A Campground in New Mexico

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel had not spent three days hiking through the campground trying to find a spot with a decent cell phone signal.

Well, she did. But it was better then sitting at the camp site watching Max be stubborn and her parents be miserable.

She took a seat on a rock, double checked her signal and started to dial.

"Ring..."

Comments

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"We lost our voices this weekend because of some demons, and Anakin says I can't be a Jed's Eye. He's mean," Greg replied.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You what? And he what?" Isabel looked around for a nearby tree to bang her head against. "Is everyone okay?"

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh," Greg said cheerfully. "We just couldn't talk. I had a braid and everything and he still said no."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"So in addition to Cal looking to possibly kill you? Anakin is going to want to kill you as well? Please be alive when I come back. I need a hug."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Is camping going badly?" he asked, sounding worried.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"My brother is an idiot and is pretty much refusing to speak to my parents, and my parents are frustrated as hell. I'm stuck in the middle."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"What'd he do?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Armed robbery."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"...no, seriously."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Seriously. It's a long involved story that involves stuff I can't talk about over the phone. I can tell you when I get back. Which is not going to be soon enough."

"I miss you."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"I miss you too," Greg said softly. "I would've tried calling but you told me not to, and plus...no voices."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Saturday will be here soon enough. And I said that now. If I hadn't heard from you, I'd have been worried. And I'm glad I warned you not to expect to hear from me. It's taken me three days of determined hiking to find this signal. We're in the middle of nowhere."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm glad you finally found one. It's not the same here without you," Greg said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'll try and get back here again. Because I do miss you guys a lot. But I'd better go. I want to make a quick call to Parker and then get back to make sure Max and my folks haven't killed one another."

"Bye..."