Hey everyone, my new story, read it review it and enjoy it

Hey everyone, my new story, read it review it and enjoy it.-OyNebach42

April First

I came back late from the lake, things on my mind make me dig slow. It didn't matter any, not like I missed anything while I was out there. When you've been here as long as I have every days the same; get up, eat, dig, eat, dig some more, eat, bed. That's the way it goes all day, every day.

So I get back late, by the time I push my way into the tent everybody's out at the mess hall, everybody but Magnet. "Hey," I call to him while throwing down my canteen, "anything new happening?"

He shoots me a wondering look, "is it ever." I nodded understandingly, and look over at Buarf Bag's old cot.

"I wonder who's coming next," I mumble turning to leave.

What Magnet says stops me, "I have a pretty good hunch on who's it's gonna be."

"Really?"

"Yeah, but I don't wanna say who until I know for sure."

Weird dude Magnet, never can tell with him. I mean if Zigzag had said something like that I wouldn't give it a second thought, but Magnet's not all like that. So I'm thinking, now he's acting funny.

"Who is it?"

He looks kinda uncomfortable, "I'm not so sure about it and-"

"Come on Magnet, I'm not gonna tell anybody."

He starts biting his lips, thinking it over. "I just know this from over hearing Mister Sir talking, but I think it's my cousin."

"Your cousin?" I ask wondering why he should not wanna tell anybody that.

"Yeah," he replies rubbing his face like he just lost a really high bet.

I smiled and shook my head, "you guys enemies or something?"

He frowned, "we had a fight."

"While if he tries anything here I think you can count on one of us to take him."

Magnet almost smiles sarcastically, "my cousin's not a guy."

I stare at him, not really understanding his meaning. Magnet sighs, "My cousin's a girl."

"You mean A GIRL's coming here??" I ask almost jumping just thinking about seeing a girl again. I haven't seen a girl in about two years, and let me tell you, it does things to a guy.

Magnet shushes me hurriedly, "shut up Squid, somebody will hear you!"

I stop shouting but there's the biggest smile on my face, I can feel it all the way to my ears. "You mean a girl's coming here? A real girl?"

"Yeah," he says quietly, "but no matter what you can't tell the guys. I'm not even so sure, I just hear Mister Sir say her name that's all."

"What's her name?" I want to know, Heck I hope it's something nice. I've known some girls in my time, got lots of names I'm sure would be nice. Girl I had once, Susan Black, hot as fire and kissed with twice the burn, but that's aside the point.

Magnet looks around to make sure nobodies coming, their not. "Her name's April, April first."

April, good name, girl most be pretty as heck. "What's she look like?"

"I got a picture," he starts.

"Well show it to me!" I shout, running to his bed, breathin' hard from being so excited.

"I'll show it to you," he says while reaching into his wallet, "but you gotta' calm down, Squid." He digs into this pocket and comes back with a small picture.

I snatch it from his hand, and I'll just say, that was the hottest girl I've seen in a while. I whistle.

"That's us at the beach," Magnet says pointing to him and her laying out on the sand. "Not all that bad looking, is she?"

"I'll say not! Boy Magnet, why didn't you tell any of us you had a cousin that sweet?"

He shrugs, "I don't know, never got around to it all guess. She was pretty though."

I stare at him quizzically, "yeah but you guys were cousins right?"

Magnet smiles, remembering, "yeah, you won't believe how hard I prayed that one day I'd wake up and we wouldn't be."

"Must be tough," I mutter, happy inside that he got cut out of the picture.

"What must be?" A voice calls from the front of the tent.

I turn around to see X-Ray and Zigzag walking in.

"Nothing." I reply real cautious slipping the picture back to Magnet.

Our leader doesn't think it was nothing, "I heard somebody say something about a girl, where you keeping her, Magnet?"

"Me? I'm not keeping anybody anywhere."

"Don't you lie to me dog, I heard you and Squid talking about her when I came up. Some girl named April, where you hidin' her?"

I felt sorry for Magnet, 'cause there wasn't anyway for him to get out but tell the truth. He tells it too, right there to Zigzag and X-Ray. Both of them grin till it looks like they got bananas stretched over their faces.

"It's about time they sent us a girl." X mutters, "Mister Sir maybe getting' half a brain."

"Maybe," Magnet calls standing up, "Well, I think I'll start over to the wreck room."

X stops him, "you're not goin' anywhere dog, until you tell us more about this girl. She hot?"

"Come on Amigos," Magnet starts, "I'm tired from digging and I just wanna go unwind, can't we talk about this tomorrow?"

X keeps smiling and shakes his head, "nothing doing, Magnet, now tell me, is she hot?"

"Yeah she's not bad looking." He calls. "I'll show you a picture later."

"Nope, you'll show me it now or you won't be here later."

Magnet sighs and takes out the photograph, "there she is, see?"

Rex wolf whistles, "When's she coming in?"

"Mister Sir said something about next week."

"It's a long wait, but I think I can make it. And I'll just keep this picture too, Magnet, until she comes, then I'll keep her and you can have your photo back." He chuckles and starts walking off, then changes his mind and stops. "Here dog," he calls ripping the picture, "I don't want to have to stare at your ugly face." He throws half of it at Magnet and leaves while kissing the photo.

Zigzag frowns after him, "I think Mister Sir's a little nutty if he's thinking about putting a girl in this tent, X-Ray will kill her." He shakes his head, "I'm gonna' feel sorry for her."

"I already do." Magnet mutters while bending down to pick up the picture. "I already do."