Heccuba Juvenile Facility:
Lauren wondered to herself how she got into this mess… 16, in an orange jumpsuit, and in a detention center with 5 other misfits. It was only last month that she had been competing at nationals for gym and on the verge of receiving a scholarship to the University of California even though she was only a sophomore. Now she was here.
Bo Dennis sat in the holding cell avoiding eye contact with anyone, this was the 5th time in 3 years she had been arrested so she knew the procedure from back to front. A guard unlocked the metal gate separating her from freedom, and said "Bo Dennis come with me" Bo stood knowing where she was headed. Heccuba, the main bootcamp for 15-18 year old misfits, anyone in this camp would be there for a minimum of 5 months either before being released, or if their crime was severe being taken to court to then decide whether they would spend time in an adult prison. Bo was pretty sure she'd have to go to court, not that she cared, prison was a walk in the park compared to her physco family life.
As the 6 misfits stood lined up against a tall white wall, the lead guard of the camp, known as Evony called out the roll, Hale Santiago, Tamsin V, Lauren Lewis, Kenzi H, Dyson Shifter, and Bo Dennis. She then proceeded to read out the cell blocks, and numbers, Hale, Dyson Block B, Cell 42, Lauren Lewis, Bo Dennis, Block A, Cell 2, and Kenzi, Tamsin Block A Cell 10. "You will have 30 mins to familiarize yourselves with you're cell/cellmate then a guard will come to collect you, where you will be taken to your first job assignments."
Block A, Cell 2
Lauren and Bo had said nothing to each other on the way to the cells. It was only when Bo had said to Lauren "I'm taking bottom bunk you cool with that?" To that Lauren responded "Yeah whatever." Lauren had been trying to keep a low profile and make it seem like she was really tough, when really she was just scared naive girl who never in her wildest dreams would have thought she would ever end up in a place like this.
Bo and Lauren had been put in the same job assignment along with Dyson and Tamsin. They were required to scrub down the kitchen, do dishes, and prepare meals for the staff of the centre. Bo had, had this job 3 out of the 4 times she had previously been here, she hated it - which is probably why Evony had assigned her to it. Lauren on the other hand loved cooking so was pretty excited when she got told she would be working in the kitchen, though she thought that it might be hard working with Bo as they have to live together and their first encounter was slightly awkward to say the least.
After many hours of scrubbing at ovens, floors and grease covered pots Bo let out a frustrated groan, "Jesus christ we've been cleaning for fucking 4hrs straight, give us a break", to which the guard keeping an eye on them replied "You break when we tell you to break and don't use those expletives missy" Bo rolled her eyes and saw that Lauren had watch the whole exchange, she gave her a small smile and grudgingly carried on with her cleaning. Several hours later the guard announced that it was now time for them to bathe. They got separated into boys and girls shower cubicles and handcuffed to the railing in the showers. Lauren was shocked… she was being treated like a petty criminal, when all she'd done was steal a bit of booze from her parents liquor cabinet, she hated them with a passion. They were rich, snobby and extremely strict, they had paid the juvenile centre to take Lauren in so she could "learn a lesson or two."
Bo saw the shocked look on Lauren's face as they were getting handcuffed, for a second she thought "Ha! that fucking princess has never been in communal showers in her life, then she saw a small spark in Lauren's eyes that she thought emitted anger, hurt and passion, Bo was excellence at reading people, this was why she was able to commit more crimes than the authorities could ever imagine.
It was now time for dinner… well dinner is a lose word for it. Bo had previously described the food as shit that had given birth to shitter shits. Tonight it was a meatloaf of sorts that seemed as though it had a weeks worth of leftovers squashed together. Lauren almost barfed when she saw the food being place in front of her, but thought better of it when she saw the cook.
Back at the cells, Lauren was tossing and turning unable to sleep. Underneath her in the bunk Bo was awake wondering why the fuck the chick above her would not stop moving. Finally Lauren broke down, she tried to swallow down her tears in order to avoid Bo hearing. Bo heard Lauren's stifled cries and said "Hey… um… are you ok?" Lauren replied unconvincingly "um.. yeah" Bo knew how hard it was adjusting to prison life, after all this was her 5th time here, so she said "I know its hard princess but you'll get used to it" Lauren replied with "Ha you reckon? and don't call me princess" "Oh princess got sass" said Bo jokingly, "Yeah I've been her 4 times before so.. I'm pretty much an expert." Lauren sat up and look down at Bo "Holy Shit! four times!"