Friday the 13th
-A Long Night at Camp Blood-
(Authors note: Based on the game and Nick Antosca's Friday the 13th 3D script. This story is not meant to be in line with any of the film's continuity despite the fact there might be a few Easter eggs.)
Chapter One
Camp Crystal Lake. 1987.
The whole world seemed captured in amber. The surface of the lake was perfectly still, reflecting the burning sky like a mirror. The lake could have been mistaken for paradise, quiet and serene…but then the Camp Crystal Lake swimming class arrived. High pitched squeals were accompanied by splashing as the kids ran into the lake and kicked at the water. Jenny Myers, Tiffany Cox and Adam Palomino followed the kids and stood on the waterbed.
Jenny had shoulder-length brown hair and dark brown eyes. She was cute in a "girl next door" kind of way with bow-shaped lips and a pale complexion. Being a swimmer herself she was slender but toned. Stood to her left, was Tiffany. She was gorgeous and petite with short brown hair and hazel eyes. Men could get lost in her eyes and they often did. Both girls looked tiny standing next to Adam. It didn't surprise anyone when he told them that he was a football player and Jenny reckoned that his broad shoulders came very handy in matches. He had literally sent Chad flying when the boys played a match the day before the kids had arrived. It was only when Buggzy joined the game did Adam have any trouble.
Jenny blew her whistle to get the kids' attention.
"Okay, boys and girls. Today you're going to go for your lifeguard badge. Tiffany is going to stay on the deck and time you all. You're going to be "rescuing" me and Adam is going to watch and see how you do," she explained. "You'll wait for your turn on the deck with Tiffany. Understood?" they all nodded and turned and swam towards the floating deck.
Jenny handed Tiffany the stop watch and the three counsellors walked into the freezing lake. Tiffany climbed up onto the deck to join the kids and Jenny floated on her back, closing her eyes. Adam floated a few feet away from her, his teeth chattering.
"Cold?" she asked with a smile.
"Fucking freezing," he replied. "Rex!" he shouted, startling Jenny and she flinched. "You're up!"
She heard a loud splash, followed by several little ones. They grew louder and louder until water sprayed her face and she felt a tiny pair of arms gather her up. She allowed herself to be pulled towards the deck where she could hear Tiffany and the boys laughing. Rex wasn't the most graceful lifeguard and accidently hit Jenny's head against the wooden deck but she had the good grace not to mention it as she pulled herself upright and turned to Tiffany and the kids.
"So how'd he do?" she asked and Tiffany's jaw dropped.
"Oh…sorry. I forgot to push the button. The boys distracted me," she smiled sheepishly and Jenny bristled.
"Right. Well we'll count that as a pass and try to remember to press the button the next time, okay?"
Tiffany saluted. "Gotcha."
Jenny turned and swam back towards an unimpressed Adam.
"She's useless," he mumbled.
"Maybe it wasn't the best idea pairing a model up with a group of hormonal boys," Jenny mused with a sarcastic smirk.
"She's not a model. She won a contest to be Miss March in her hometown's bikini calendar. That doesn't make her a model. I like her and shit but she gets on my nerves."
"Like her, eh?" Jenny teased him with a small splash and he snorted.
"Not like that. AJ is more my type," he replied as another boy jumped in. "Time to play dead, Miss Myers."
The other boy had a bit of trouble swimming with Jenny and Adam had to give him some tips but he eventually got her to the deck. Tiffany actually managed to time him this time and Jenny swam back to Adam for her next rescue.
"Why don't you ask A.J out?" Jenny asked.
"Bit late don't you think?" he replied. "The kids go home tomorrow and we go home the day after that."
"Well you can't ask her out afterwards can you?" she laughed. "You guys might be the new Buggzy and Vanessa."
He smirked. "Or the new you and Chad…"
"Don't. I might bring my breakfast up," she shivered from disgust.
"He fancies you, y'know?"
She shivered and it wasn't because of the cold water. Chad was a creep and had been hitting on her all summer despite her constantly rejecting him. He seemed to have this idea that just because he had money and good hair that every girl was just naturally into him and it couldn't be further from the truth- except for Tiffany.
