Her Wall

She's pretty much the bitch of the camp.

At least, that's what Shane, Mitchie, Caitlyn and practically everyone says.

…Actually…that's what everyone says, really. Except for whomever is new this year at Camp Rock and have been so called 'sucked into Tyler's game'.

Tess Tyler is really something different.

I'm usually titled the dumb one, the retarded and the one who can't remember what he just ate.

But actually, the only people who really know that isn't true, are the people who've actually looked past what most people see and take.

I personally consider myself thoughtful and kind…but that's just me. Maybe I'm a bitch, too, like Tess.

Who knows?

But, anyway, what was I saying?………………………………………

Oh yeah I remember!

Tess.

She's driven everyone away from her, honestly, but I don't think she really means half the things she says.

Outside, Tess has this wall of sarcasm, wit, and plain rudeness. She can't stand morons or the usual bull shit people say, and she certainly doesn't like competition.

Or so that's the image she has.

But I've seen another side of Tess, actually. One day, there was a school bus full of tiny elementary school children from the day camp Brown's wife runs, Mini Rock, coming to visit and tour around. One girl wandered away, towards the dock, where Tess was sitting on the shore, sun bathing.

(No I was not stalking her, I was taking a walk and had ducked behind a tree.)

The little girl suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, scraping her knee. Tess hopped up and went to her side.

"Oh, my gosh that looked like it hurt," Tess said to the crying child. "Come on, I'll help you to the nurse, all right sweetie?"

Then, lo and behold, Tess picked up the girl (who was a third grader and probably heavier than practically-anorexic Tyler) and carried her up the hill.

Now that is enough to make anyone speechless.

Anyway, that's what changed my opinion on Tess. That and a few other things.

Once, I caught her crying, alone in the cabin. I was just passing by and I heard her sniffling. Using my awesome spy skills, I crept up the stairs and peered into the window.

She was curled in the corner, her phone by her side, staring into space, just completely broken and vulnerable and emotional.

That and other things made me figure something out.

Tess is mean. She's harsh and cunning and witty and sarcastic and cruel…on the outside. She drives away people who care about her, because that's all she knows how to do. I think, once upon a time, she had great friends and knew how to keep them.

Something changed in her life. I don't know what but I think it was just being T.J. Tyler's daughter and being alone and maybe it had something to do with a boy…all that just broke her to pieces.

So instead of a smile, she puts out her worst side.

And ends up sitting alone this lunch time.

"Jason, are you staring at Tyler again?"

I jerk myself out of my little daydream slash epiphany type thing and sigh. "Yeah," I murmured.

But she's not Tyler. She's just a little broken person with a sarcasm, wit and hurt as a wall.