Chapter One: Getting Ready
Tommy was in his room packing his bags for their trip to Camp Everwood the next day. Him, Phil, Lil, Chuckie, Angelica and even Dil were all going to be some of the camp counselors for the next two weeks. The last time they had been there was when they solved the mystery behind it.
"Hey T!" The twins walked into his room. They had their bags in their hands. Everyone was going to be staying the night at Tommy's so they could leave early the next morning. Lil jumped onto Tommy's bed "I'm so excited! We get to be in charge this time!" she said it with a smile.
Phil sat in the computer chair and put his hands behind his head "Two weeks of bossing kids around, that's the life!"
Tommy laughed and zipped his bag up before sitting next to Lil on his bed "It's going to be awesome!"
Chuckie, Kimi and Angelica all came over later.
"Is everybody done packing and ready for tomorrow?" Didi asked carrying a plate of cookies into the living room for them.
"Yes Aunt Didi" Angelica said with a smile taking some of the cookies.
"How is the seating in your truck going, T?" Lil asked taking a bite from her cookie "It sits six and there's seven of us."
"You have to remember that Dil is one of us going, and he's oddly flexible. So three will be in the front, and the rest will be in the back seat." Tommy said shrugging.
"How do we decide who sits in the back?" Angelica asked giving everyone a weird look.
"I don't know, Angie." Tommy said.
"We all know I am not sitting in the back with them." Angelica made a noise of disgust towards everyone. They all rolled their eyes at her.
The room fell quiet before Kimi spoke up "Why not play a game or draw straws or something?"
"That's actually a good idea, Kimi!" Tommy stood up and walked to the kitchen. He broke up some spaghetti noodles in different sizes and walked back to the living room "The two smallest ones will be up front and everyone else will sit in the back"
Everyone except Tommy took one, since he was the one driving. Angelica pouted when she didn't get one of the small noodles. Phil and Lil got them. She crossed her arms and sat on the couch, turning the TV on.
The group sat around talking about how excited they were to go back to Camp Everwood. They went to bed early so they could wake up at six. They had to be at the camp by one and it was a pretty long drive.
Phil woke up first the next morning. He started waking everyone up to get ready. Tommy sat in the floor for a couple more minutes before getting up and started taking the bags out to the truck. Everyone was changed and ready. They all made their way out to the truck to get situated and comfortable.
"You all be safe, drive carefully!" Tommy smiled at his mom before leaving.
The ride to Camp Everwood mainly consisted of Angelica complaining about being too close to people and Phil and Lil fighting over the radio.
By around noon, they finally arrived at Camp Everwood. They got their bags out and headed inside to find their cabin. Once they found it, they had to find the person in charge to get their name tags and the shirts they had to wear. They helped set up the chairs for the counselors to sit in during the opening ceremony. Emily, the camp director, got up when all the campers got there and started talking. Phil would start falling asleep, earning himself an elbow in the side from Lil.
"Now when I say your name you will come and stand here and meet the two counselors that will be in charge of you for the next two weeks." she started calling out two counselors names and then a group of twelve campers.
Phil and Kimi got grouped together and got their campers. Phil smiled big, ready to boss around some kids. Chuckie and Angelica got stuck together, Tommy and Lil, and then Dil got paired with this girl, Emma.
They all introduced themselves to their campers before they took them to their cabins. Tommy and Lil walked into cabin Fourteen. Their campers walked in and started putting their stuff away and choosing their beds. "Counselor Tommy, what are we doing after this?" one of the campers asked. Tommy took the schedule Lil was holding and looked at it.
"Pretty much just whatever. We do have to go get you guys your name tags and stuff, but it's the first day. So, not much happens." he shrugged.
"But you do have to be back in your cabin at nine, lights out at ten. We will be in here come lights out time" Lil said with a smile. The campers got ready to leave and followed Tommy and Lil to the Rec area. They met up with Phil and Kimi and sat at one of the tables waiting for their campers.
"Do you like your campers so far, Phillip?" Lil asked and Phil shook his head.
"They already annoy me!" he pointed to one of the girls and Lil look over at her "She has a big mouth. She wouldn't stop talking" Lil rolled her eyes and laughed. She started looking through their schedule and Kimi leaned forward, resting her face in her hand.
"What are we going to do while they're out doing whatever?"
"Explore the woods!" Dil said coming over and sitting down next to Tommy "We can see if the man faced rock is still there!"
"And risk falling in an old mineshaft again? No thanks." Chuckie said shaking his head. Tommy, Phil and Lil laughed remembering what happened the last time they were here.
"Speaking of Bean, there's something really strange about that Emma girl I was paired with." Dil said looking over at her. She was on the other side of the room talking to Angelica.
"You? Calling someone strange?" Tommy laughed and shook his head.
"I can't explain it, T. But she's strange." Dil said looking at the table.
Tommy and Lil's campers walked over to them and the girl who asked Tommy the question earlier now asked "Are we allowed to do what we want now, counselor Tommy?"
Tommy nodded and the girl walked away. Kimi turned to Tommy and laughed "Someone thinks you're attractive."
"What are you talking about?" he said looking at her.
Phil and Lil both laughed and Lil looked at him "She blushed when she talked to you earlier and she blushed when she talked to you now"
Tommy thought about it and shook his head before standing up "Let's go do something"
"Remember counselors, all campers must be back in their cabins at nine!" Emily yelled and they walked out of the Rec room.