July 16th finally arrived, and Karine was at Taras house once again. While waiting for the boys to arrive, they sat down on the couch, watching BSB videos, and eating pizza. The boys were expected to show at around noon time. At 12:30, the doorbell ran, and Taras dad answered the door. He welcomed AJ and Nick in, and they came in and stood there while Taras dad got Karine and Tara. Karine and Tara entered the front hallway, and Nick grabbed Tara, picked her up, and gave her a huge hug and kiss. AJ kissed Karine and then gave her a hug also. The boys took the girls stuff and packed it all in the two rented vans that they had, one for each of the boys to drive.
In AJ's van, AJ pulled out Karines bands CD, and played it for awhile, because he was proud of Karine and her band. Nick and Tara made a deal to play some bands that both of them like, like Journey, N SYNC (for Tara), Backstreet Boys (for Tara), and a CD that Nick made that had a bunch of different songs taht they like on it. Five hours later, AJ, Karine, Nick and Tara pulled into the Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Park, and got their same site as last year, 350 and 351. Nick and Tara decided to share a tent, so they set up their tent in site 350 on an area of high ground. AJ and Karine wanted to share a tent also, so they set theirs up on site 351! They set up the dining shelter between the two sites, since they just used the two sites as one large lot.
After camp was finished being set up, Nick and AJ showed the girls that they learned how to BBQ, and made dinner for them, which was steak and potatos!
"Wow! You guys came a long way since we were camping last" Karine joked around.
"I got my dad to teach me how to cook on one of these things" AJ said, referring to the camp BBQ. Nick cleaned up the garbage afterwards and safetly put it in the bear-proof garbage bins that are set around the park.
Nick and AJ wanted to make a fire for the girls, just like they did last year. Nick joked around and got some sticks again, and rubbed them together. Supposed to be a joke, the sticks actually started a spark and caught fire.
"Now how come this couldnt have happened LAST YEAR?" Nick said, laughing at what was supposed to be a joke. Nick walked over and sat near Tara, while feeding the fire with wood and paper to keep it going. Nick placed himself behind Tara and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him.
AJ lied down in the lawn chair, with Karine beside him.
"This year, Im not going to get poison ivy" AJ said, laughing.
"I brought the cream just incase!" Karine joked, and smiled at AJ.
"Well peoples, Im gettin a bit tired! Its been a long day, flying from Florida to Buffalo, driving to ALgonquin, and setting up camp! Im a bit tired out, so im going to head into bed" Nick said, yawning after he was finished talking.
"I think Im going to head in too" Tara said. Nick and Tara headed to the bathrooms, and when they got back, they went into their tent and went to sleep.
Karine and AJ stayed up awhile longer, talking about how great it was to be back at camp again, and how great it was to be together for two weeks.
"Its soo great to be back here with you again, Karine"
"I feel the same way, Alex! this whole past year has just been soo amazing!! Its been the best year of my life" Karine said.
"Well you're the best thing thats happened to me!!" AJ said to Karine.
"You know, We've been together almost a year now. Our anniversary is in 5 days! Theres something I've wanted to tell you, for awhile now, but each time I go to tell you I chicken out, or we get interrupted" AJ added.
"What is it?" Karine said, looking up at AJ.
"Well, Im just going to come right out and say it! Karine, I love you" AJ said, looking into Karines eyes.
"I love you too Alex! I've loved you for a long while now!" Karine hugged AJ, and then AJ gave her a kiss.
At around 12:30am, AJ took a pail of water and set the fire out, and then headed to his tent with Karine.
Karine and AJ woke up, and then AJ made them pancakes with the leftover pancake mix from Nick and Taras breakfast.
Karine and AJ went into town that afternoon to do some shopping. They found a huge mall in Huntsville, and they had fun shopping for hats, sunglasses and clothes. AJ wanted to get his hair re-done in a different style, maybe a different color, so Karine went with him to a hair stylist. AJ told Karine to pick a color for his hair, so Karine chose bleached streaks! Karine got her hair done also, the same way!
When Karine and AJ came back to camp, Nick and Tara were sitting there with Brian, who came out for the afternoon to talk to Nick about his break up with Leigh Anne.
"Yeah, we broke up the other day when we were at her house. She kept bossing me around, and I couldnt stand it anymore, frack!" Bri said to his best buddy Nick.
"Its like, when we were around the fans, I wasnt allowed to hug any of them, and she ordered all our workers around, and the controlled everything I did!"
"Man, thats seriously NOT love! I mean, if she really loved you, she wouldnt be controlling you like that! And also, you have to have trust in a relationship too, and it seems to me she didnt have any!" Nick said.
"Brian broke up with Leigh Anne" Nick said AJ and Karine.
"Sorry to hear that, man!" AJ said, patting Brians shoulder.
"im soo sorry, Brian!!" Karine hugged Brian.
"I'm glad it is over now, though. I didnt like the way she wanted to control me" Brian added.
"Well, then it was for the better!" Karine said, trying to make Brian smile. Brian stayed for the campfire, then left at around 10pm to go to a hotel in Huntsville, to get a good nights rest before he went back to Kentucky the next day.