She rolled her eyes and pretended to ignore that first comment. He would learn eventually, the silly man. And it was cute that they wanted kids. Very cute. "Kids are wonderful. Not that we were really ready to have one," she admitted. But she had just gotten married when she had become pregnant.

"Yes, I'm very happy to hear that you did." She grinned.

"It does," she agreed. "but he makes up for it every moment he can." And why did she only mention Brian loves Quidditch? Lima was sure that she would play too. She had put her on the same team as Brian. "Well, I was thinking you would both play," she admitted before nodding and smiling at her last comment.

She laughed and though of how true that must be. "Being like Karma would be a good thing. She's very good with kids. We've had her babysit before." And she was asking about where they got River's name from. "I wish I had a cool explanation. We just stumbled over it in a name book and decided that we really liked it."


"It does though. I'm sorry, but it does." She liked Clark. He was .. odd. And sorta pathetic. But he was a nice guy and he really seemed to love Shana. Okay, he might be capable of stalking her or singing cheesy love songs out her window. But really he was sweet in his weird stalkerish way.

Now she broke out into laughter. "Honestly. Why is everyone so scared of my husband?"

He whimpered sadly when Auntie Pretzel said he couldn't go up in her arms. He wanted to be carried by her. But mummy would carry him when she saw him. He just knew it.

Even dirtier from the new chocolate, he gave her his hand. "Come on, Auntie Pretzel. I wanna see mummy." He started trying to pull her towards the entrance of the tent. And lost his balance while still in her grip. Now he was sorta dangling from her hand.

Try as she might to surpress the giggles threatening to escape, Savannah laughed. "Oh dear, that does sound like Punzel!" Poor girl. Atleast she hadn't gotten lost in the castle, during their school years. Had to give her that, at least. Speaking of which, where was she? Oh! Her all-too-amused smile turned into a sympathetic, understanding expression. "Left Punz to do the work. I hope her experience with kids so far hasn't left her ruined of ever wanting children of her own," She said thoughtfully, biting her lip ever so slightly for a moment. Rapunzel and Alexis had some things in common, she noted, and that included being. . well, children at heart? Would that be the way to phrase it? It wasn't a bad thing, not at all. Just a simple fact.

"We saw both Gwandpaents is morning! Maes an Diggy." Hayley announced excitedly, causing the words to coming out in a just barely understandable rush. The joyful smile dancing on her little face, showng the dimples in her cheeks and sparkling eyes made it clear she really adored both sets of grandparents quite a lot.

At her Auntie Cousin's comment about her mummy's lack of gracefulness, Hayley nodded enthusiastically in agreement. "Yes, mummy is. Auntie Lexi teases mummy about that," Hayley told her, giving another little nod of her head.

Though she didn't bust, Savannah knew Lima had to be laughing on the inside. "Just a little bit." She added in, poking her tongue out playfully. Childish maybe, but somethings would never change. "So will Maddox be coming later?"

The 19 year old Keith Epperson walked down the pathway, holding a map in his hands. His glasses were sliding down his nose as he tried to read this awfully written map that his cousin, Reese, had written up for him. He literally needed to show his cousin how to draw maps. Rolling the map up, he stuck it back into the side of his camping bag and then he pushed his glasses back up to the bridge of his nose.

Where was this camp site? He glanced around the area, hoping that this little 'you should come camping, Keith. Lima will be there. She'll be happy to see you' thing that his cousin told him wasn't a trick. He wouldn't be a happy camper if this was some sort of horrible joke his cousin told him just to make his travel into the middle of nowhere. He had gotten home early from his trip with Ryan, Reese's brother, just to come camping and hang out with Lima. It's been forever since he's seen her.

He stuck his hands inside his jean pockets as he advanced deeper into the woods, listening closely for voices. It took him a few minutes and a few feet later until he finally heard some voices coming from an area not too far away from him. Smiling, he tried his best to run in that general area, but it was kind of hard to run with a backpack on your back. So, he ended up waddling into the campsite. He dropped his bag onto the ground and raised his hands into the air.

