The boys were soo grateful to the girls for finding them, so the following morning, the boys woke up extra early and made the girls breakfast.
"What should we make?" Nick asked, looking around at the food to choose from.
"Eggs, toast and bacon!" Lance said, grabbing the bacon and throwing it on the pan. AJ grabbed some eggs, and started to mix them to make scrambled eggs. Justin started to make some toast and tea, and set the table.
LeeAnna woke up first, smelling the sweet smell of bacon and eggs. Curiously, she got dressed and walked outside. Justin handed her a cup of orange juice. Justin sat LeeAnna down at the table, and then sat down with her.
Laura, Karine and Tara woke up at around the same time. When they came out of their tents, the boys were standing there, waiting for them.
"good morning girls!" AJ said happily. Karine was glad to see AJ happy.
"Good morning Alex" Karine said kindly. Karine took a seat at the table.
"Whats all this??" Tara said, with a big smile on her face.
"We decided to make breakfast for you girls, since you saved us last night" Lance said.
"Awww thats soo sweet!" Laura said to Lance.
The boys sat the girls down, and finished making the food. When the food was done, the boys served the girls, and then sat down and ate also.
"Thank you soo much, guys! This was a really nice surprise!" Tara said happily.
"you didnt have to!" Laura said.
"These are really great!" LeeAnna said, commenting about the eggs.
When everyone finished eating, the boys cleaned up, and the girls went to the showers.
"Where should i put the extra food?" Nick asked.
"Just throw it down the little cliff" AJ said. Nick walked over to the cliff, throwing the extra food there.
That afternoon, Tara and Karine went canoeing, Nick and AJ took a GUIDED nature trail, Laura, LeeAnna, Justin and Lance went into town.
"What do you think of Karine?" AJ said to Nick, as they stood on a tall cliff at the top of the trail for a break.
"I think shes really nice, and shes sweet too!" Nick said.
"Yeah, I know. Hey Man, im really sorry for complaining about you all week" AJ said to Nick.
"Dont worry about it, I know breaking up with Marissa was bad for you, it'll take awhile for you to get over it" Nick said, referring to the recent break up that AJ just had with Marissa.
"Yeah, I know. I kind of like Karine, but its too soon! I dont want to be with her right yet though, I dont want her to think that she is a rebound relationship. If I were to get into a relationship with Karine, I want it to be special" AJ said.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Hey AJ?" Nick said.
"yeah?"
"How far did you and Marissa go?"
"We didnt have sex, Nick. A lot of people think we did, but we never did. I've never done it before" AJ replied. The look on AJ's face showed Nick that he was telling the truth.
"Have you?" AJ asked Nick.
"Are you kidding?! No! Ive never even had a girlfriend! I've only been on dates, thats all" Nick said.
"I kind of like Tara, though" Nick said shyly and quietly.
"Oh yeah? Shes really cool! She knows alot about camping too" AJ said.
"yeah, I know! I was soo glad to see her yesterday when we were lost! And when I gave her a hug, I realized that there was something there, that I have feelings for her!" Nick said.
"So what are you going to do?" AJ asked Nick.
"I dont know, I'm going to wait,though. I dont want her to know right yet that I like her, cuz I dont know if she likes me" Nick replied.
"Lets go everyone!" The ranger said. The boys stood up, and started the last half of the guided trail.
Paddling along the lake, Tara and Karine had a nice girl chat.
"I cant believe we are camping with Nick and AJ!" Tara said to Karine.
"Yeah I know! Its like a dream come true! Alex is really nice to me" Karine said.
"He seems to have something against Nick, tho" Tara said sadly.
"Yeah, But I dont think it is against Nick personally though, I think that there is something on AJ's mind, but I dont know what it is" Karine said.
"Hey did you see how Nick hugged up when we found them last night?" Karine said.
"Yeah, I know! I was like WHOA! But it felt really nice! ANd he seemed really happy to see me!" Tara replied. "He kinda hugged me for a long time, though"
"yeah I noticed that! He was REALLY happy to see YOU" Karine added.
"Karine!! What are you trying to say?" Tara said, grinning.
"hey! think about it! He has been hanging out with you alot! Maybe he likes you" Karine said.
"I highly doubt that!" Tara said.
"hey! He liked you back in September 1997, but he didnt even know who you were back then!" Karine said, referring to when Tara had front row, and Nick sang to her and blew her a kiss. "You even made him trip over a table!" Karine said and then they both laughed.
"Yeah I know hehehe! But I dont think he remembers me! I mean, he probably sings to people at concerts all the time!" Tara said.
"Well, thats not the point! The point is, I think he likes you" Tara smiled.
"Lets go back to camp" Tara said.
As Karine and Tara arrived at camp, they changed into some warmer clothing. As they got out of their tents, they heard a noise coming from behind them. Tara turned around, only to find a bear standing 10 feet away from her, eating something from the ground by the cliff.
"KARINE!" Tara whispered, trying to to make a loud noise to scare the bear. Karine turned around, saw the bear, and screamed. The bear lifted its head, turned around, and faced Tara and Karine. Karine and Tara stood there, trying not to move so they wouldnt scare the bear. Looking around, no one was insight. The rest of the group was gone, and their camp site was isolated with no one else around them, there was no one there to help. Karine and Tara started to back up slowly, to try and get away from the bear. The bear growled at the girls, making them scared, so they started to run. As the bear started to chase them, AJ and Nick arrived back at the site. AJ remembered from an old movie that fire scares the bears away. Nick ran and got two huge sticks, and AJ set them on fire, using them as a torch.
Hearing the girls screaming, AJ ran towards the bear with the torch, and Nick ran to the girls to protect them. As AJ came close to the bear, the bear growled at AJ, and was scared of the fire.
"Nick! Go get the ranger from the front!! Take the car and go!" Nick grabbed the girls, and put them in the car, and drove off to the office of the camp.
A few minutes later, the rangers came to the site, with a bear trap, so they could catch the bear. AJ was still walking around the site, trying to contain the bear to the site, but keeping it away from him using the homemade torch of fire and sticks. The rangers set up the trap, and AJ ran back to where Karine, Tara and Nick were standing.
A few minutes later, the bear noticed the food, which was placed in the trap, and they rangers cought the bear.
"Do you have any idea of why the bear came to your site?" the ranger asked AJ, Nick, Karine and Tara.
"No..." Tara said. "We made sure that there was no food left around".
"OH NO" Nick said, his face suddenly looking all worried.
AJ realized what Nicks look was about.
"I put the leftover food, over by the cliff this morning" Nick said, hanging his head down.
"Hey, its not his fault" AJ stepped in. "I told him to put it there, I didnt know it would cause harm" AJ said. Karine gave AJ a little friendly hug.
After the rangers left, and took the bear with them, the boys apologized to the girls for endangering them.
"Why are you apologizing?!? You saved our lives!" Tara said. Tara gave AJ a hug, and then Nick a hug.
"We'll never forget what you've done for us! That was soo brave ofyou guys to come after the bear like that, especially you, AJ!" Karine said. AJ smiled, and blushed a bit.
"hey, you gotta do what you gotta do!" AJ said grinning.