Backyard Campout.

By Mr. E

Chloe?!" Joyce asked in shock as she stepped out into the yard. "Why are you girls - WHOA!" Joyce recoiled as she held her nose and stepped backward a bit. "I was going to ask why you girls are outside naked, but now I'm more curious as to why you smell like you've been rolling around in a dumpster."

"Um..." Chloe began sheepishly, "See, Mom, what had happened was - "

"Your daughter's idiot friend decided that we should go streaking, and then we, our clothes, and her truck got sprayed by a skunk." Victoria stated flatly, "And when we tried to get cleaned up, we got sprayed again by another skunk that was digging through your garbage."

The other three girls gave Victoria a series of looks, ranging from humiliated to angered. "Hey, I'm tired of not having clothes on!" Victoria snapped defensively, "And I don't know about any of you, but I want to get this skunk smell off me!"

"Alright, alright." Joyce said with a sigh, shaking her head. "Where are your clothes now, Chloe?"

"Um... They're in my truck." Chloe responded sheepishly.

"And where is that parked? David got called out and won't be back until tomorrow night, so I didn't here another car park."

"Okay, so, funny story. It kinda..." Chloe explained with a chuckle before letting out a cough, "Ran out of gas and is now parked down the street."

"You mean to tell me that you ran naked through the neighborhood twice?" Joyce asked flatly as she raised an eyebrow. As Chloe nodded sheepishly, the older woman sighed. "I'll call off work tomorrow, ask a coworker of mine to drop off about two or three dozen jugs of tomato juice and a few dozen jars of tomato sauce, just in case. And if your truck is still there tomorrow, I'll go and collect your clothes and call someone to collect your truck while you girls get cleaned up."

She then gave a stern look to Chloe and added, "But don't for one second that I won't tell David about this."

"Oh, thank you! Thank you!" Victoria said happily as she took a few steps towards the house, only to stop as Joyce stood in front of her.

"You girls are NOT going to bring this smell into my house!" Joyce stated sternly. Turning to Chloe she said, "I still have that old pup tent in the shed, Chloe. Consider this a campout with your schoolmates."

Mom! You can't be - " Chloe began, only to stop as she saw the look on her mother's face. She was dead serious. Letting out a sigh, the blue haired girl nodded as Joyce went back into the house.

"Come on, Rach. SuperMax." Chloe said, "Come help me find the tent."

As Chloe, Max, and Rachel headed towards the shed, Victoria only whimpered pathetically as she sat down on the ground.