"Karma I've been here half an hour, we're staying for ten days and no matter how close you are to me I am not giving you the drawer space to contain all of that."
The school had broken up for the summer and the two friends had thought it would be a good idea to go on the school's annual camping trip. Notorious for its many stories and antics, it was more likely that Karma was going for the option of Liam Booker rather than the activities that Amy was excited for. Amy walked over to the suitcase and pulled out a red sparkly dress which she had to admit looked quite nice and turned to look at Karma.
"And when exactly are you going to require a ball gown."
"One, it's not a ball gown, durr. And two I may need it if we ever decide to go on a spontaneous night out or I need to look nice, clearly I won't be able to borrow anything off you as last time I checked combat trousers were not the height of fashion."
"Oi" moaned Amy as she punched Karma lightly on the arm and swerved her revenge hit to run behind her and close her suitcase.
"But wait I haven't put my hairdryer in yet."
"You make a beautiful frizz head." Hollered Amy down the hall swiftly regretting the decision to try and move Karma's suitcase, doubting whether her back would make it to the camp as Karma swanned past her and out towards the car taking advantage of her own personal bell-boy.
Meanwhile at Shane's house an almost parallel scene was taking place as Liam stood slumped in the doorway willing Shane to stop discovering tweezers and various bottles of gel that he needed to take with him.
"You won't survive if you're vain you know?"
"Well I'd like everyone else to, I mean I look hot all the time but the shock of how different I look eu naturale may just tip some people over the edge."
"I will lock you away if you look that hideous, just hurry up." Liam looked up to see Shane adding more product to his hair and tutted at him before grabbing Shane with one arm and his case with the other and dragging them down the stairs.
The group had decided to meet at school so Principle Penelope could register them and give directions to the camp. Amy could see Lauren in the car in front of her, frantically applying lip gloss in the rear view mirror and turned away in disgust just to find that Karma was doing the exact same thing with a mirror she had brought with her. Amy couldn't decide which of the two was worse but finally came to the conclusion that at least Karma wasn't a complete idiot and id in fact have some things going for her, she was intelligent, creative, lovely…
"Amy, Amy!" It appeared that Amy had been sat for at least two minutes thinking about all the things Karma had going for her and now the other cars were beginning to pull away they were in danger of losing the rest of the group much to Karma's distress.
In Lauren's car Lisbeth and Leila were sat in the back and Lauren and her handbag were sat in the two front seats. The three had started up an excited conversation about the presence of Liam at the camp who had the reputation as the school 'hottie' much to Amy's disgust that she regularly voiced when Lauren or Karma began to talk about him in her presence.
"Did you see his abs yesterday when he was stretching?" Exclaimed Lisbeth, quickly becoming the recipient of some rather enthusiastic nods from Leila but in turn gaining a dismissive sigh from the front seat and it wasn't from the handbag.
"Have you two never heard of the phrase 'be cool', well obviously not because otherwise you wouldn't be acting as central heaters in the back of my car about Liam Booker."
"But have you seen him?"
"Yes, of course I've seen him, he does attend our school. He is attractive but if I stand any chance with him," Lauren took the red lights as an opportunity to check herself out again but this time in the wing mirror catching Liam's eye who was in the car behind and winking," you need to at least try and act like you aren't going to jump him the minute he moves within two metres of you".
"Okay" chorused the two girls in the back, always keen to get any help with boys that they could, especially when it was from Lauren.
Amy pulled up first as she was directly behind the Principle, into a dusty car park that stood as the entrance to the camp. From here she could see a massive lake and idyllic pine trees as well as wooden lodges and thought of how beautiful it looked. However when she turned to look at Karma she was disappointed to see that she was admiring a totally different view, as were the other girls, because it seemed that Liam had a back problem with the amount of stretching he thought it was necessary to do in their presence. Amy shut Karma's mouth and took her arm to drag her away from the caveman 'eye candy' so that they could get to where they were standing.
Penelope stood at the front facing all of the teenagers and opened her mouth to tell everyone to shut up when they all became silent with the assistance of some ferocious nudging from those who saw her strategic position. She swiftly closed it and commenced with her speech:
"Well it's nice to see that you made it here in one piece, I'm happy you all seem to be enjoying each other already. In a minute you will meet the man in charge of camp, Pablo, who will tell you all you need to know and will give you maps to find your cabin and the keys. Amy and Karma you're in with me, Liam and Shane you're in with each other and Lauren, Lisbeth and Leila you're also in together. Ahh here comes Pablo."
Towards the back of the group Shane was stood next to Liam and had been whispering to him the whole time, doubtful as to whether Liam was listening but not really caring either way because he was enjoying his remarks regardless.
"Oooh Pablo, that sounds exotic."
"Hi guys" Pablo had come to the front to stand next to Penelope who seemed to be rather excited about his presence, much like Shane who could be faintly heard from the back whispering comments like 'looks exotic too' and 'take me to South America and teach me how to dance' accompanied by some flirtatious winking. Pablo stood about six foot tall and with dark skin soon became Shane's target for while Liam was 'otherwise pre occupied'.
