{EDCT} Camping Trip v2.0

[Taylor McCarthy]

Taylor tied off the rope to the last stake in the ground that sectioned off the archery range.  The range itself had already been built well before he got there, which was a relief, but he'd made his way to the campground to finish up the last minute preparations a day before he was set to actually give the impromptu course on how to use a bow to embed long, pointy sticks into vaguely human shaped targets from a good distance away.  It was almost ironic how someone who went through life enjoying it in such a near flippant, free sort of way found himself painfully adept at ending it for other people.  One of these days, if Taylor ever lived long enough to reflect on his life, that would possibly be a thought to contemplate.

Thankfully for Taylor no one had ever accused him of being particularly aware of such existential things.

With the job done Taylor loaded his equipment back into his truck and checked in with whoever was in charge at the moment.  He went over the times he'd be coming in the next morning and ironed out all the details before stepping out of the staff cabin and starting off for his truck again.  It was midday and he had every intention on taking advantage of the rest of his day off until his attention fell upon a familiar sight.

Now curious, Taylor changed course and started for the young woman who caught his eye.  Drawing closer only confirmed her identity.  Lucy James .  The irony of the similarities between now and the first camping trip the two of them had gone on at the same time were lost on Taylor as he moved up alongside Lucy and spoke.  "You're the last person I expected to see here."  He said with a sly smirk, his eyes shifting to glance at her.  "If I'm remembering it correctly, our last camping trip was an eventful one, to say the least."

[Lucy James]

Without looking at him, the brunette smirked. "What can I say? I don't think your brother got nearly good enough of a beating last time, so I figured I'd finish the job this time around." Why, Lucy was here, she was uncertain of. Perhaps getting away from the busy-day-to-day life she had created for herself was exactly what she'd needed. Now, though, now the brunette wasn't so sure a trip into the woods was the best course of action. It didn't matter though.

"Oh yeah," she nodded in agreement, finally turning to look at him. "Getting stalked around by the wonder twins was by far the best part," she added, sarcasm layering her tone like poison. She hadn't seen Casper and Jasper for quite some time. Though she hadn't liked Jasper very much, Casper had his positive traits.

[Taylor McCarthy]

"Yeah. He's floating around here somewhere." Taylor said with a smirk. He tucked his hands into his pockets as he moved slowly alongside Lucy, casting a short glance to her before dropping his gaze to the ground in front of his feet. "He doesn't have to worry about sneaking into the wrong tent this time, at least." He said with a shrug.

Taylor issued a light chuckle and shook his head. "Whatever did happen to Jedward, anyway?" He asked before lifting a hand and answering his own question before Lucy had a chance to. "Wait. Nevermind." He gave a laugh, dropping his hand to his side. "I don't want to know." It didn't matter one way or the other, of course, but Taylor really had no desire to know much of anything that went on after he had left. That and he truly didn't give a damn about either of the twins.

He sighed a bit, glanced down, then lifted his eyes up to peer at the sky through the treetops. Even though he and Lucy had danced around the elephant that resided in the corner of every room they shared and Taylor was itching to get rid of the insufferable, hypothetical beast, it was obvious this was neither the time nor the place to do so. "Where are you headed?" He asked, reluctantly avoiding the conversation he truly wished to have. "Care for some company?"