The Academy: Ashland

"Inter-team Team Building"

 

            “Okay, so… boots, shirts, pants, hoodies, jacket, socks, underwear, bras… is that it?” Kelsey asked as she checked my bag again,

 

            I slapped Kelsey’s hands away from my bag and laughed, “Kelsey, chill, stop. We’ve got everything. Go pack your bag.”

 

           Kelsey stuck her bottom lip out (I’m not allowed to say it’s pouting because Kelsey doesn’t pout) and sighed, “Fine,” she mumbled as she got up and walked out of my room.

 

            “Later Kels,” I said as I grinned and waved to her.

 

            Kelsey smiled and shook her head, “Grab your bags, Taven will meet you in the hall,” she said as she shut the door.

 

            I grinned and dropped Academy into my bag with a blanket and a small pillow before I grabbed a beanie and my bag and walked out of my room, “What are we doing for food?” I yelled as I shouldered my bag and looked around the hall.

 

            “You’re going to have to go foraging for food,” Taven said.

 

            I turned around and laughed at Taven, who was leaning against the wall next to the elevator with his hat hanging in his face, “Please tell me you kidding,” I said.

 

            “About the food? No, I wasn’t,” Taven said.

 

            “I think she was talking about that pose,” Trip said with a grin as he walked into the hall with his bag.

 

            “This is going to suck,” Seth said as he walked out of his room. “They’re going to separate us and it’s going to really suck. I hate these trips and they always suck. “Inter-team team building” sucks!”

 

            Trip and I laughed as Taven rolled his eyes, “Suck it up, Little Parker,” he said. “You’re all going and that’s final.”

 

            “Where’s Kelsey?” Trip asked.

 

            “Probably stressing about not having everything packed,” I said.

 

            Seth and Trip laughed, “I heard that,” Kelsey yelled from her room as she tossed a bag out of her room.

 

            We all grinned and Taven rolled his eyes as the elevator doors opened and Markus walked out, “Come on, Kelsey,” Taven yelled.

 

            “Do you guys have everything?” Markus asked, looking at us all nervously. “Are you ready? Did you-“

 

            “Dad, breathe,” Seth said with a chuckle. “We’re all packed. Kelsey made sure Ash has everything and we’ll all be fine. Relax.”