A/N: A few quick things, I haven't written anything in ages, and its my first Holes fic, so bear with me for the first couple chapters. :
Disclaimer: I don't own 'Holes', so don't try to sue a teenage girl. Ha! -----------------
The kitchen seemed to echo the sound of the spoon clinking against the bowl.
She was lost in her own thoughts, shoveling spoonful after spoonful of Cap'n Crunch into her mouth. She barely noticed when her mother bustled into the room, quickly filling up her coffee cup and gathering up the papers that were scattered across the large island in the center of the kitchen.
"Listen sweetie, I'm going-" Her mother stopped and looked up at the girl, who was still in a daze. "Evangeline!"
The girl snapped out of her daze, and looked to her mother.
"Sorry, I'm still a little sleepy is all." She said, smiling at her mother. "It's alright," Brenda James smiled at her daughter, shaking her head slightly as she continued; "I got off the phone with a friend of mine this morning and your summer plans are all worked out!"
Evangeline choked on her juice. "What do you mean, my summer plans? I told you I'm not going anywhere this summer, I'm going to spend it at home, relaxing."
Brenda wrapped an arm around her daughters shoulders, "I know what you had planned, Evan, but you should get away this summer, get some sun and just enjoy yourself."
Her mother poked her arm as she said the word 'sun', making Evan look down at her fair skin.
Let's make one thing clear: Fair skin included, Evangeline was definitely easy on the eyes.
She was 5'3 and rail thin, barely tipping the scale at 105 pounds. While she enjoyed her small frame, the lack of a, ehm, shall we say backside, and a semi-flat chest, frequently made her wish she could gain some weight, or at least some curves. Her hair was a pretty shade of golden brown, straight out of the bottle; it traveled down to just below her shoulders; and bangs swooped down, nearly covering her right eye, but stopping just short of it. Her eyes were a bright hazel brown, her ruby colored lips were full, and when she smiled they revealed a set of bright, straight, white teeth.
Evan stepped out of her mothers grasp, allowing her straight her to fall back into place. She set her dishes in the sink and grabbed her bag, heading for the front door.
"I'll think about it," She said, as she opened the door. "You're going, Evangeline Rae. End of story." Brenda replied, not looking up from her papers she was once again gathering, a slight smile gracing her lips. -----------------
Evan was on a bus.
Not just any bus, but a school bus.
She had taken a plane from Atlanta to Houston. From there she had taken a greyhound bus to some town called El Futuro, and then from there she had taken a cab to a little place called Bum-fuck, Texas.
Alright, it really wasn't called 'bum-fuck' but it might as well have been for all there was to do there.
That's when the school bus came into the picture.
Needless to say, Evan was tired, and very pissed off.
Her mother hadn't told her where she was going (except that it was somewhere in Texas), what she would be doing when she got there (except that she should enjoy herself, get some sun and make new friends), and to top it all off, the same morning she left, her mom bolted for Greece of all places!
But that's beside the point.
Evan was tired of sitting on the boring bus. They kept driving further and further away from the very pitiful town she arrived in, and it kept getting dustier and dustier.
She moved up from her seat in the center of the bus until she was 2 seats away from the guard. She then moved forward another seat. Stealing a glance at the guard (and trying to be as sneaky as possible) she crossed the aisle to the other side of seats and sat down right beside him.
"Hi." She said, smiling at him.
No reply.
"Where are we going… Officer Sal Wallaby?"
"Camp Green Lake." He replied gruffly.
"Oh! I've always wanted to go to camp!" The guard snickered at her. "What's so funny, Sal?" She asked, resting her head on the seat and looking at him.
"You don't know what kind of camp you're going to, do you?" "No," Evan said distractedly, she was beginning to notice there were a lot of holes out here.
"Who sent you out here anyways, kid?" Sal inquired. "My mother," She answered, still focusing more on the holes than the questions. "So you have no idea what kind of a camp this is, and you agreed to come here without knowing anything about it?"
Sal was practically flat out laughing at her now, and she noticed the bus drive was chuckling a bit too.
"Pretty much. But what's with all these holes, anyways?" ------------------------------------
Sal was kind enough to give her his soda after she nearly passed out when she heard the news.
It was an all boys' camp.
An all boys camp, except for her, and she was stuck there for quite awhile, and she had no clue why.