"He also fancies Tiffany."
"Duh. Dude wants a threesome," he told her and she responded by splashing him. "Guys talk!" he laughed.
"Well you can tell him it's not going to happen and if he so much as suggests it I'm going to strangle him with his stupid sweater," she said and sighed. "Shouldn't someone have saved me by now?"
They looked towards the deck to see Tiffany talking with the boys while the girls looked extremely annoyed. swam to the deck. The two swam to the deck and Jenny splashed Tiffany irritably.
"Why don't you play dead for a while?" she suggested. "We might actually get somewhere."
Tiffany considered this and sighed.
"Fine. I'll go float in the dirty lake," she said dramatically and all the boys began to protest and she turned to them. "Some junior lifeguards you are. What if I need mouth to mouth?" she asked and those protests quickly turned to cheers of encouragement.
Tiffany jumped in the water and swam off with Adam. Jenny climbed up and sat on the deck. The boys lined up, eager to jump in to rescue their new damsel in distress. The girls lined up too with significantly less enthusiasm.
"I'd rather let her drown. Couldn't we save Adam instead?" asked Fizz and Jenny tried not to laugh.
"I'm afraid not."
Fizz groaned. "But…look at them!" she nodded at the boys and one of them practically leapt into the water for his turn.
Jenny patted her on the head. "It's okay. They mature…eventually."
Eric "J.R" Lachappa wiped his sweaty forehead with his forearm. He had signed up for Camp Crystal Lake because he had wanted to lose weight and maybe meet some girls. Well he had met some girls (not in the way he had wanted) but he certainly hadn't lost any weight. The camp chiefs were too good at their jobs. They had gotten so sick of him going up for more helpings that they just gave him more on his first visit.
His dark hair stuck to his forehead and he looked over to Deborah as she helped one of the girls with her knots. She was so pretty but she would never look at him that way. He had often wondered what it would be like to kiss her creamy skin…to see her in bed without her glasses, her usually structured hair set free. He had spent most nights pleasuring himself with nothing but the thought of her and the mental image of her in her swimsuit.
Just thinking about it there caused a stirring in his pants and he had to kneel down to help a group of kids with their knots to distract himself. Kenny came running towards him irritably.
"Have you seen Buggzy and Vanessa?" he asked and Eric shook his head. "Well if you do can you kindly remind them that they're meant to be taking their group out for a run?"
"C-can do," Eric nodded and Kenny turned on his heels and stormed off.
"What's up?" Deborah asked.
"Buggzy and Vanessa are…erm…missing," he explained and Deborah rolled her eyes.
Yes…missing…the term they used when the two were actually off having sex. Eric turned away from her and watched Chad approach Kenny with a pleading expression. Chad was only working at the camp because he had driven his dad's car into a wall. Kenny had to give Chad's dad a full report of how well he worked and, depending on the report, he would get his credit card back. Eric hadn't been too happy about having to share a cabin with Chad and Chad had made no effort to hide his own disgust at the idea. Oh well. It was better having Chad as a roommate than Mitch, the stoner kid. He constantly stunk of weed and the group speculated that he only had a job because he was Kenny's second cousin. Kenny stopped to talk to Chad and both Eric and Deborah knew what he was saying: fuck off.
Chad had tried bribing Kenny on the first day to give him a glowing review; something Kenny hadn't been impressed by. Chad had continued to press the issue throughout the summer and responded to Eric's suggestion that he should just work hard instead of trying to pay Kenny off by throwing Eric's underwear in the lake. That hadn't helped gaining the kids' respect. He was older than them damn it but that hadn't stopped them from making fun of him for his weight. He had tried to be stern with them but it was no use. Working with Deborah was the only plus to the job…that and Tiffany. Now she was hot. A.J wasn't bad either. He wasn't into rock but she was cool. Jenny was really pretty too.
Why did he have to be surrounded by so many pretty girls? There was more chance of them making out with each other than him…great. Now he had that image in his head. Well that would be something to entertain him in bed. Chad sulked towards the group, his hands buried in his hands.
