Chapter 35: Journeys
For Willow and Derek, summer comes with a strong urge to experience nature. Two campers at heart, they long for the sounds and smell of the forests, but when they bring this up with Corinne, she is not to be reasoned with. "No way! Forget it! You can't make me go!" She does suggest that they just leave her alone at home, but neither one trusts her enough to do that. It seems like there won't be any time in the forests for the two. Resigned to a summer at home, it's with less spirit than normal that Willow picks up the phone when her brother calls. "Come on, you can't let her dictate your life like that!" Neo snaps, almost angry. "Well, she's right, we can't make her get in the car, and we don't dare leave her here unsupervised. She almost burned the house down once!" "Then send her here," Neo says. "No teenager says no to a vacation in the sun. I can come get her, and trust me, I'll pick her up and haul her on...