BACKGROUND INFO: I'm Gigi, my boyfriend is Brian. RECrats are what Miss. Heb calls the kids who've been their the longest (like rugrats, we grew up there) I know this may be kinda boring but it's just the beginning my friends! All of it is told from my POV
Chapter 1: Oh Canada
6/23/13
I went to sleep late last night. At six I staggered to my feet and threw some clothes on. It's the last day of school. Camp starts tomorrow; my first year as a counselor.
I sit next to Julia on the bus. The seats are sticky from the humidity and my being in shorts makes for an... uncomfortable ride. The bus stops at the lobby entrance and my legs make a shellacking sound as I rip them from the leather.
I head to my locker and unpack my bag. Brian sneaks up behind me, "well hello there." I flinch. "God you scared me!" I say, turning to face him. He's wearing a gray t-shirt and black jeans with his Timberland boots on. God he's hot. "Don't scare me like that!" I pout, wrapping my arms around his neck and entwining my fingers together. He puts his hands on my waist. "Sorry." He says with a slight laugh. I roll my eyes and smile. "Well B, it's the last day of school. I'm gonna miss you this summer." I say looking over my glasses and giving him the puppy dog eyes. "I'll miss you too gee." He admits, kissing me. The bell rings and we detach. "I love you Bry, I'll see you later, bye." I give him a peck on the lips. "Bye Gee I love you too." "Forever and always." He says, kissing my forehead. We part ways to get to our home rooms. "Oh and Gee?," I turn to face him, "good luck on the Spanish exam. You'll be amazing." He remembers, smiling.
6/24/13
10:30AM
"Good morning! Welcome to your first day at Recreational Summer Camp!" Miss. Hebner proclaimed. We sit in the art room for orientation, it's cold. This summer, due to so many kids enrolling, REC has been split into two camps: RECteen (ages 9-13) and RECkids (ages 3-8). RECteen was an overnight camp. I'd been chosen to work there this summer. Miss. Hebner finishes her speech. "Alright, in the boxes are your t-shirts, grab one and get to work! Oh and my RECrats, Gigi, Pavs, Andrew, Connor, Campbell, and Tori. Grab your clipboard, walkie-talkie, and whistle then get to your cabins. Gigi you're with Campbell, Pavs is with Andrew; naturally. And Tori, you are with Connor. Congrats and good luck!
I walk over to the green picnic table and grab a shirt and clipboard, walkie, and whistle. I attach the walkie to the seem of my pants and put the whistle around my neck. Someone taps me on the shoulder, I turn around. "Hi, you must be Gigi. I'm Campbell Saunders, well, my friends call me Cam." "Nice to meet you." I say shaking his hand, trying to balance the shirt on my arm and swapping the clipboard to my other hand. "I'm Gioia Carlo, my friends- and Miss. Heb, call me Gigi." "It's nice to meet you too. I just got in from Kapiskasing, Canada. My brother and I used to go here. We lived in the states until I was four. And... I just gave you my life story. Sorry, I don't usually talk this much. Uh, we should probably go find our cabins. Were with..." He says glancing over the clipboard. "12 and 13's" "Oh god I remember being in that group! Working at the car washes and the carnival... Anyway, I'm in cabin 12a with the girls and you're next door, cabin 12b, with the boys. I'll walk you there."
"GIGI!" The girls scream as I walk into the cabin. "Hey girls! Happy first day of REC! It's so good to see all of you. I missed my girls!" "Who's the dude?" Alessandra asked after the greetings stopped. "This is Campb... this is Cam. He's my co-counselor." "OHHH!" They droned. "What about Scott?" "He graduated this year Yasmine." "Oh yeah..." "Alright girls I have to get attendance done and all of you unpacked before we can head to Arts and Crafts with Abby, okay?" "Okay." I put my suitcase in my room, a wing off of the cabin, and told the girls I'd be right back. "Wow they love you!" Cam said as we made our way next door. "I've known them since they were five and six. They're so old now!" "Hahaha. I hope the kids love me half as much as they love you." "Are you good at, slash, due you like sports." "I would say so." "Then they'll love you. You're as good as in. "
We open the door to the boy's cabin and watch them unpack. I spot Sebastian. "What up C-bass? Long time no see." We do our handshake (think "Parent Trap"). "Nothing much... Who's the dude?" "I'm Cam. I'm your counselor this summer." Sebastian nods in approval, glancing Cam over. He goes back to putting clothes away. I pull Cam aside. "Alright. Just hand out the name tags, make sure they unpack, and line them up outside. I'll take it from there." "Thank you." "No problem. Oh and, welcome to REC camp." I say patting his shoulder and walking back to my cabin.
We go down to A+C with Abby and the kids start making lanyards. Our LDP's, Jasmine and Miranda, watch the kids while Cam and I head to the staff cabin for our break. "Wow, this is hard work. How do you do it?" "Training. Lots and lots of training." I say grabbing a cup and filling it up with water. I sit across from Cam at a picnic table, and fill an LDP eval sheet out. "So, you said you were from Canada, right? Where did you go to school?" "Degrassi, I'm a Sophmore. Go panthers! Hahaha." "So you're 16?" "No. My birthday isn't until August. So, I'm still 15. So you go to WHS?" "Yes, just finished freshman year. Go wolverines!" I pause for a minute, watching Cam's distraught face. "Do you miss being this far away from home?" He thinks for a minute. "Home is here now. But I do miss my girlfriend Maya." "Oh so you do have a girlfriend." I say smiling. "Yes, the SS Cam is docked. Hahaha. What about you, do you have a boyfriend here?" "Well he's not here here. He's visiting family over the summer. His name's Brian." He nods approvingly then looks down at his watch. "Shit, we have New Games in 4 minutes! We better get out of here." I toss the water back and grab my clipboard.
"Alright we're playing pirate's four corner dodge ball. When you get out you have to say 'argh' and when I call out 'abandon ship', the throwers run out and tag whomever is left. Okay?" Joe explained. He blew his whistle and the game started. Cam and I sat on the bleachers and watched. "So do you miss your girlfriend?" "God yeah. She's my everything! I love her so much." "What's she like?" "She's blonde and petite. Oh and not to mention an award winning cellist. Plus she's smart, beautiful, and funny." "Wow, I hope I get to meet her one day. She sounds beautiful." He chuckles. "Whenever you're in Toronto, give me a buzz... What's your boyfriend like." "He's amazing. He's tall-ish, like 5'9", blonde,-haired, blue-eyed, smart, funny. He's also really respectful and polite. Not to mention cute." "Hahahaha, I guess we like blondes huh?" He said with a slight laugh. I smirked.
Thanks for reading! I know there's no Camaya interaction yet, but it will come soon I promise! I'll update soon, probably during vacation or something. Please review! ~ SqueegeeG