"I'M HERE," he announced.

Whit walked around hopelessly, looking for some sign of a campsite. When Keith had convinced her to come, she should have thought of asking for a map...or something. She was 20 years old now and she couldn't even find a darn campsite. 'Just walk straight, you're bound to find it eventually.' Whit could always just yell out for someone, Lima maybe? Though she didn't even know Whit was going so that'd ruin the surprise. "I guess it's back to walking around aimlessly."

She stopped and looked around her for some sign of light, a campfire maybe? But she saw nothing, so she took a step forward and tripped in a hole. 'Why am I not surprised?' Whit figured that next time she'd either stay home or apparate. That probably would have been a lot smarter and easier. Or at least if she'd come with Keith they could have been lost together.

After getting up and adjusting her backpack, she trudged along until she finally heard voices. Or rather, A voice. What if it was some kind of killer? What if it was a huge guy who wanted to eat her?!?! 'I wonder if Mads will be there.' Taking the last bit of steps, Whit looked down to make sure she didn't fall again. Just as she was about to look up...SMACK! "Oooow." Whit looked around her and saw someone standing in front of her with their back to her. Why did he seem so tall and why did her head hurt so much? She looked around and realized that she was on the ground...again.Getting up, Whit looked around and finally realized that she'd made it. FINALLY! "I'm sooo sorry, I didn't mean to run into you, really I didn't. You see, I fell in a hole not too long ago and so I didn't want to do that again, so I was looking at the ground and then next thing I knew...I was ON the ground." She walked around the man and realized just who it was she was babbling to. "KEITH!"

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He whimpered sadly when Auntie Pretzel said he couldn't go up in her arms. He wanted to be carried by her. But mummy would carry him when she saw him. He just knew it.

Even dirtier from the new chocolate, he gave her his hand. "Come on, Auntie Pretzel. I wanna see mummy." He started trying to pull her towards the entrance of the tent. And lost his balance while still in her grip. Now he was sorta dangling from her hand.

Pretzel was such a softie. Pretty much a soft pretzel, because she made a little face when River whimpered. AWWW. Kids. She was a sucker for 'em, even covered in chocolate.

She let herself be pulled to the entrance of the tent but faltered for a moment when it looked like River was going to tip over. MEEP! Punz quickly tugged him upright and onto his feet (one-armed, cheyeeahhh, cos she was a pro Quidditch player) and then continued out of the tent.

"Uhhhh Lima?" the blonde called out slightly nervously, squinting in the sunlight for her friend. She did.... and did not want Lima to see the state of her sticky son...

Brian shrugged off his backbag to the floor. It was heavy, really. And he felt his tee-shirt sticking with sweat on his skin. He stretched his back to get rid off this stickiness on his back. "I trust, you're not whining." he laughed, shaking his head, "Becs, take the waterbottle. It's in your bag" he let her go off to take the bottle out from her less weighed bag. He shifted on another leg, felt thirsty.


She ignored his first comment. Pretty cool. But she had to deal with that kind of stuffs all through the camping, Brian laughed inwardly. Poor Lima. "Yeah. Ask Becs, how many we've planned," he smiled and taking a quick glance at Becca, meaningfully. They both were fond of kids, no matter how many. "Sure, Becs will play with me.." he winked generally. "But hey, Are you gonna let us see your son?" he was eager to see her three year old son. Cute.

She laughed evilly. "I know. I'm terrible. I usually try to get my husband to wake him. River's such a terror at times. Especially when he's been overstimulated." Maddox was able to get River in line. He was good at being firm and not giving into River's tantrums. Better than Lima was at least.

She then smiled at Hayley as she told her that they visited her grandparents. "Wow, I bet that was fun! What did you guys do together?" Lima loved the Maes. they took her in when her parents died. She didn't really know Curt's parents though. "And Lima will tease Mummy about it too." he smiled and wondered where Lexi was.

