Chapter 2: Camp

Bella's P.O.V.

"Bella…Bella wake up we're here." Emmett said, gently shaking me back to consciousness. I groaned, opening my eyes only to be met with the bright sun, momentarily blinding me. I squinted against the rays until my eyes adjusted. I looked out my window to see green, nothing but green. You'd think since I live in forks Washington I would be used to the green, but nope, it never gets old. I saw rows, and rows of decently sized cabins lined with snow white gravel. There were wooden picket signs with certain destinations, directing you where to go. Over the archway leading into the camp was a big, colorful sign that read 'Camp Starlight' with a mountain lion leaping out to its new comers. The mountain lion didn't really make any sense.

As I looked around at my surroundings, I couldn't help but smile at the thought of all the trouble a young little Emmett could have –and probably did- gotten into here. We both stepped out of the car. The smell of fresh air attacking us with its piney scent.

"It's too green…" I muttered, looking around at all the trees and plants and dirt…well more like mud from the constant rainfall. Great. I heard Emmett's boisterous laugh echo through the forest.

"Alright squirt, lets go check in." he said, gently tugging on my ponytail before leading me to the councilors office. We followed the arrow that pointed to 'Councilors' and I looked around. To my left I saw the sign that read 'Girls cabins' and to my right was 'Boys Cabins'. Of course they would separate the boys and the girls, because 12 year olds are really going to practice the art of reproduction. Well I'm glad the smell of pinecones hasn't washed away my sarcasm…

"HI! You two must be the swans!" a short, voluptuous blonde woman chirped. Her blond, loose curls met evenly at her chin and bounced every time she moved. Her squinty, brown eyes were wide with false excitement. She looked a little over excited. Behind her, a tall, lanky man with dark brown hair and 80's glasses stood awkwardly. His nose was bigger than his head and I couldn't stop staring. I jumped back in surprise when I felt Emmett's elbow make contact with my ribcage.

"Ouch." He just shot me his warning glance. I guess it's not polite to stare….

"I'm Linda! And that's my co-head councilor John! We are SOO excited to have you guys here! Well, you guys are the first of our councilors to arrive, but the others should be arriving any minute, so if u could just have you guys sign in I can explain quickly what's going to happen!" Her high, shrill voice was way too perky for someone in their mid 30's. John just stood behind her watching us, it was kind of scary. I scooted a little closer to Emmett as he handed me a clipboard and a pen. I signed my name and handed it back to Linda.

"FANTASTIC! Okie dokie! So here's the dellio. Now, the councilor and kids are going to be kept separate. The councilors are also going to be separated according to gender. The girls get their own cabin and the boys get their own cabin. It's the main councilor's cabin and each councilor get's their own room, you'll see what I'm talking about once you get there. Girls are to the left, boys are to the right. All the outdoor activates are spread through out the camp and once we have councilor orientation later today we'll pass out your folders with all your campers and activities for the next 2 months!



You will each have two roommates. Emmett, your roommates are Jasper Hale and Edward Cullen, Isabella-"

"It's Bella." I corrected.

"Oh, Bella, alrighty roo! Your roommates are going to be Rosalie Hale and Alice Cullen, here are your guy's keys, now go ahead and get settled in and once your roommates get here, come on over to the banquet hall and we can get this show on the road!" she giggled, clapping her hands. I was slightly afraid of this woman but ready to start the summer. Emmett grabbed our keys and quickly left the cabin.

"WOW! That woman is a handful!" he laughed, handing me my key. I just nodded in agreement, I couldn't really think of anything to say about the woman except I hope she doesn't pop a blood vessel with all that energy.

"Ok bells, why don't you go get unpacked and meet me at my cabin once your done…then we can go look around." he said as he lead us to the jeep. Once we got all our bags out of the car, we said our quick good byes and headed towards our respective cabins.

I followed the snow white path that lead me to the 'Girls' side of camp. I looked around and noticed that the basketball courts, the lake and the camping trails were on our side. The view of the lake was gorgeous, getting to wake up to that every day wouldn't be so bad I guess. Camp always reminded me of summer love. Not that I have any experience in the love department…I've never even KISSED a guy! But I loved the idea if being trapped at a camp with someone you loved, Mother Nature surrounding you every day…it was seductive. I've always had a fantasy of meeting the guy of my dreams at a summer camp. Working side by side with him, spending our free time out on the lake, or going hiking up the mountain to a reclusive area where we could just sit and enjoy each others presence.

But boys these days weren't like that. All they want is to stick their tongue down your throat without asking your name! It was appalling and disappointing. So I'll just sit and wait for the right guy, I know he's out there.

I thought about my fantasy summer love scenes on m way to the cabin, almost walking right by it. And it's pretty hard to miss! I guess I got a little over excited when the cabin came into view because as always, I stumbled over something –a rock I think, or maybe an evil plain sticking its stupid twigs out to make my life a living hell- and fell face first to the muddy ground. I just sat there for a minute, looking around. I was really glad we were the first ones here and no one saw that…

"Fabulous" I groaned, pushing up off the ground, wiping all the dirt and leaves off of my jacket and jeans. I made my way to the large, 2 story cabin. The top floor was for councilors and the bottom floor was the living area, fully equipped with a large screen T.V, 2 couches, 3 very comfortable looking chairs, a little kitchen area with a small fridge, counter and sink. A desk with a lamp attached and other little knick knacks. It was almost like a little apartment. The campers cabins surrounded the main one and weren't even half the size of this! I looked up and saw that sign hanging above the cabin that read

'HUMMINGBIRD
Cabin C1-Girl Councilors'



Yup, this was it. The little humming bird on the sign matched the one on my key. That's cute. I climbed the wooden stairs up to the second level and was faced with three doors. The one on the far left had a long rectangle wooden sign with the name 'Masen', on the far right was the same sign but it read 'Hale' and the one right smack dab in the middle, the one staring me down, read 'Swan'.

"Hmm, I guess that's me." I whispered, grabbing my key from around my wrist and unlocking the door. With a little effort, I pushed to door open to reveal a very spacey room. It was nothing real special, but it was very nice. A large, full sized bed lay under the window to my left; a small fireplace with two chairs that matched the ones downstairs faced it on my right. Straight ahead was a bathroom, which made me smile because I knew for a fact that the campers had to use the community ones, along with the one outhouse they had, and we got our own bathroom…I was liking this.

There was also a desk and a chair and other little things that made the room cute and quaint. I smile, placing my luggage on the floor, just looking around.

Maybe this wont be so bad…