Chapter 1.....

Sydney sat in the back the hot, smelly bus. She was sweating like mad and her blonde hair that she always held back in a ponytail was sticking to her forehead. She was fairly tall for her age. 5'5". She was wearing long, black baggy pants, which she always liked to wear, and a black t-shirt that said "child" on the front. She was still trying to figure out what she had done wrong. All she was doing was defending her friend. If that jerk hadn't said that about her, she wouldn't be in this mess.

Flashback

She was just about to slam his face into the side of the wall when, right on time, a police car rolled by the the alley they were in and saw what was happening. They took her to court and no matter how she tried to explain why she did it, they just wouldn't listen. That happened to her a lot it seemed. Mostly, she just stayed away from everyone. Toni (the friend she was defending) was her only friend ever made. Other than that she was quiet. So, of course, the jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff (the guy that said Toni was a daddy dick sucker. ewwww) and she was found guilty.She was sentenced to 18 months at a Camp Greenlake. Soon after, she was told it was an all boys camp. They said all of the girls camps were full.

End Flashback

And that's how she got to where she was now. On an old, smelly bus for 6 1/2 hours on her way to an all boys detention center. Oh joy she thought as she stared out the window. All she saw were holes, holes, and more holes. All of a sudden she was pulled out of her thoughts when the bus screached to a halt.

"We're here! Now get off the bus!" the security guy sitting at the front of the bus commanded as he stood up to get off the bus himself. Be a little bit ruder why don't ya? she thought as she grabbed her light blue messenger bag out of the seat and made her way off the bus.

When she got off the bus, all the boys there stopped and stared.

Oh come on, it's not like you've never seen a girl before.

One of them tried to come up behind her and grab her butt. She scowled at him and then punched him out.

Man, what perverts!

This choice of action made the guys stare even more.

Goodness, what is up with these guys?

The guard led her into the main office where a chubby guy in a cowboy hat sat waiting. As she walked through the door she suddenly felt a huge burst of air conditioning. It felt so good. The cowboy dude ordered her to sit down. She did so. "Sydney Hargarve?" he said in a gruff voice. She just stared at him.

No, I'm Micky Mouse. Can't you tell?

He looked at her for a second. Then said, "Yes..well..my name is Mr. Sir. You will call me by my name. Is that clear?" Again, she stared at him with a blank expression on her face.

What kind of name is Mr. Sir? She could easily tell it wasn't his real name.

After that, he didn't even bother to tell her anything more than what she was going to be doing here at Camp Greenlake and how the shower and clothes arrangement were going to be set up. Just after Mr. Sir had given her her jump suits, which were the ugliest things in the world to her, a short man with way too much sun screen on his nose and a large floppy hat came walking in. He seemed extremely cheerful and hyper. That kind of scared her a bit.

Man, what a bozo. What's got him all giddy and such? She knew she wasn't going to be too fond of this guy.

"Hello, I'm Mr.Pendanski. Your counselor." he said even more cheerfully than when he pranced in and smiled the lamest smile you'll ever see.

Pendanski? God, what is it with the names around here?

He led her outside into the hot sun. "You'll be in D-Tent. D stands for dilligence. Why don't we go meet the guys, eh?" Sydney said nothing.

I have to sleep in a tent full of guys?! Great, now I'm going to be hit on and bothered none stop. What did I get myself into?

Mr. P. led her into the tent. Once inside the tent, she saw there was about 7 guys all lying down on cots. And She saw one empty one.

Oh joy. Guess that one's for me.

"Well, I have to be somewhere right now so why don't you guys introduce yourselves to Sydney." talking to the guys. "Have a nice afternoon, all!" he said in his usual cheery voice as he walked out of the tent. All the guys were staring at her now. She wished they would stop. Finally, an African-American boy stood up. He had big, dirt covered glasses.