She stuck her tongue out at Vannah then thought about her question. "I'm not sure. He's working. So it all depends on if he has the time to." She really had no idea what was going on with him.

That was when she thought she heard two familiar voices in the distance. But it didn't make sense 'cause she didn't invite Keith and Whit said she couldn't come. So what was going on here? "Is that you, Keith? Whitney?" She was totally confused.



"Okay, so how many you have planned?" She didn't know that they had the number of kids they wanted planned out. She never did that. though 4 kids would be great. "And I'm glad that she will play." She smiled and was about to answer his question when she heard him calling for her. "Um, you can meet him soon. He just came outside. I'll be back in a few." She hurried off towards her tent.

"WHEE!" he called out as he was tugged upright and led out of the tent. And there was mummy talking to people. "Mummy!!" He started jumping up and down in Pretzel's grasp, waiting for her to come over to him. "MUMMY! MUMMY! MUMMY!"

Well, finally he was awake and put of the tent. She hurried over to River and Pretzel and raised her brow as she took in their appearance. "What on earth happened to you guys? You are both filthy! And River is going to need a bath now." Just her luck. He hated baths and would probably throw a tantrum.

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"WHEE!" he called out as he was tugged upright and led out of the tent. And there was mummy talking to people. "Mummy!!" He started jumping up and down in Pretzel's grasp, waiting for her to come over to him. "MUMMY! MUMMY! MUMMY!"

Well, finally he was awake and put of the tent. She hurried over to River and Pretzel and raised her brow as she took in their appearance. "What on earth happened to you guys? You are both filthy! And River is going to need a bath now." Just her luck. He hated baths and would probably throw a tantrum.

Pretzel definitely let River run to his mom, duh, she had done her duty and spoiled the kid enough for today. At least Lima seemed um, not too surprised at their state.

"It's... I.... that Chris guy... there was chocolate involved. It's just chocolate. I think."

She adjusted Grace on her hip and tried to give Lima a good innocent smile. "Oh, and is Maddox coming too? River thinks he's bringing more chocolate. Mmm." Hehe?

She sighed loudly. "You really need to have a shower or something yourself." she scanned the woman over and saw that she even had chocolate in her hair. "I'm sorry, Pretzel. He just loves chocolate." And why would River think Maddox is bringing him chocolate? "I don't think so. He's working. And we don't give River a lot of chocolate anyway. For this reason." He didn't get sugar rushes, but he loved candy and was already overstimulated as it was.

What? He didn't know who Maddox was, but he wasn't giving River chocolate. That man was mean. "Auntie Pretzel says daddy is coming soon and will give me lots of chocolate." He started jumping up and down again. "When daddy coming?"

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She sighed loudly. "You really need to have a shower or something yourself." she scanned the woman over and saw that she even had chocolate in her hair. "I'm sorry, Pretzel. He just loves chocolate." And why would River think Maddox is bringing him chocolate? "I don't think so. He's working. And we don't give River a lot of chocolate anyway. For this reason." He didn't get sugar rushes, but he loved candy and was already overstimulated as it was.

What? He didn't know who Maddox was, but he wasn't giving River chocolate. That man was mean. "Auntie Pretzel says daddy is coming soon and will give me lots of chocolate." He started jumping up and down again. "When daddy coming?"

Sighing wasn't a good sign, was it? "Where are we supposed to take showers in a campsite? OOH. Does your tent have a bathtub?!" Clearly Rapunzel needed some more time away from the quidditch pitch.

"Eh, don't be sorry. He's just a kid." She smiled fondly down at River and then looked back up at Lima. "I tried to tell the other guy not to give him more, because now Gracie will be wanting some no doubt.... bah...."

And she had NOT said Maddox was coming! RIVER WAS FIBBIN!

"Yes, we have one in the tent. And I'd rather you not look like a chocolate covered Pretzel during the match."

