distance as Nikki jumped off of her mom's chest. "Oh, thank you Carl~," Candy swooned with her thick accent. "Da-ad," Neil droned out in an annoyed tone. Max was trying to hold in his laughter as he walked up to his friends, since he wasn't able to find his parents.

"Ooo~ Do you think they'll.... set up a play-date?" Nikki said in a scandolous tone. It eludes Max how the chaos of evil herself doesn't know what sex is. "Yeah sure, who knows maybe they'll even set up a sleepover," Max inquired nonchalantly. Nikki gasped, "you're right! Oh, I'll bet they'll watch scary movies!" Nikki theorized over the noise of Neil's annoyed groaning and Max's snickering.

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Max, Neil, and Nikki were eventually the last campers remaining. "Where do you think our parents are?" Nikki asked, breaking another twig with her feet. "I'd rather not think about it," Neil said quietly while pushing back some unneeded memories. "What about you Max?" Nikki said, turning to the boy who stared blankly at the road. "Max?" Nikki said, grabbing his attention. "Oh, sorry Nik," Max quickly apologized when he came back to reality. "I said; where do you think our parents are?" Nikki repeated.

Max glanced back at the road, "probably running late, as usual," he answered quietly. Sure they didn't come for parent's day, but that doesn't mean they can't at least take him home, right? "Don't worry Max, you're parents are definetely going to come!" Nikki reassured Max with a giant smile.

The children's attention was redirected to the counselor's cabin when they heard Gwen swear loudly. "SON OF A BITCH!" She had cried out. Looking over the kids say that she had dropped some of her magazines on the ground while her hands were occupied with more boxes. "Allow me to help you with that, Gwen!" David cheered as he picked up the fallen magazines and took a few boxes off of her hands. She sighed in relief, "Thank you David," Gwen thanked him. "Anything for a dear friend!" David cheered as he took the boxes and magazines to the car.

As Gwen was taking her boxes to the car she noticed that the small trio was still there. "Oh, kids, hi! What're you all still doing here?" She said from behind the boxes, putting them down into the trunk of the vehicle. "Oh, Nikki and Neil's parents are probably fucking in the woods somewhere and my folks aren't here yet," Max claimed apathetically. "Max, language, I'm sure they're... uh..." David trailed off, trying to find a convincing excuse on why Candy and Carl weren't around.