Chapter 35

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Ellie and Julian, and Chase and Chuck arrive at the river court at the same time, Jamie, Nathan and Clay already there. Clay was wearing a intersting, to say the least, blue shirt, sitting on a red recliner.

"Hey, Skolnick, get back here and carry something!" Chase ordered as he started to walk over to Jamie, Nathan and Clay.

"Fine. Geez." Chuck muttered, as Chase tossed him a sleeping bag.

"Adams, Baker, and Skolnick – it's like a bad law firm." Nathan joked, ruffling Ellie's messy brown hair, "and My favourite Niece."

"Thanks." Ellie smiled as Chase chucked Nate a beer

"Thank you." Nathan said as Chuck came up and punched him in the stomach

"Chuck!" He exclaimed

"Nathan." Nate chuckled kicking Chuck in the ass, as he walked past.

"What's up, my fellow ornithologists?" Julian asked

"I'm kind of "hornithologist" with Quinn being out of town." Clay replied

"Yeah, Brooke's gone, too." Julian said

"Alex, too. I mean.." Chase stuttered "Why would I care if Alex was gone?"

"Nice try." Ellie chuckled

"Yep, just hanging out in a swamp with a bunch of dudes looking for an endangered bird while my girl takes pictures of supermodels in bikinis." Clay sighs

"Well, at least you look fabulous doing it, Brian Boitano." Chase teased

"Hey, I'm not a dude." Ellie said hand on hips looking at Clay

"Do you feel out numbered?" Chuck teased

"Well I didn't get a invite to Puerto Rico did I?" Ellie snapped

"Someone nots happy today." Nathan chuckled

"Well I'm camping with a bunch of guys, what do you expect?" She asked

"You know how those things are from the inside, it's not so glamorous." Julian adds "How much better could it be?"

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"So, what's the plan, anyways?" Asked Ellie as they stood behind Julian's camera setting it up.

"We use Julian's camera and roll it continuously. Then we'll take turns switching out the memory cards." Nathan explained "Hopefully, that'll get us some footage of the snarling rover."

"Snipey Plover." Jamie corrected

"Plus, it's a full moon tonight, so we should have plenty of light." Julian adds

"That's it? We're just gonna film it?" Chuck questioned "Man, I thought we were gonna catch it. I brought my slingshot!"

"Chuck, the Snipey Plover's an endangered species." Chase tells him

"Is it?" Asked Ellie looking confused "I though we were filming it for Jamie's school project or something?"

"Do you not listen in class?" Asked Julian

"Did I get a D in English?" Ellie replied

"Takes after her favourite uncle." Nathan joked

"Your my only uncle." Ellie said

"So I'm still your favourite." Nathan shrugs

"Sure." Ellie agrees

"Just because it's endangered..." Chuck begins

"you can't shoot it with a slingshot." Jamie cuts him off

"Lame." Chuck muttered

"Speaking of lame, where's Clay?" Nate asked looking around

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