"And what other guy?" She was confused now. Who was giving River chocolate now? Well whoever it was was responsible for her son getting totally filthy. She would have to wash his clothes and his hair. Everything. Even his fingernails were dirty.

"Well, Maddox is not bringing chocolate and you need a bath, River."

"NOOOO!!" River started to screech when mummy told him he had to have a bath. "No bath! I'm not having bath!" He started to stamp his feet.

Pulling the feather light bag off her back, she opened it then crouched down and nodded at Brian before adressing Lima again as she searched for the bottle "I'm sure he does" Becca smiled and then glanced at Brian as he said she'd play with him "Alright, I'll play. Can't promise I'll be any good though" she grinned and pulled the bottle out. Handing it to him, she grinned and stood up again. "Ten.. hopefully more" Becca answered simply with a grin. When Lima rushed off, Becca turned to Brian again and then looked down at the bag he'd slipped off. Moving to pick it up and move it out of his way, she noticed his shifting and smiled "Already tired?" she asked with a smile.

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"Yes, we have one in the tent. And I'd rather you not look like a chocolate covered Pretzel during the match."

"And what other guy?" She was confused now. Who was giving River chocolate now? Well whoever it was was responsible for her son getting totally filthy. She would have to wash his clothes and his hair. Everything. Even his fingernails were dirty.

"Well, Maddox is not bringing chocolate and you need a bath, River."

"NOOOO!!" River started to screech when mummy told him he had to have a bath. "No bath! I'm not having bath!" He started to stamp his feet.

"Oh... yeah, okay. Well I won't protest taking a shower," Rapunzel shrugged, deciding to set Grace down and head back to the tent.

"The other guy--- he's your friend, that Chris guy! I gave River one litttttle chocolate frog but the Chris guy kept giving him more." She frowned and then, well, winced when River started protesting the bath. Um, yeah, Punz wasn't helping with that one.

"Okay, good. Then I can deal with him." She hated it when he threw tantrums. Where was his father when she needed him.

"River! STOP IT!"

And Chris gave him chocolate? She was going to have some choice words with him there. "Alright, Pretzel." She waited for her friend to try to escape from the torture of the temper tantrum.

Now his mummy was yelling at him. "NO! I Don't stop!" he continued to screech as she continued to stomp on the ground. If she tried to give him a bath he was running away.

Gracie giggled. Teehe. She could see everyone better from this height. She loved being carried. But oh. She was on the floor now. She pouted, looking up at Rapunzel. She didnt want to be put down!
And why was everyone shouting! She looked around, her eyes wide. Auntie Lima was shouting! And now River was screeching too.
"Wiver?" She stared at him. Everyone was being scary. Then she promptly burst into tears.

Oh dear. Now Grace was crying. Immediately ignoring her son who was too busy giving a tantrum, she bent over towards the girl. "Aww, don't cry, sweetie. It's okay." She felt bad for scaring her.

Still bawling like she was younger than she actually was, Grace looked up at Lima. "Where Mummy?" She asked, coughing. She wanted a snuggle from her mummy and daddy. But she didnt know where they were. That just made her cry more really. "Wiver scare me. Me want my daddy" She rubbed her eyes. Where was Daddy?

Robert sighed and set the parts of the tent down in time to hear footsteps approach. Looking up he saw Liz and her smile as well as her slightly stupid question. "Well unless you want to be here all day...I'd say magic." He stood up and ran his hand through his hair as he glanced at Liz. Pursing his lip thoughtfully he turned to look at her fully, "Um...I need to talk to you." Wow..did that sound ominous enough? Looking around he noticed no one seemed to be paying them any attention at all and ran his hand through his hair again before looking at her and placing them in his pockets. He nodded toward the tent, "Can you get that set up so I can talk to you without feeling like everyone's looking at me?"

Keith was still standing there with his ars in the air when he felt someone run right into him. What the heck?! His body stumbled foward slightly from the little impact the collision brought, but luckly he caught his step before he fell. "It's fine. It's fine," he reassured the person that was babbling on and on about why they had ran into him. He pushed his glasses back up on his face since they slid half-way down his nose when he stumbled foward.

