"Ok, we'll miss you," Layla says to Chloe once they've stop hugging.
"I'll miss you guys too, have fun in the mountains." She says with a wave.
"We will, have fun with Amanda," Layla says with a wink. Chloe rolls her eyes with a smile.
"Keep those boys in check, you're one girl short now. Don't let them take charge." She says and Taylor laughs.
"Analyze will always be in charge." She says and Chloe laughs with a nod.
"That's very true." She says and then Amanda comes up to her. "Well, bye guys. Be safe."
"We will," Layla says and turns around. Jack and Analyze get into the truck while, Leland and Layla take the front to seats in the van, so Carson, Julia, Taylor, and Austin are in the back. "No one better get hurt this time hiking." Layla warns as they start driving.
"Who got hurt before?" Taylor asks confused.
"Ella. Do you not remember?" She asks and Taylor covers her mouth.
"I forgot about her." She says and Layla laughs.
"That's because you didn't like her." She says and Taylor shrugs.
"She was annoying."
"She's not that bad." Layla tries to argue.
"Honey, you are the only one that likes her," Leland says. She looks back and sees Julia, Carson, and Austin all nodding their heads.
"Fine, so she's a little overbearing at sometimes, it's not a bad thing." She tries to reason, but they all just give her blank stares. "Whatever." She grumbles turning around in her seat.
***
"Ok, two cabins and six of us. Each has three bedrooms, what do we want to do?" Leland asks as everyone's out of the car. "We'll be in cabin one," Leland says and points to one.
"We'll be in cabin one as well," Julia says.
"Ok, then us four in cabin two," Analyze says. Leland nods and realizes that it's all couples. He looks at Austin and motions him over as everyone begins grabbing their things.
"I know you've been sleeping in the same bed as my sister, but so help me if you make a move on her while we are here, you will regret it." He warns. Austin laughs and nods his head.
"I won't and stop threatening me. That's like one each day the past five days." He says and Leland smiles.
"I have to, I'm her big brother." He says and pats Austin on the back. Austin rolls his eyes and goes to help unload everything.
"It's so pretty," Taylor says looking through the big window in the bedroom. She looks out at the water and smiles as she sees a fish jump up that causes ripples to go through the water.
"The world is full of beautiful things," Austin says behind her. She nods her head continuing to stare at the world outside. "I'm gonna take a shower." He says. She nods her head not looking back at him. He smiles and grabs himself clothes to change into.
When he's done he hears laughter and a lot of it. He walks out into the living room area to see everyone lounging around. "Um...what are the lyrics?" Julia says looking at the card.
"Beeeepp." Layla says and Julia tosses the card down.
"Only Girl by Rihanna, you couldn't remember?" Carson asks looking at the paper.
"Shut up." She says sitting down.
"Ok, Taylor you're up. Come on we got this." Layla says. Taylor picks up a card and Layla starts the timer.
"Oh..ok. I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero til the end of the night. He's gotta be strong. And-"
"Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler." Layla yells and stops the timer. Taylor nods her hand showing the card.
"Ok, this isn't far. You guys can like read each other's mind and that one had the title in it like eight times." Analyze says. Taylor smiles and sits back down. She looks up and sees Austin leaning against the wall. She waves him over to the group.
"Austin come join us. You're on Leland's team." Layla says. He takes a seat on the floor next to Taylor and watches as Jack tries to sing a Katy Perry song.
"Yeah, yeah, we all know you two won." Analyze says as Layla adds up the points.
"Ok, so first is us. Second is Leland and Austin, with only two points more than Carson and Julia, and Jack and Analyze you guys are last." Layla says pretending to be sorry. "Pay up." She says and Jack hands her a 20.
"You thought we'd beat them?" Analyze asks looking at him.
"No, I thought we wouldn't come in last, but Leland and Austin got extra points." Jack argues.
"They got the average of what everyone had because they started late," Analyze says and they laugh.
"Who wants ice cream?" Layla asks. Julia and Analyze jump up. "Come help me make the banana splits. You guys figure out a movie, and Taylor don't let them pick a bad one." She says before getting up and following the other girls into the kitchen.
Leland sets up his laptop on a stand and Taylor comes up to him along with Austin, Carson, and Jack. "What about that movie?" Carson asks pointing.
"No, it's about a dude trapped in a coffin the whole movie and in the end, he doesn't even get out."
"Ok, each one of you pick a movie and I'll decide which one to watch," Taylor says. The guys nod and then begin looking for movies.
"Hand me the paper, I'll write down each option. This way you can't pick off of who said what movie." Leland says. Taylor rolls her eyes and grabs the paper and pen. When he's done he hands it to her.
Avengers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Home Front, and Irobot.
"Ok, you guys didn't make this easy." She says looking at the options. Layla comes back with bowls of ice cream along with the other girls.
"So, what are we watching?" She asks. Taylor holds up the paper. "Oh, that's hard."
"That's what I'm saying." She says looking down at the list.
"Why don't we just watch two today and then the other two tomorrow?" Analyze suggests.
"I guess that works. Ok, Home Front and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tonight. The other two tomorrow." Taylor says. Leland nods his head and pulls up the video. Taylor puts the pen and paper down and grabs her bowl. She mixes the vanilla, bananas, and cherries together.
"Why do you do that?" Austin asks seeing most of it's melted.
"Just like it that way." She says and looks up to see him in her spot. "You stole my seat." She says standing up. "Scoot." She says sitting down in the chair with him. He moves over, but she's still half on him. He doesn't care and just smiles as she makes herself comfortable.
Everyone gets comfortable and watches as the movie begins.
***
"That little girl was badass," Jack says causing a few laughs from the others.
"Her Dad did teach her to fight," Julia says and he shakes his head.
"Yeah, but that was impressive." He says. Taylor gets up from the chair and feels cold instantly. Austin looks up at her confused. She grabs his bowl and then begins to grab everyone else's.
"Thanks, Taylor." They say as she leaves the room. She puts them in the sink and quickly rinses them out. She then goes to her bedroom and grabs a sweatshirt. She puts it on and then sits back down in the recliner. After moving a little bit, she and Austin are comfortable.
"Everyone ready?" Leland asks. Everyone nods and he starts the second movie.
"You took my sweatshirt," Austin whispers to Taylor.
She smiles before responding, "I know."
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Teen FictionA group of friends goes on a road trip. They learn many things about each other, lose some people, gain some new people. Their journey isn't as easy as they thought it'd be and more and more things come up to the surface. It's going to be one long c...
