"Oh, no,"growled Jack as the van came to an abrupt stop. The fuel tank was out of gas. Jack turned around in his seat and stared at the 11 kids sitting in the backseat. Well, they were actually all teenagers, but two, but to him, they were kids.

"What's up with the van?" Mikki asked Jack. He, being their coach, fake-smiled and said,"Nothing to worry about. We're just out of gas." Max, the youngest boy, laughed. "Ha! We have plenty!"he said as he passed gas loudly. Mikki sent him a glare, as did Ronald, Jackie, Jake, Bob, Andrew, and Heather, his older sister. Ronald was the oldest, besides Jack.

Ashley, Max's younger sister and the youngest of the group, giggled. Kristi, the second-youngest, wasn't paying attention. She was staring out the window at all the mountains. She looked as if she was counting them. "Wow. There are alot.." she stated.

Jake yawned loudly and muttered,"You woke us up at 6 A.M. for an all-day trip, which you didn't allow us to sleep during, just to be stuck in the middle of no-where?" He crossed his arms over his chest. Mikki sighed and murmered,"Here we go again..."

Jack snapped,"Hey, like I knew this would happen!" He glared at Jake, who glared back. Heather cleared her throat, angrily. She did NOT want to be in the middle of one of their fights again. Andrew sat back, with a grin, and watched.

Mikki, being the "optimistic one"(which she really wasn't. She just didn't like them fighting. It got annoying after awhile), butt in. "We could camp here! We came on this trip to camp, didn't we?" Everyone, but Jack, said it was a good idea. "No way!" he yelled. "Why not?" Mikki whined, annoyed.

After several minutes of begging, the annoyed coach shouted,"ALRIGHT! We can stay here!" Mikki squealed, excitedly. Jack ordered his team to get out and start unpacking. Mikki was out and unloading the van before Jack even finished talking. All the boys, and Mikki, set up the camp as the other girls sat down and watched. Mikki was the strongest, and most energetic, of the team. Jake and she worked on the fire after Ronald and Max got some wood. Bob and Jack were setting up the tents.

Heather walked up to Mikki when they were done with the fire. She glanced at Jake, her ex-crush, and snorted. Mikki saw Heather shiver and wrapped her arm around her. "Thanks." Mikki just smiled back. "What? No hug for moi?"Jake joked. Mikki giggled and pulled him to her. He chuckled and joined in on the hug.

"Hey, Mikki. Guess wha-" Jackie started to say as she walked over to her best friend. She stopped when she saw them hugging. Jackie narrowed her eyes at Mikki and Heather. She turned and stomped away, furiously. Mikki ran after her, frantically. "Jackie, wait!" She grabbed onto her and turned her around so they were face-to-face. "I'm sorry," Mikki whispered, looking in her friend's eyes. She knew her best friend had a major crush on him, but he was her guy-best friend. She couldn't help who she was friends with.

Jackie pulled away and snarled," I don't want you touching him ever again." She began to walk away, fuming. Mikki was engulfed in anger. How dare her say something like that to me, Mikki thought. "You don't own him. I can do whatever I want." Jackie gaped at her friend. She's.. never talked back before, Jackie thought.

Jackie clenched her fist, huffed, and stomped away from the campsite. "I'll be back later," she yelled over her shoulder to Jack. She knew he would be pissed off if she left without telling him. Kristi walked over to Mikki, knowing she needed comforting. "MOMMY!" she yelled. Mikki laughed quietly and bent down. "Hey, kid," she murmered. Kristi wrapped her arms around her "mommy's" neck. Mikki picked up the little girl and smiled affectionately at her. What would I be without her?, wondered Mikki.

Bob, Andrew, and Ronald creeped away into their tents and went to sleep. Ashley, not wanting to be alone with the older kids, even if Kristi was there, also went to bed. Jake, Mikki(with Kristi on her lap), Max, Heather, and Jack sat around the fire(in that order).

For awhile, they talked in a low voice, not wanting to wake up Kristi, who had fallen asleep in Mikki;s lap. They talked about random things, like movies, songs, people they knew, celebrities, and swimming(by the way, the team they are on is a swim team).

"I'm going to bed,"yawned Jack. Max said,"Same here," and followed him into their tent. Jake and Heather had their own tents(lucky duckies lol), so they said their goodnights and went in them. Mikki carried Kristi into their tent and layed her down. She got comfortable next to her and pulled a blanket over them.

Mikki let a content sigh and shut her eyes. Kristi snuggled up next to her and wrapped her arm around her waist. Mikki tried to keep her breathing in rhythm with Kristi's soft snores. She yawned and turned over. She began to feel herself drifting off into sleep.

Her eyes snapped open when she heard a blood-curling shreek. Carefully, trying not to wake Kristi, she pulled off the covers and crawled out of the tent. Her heart began to race and her eyes got wide. She let out a scream, which was muffled by a hand pressing against her mouth.