When he looked back up, he saw his girlfriend standing in front of him and a large smile formed on his face. Whit had made it! Thank goodness. He thought since she was traveling by herself, she would have gotten lost or something. "Hey there sweetie," he greeted her. He was about to pull her into a hug until he heard someone say his name...

He turned around and when he saw his was no other than Lima, he exclaimed, "LIIIMA." He motioned Whitney to follow him as he walked over to one of Reese's his friends. "It is me," he replied with a nod. "Reese invited me." He pointed towards his cousin who was not too far away from him and she was near -

CAM KARSTEN! Wow. It seems like it's been ages since he's talked to that dude. He would have to catch up later. "And I, umm, talked Whit into coming with me," he continued as he turned his attention back to - where was Lima going?! Not even hearing River call her name, he just stood there confused as his friend walk towards the tent.

"I'm going to follow her," he told his girlfriend before he headed into the tent Lima went in and there he was *gasp* Was that RIVER?! He hasn't seen River in, well, it seemed like months. It was probably more like weeks. He tried his best to visit Lima as much as he can. So, yes, weeks seemed more accurate.

It took him a few seconds to noticed that one of the baby girls that was there was, oh no, crying! And, River was throwing a tantrum. "Riverrrrr," he called out, hoping that the little kid knew who he was. "Uncle Keith is hereeee." Was he really his Uncle? Nope. Just saying Uncle Keith sounded cool. He bent down, not even minding that the boy wqas covered in chocolate (he can always magically remove the mess from his shirt), and picked him up in his arms.

"Um."

Reese stood where she was as the scene in front of went by fassst. First, Keith and Whitney arrived. Then, Lima walked where River and Pretzel was. Theeeeen, Keith followed her. Wow. Blinking a few times, she turned her attention towards the tent, asking herself if she wanted to go over there. Finally coming to the conclusion 'no', she started wandering around the campsite.

Dude. Affectionate Shana.

Clark likey.

"Blonde's so...mainstream, though. What about, I just add some higlights to my hair. Like blue and purple highlights. That would be cool, right?" he asked, his eyes filled with worry/hope/this little eyelash he got in his eye. Blink blink blink blink-erstein blink. "I-" Blink "think it would-" Blink Blink "Look like I was livin on the" Blink Blink Blink blink. "Edge." Blink blink. As she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, Clark itched his nose. And then.

He sneezed loud enough that they heard him in Australia. "AAaCHOOOOOOO!" Right into Shana's hair.
"She's so protective of Cecy, it's sweet. Let's hope C finds someone as good as Emiliano," ending with a whisper, Addie glanced at the couple, smiling. "Oh, no that's so cool! I love that name. We named Cecilia after a name we liked, also. Her middle name though, is my sister's name. Was my sister's name."

"I'm 20 years old. I can be a stubborn teenager if I want." Wait...he was old, man. And he still didn't have a job. Well, only if working part-time at the Leaky counted. And since he was in stubborn teen mode, it did. He paled at the question about Maddox. "Have you seen the man, Lima? One, he could eat me, which I have already stated. Two, um...do I really need a two?"

Oh no! She was really crying now. And she wanted her parents. And it was all 'cause River was jumping up and down screaming like a man man. But... there was a savior had arrived.

Keith would take Grace over to her parents. She opened her mouth to ask her when he suddenly picked up River. His funeral.

He was screaming and stamping in the ground when suddenly he was picked up by Keith. He liked Keith but he didn't like that he was being picked up. He was going to make River take a bath. River didn't want to take a bath. He wanted to explore the campsite with Reese.

He started kicking out against Keith and screeching louder than ever, "No bath!! NO!!! I wanna go with Reesh!!"

Feeling like she was about to blow, she called out across the campsite, "MILES!! VANNIE!!"


