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"We're not acting weird," Austin said innocently.
"Hey, Sadie," Olivia shouted across the room, "Is Wyatt acting weird?"
"A little bit," she nodded. "Why do you ask?"
"Because Chet and Austin are acting weird too."
"What's going on, boys? Getting in trouble?” Flint looked over at us and burst out laughing. “And this is why I don't have a woman because-"
"Because no woman wants you," Wyatt said, and everyone started laughing. Flint glared at his brother, but I knew he was slightly sad that he was single. Even though the other brothers pretended that they were happy they hadn't found anyone yet, I knew they were slightly envious of Chet, Austin, Beau and Wyatt. There was something to be said for being in love. There is something to be said for starting a family. There is something to be said for having a loved one in your bed every night.
"Hey," I whispered over to Olivia, "Should we try and set Flint up?" She looked at me thoughtfully for a second. "I mean, we could try and find him a Christmas bride. What do you think?" I bit down on my lip and smiled.
"I think that would be awesome. Should we find one for Huck as well?" she asked, and I laughed.
"Well, why don't we try one single brother at a time?"
"What are you two whispering about?" Austin asked as he chugged from his beer. "Is there something I should be worried about?"
"You tell me, Austin darling. Is there something I should be worried about?"
"No." He paused, "Well, fine. Us brothers were hoping to go camping tonight," he said looking at me. "Do you mind?"
"Um, no," I said shaking my head. "Why would I mind?"
"I don't know. Because you might not want to sleep in the bed alone and you'll miss me." I looked over at Olivia.
"Can you believe this? That's why they're acting so lovey-dovey." Olivia burst out laughing.
"Guys, we love you, but we can do without you for one night."
"Yeah," Sadie said, "I am talking about a girl's night." Wyatt had a perturbed look on his face.
"What? You just going to let me go?"
"Honey, it's not like you're going to Vegas to hang out with strippers. You're just going camping with your brothers. Down by the river?"
"Yeah," he said nodding. Chet spoke up.
"Arya, if you don't want me to go because-"
"Oh, you can go. I'll hang out with the girls." Amelia shook her head.
"Oh, it's so funny to see my sons acting so nervous when we all know you guys have had this plan since last week." I grinned and so did Olivia. The guys looked flabbergasted.
"What? You guys knew?"
"Of course we knew," I said. "Your mom told us this is something you guys do every other year. You go on a big camping trip right before Christmas and you like to go hunting.
"And fishing," Olivia said.
"And you guys play poker,” Sadie said.
Arya spoke up, "And you like to eat a lot of jerky."
"Ooh," Eloise says, "I don't like jerky."
"Well, don't worry," Eloise. Chet said, bending down and giving her a kiss on the forehead. "You don't have to have any jerky. You can have jelly."