"Yo, my name is X-Ray. That's Squid," he pointed to a tallish boy with a shirt tied around his head and a toothpick in his mouth. "Magnet," he said pointing to a Hispanic boy sitting on one of the cots in the back of the tent. "Hola, chica" he said, apparently trying to be funny. Sydney wasn't amused. "Zig-Zag," he pointed toward a tall boy with crazy wild blonde hair and eyes that had an even crazier look in them. "This is Caveman" nodding toward the guy in the cot next to them. He had curly brown hair down to his ears and an orange cap on over it. "Him over there is Armpit" gesturing to the overweight African-American boy near the back of the tent next to the boy called "Magnet". "And this....." he said pointing to a short African-American boy with frizzy brown hair whom she had hardly noticed yet "is Zero. Don't try talking to him. He won't talk and he's stupid."

Stupid? He doesn't look stupid to me. What? Just because he doen't feel like talking to any of you, you think he's stupid?

This little boy all of a sudden grabbed all of her attention. She was studying him a bit. She hated to admit it, but he was kind of cute. His hair was so funny. She held back a smile. She didn't want everyone to think she liked him. And, besides, she didn't like him like him. She just thought he was kind of cute. Right?

And the empty cot just happened to be right between him and Caveman.

Well, maybe since I'm right next to him, I'll get to know him better. He can't be as stupid as they say he is. That just wouldn't be fair. You really shouldn't judge people without even getting to know them at least a little bit.

She sat down silently on her cot, pulled out a book, and began to read in silence. But she was interupted by X-Ray. "So, kid, your name's Sydney? Does anyone call you anything else?"He seemed pretty nice but she still didn't say anything. "So, it's just Sydney then? OK. I guess we'll have to come up with a nickname later on." he started to walk towards his cot.

"ITZY" she said in a voice just over a whisper. He whipped around. "My friend, Toni, used to call me ITZY." she said again in a voice just above a whisper. "ITZY, huh? Well, ok, then, I guess it's settled. Your nickname here is ITZY." he said with a satisfied look on his face. He motioned for everybody to go back to what they were doing while he went back to his own cot. "ITZY" continued reading her book.

Wow, that's the first time I've talk to anybody in a long time! Maybe these guys aren't so bad after all.

After a few minuts, she began to feel someone staring at her as she read. She looked up and saw Zero sitting there staring at her. She blushed. He smiled.

Man, he has such a cute smile! He is adorable! And those eyes are so beautiful. Wide and full of wonder and curiosity. Whoa! Hold on! Don't get carried away now, Sydney. Calm down. You don't know if you really like him. Let's just take this one step at a time.

She looked back down at her book again, blushing like mad. She glanced back up and Zero was still staring at her. But for some reason, she really didn't mind.

Why won't he stop staring at me? And he just smiled at me! Does he like me? Or is he just interested in the fact that I'm the only girl he's seen in a while. And did he just think it was funny that I had blushed when I saw him looking at me?

She could still feel his eyes on her. She looked up at him with a questioning look on her face. Apparently he got the message and he just smiled again

Oh! So cute!

and shrugged.

Oh my gosh this guy is so cute! That was the cutest little shrug I've ever seen! Man, I am falling for him......hard!

She couldn't hold back a smile. And she worked really hard not to laugh at the situation. He was still smiling at her. And she just stared back. She couldn't help it! She just couldn't take her eyes away from his no matter how hard she tried. Then, all of a sudden, a loud horn blew. She looked around the room. Everyone was getting up from their cots. She looked to Zero. He got out of his cot, too. He came over to her. "Come on."he said, standing up, "Time for dinner." and he held out his hand. She was a bit hesitant, but took his hand anyway.

Wow! His hands are so soft!

He smiled a smile that said he was really happy that I had done this. And she was just as happy.

And they walked hand-in-hand out of the tent and to the "mess hall."

so what do u think? don't be too harsh on me if u didn't like it. it's my first fanfic. i'm probably gonna make a songfic soon so be looking out for that. and if u liked it i'll definately update on it! plz R&R!