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usedtherapy
Where: Ilex Forest
When: 8/20 through 8/26
Summary: WOO HOO CAMPING-TRIP-DINO-HUNT-VACATION-DATE-EXTRAVAGANZA!
Rating: uhh...PG for possible language?
Log:
[To say that John was "looking forward" to his second date with Rose would be a gross understatement. He had barely been able to sleep the night before they left and ended up knocking on Rose's door at five in the morning because he'd finally given up on the notion of sleep entirely. Plus, weren't you supposed to leave early for camping trips?]

[Unsurprisingly, Rose hadn't expected him that early. She'd given him a very bleary look, stepped back into her room to give her clock a bleary look and then asked "...are we leaving 'lready?"]

[Even less surprisingly...she'd fallen right back asleep the minute they had both clambered inside Elliot and gone on their way. But that was okay. Because she had fallen asleep on John's shoulder and he had absolutely no qualms with that at all.]

[And then a few hours later, his excitement wore off and he too fell asleep. Wow, their trip was off to a great start already!]

[Elliot wasn't the fastest pokemon but fortunately, being a ghost, he didn't really need a lot of sleep. So their four day trip ended up taking only two. Once inside the forest, Elliot went back inside his ball for some much needed rest while the two kids shouldered their packs and began walking through the forest, hand-in-hand.]

[Surely this was going to be the best camping-trip-dino-hunt-vacation-date-extravaganza ever! ~~Also possibly the first ever, because seriously, who besides John would come up with something as crazy as this?~~]

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[[Letting him have it, she takes a piece to nibble on herself.]]

Only a little bit, hm?

[Nibble nibble nibble nibble nibble.]

Well...maybe a...little more than a little bit. But I wasn't lying earlier, I promise! I was just too nervous to eat...

[[Chuckling, she gently pulls his bangs back a little while running her fingers through them.]]

Like I'm really all that bothered by you lying about if you're hungry or not. Worried, perhaps, but it's nothing to convince me of.

Oh. Well never mind then, forget I said that.

[CHOMP.]

Forgotten. [[Nibbling on her part, but she's only going to have one for now.]]

I apologize that this is no grand spread for dinner.

It's fine, I don't mind. Besides, we're camping. It's not like we can just walk to a restaurant and order steak dinners or something.

[And another chomp.]

True enough I suppose.

[[Hope you don't mind too much having your hair combed, because now that she's out of a piece herself, her second hand is joining her first in the endeavor. Just an idle action, probably one she's not really aware she's doing.]]

Mmm...

[Surprisingly? That wasn't because of the jerky. It can't have been, because he seems to have momentarily forgotten about that in favor of focusing on the attention paid to his hair. Don't mind him. He's just going to push his head a little more insistently against her fingers.]

[[At that she'll just smile and continue as she was.]]

...we should head back soon.

Do we have to?

[He just wants to stay right here and have Rose play with his hair foreeeevveeerr.]

[[Chuckling, she sighs and nods.]]

Eventually. We do have to sleep at some point, you know.

I don't want to move thooouuugh. [Yup. There sure was a bit of a whine there.]

...how about a compromise?

What might that be?

[Oh hey there jerky. He just remembered that he wasn't done eating you. Om nom nom.]

You come back to the camp with me, where we can get a little more to eat for dinner and sleep when we're tired, and I will snuggle up nice and warm with you in the tent and comb your hair just like this until you fall asleep.

[[Doesn't that sound nice, John?]]

Perhaps I can tell you another scary story?

[He rolls over, laying on his back and staring up at the canopy of trees above them. He seems to be thinking really hard about her proposal.]

Hrrrrmmmmmmmm...

[Clearly, this is the most difficult decision.]

You know, I think I might be able to agree to those terms.

Only might? [[With that, she leans over him a little with a smile.]]

What would I need to do to convince you?

[He flashes her only the most innocent of smiles and points to the left side of his face.]

Throw in a kiss right here and you have yourself a deal.

[[A blink, then a soft laugh.]]

Aren't you easy to buy over?

[[Leaning down, she places a gentle kiss to his left cheek, just as he asked, and pulling back after a few good moments.]]

Better?

[He just grins all the more widely at that first statement. Yes, he is incredibly easy to buy over.]

Yup! Perfect!

Good. Then how about you get up, I gather this collection of stuff, and we head back. Would you be so kind as to carry the fireflies?

Alright. [Getting to his feet, he grabs the jar of fireflies in one hand and, once standing, offers Rose the other.]

[[And taking it, she happily pulls herself up with his help.]] Why thank you, Mister Egbert. How kind of you.

[[From there, she carefully packs the jerky and thermos away within the blanket, wrapping it and then picking it up, turning to offer him a hand.]]

Ready?

You are most welcome, Miss Lalonde.

[He takes her hand when it's offered, lacing his fingers with hers.]

Mmhmm, wherever you are.

[[With that, she begins to lead the way back.]] Guile and Casey were, last I checked, curled up playing with one of Guile's toys in the tent. I'm sure they will be ecstatic to have dinner.