"What's up, fat ass?" he kicked at the ground.
"P-please don't swear in front of the kids," Eric scolded him and Chad snorted and ran his hand through his golden blonde hair.
"Hey, Debs. How's it going?" he asked and Eric felt his heart sink into his stomach.
He didn't think he'd be able to handle it if Deborah flirted with Chad. Deborah gave him a sceptical look and shrugged.
"Fine," was her reply and he stiffened as she went back to helping the kids.
Chad apparently hadn't expected such a cold response and Eric had to hide his smile. Chad rolled his eyes, tutted at walked away mumbling to himself. Eric tried to sneak a look at Deborah only to find that she was smiling at him and he turned away promptly, his cheeks reddening. He saw Buggzy and Vanessa walking on the path and he waved at them.
"Kenny told me to remind you that you're meant to be taking the kids out for a run!" he shouted and Buggzy gave him a thumbs up.
"Heading there now!" he shouted. "We were busy!"
Eric wasn't sure how to respond to this. They all knew what they meant so he simply gave Buggzy a thumbs up in response.
"Cool?" he replied and the two sniggered, causing Eric to redden again.
"Do you think they'll stay in touch after we all go home?" Deborah asked and Eric shrugged
"I-I dunno. Is that a thing we're supposed to do?" he asked and Deborah shrugged, smiling.
"I dunno. Seems a bit weird to just leave and never talk to each other again. Don't you think?" she asked and he wiped his forehead again.
Was he sweating even more than before? Was that even possible?
"I guess? I haven't really thought about it," he admitted. "I just kind of figured we'd all go our own ways and stuff."
Deborah frowned at this. "Oh. Really? Okay then," and she went to help another group of kids.
One of the boys Eric had been helping sighed.
"I'm twelve and even I know you've got no game," the boy told him. "Like seriously, fat ass? For some reason she's into you."
Eric glared at the boy. "Please don't call me fat ass."
"Blondie did."
"That's because he's a dick…don't repeat that either!" he quickly stressed.
Was he right though? Did Deborah have a thing for him? No…it was impossible. He needed more data. He needed A.J's help. He excused himself from the group and ran halfway to A.J's cabin before he had to stop to catch his breath. Damn his stupid weight. He knocked on the door but he doubted she could hear it over her sound of her band class and he pushed the door open and poked his head inside.
A.J was rocking out on the drums while her students struggled to keep up with her. He waved to get her attention and she promptly stopped and held her hand up to her students to tell them to stop.
"Take five," she told them and they all sighed with relief. "What's up?" she asked Eric.
"Erm…" he lowered his voice and lent in closer. "Do you know if Deborah likes me?" he asked.
"Yeah," she didn't even have to stop to think about it. "You should go for it."
Had his heart stopped. "Seriously?" he asked and she nodded. "Has she said she likes me?"
"Not in so many words but she makes it pretty obvious. Go for it, dude. We're leaving in a couple of days anyway."
He licked his lips nervously and nodded. "Right…how do I do that?"
She sighed.
"Oh, you poor fool. You know what? There's an old camp across the lake. The original Camp Crystal Lake. Once all the kids are tucked away in bed I'll suggest to the others that we should go and check it out as a last hurrah sort of thing. You and Debs stay here and…get to know each other," she winked and he reddened again.
"Err- I-I guess. Yeah. Sure. Sounds- sounds like a plan."
She tapped her nose. "I know. I'm a rocker chick cupid. I got you, dude. It's going to rock."
Eric swallowed and nodded. "Right. Cool. Sweet. Rock on?"
A.J grimaced and shook her head. "No. Don't do that. Seriously. Don't. Ever again. You sound ridiculous."
He blushed. "Noted. But like- what do I do? How do I-err-"
A.J snorted. "You've watched porn before, right? Turn up to her cabin with a pizza and get your groove on," she laughed but he could already feel himself sweating.
Maybe he should ask Jenny her opinion.
"Well…thanks," he turned on his heels and practically ran out of the cabin, leaving A.J to laugh.