All the groups split off after being given their keys, maps and instructions to return to the big pine tree at four o'clock. Lauren, Lisbeth and Leila were a few cabins away from Amy, Karma and Penelope which was only slightly relieving to Amy at least they weren't next door. Liam and Shane were in the other set around the lake slightly from where the girls were staying so they could be closer to the male facilities. They all unpacked and headed back to the pine tree Amy being forced to give Karma a piggy back even though she couldn't deny she sort of enjoyed it, especially knowing she had the power to upturn Karma at any moment. When they got there Pablo was already waiting with what looked like a tree's worth of paper. It turned out to be the itineraries which put Karma off what she thought was going to be a good week's worth of flirtation.
"I've got today down as a relaxing day, just to settle in and get to know each other," he happened to catch Shane's eye at that moment much to his excitement, "later we'll be having a barbeque by the campfire area and I'm trusting that there will be some people here ready to get the firewood whilst I prepare the food?"
Lauren made a face that didn't exactly ooze enthusiasm but Amy swiftly volunteered, keen to throw herself into the activities and excited to spend some time with Karma, soon Karma was volunteered by Amy and this caused Liam to become interested as there was a chance of spending time with at least one attractive girl.
The three of them headed off into the woods whilst Lauren went dashing in her heels back to the cabin to sort out her outfits for all the activities and check out the showing facilities, needless to say she was accompanied by her entourage.
Shane however stayed behind to ask Pablo if he needed any help with the cooking and as Pablo seemed the naïve type he said yes and they headed off to the kitchen.
Amy and Karma had collected quite a lot of sticks and kindling between the two of them whilst Liam was busy proving his masculinity and trying to pick up the biggest logs he could find making sure the girls were aware of how heavy they were but how little exertion he required to lift them. A balance he had been working on for at least ten minutes and in his eyes was close to perfection but unbeknownst to him was subject to some silent mocking from the girls. This was only worsened when Liam, who couldn't see where he was walking due to the forest he had in his arms, tripped over a tree stump only to land in a pile of shit.
"Oh if I'd have known you liked the taste of shit I would've recommended Lauren as a girlfriend" commented Amy causing Karma to laugh both at her comment and Liam who had now taken his shirt off to wipe the mess off of his face and then tucked it in his trousers. But even seeing Liam shirtless could not stop Karma being slightly put off him, a face covered in animal faeces didn't exactly do it for her and she was still giggling at Amy's comment, never one to let down on the quick witted responses.
"Alright guys shall we go back to camp I think we have enough." Said Liam stern faced and nowhere as amused as the girls by the incident.
"I'm good thanks, I think me and Amy need to pick up some more, umm kindling." Called Karma as Liam walked away whilst Amy bit her lip trying not to laugh and waved Liam off. Karma couldn't help noticing this small habit that Amy had done ever since she was little to stop herself from laughing. Normal people could trust themselves not to laugh Amy did not show the same self-restraint so had learnt this tip to avoid embarrassment, usually on her parent's behalf as Amy herself didn't really care much.
"Finished staring at my face?" Amy said interrupting Karma who in turn went red and coughed walking away to pick up some nearby twigs.
"I thought you liked the look of the famous high school hottie Liam Booker" said Amy mimicking the tone of a car salesman talking about the latest deal to an unsuspecting man with more money than sense.
"Well he was alright but he has the personality of a wet blanket, he's ok to look at but I'd rather talk to you."
"Oh always the charmer."
By this time they had ambled back to the camp and managed to set the campfire alight just in time for Pablo and Shane to bring out the food, although Shane looked like he had other ideas than burgers to eat tonight. They all sat on the which were big enough for two, Karma and Amy sat on one, Shane and Pablo on the other, Lauren managed to bag herself a seat next to Liam and Penelope sat next to Leila whilst Lisbeth had a log to herself. They all ate up and discussed the following day's activity which was kayaking on the lake.
"So are you good at kayaking?" said Shane to Pablo so the whole group could hear.
"Well I hope so I have been given the job of looking after you all."
"Don't you need to have good upper body strength for that?" questioned Shane.
"Well yes I guess so." Said Pablo quickly changing the topic to breakfast times telling everyone that they needed to be at the Hunter's Hall for nine o'clock ready to have breakfast and go.
After this they all mooched back to their respective lodges, Karma now giving a piggyback to Amy as she was quick in reminding Karma about how she owed her one. They got back to the lodge and Penelope had disappeared off to the showers leaving Amy and Karma to clean their teeth in the bathroom attached and get to sleep. They both changed and got into their bed's, Karma went to turn on the bedside lamp so she could talk to Amy until she went to sleep only to find that Amy was already asleep so she took to reading her magazine until she was ready to go to sleep herself.