Max-Ernest stared at Cass. She couldn't be serious. She just couldn't.
"AN AWAY CAMP?!" he asked half yelling.
"Yeah," said Cass. "It's true! He's gonna make us do it unless you want 90% of your grade to go down!" said Cass. Max-Ernest stewed in horror. It was morning and they were at XXXXX xxxxx school. Cass had just found out that their awful teacher, Mr. Howard, was making them go to an way camp for a grade. A BIG grade. 90% of your grade, and neither Cass, Max-Ernest or Yo-Yoji were looking forward to it.
"It's not fair," said Yo-Yoji.
"No, it's not. What if you're sick or something and you can't go? You can't make an away camp up," said Cass.
"I say we get on the bus for it, and when everybody thinks we're going because we're on the bus, we sneak off," said Yo-Yoji.
"Ummmmm..." said Cass. "No."
"Mybe we should just deal with it. It's only three days," said Max-Ernest.
"Three days of torture and lame camp songs," said Yo-Yoji. All of a sudden, the first bell rang.
"We better go," said Yo-Yoji. They all had first period together with Mr. Howard. The three walked to first period. They took their seats: Cass, Max-Ernest behind her, Yo-Yoji behind Max-Ernest.
"Alright class! First things first!" said Mr. Howard. "As you all know, we have a field trip to the away camp next week. And if you don't go, you will probably have an F in my class," he said smirking. "O.K, so I will now be announcing your cabin mates. First group: Glob, Daniel-Not-Danielle, Josh, Sam, Yoji, Max-Ernest. Next group is-"
"Wait! You could put Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji together but not me with them?" asked Cass not even bothering to raise her hand.
"I'm sorry Cass, girls are not aloud to share cabins with boys," said Mr. Howard. Cass found this reasonable, but in her case, her two best friends, well, only friends, were boys.
"Oh come on! I won't be a bother!" said Cass. The rest of the boys agreed with her.
"Yeah," said Glob. "Cass is cool."
"See?!" said Cass.
"I'm sorry Cass, but I don't make the rules," said Mr. Howard.
"Yes you do," said Cass.
"Fine, but you're still not in their group."
"UGH! Then who am I with?"
"Amber, Veronica, Naomi, and Jessica."
"I'm sorry, did I hear you right?"
"Yes."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Oh, Cass, I won't bite! I'm the nicest girl in school, remember?" said Amber. Cass looked at her as if to say, "I know you're a member of the Midnight Sun so stop trying to hide it!"
"Yeah, Cass, how could you not just love my best friend?" asked Veronica.
"She's my best friend," said Naomi.
"We'll settle this later," said Veronica.
"I wanna be with MAX-ERNEST AND YO-YOJI!" Cass said, freaking out and thinking of the horribleness she would have to spend with Amber. And Veronica. And Naomi. Jessica? Who the heck was she? Cass had seen her around school but she knew that Jessica was very shy and she only had one friend, which didn't even go to this school anymore.
"It's O.K.!" said Max-Ernest. Cass turned to him.
"It's not 'O.K.!'"
"Um, okay, it's not O.K." said Max-Ernest.
Cass couldn't believe this. Not only did she have to go to thsi away camp, but she also had to spend it with Amber and probably have to listen to some Skelton Sister's songs. Not to mention listening to Amber ramble on about Twin Hearts. Maybe it was time to make a new friend. One that was a girl.