Wildfire

Visiting day arrives at camp, and campers’ families come to visit for the day. Emilia has forgotten to take photos throughout the summer with the camera her girlfriend bought for her and, therefore, stages a mega photoshoot with the counselors. When Russ appears awkward in front of the camera, Aurora kisses him to relax his smile. Aurora receives a call from her father, who announces his engagement to Norah and invites Aurora to be a bridesmaid in the upcoming wedding. Aurora is flattered by this unprecedented attention from her father, but it’s short-lived. He tells her that “it’d look strange in the photos if [she’s] not there” and that he won’t have “Norah’s moment stolen by the media’s obsession with giving [Aurora] and [Elsa] attention” (297). Her father further ruins her elation by refusing to allow Russ to come as her plus-one.

The call proves to Aurora that she’ll never get the affection she so desperately wants from her father, igniting her flight response. Aurora returns to her cabin and begins frantically packing her bags, no longer willing to play pretend at Honey Acres. When Russ comes to check on Aurora and notices her bags, he offers to pack and leave with her too.