A surprise Visit!

             It’s almost the fourth, fireworks will fill the hair with bright colors and fumes that people wait for every year. I’ve got this big shopping trip with the girls today. We have to go find cute outfits to wear to our friend Chris’ BBQ. My mom all happily warns me

“Your brothers coming tonight.” 

“Really!” I say with a huge grin making half a slice of watermelon until. Boom, all of a sudden the gears in my mind start grinding, “But Mom this can’t ruin my plans!”

“Well you’re going to have to plan them for another time.”

“Mom, no we’ve been planning this all summer! He can’t just surprise us and come home on his time.”

“Well you’ll have to make the decision and break the news to him, because I am not!”

The disappointment in my moms voice arises. I decide to send out a mass text to the girls to fair warn them of my situation, but I assure them I’m still going. Next thing I know the door swings open with laughter,

“I’m home!”

He looks like a mountain man, boots laced up tightly, carhartt pants and an ol’ T-shirt.

“Hey sis, you ready?”

I’m kind of blown away; I haven’t seen his face in so long it’s been since last July. He looks so different, slim, slight facial hair but still has those dark brown DeMars eyes.

“Hi! Uh, ready for what?”

“Were going hiking, and going to stay up at 4-mile campground.”

“Oh well Spence, I’ve been really excited to go shop--” My mother cuts me off and says “Oh you guys are going to have so much fun! Go grab your hiking shoes and here.” She hands me a basket full of marshmallows, graham crackers, and homemade fudge for smores. My face begins to turn red and my jaw drops. I try to say um excuse me people I’m going shopping but is all that comes out is jibberish. I couldn’t get the urge to tell my brother no. I get up from the couch and head to my room to begin to gather my camping gear. I throw on an old pair of tennies, some holy jeans, and an old washed out grey hoodie. “I’m ready I guess” I say as we head for the door. Spence grabs our sleeping bags that are all tide um in the wide ‘glad’ trash bags. ‘This is going to be so much fun.’ I say to myself as I roll my eyes at my mother, “Here we go!”

            The sky is dark and is filled with sparkling stars, we sit around the fire as we watch the sparks fly towards the full moon sitting in silence taking in the cricket sounds of the wilderness.

“Thanks for coming sis!”

“Your welcome I’m really glad I came” with a guilty look on my face as before I didn’t have any ambition to even consider coming.

“Me too, we needed some bonding time”

“Indeed we did. I know you love it up here so I’m glad we could camp out, just like the old days” I say

“Just like the old days” he repeats. Were curled up in our blankets and lawn chairs and we begin to talk about old memories we had through our childhood years, keeping warm by our fire that we started the ‘boy scout way’!