The strange looking man named 'Mr. Sir' called out the door to another man, who soon joined them in the tiny office.
"This is Dr. Pendanski, he'll take you from here." Mr. Sir said before plopping back down at his desk and putting another hand full of sunflower seeds in his mouth.
"Hi, I'm Evangeline, its nice to meet you." Evan said as she held out her hand for Dr. Pendanski to shake. He seemed thoroughly surprised by her good mood, and excitedly shook her hand before gathering up her bags and leading her out the door.
"Now, I'm not sure how this whole deal came about, but we only have one rule here at Camp Green Lake: Do not upset the Warden. Since you're the first girl we've ever had here, I'm not sure what to do with you, so I'll leave you here and just be off." Dr. Pendanski said rather quickly, before practically running away from the door.
Evan heaved a heavy sigh and knocked on the door.
While waiting for someone to answer, she took a minute to survey her surroundings.
There were several tents, some outdoor showers, what looked like an activity room, and a lot of dirt. She began to further scrutinize the 'camp' when the door was opened and a wave of cool air settled on her skin.
A tall woman with fiery red hair stood at the door, smiling. "Please, come in," She said, gesturing into the cabin.
Evan smiled and spoke a polite 'Thank you,' before gathering up her bags and coming inside.
She took a seat across from the woman, and felt her body relax somewhat into the couch, enjoying a break from the heat.
"Evangeline, correct?" The woman asked as she looked her up and down. "Yes, but I really prefer Evan, please. Um, what kind of a camp is this anyways?" She replied, still confused about what was going on.
"You're at Camp Green Lake, a correctional facility for delinquent boys. They dig holes to build character. As for you, Evan, you're here for a totally different reason." The Warden (or at least who she assumed was the Warden) said.
Evan was starting to get nervous.
She gulped down a breath she didn't realize she was holding, and bravely asked "What am I here for then?"
The Warden laughed slightly to herself, "Surely you must know. A pretty girl like you at a correctional camp in the middle of Texas, why, you're eye candy."
Evan fell off the couch.
As she gathered herself back together, the Warden smiled at her.
"What do you mean eye candy?" Evan asked, practically steaming at the ears. What had her mother been thinking?!
"Let me re-phrase. You're here so that the boys can re-acquaint themselves with the female species-" Evan had to stop her right there. "Look, lady, I'm some whore or plaything that a bunch of delinquents can pass around as a rag doll or something. I don't know what kind of a place you're running here, but I'm not into, so I think I'll just be leaving now."
Before she got a chance to even gather her things, the Warden spoke.
"Well now that you've made that clear, let me finish. By re-acquaint, I mean that the state feels that for these boys to become functioning members of society, they need to slowly be re-introduced to the real world. Now, if you ask me, I think it's a bunch of bullshit and it defeats the purpose of an all boys camp, but still…"
"So how do I fit into all of this?" Evan asked, feeling a little better after the explanation, but still incredibly unsettled.
"Well, your mother, who I know from a very long time ago, is off in Greece getting married, right?"
Evan fell off the couch again.
Her mother was getting married? MARRIED? When did she plan on telling her that little detail?
She quickly picked herself up and nodded her head as if she knew all along.
"She needed some place to send you this summer, said you liked to get in a little trouble sometimes and that she couldn't leave you home alone all summer, so she asked if you could come stay."
"Maybe I'm just not getting it, what do I have to do with any of this." Evan asked.
Everything was beginning to take a toll on her. The heat, her mother getting married, falling off the couch.
"Most of the boys here haven't seen a girl in several months. Even though you're here so that they can become used to being around normal people again, for a while, you'll probably be considered nothing but eye candy. Expect cat-calls, and some rude gestures, these boys are here for a reason."
"Let me see if I can wrap my head around this. I'm here all summer, while my mother is in Greece getting married,"
The Warden nodded her head, smiling, almost cruelly, clearly enjoying the situation.
"… and I'm here so that these boys can become members of society again. In the meantime I should expect to be degraded because these boys are a bunch of no-good-law-breaking-horn dogs?"
The Warden leaned back in her chair, crossed her arms over her chest and gave her a smile that said 'you have no idea what you're in for'.
"Exactly." -------------------------------
Ah, the end of chapter one.
It's always hard for me to right the first chapter of anything, but I can promise you the next one will be a hundred times better.
There was just a ton of stuff I had to get out of the way in this one.
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