The morning was warm, summer in full swing as camps were starting to become more frequent. This whole month was going to be a great month for camping. The sun was shining, the wind cooled things down, the lakes were crystal clear, and the whole atmosphere of Camp Riverbank was welcoming. Wildlife was active, birds singing their songs to each other as the day was calm. Camp Riverbank had never been so serene.

Derek drove to the edge of the camp, knowing that the area that he and Theo would be was going to take a while. They'd have to walk half a mile to get there. This didn't bother Derek much...until he realized he had to take everything down to the site, come back to get more, and repeat until everything was successfully moved. "You'd think that they'd make the parking lot closer to the camp...but no. They want you to hike your ass off to start off..." Derek said to Theo, a bit annoyed by the situation. This was the first of many trips to the car he'd have to take.

After a good hour and a half of running from campsite to car over and over again, he was finally done. He had their tent laid out on the ground, ready to start their camping experience. He was a bit tired from the hauling of their belongings, sitting down for a bit to catch his breath. The camp site they were at was at the bottom of a relatively steep incline, forcing you to hike up and down to get to the parking lot. He turned to Theo, a smile on his face.

"You'd think that they'd make the parking lot closer to the camp...but no. They want you to hike your ass off to start off..."

Theodora had been anxious the entire car ride, her hands gripped tightly into her bare thighs as she tried to remain as stationary as possible while they traveled. Derek had been a good sport about everything either way, being cautious and keeping a high spirit during the trip for the most part. Raising her sunglasses off her nose and up into her mess of hair, she gazed at Derek lovingly. "It'll be nice to stretch our legs out baby." she cooed. Opening the door and letting the warm summer sun dance upon her body. Camp Riverbank was beautiful, and it was an exciting feeling to be here today.

After awhile of lugging items back and forth (Mostly Derek) the two sat next to one another in the folding chairs they had put up by the campfire. Theo ran the back of her hand over herself to wipe the sweat from her glistening forehead. She let out a huff of air, as she caught Derek looking at her. She side eyed him with a small smirk before turning quickly and planting a kiss wherever her lips could land first. "I'm happy you dragged me here." she teased happily, "And I'm happy you're mine." she said like it was written in stone. Leaning back in her chair she placed her sunglasses back over her face and let her head fall back into the chair.

A grumbling erupted from her petite tummy as she placed her hand on it for comfort. "I guess we should think of something to eat soon huh baby?" she asked, without much more movement. She remained stretched out, enjoying the sun's rays and the fresh air that surrounded them.

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That morning was utter chaos.

Clothes strewn about, personal items on the ground far from where they're supposed to be, it was a complete mess of an apartment. Evalyn had always been bad at preparing for a trip: even the Disneyland trip the year before - the one she'd known for over three weeks she'd waited till that morning to pack her cases for the magical trip. And the exact same situation she'd found herself today.

"Connoooooooooooor!" The younger girl cried from her room, sitting on her case to keep it shut. "I think I overpacked!" Well, surely she didn't need this many clothes for a trip camping. Eva knew it, but she couldn't stop herself from still packing her favourite blue dress in her case. Hey, at least there weren't any heels, right? Baby steps.

They had to be out on the road soon, Eva felt bad for leaving her packing till the last day and forcing Connor to postpone the trip an extra hour. But it wasn't long after Connor had arrived to help her that the couple were in his car and out on the road to Camp Riverbank.

"Let's hope your car doesn't take us to any Thai restaurants this time." Eva gave her boyfriend a dimpled smile, snickering as she remembered the car ride to Disneyland, how Connor had accidentally triggered his car's navigation system to take them to the nearest Thai place.

Connor was slowly, but surely, learning that it was best if he just packed for Eva rather than trusting her to do it herself… He’d already packed, unpacked, repacked and double checked that he had everything he needed--he went so far as to make a list for himself. He’d have done the same for Eva, really, but she wasn’t happy if she didn’t get this particular dress, or this particular blouse and it confused Connor, the poor lad had no idea which clothes were most important to his lady friend.

Eventually, though, he heard her yelling for him and, like a good boyfriend, Connor walked up to her and helped her get her suitcase shut and into the car, rolling his eyes when she said something about Thai restaurants. ”That only happened once, thank you very much. And it’s not my fault the car isn’t agreeable. I just gave up on voice chat…” Connor sighed and shrugged. ”I think it’s only a little while away from here, you know. Have you ever even been camping, Eva? I brought s’mores stuff” He turned onto the highway and smiled.

Once they parked, Connor made a face when looking at the hiking trail, but he shouldered as much of their luggage(mostly Eva’s) as he could, and started along the trail with Eva behind him. As they got closer, he could see smoke rising from their campsite and he frowned. ”Hey, didn’t I reserve the campsite for just us?” He asked Eva as they got closer.

Once they arrived, Connor could see two more people--presumably another couple--sitting in front of the campfire at his and Eva’s campsite. ”Seriously?”

Derek looked to see the couple. He raised an eyebrow and began to walk to Connor. "Be right back babe." Derek said with a slight calmness in his voice, something that was somewhat rare. He was confused. Were these people lost? Derek was sure he got this campsite for himself and Theo. He approached the man, his emotionless face forming a smirk. "Hey, bud...you lost?" Derek asked. His tone seemed to mock Connor, but he didn't mean to.