She smiled at the mention of Em. Yes, indeed. "Indeed. You wonder if they will ever get married though?" That would be so cute!! But who knew? "Thank you. I love her name too. And maybe if he's calmer later he can see her." She was a bit worried that he could get too eager and hurt her. But she wouldn't let him if she could help it.



"You're not a teen so don't act like one." As they say: act your age, not your shoe size. Clark needed to start applying that to his life. "And I've seen him. I did marry him. And he's not that bad really. He's a big softy." Well, not totally. But he wasn't too bad. He just yelled a bit at times. "You're just being silly."

O_____O

Oh. My. Goodness.

Keith didn't have River in his arms long until the boy started kicking at him and saying he wanted to go with Reese. What? Where was Reese? He turned his head and saw his cousin just wandering around the campsite looking bored. But, waiiiiiiit. River wanted REESE?! River liked Reese more than him, didn't he? What did Reese have that he didn't? He was even cooler than Reese...in his perspective, of course

"Please! Stop kicking Uncle Keith," he said in a calm voice, even though the kid kicking him. He didn't want to end up with bruises, especially since he had something very special planned later on in the day.

Reese stopped walking when she heard River call her name out. For goodness sake. What has Keith done to the poor boy? She turned around to face the little group that she had been wandernig away from and when she noticed that Keith had PICKED UP the baby that was having a tantrum, she grinned to herself. Hehe. Keith didn't know that River didn't like being picked up.

Bwaha.

She stood there for a moment or two, just watching the scene in front of her. Okay, she should go help her cousin out since she loved him and he was family...right? Right. She finally started making her way over to the group and when she was close enough to River and Keith, she was about to take River from Keith's hands until she saw-

WHAT WAS THAT BROWN STUFF?! She immediantly took a step back, not wanting to get that brown stuff on her shirt.

"Nuuuuh!! I want daddy!!" River wanted Reese before, but now he wanted daddy. "Daddy come NOW!!" He didn't like that Reese was looking at him like that. She was always so nice to him. He sniffled and held out his grubby hands to her. "I want daddy."

"That's chocolate," he explained to Reese as she saw the confused look in her face. And River wanted Maddox. "Yes, I want daddy too. He would get you to stop your tantrum."

Before Whit could say anything to anyone they had all disappeared. Lima was there...and then disappeared to where someone's child was yelling for his mother. 'It must be River.' That boy was too adorable... Keith had followed her as well so the last person waaaas...REESE!

Whit headed towards one of her bestest friends whom she hadn't seen in the longest time, she really hated missing the concert, when she saw a chocolate covered little boy run out of the tent. "River?" What in the world was that boy thinking about when he decided to bathe in a tub of chocolate. Or at least Whit was assuming that's what had happened. How else could he have gotten chocolate all over himself? River was soon followed by Lima, a blonde lady who she was assuming Lima knew, a little girl, and Keith. "Whatever's going on here, can I be a part of it?" she asked to anyone who could hear her. While eating tons of chocolate didn't sound too appetizing, being covered in it looked like LOADS of fun!

Just as she was a few feet away from Reese, she too walked over towards the tent. "Well then...if you can't....what is it? Something...something...join them!" Whit walked over towards the group of people and the very upset River. "He doesn't have something that reminds him of Maddox that will calm him down a bit?" She asked, trying to help. If you can't get the actually thing, then get something that reminds him of it. (:

"Whittt!" he called out as someone new came. He started to struggle in Keith's arms again as he wanted to go into her's. "Whit help me find daddy." Pretzel said he would come soon. And in River's concept of time that was NOW!

Lima smiled at Whit and thought that she had been so silly. Of course. "Wait one second." She rushed into the tent and rummaged into his bag she packed him. She took out the plush toy that Maddox had bought him when he was an infant. He loved that bear.

She ran out of the tent again. "Look. I have Mr. Bear," she said as she held it out to him.

River took the bear from his mummy and held it close to him. "Mr. Bear," he said as he started to calm down.