Have you ever met someone and instantly become friends? Yeah, I haven't either. Sorry, just thought I would try and be sociable. Anyway, I have however, met people who have almost instantly decided that they are my friends. I guess that sounds a little odd really doesn't it but when they are breathtakingly beautiful it's kind of hard to believe that they want to be friends so you just go along with it. I had this when I was at my last summer camp, the sort of place everyone loves to go… apart from me. I hate the forced friendships just so that you'll have someone to work with, I hate the group activities and most of all I hate other people. Well that's not entirely true, I like some people, just not most of them.
Anyway, at the start of summer, my dad decided that it was unfair to make me spend my break in the blissfully rainy town of Forks and that I should go somewhere sunny; where most kids would love to go. So I got sent to camp, I'm not even sure what sort of a camp it was meant to be, it basically just seemed like a holiday with people you don't know. My dad looked through all sorts of camps, music, cheerleading etc. and decided that he would just send me to somewhere that was an all rounder type camp as I have no particular talents.
Eventually Charlie decided to send me to Camp Cullen, it's meant to be really nice and a real place of luxury. I'm not sure how much it costs but Charlie doesn't seem bothered. And now, I'm on the plane on the way to oh so sunny LA. It's really very boring, you can only see clouds out of the window and I've already read the two books I could fit into my hand luggage, it's not even a very long flight so I can't really go to sleep. But I think I might have a little snooze.
Okay, maybe it was a long snooze; I only just woke up in time for the plane to land which was a little disorientating. I hurriedly packed my stuff into my bag and tried to shake some sense into myself. It only took one thought about where I was headed to get me thinking straight, it always clears my head when I can get focused on the thing I'm dreading. The captain announced over the tannoy that we are now in LA and that we can undo our seatbelts. I'm a little hesitant but my mind goes into autopilot and I end up off the plane and in a taxi with my luggage before I've even registered getting out of my seat
"Where am I taking you then?"
"Ummm, Camp Cullen, I have the address somewhere but I can't quite remember where…"
"Camp Cullen, sure no problem kiddo." He interrupts me sounding kind of impressed, I'm not sure whether that's a good sign or not.
"Thanks" I sit back in my seat and rummage in my bag for my sunglasses, just one of the reasons I hate the sun.
"So, are you out here all summer then" he asks. Damn. Small talk. I hate small talk.
"That's the plan, at least according to my dad"
"Huh, are you not looking forward to your stay then?" His brow folded, clearly confused.
"Um, not really?"
"Huh." He's stumped; hopefully that's the end of the small talk. I'll get my MP3 player out just to make sure that he knows I'm not going to participate in any more conversation.
Oh. My. God. I think that pretty much sums up the impression you get of Camp Cullen as you approach it. It's huge and kind of looks like, well, it certainly doesn't look like one of those run down camps you see in the movies. I can see a hint of blue, wow, there's a pool here! But that's not all, there's tennis courts, huge fields, restaurants, a mall, and gigantic buildings I can only assume are the bedrooms.
The taxi driver let out a slow whistle,
"This place never fails to impress me, it's like every time I come here they've rebuilt and updated everything."
"Sure, so, how much do I owe you?"
"Oh, you're dads already paid so you don't have to worry"
"Oh, okay, thanks then." I stumble out of the taxi clutching my bags and stagger into reception.
Wow, maybe today was not the day to wear old jeans and a t-shirt. The receptionist is wearing what I can only presume to be a designer dress and in the coming in from another door are two of the most perfect human beings I have ever seen. They are completely flawless and utterly breathtaking.
"Hi there dear, can I help you?" The receptionist calls at me as I stare bewilderedly around the room. Her voice makes me jump and I turn towards her again.
"Oh, yes, I'm here to sign in, I've just arrived." She nods in acknowledgement and hands me some papers.
"You must be Bella Swan," I nod. "Excellent, can you fill out these forms for me then?" I take the pen and forms which she is brandishing at me at wander over to what looks like a brand new couch. Yuck; paperwork. At least it's only basic questions like full name and address etc but its paperwork all the same.
The bronze haired boy and the elfin girl glide towards the receptionist as I finish filling out the forms, they seem to be arguing with the woman and winning I guess. I walk slowly forwards, not wanting to interrupt.
"Surely you can arrange something" The boy says to the lady.
"I honestly don't think that it will be possible." Replies the receptionist haughtily. Oh, maybe they aren't winning then. The girl nudges him in the side and shoots a look at me. He glances over his shoulder.
"Nothing?"
"Nothing."
"Fine." He turns on his heel and looks at me.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." He says with a dazzling smile and then turns back to the girl.
"No problems." I reply weakly.
"So, are we going out for dinner then?" The girl asks.
"I guess so."
"Tanya's not coming though is she; I don't know why she thinks she can be our friend?" I didn't hear his reply, they had left the room.
So, I guess they are the 'populars', I suppose everywhere has to have them, I didn't actually expect it to be different here. I hand my papers to the receptionist.
"Thanks sweetie, here's your map, timetable and room key. You're room 107, it's circled for you."
"Thank you" I say and grab the things out of her hand. The map looks quite intimidating; there are all sorts of things here that you wouldn't have guessed. Wow, they actually have a decent sized library; maybe I will like it here. Okay, room 107, looks like it's not too far away.
Well, that took longer than I had expected, it would appear that the map really isn't to scale. Everything is soooo much bigger. Even the people seem huge, well, apart from the tiny girl I saw in reception. Anyway, I've finally found my room and wow! There's a proper kitchen with a fully stocked fridge and cooker, a living room with an HD TV and each bedroom has an ensuite bathroom with power showers and jet baths. I think I might like it here. Oh, only the two bedrooms part, that must mean I have a roommate. Yuck; people. I turn the sound system on to try and get rid of the silence which is creeping me out. I guess my roommate must have gotten here earlier, apart from her stuff in one of the bedrooms; she or he has also stacked a ton of CD's next to the sound system. However, it's quite a surprise that the CD that they've put in the system already is Taylor Swift, one of the only artists I like at the moment.
I started singing along and dancing around the room, I was completely lost in the moment; it was the most fun I had had in quite a while. I was rocking out to a guitar solo when someone opened the door. I immediately stopped and surreptitiously attempted to flatten my hair as I could tell it was standing at all sorts of random angles. There was a giggle and then the girl from reception walked into the lounge with a giant boy with curly brown hair just behind her. She looked at my expression and then looked at the sound system and then back to me and burst out laughing. The guy started laughing too and the huge booming sound echoed around the room. I tried to flatten my hair again as the girl tried to pull herself together.
"I'm Alice, this is Emmett, sorry, I just couldn't help but laugh but we just walked in on my brother dancing and singing to Taylor Swift as well and your expression exactly matched his"
"Brother?"
"Yeah, Eddie has a few rather camp tendencies" Emmett joined in the conversation
Okay so tell me what you think, i've had this story hanging around for a while and thought i'd do something with it. Review!