Derrick grinned mischievously back at Isabella. "Fine... Isa, you win. I don't get why you hate Bella, it's a good name," he pleaded his case. Derrick had been sarcastically trying to call her Bella since they had met, to no avail. When the door opened, he was glad to see that Meg was in fact around today. She made a joke about not inviting them and he put his hand over his heart and made a mock-hurt face. When she finally gave up on the face he laughed, and hugged her back. 

"Hinder's Creel counts perfect! We'll have to get Jess though," he added. As if perfectly timed, Jessica had biked over. She called out to them and Derrick turned and waved. "Speak of the devil," he said with a grin. "We are thinking about heading over to Hinder's Creek. You in?" 

Derrick grinned, his parents never had time to really interfere with his life. The only times they did was when his grades dropped. They rarely did, as he was actually very smart. So they never forbade anything, hell, they probably didn't even know about Hinder's Creek. "Okay, I say we either raid Meg's food cabinets or we all hop in my piece of junk and go get some food, then we go to Hinder's Creek. Has anyone seen Enrique, Sophia, Alan, or Alex? I'm sure they wouldn't mind hanging out? If not then no biggie, we'll party ourselves." Derrick said this with a jubilant smile on his face. He was glad this summer was starting off great.

Ana was looking up at the clouds and trying to see if they made a shape when she noticed something moving in the corner of her eye. She turned and saw one of her best friends, James. She jumped down from the hay and ran to James to give him a hug. She giggled when she noticed him stuttering, "lighten up James, it's just a cave. Of course I'll go with you to the cave. But, shouldn't we wait for Owen first? He said he wanted to hang out with us today." Ana motioned for James to follow while she went inside to change into something more appropriate for outdoors exposure. 

"Stay here, I am going to change," she told him as she walked up the stairs to her bedroom. Ana quickly changed into a baby blue (her favorite color) tank top, and a pair of shorts. If her mother ever saw how short the shorts were she would surely be told to change. Even Derrick was sceptical when he bought them for her with his credit card that his parents have to him for when they were away on business trips. Derrick finally gave in to his little sister after she begged him, she pleaded that all the popular girls in school would make fun of her if she wore anything else. 

Ana came back down In a burst of excitement. She skipped ever two stairs. Ana grabbed some food out of a food cabinet and stuffed it in the bag she brought. "Now we wait for Owen, do you want to ride the horses? We finished training then last week. They will be ready for shows soon." Ana said this as she geared towards the barn, checking over her shoulder to make sure James was still behind her. She opened the stables and ushered James inside.